diff --git a/rowers/stravastuff.py b/rowers/stravastuff.py
index 30e8ab61..1aee7605 100644
--- a/rowers/stravastuff.py
+++ b/rowers/stravastuff.py
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ def create_async_workout(alldata,user,stravaid,debug=False):
         starttimeunix,
         csvfilename,
         workouttype = workouttype,
+        boattype = '1x'
     )
 
     return 1
@@ -689,6 +690,7 @@ def handle_strava_import_stroke_data(title,
                                      starttimeunix,
                                      csvfilename,debug=True,
                                      workouttype = 'rower',
+                                     boattype = '1x'
                                      **kwargs):
     # ready to fetch. Hurray
 
@@ -808,9 +810,11 @@ def handle_strava_import_stroke_data(title,
     workoutsbox = Mailbox.objects.filter(name='workouts')[0]
 
     body = """stravaid {stravaid}
-workouttype {workouttype}""".format(
+workouttype {workouttype}
+boattype {boattype}""".format(
     stravaid=stravaid,
     workouttype=workouttype
+    boattype=boattype
 )
 
     msg = Message(mailbox=workoutsbox,