42-inch yacht still hoping to become the smallest boat to cross the Atlantic

Re:42-inch yacht still hoping to become the smallest boat to... by ReligiousFlames on Friday May 19, 2017 @10:29PM (#14380749)

Having great grandparents from Nantucket who's 7 family members died at sea while working as crab fishermen, it's seems reasonable this is a publicity stunt or he has absolutely no respect for how violent and unforgiving is the ocean.

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Re:42-inch yacht still hoping to become the smallest boat to... by burkaman on Friday May 19, 2017 @10:43PM (#14380781)

Somebody did it in a 5ft 4in boat, he's trying to break the record.

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Re:42-inch yacht still hoping to become the smallest boat to... by driverdan on Saturday May 20, 2017 @12:09AM (#14380985)

He's a professional sailor. He knows what he's doing.

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Re:42-inch yacht still hoping to become the smallest boat to... by ReligiousFlames on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @06:01PM (#14405751)

So were many the hundreds of thousands of sailors whom have died at sea. The ocean doesn't care about experience or arrogance when a storm comes up and drowns this guy, or the great deal of money and risk to rescuers this clown imposes should he manage to somehow not die.

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Re:42-inch yacht still hoping to become the smallest boat to... by JustSomeNobody on Friday May 19, 2017 @10:42PM (#14380780)

Well, he's hoping to cross in the smallest yacht yet, so that pretty much constitutes a stunt.

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