Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMan aims to cross the Atlantic using 3-foot boat smaller than an airline seat in adventure of a lifetimesupercarblondie.comexternal-linkmessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down117
arrow-up1157arrow-down1external-linkMan aims to cross the Atlantic using 3-foot boat smaller than an airline seat in adventure of a lifetimesupercarblondie.comMog Spawn@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square59linkfedilink
minus-squaredparticiple@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up44·1 month agoThis 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.
minus-squareSkyrmir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 month agoOn the open ocean you poop overboard. The US requires holding tanks within coastal waters, but most cruisers ignore it.
minus-square13igTyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoChumming the water behind him with shit.
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoFishermen call the ocean “The Chuck” for a reason.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoHas he considered that when you sit on the side of a boat that small, it tends to capsize?
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.
On the open ocean you poop overboard. The US requires holding tanks within coastal waters, but most cruisers ignore it.
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Chumming the water behind him with shit.
Fishermen call the ocean “The Chuck” for a reason.
Has he considered that when you sit on the side of a boat that small, it tends to capsize?
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