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Re:A Stick Chart from the Marshall Islands (2016) by actionfromafar on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @08:31AM (#34594772)
Selection of the luckiest. :-)

No but seriously, this is a (harsh) but effective way of weeding out those who didn't study for their "drivers license".

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Re:A Stick Chart from the Marshall Islands (2016) by Kim_Bruning on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @11:33AM (#34597348)
Presumably there's an instructor sitting in the same canoe, and/or at a safe distance in case it all goes wrong?
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Re:A Stick Chart from the Marshall Islands (2016) by daveslash on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @11:52AM (#34597596)
I could easily see that: it being not so much a life-threatening do-or-die challenge so much as a "if you are to be one of the tribal mariners, we need to be convinced of your abilities. Otherwise, you get another job. So this is your job interview."
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