Re:Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane
by clementmas on Friday October 01, 2021 @03:36AM
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That reminded me of my team rowing across the Atlantic ocean but watching the storm video again doesn't seem that impressive in comparison: https://youtu.be/3barM5C7ecg?t=184
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Re:Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane
by jacquesm on Friday October 01, 2021 @04:32AM
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I'm seriously impressed you pulled that off in something that small. I know that people have done it in smaller boats but rowing a vessel in waves many times the length of the ship must present some pretty interesting challenges.
Re:Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane
by clementmas on Friday October 01, 2021 @05:02AM
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Our 9m boat was surprisingly stable even in 6m waves. As long as you don't rotate sideways the risk of capsizing is pretty low
Re:Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane
by jacquesm on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:34AM
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Ah 9m, ok, that's bigger than it looked on the video. As long as the boat is longer than the waves you are dealing with you should be relatively stable.
Re:Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane
by hef19898 on Friday October 01, 2021 @10:56AM
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You are, still pretty scary at first. I tried our kayak for the first time this summer at sea, maybe 1 m waves or so. Boat is 5 odd meters, and at first it fleet scary, was fun afterwards so! Quite a change after lakes, rivers and maybe some wind at most. Being sideways, you have to return at some point, was adventurous for a noon at sea kayaking like myself!
Re:Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane
by pavel_lishin on Friday October 01, 2021 @11:47AM
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That's incredible. I have so many questions!
Re:Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane
by nkozyra on Friday October 01, 2021 @06:35AM
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Wow that looked amazing. How monotonous was it on a day to day basis?
Re:Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane
by clementmas on Friday October 01, 2021 @08:58AM
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You don't really think in terms of days but 2-hours shifts. And some of them felt like they would never end, especially in the dark at night
Re:Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane
by laylomo2 on Friday October 01, 2021 @09:49AM
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I imagine there were no 8 hours of sleep for anyone during that time. How did you train yourselves to operate at that capacity with such little sleep?
Re:Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane
by finnh on Friday October 01, 2021 @09:52AM
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That's excellent! I rowed in high school and college... but this is very next level. I love seeing stuff like this, thanks for posting the vid here!