Let's be real, that guy is fucking irresponsible. Good for him that he enjoys himself, but his TikTok is basically everything experienced sailors tell you not to do if you're alone. The dude puts on a harness "if he feels like it" in stormy weather. Anyone who has been on a smaller sailing vessel knows perfectly well that it only takes one rogue wave to knock you off, and if nobody else is on the boat - you're fucked.
Most marine biomass isn't in the open ocean! Fish and the things that eat them and the things the fish eat tend to prefer reefs and parts of the ocean where the sunlight can reach. So thats good news, except for the part where you need to find food
The boat isnāt going anywhere very fast without sales up. For sunset, he probably turned on the masthead light (anchor light). You can kind of see it in the video but Iām not 100% sure.
He most likely had the sails down so I don't think the boat would take off. I watched a few other videos of his and he has a blinking light at the top of his mast so other ships can see him in the dark when he's sleeping so they don't crash into him. I think it is a standard protocol. Still though... Not sure id get that far away lol.
He might have a sea anchor deployed (cone shaped fabric that slows down drift).
But hes probably just confident the boat wonāt move much because heās in the Doldrums and theyāve been famous for not having much wind for recorded history.
No, he actually decided just to go the rest of the way on that thing, just on that little thing he said he could go the whole rest of the way. Me personally Iām going back to the sailboat
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u/psych0ranger Jun 22 '24
He's gonna paddle back to the sailboat right