Man aims to cross the Atlantic using 3-foot boat smaller than an airline seat in adventure of a lifetime
https://supercarblondie.com/man-aims-to-cross-atlantic-with-3-foot-boat/
https://supercarblondie.com/man-aims-to-cross-atlantic-with-3-foot-boat/
57 Comments
Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 54 pts · 199d
davad@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 199d
It's the "adventure of a lifetime."
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 198d
So is jumping off a bridge.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 199d
Well we all have to go sometime, this seems like an epic way to die.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 198d
Sort of like horses, the size of a boat is inversely proportional to the importance of the occupant.
dparticiple@sh.itjust.works · 44 pts · 199d
This adds a lot of detail: https://www.pbo.co.uk/boats/the-worlds-smallest-boat-how-andrew-bedwell-built-his-100cm-boat-to-sail-across-the-atlantic-101664 . I can't help but wonder about the lavatory situation, which isn't discussed.
Skyrmir@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 199d
On the open ocean you poop overboard. The US requires holding tanks within coastal waters, but most cruisers ignore it.
nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 20 pts · 199d
13igTyme@piefed.social · 22 pts · 199d
Chumming the water behind him with shit.
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 199d
Fishermen call the ocean "The Chuck" for a reason.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 198d
Has he considered that when you sit on the side of a boat that small, it tends to capsize?
nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 198d
nocturne@piefed.social · 32 pts · 199d
Bubs@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 198d
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 198d
Stolen idea...
kboos1@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 199d
That sounds incredibly boring and dangerous at the same time
Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 198d
“Raw dogging” transatlantic naval voyage
karashta@piefed.social · 22 pts · 199d
This sounds like a medieval method of execution
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 199d
Seems more ancient or classical to me. "You're no longer allowed here, we'll give you a small chance at survival, but you're leaving"
GraniteM@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 199d
The Boat
s!doug@lemmy.today · 19 pts · 199d
Can I have his stuff?
lemmylump@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 199d
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 198d
I've sailed the Atlantic many times. The swell can be huge. I was in a 144m long navy frigate and everyone was seasick when we had 14m high waves. Everything broke. We could only go straight into the direction of the swell, otherwise we would capsize.
Best of luck dude, I hope you have better weather. But you're stupid AF.
thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 198d
People have rowed across it so I'm not surprised if he makes it but I'm also not surprised if he dies
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 198d
People crossing the atlantic in small vessels only became impressive to me once I crossed the atlantic in (at the time) the biggest vessel in the world.
ameancow@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 198d
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 198d
You sailed on the Seawise Giant?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 198d
I accidentally a word in there. It was the Pride of America; the biggest cruise vessel at the time I was on it. But they (NCL) already had an even bigger ship to be built in the coming years at the time, too.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 198d
The worst pollutors of the seas. Running on thick oil slurry. Next time take a plane to have a significantly smaller impact. Cruise ships really are the worst of the worst.
Forgot forgot :)
crabArms@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 197d
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-accidentally
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 197d
Biiiiig whooosh for me 🙈
I'll spend the rest of the evening in shame.
crabArms@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 197d
Nah, easy mistake if you aren't familiar with the meme ;)
GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 199d
I just keep picturing it as some sort of fishing lure for a giant ocean creature…I watch too many movies.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 198d
Looks more like a bobber.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 199d
Can’t even lay flat to sleep or rest. That would be a non-starter for me.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 198d
Right? Have you ever been on an 8-hour flight? Now imagine that for months, and add seasickness...
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 198d
Exactly. Hell no.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 11 pts · 199d
Anything to get away from ppl, I get it.
(Not sure those two panels can power a gaming PC, but perhaps it's a handheld.)
Noodle07@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 198d
You don't need more than a micro game boy advanced
fox2263@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 199d
What happens when it flips over from a wave
GardenGeek@europe.pub · 12 pts · 199d
To me it looks like it can be completely sealed... and hopefully it's designed for auto-rolling back upright.
That being said I wouldn't want to experience the feeling of a tennis ball in a hurricane for several days should I face a storm in open water... let alone the accompanying lavatory and supply situation as well as parts such as the mast and the panels being ripped off.
/edit: readability
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 199d
One can truly enjoy his Farts with zero waste in this thing!
I envy him
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 198d
They expect to ride out 5 storms over the 90 day trip.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 198d
In the comment article, it says it’s build to act like a buoy, and will be like a “carnival ride”. It’s also able to be fully sealed for 45 minutes at a time and has some kind of snorkel system he can use. Looks like it can be pressurized too.
Combined with the small dome for his head it looks like a CTE machine to me.
nocturne@piefed.social · 4 pts · 198d
As someone who is claustrophobic, I am going anxiety from the thought of this capsule.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 198d
Yeah, I’m ok with small spaces I know I can leave, but not in the middle of an ocean.
DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 199d
gyro-seat! actually that's not a bad way to compensate for the excessive movement of a small object. gyro-cabin! A small boat is moved more than a large boat, this one is tiny. Imagine walking on firm ground after being shaken like an unopened soda can for a month.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 198d
The keel is likely lead, these designs right themselves like buoys.
HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 199d
Is this gonna end up as another Oceangate situation?
protist@mander.xyz · 29 pts · 199d
His intention is to travel across the surface of the ocean. If he visits the sea floor, there will have been a problem
meco03211@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 199d
Tbf, oceangate wasn't trying to touch the floor either. They're only doing so because of the problem.
ebolapie@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 198d
Deep. Vein. Thrombosis.
boaratio@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 199d
RIP.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 199d
Cool. Lmk when he breaks the record for smallest boat or whatever.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 198d
Having faced Atlantic swell in a frigate, I would not want to do this.
Reygle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 197d
A-d-v-e-n-t-u-r-e suuure is a funny way to spell "self torture guaranteed to end in death".
Is this a thing here? !remindme 6 months "He's @#%^ing dead"
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 198d
He crossing the Atlantic in a 3D printing benchy.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 198d
Airplane seats are bigger than 3 feet? Are they going by First-Class seats?
atropa@piefed.social · 4 pts · 199d
sturmblast@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 198d
This seems suicidal
Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 199d
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 198d
Whale: "Mmm! Boba Tea bubble!"
sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -16 pts · 199d
jaennaet@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 199d