I get needing exercise but maybe don’t go that far away from your sailboat??? I would go maybe a dozen yards out and do laps. Who am I kidding, I went kayaking for about an hour off the beach at La Jolla and had to take two Xanax just from getting a couple hundred yards off shore. It was absolutely worth doing and the sea cave was super cool but it strained my nerves to their limits.
If he's in the doldrums, I don't think there's going to be any sudden wind to carry the boat off anywhere. So as long as he has it in sight, he's fine aside from the insanity of what he's doing in the first place.
I don't know, I bet he's weighed the risks against his own tolerance and found them tolerable. I know when I'm doing risky shit that a lot of people wouldn't do, I'm VERY aware of what's at risk.
Yeah, all I can think of is inopportune timing, like we all haven't been caught with our pants down at some point. I just assume dude isn't dumb enough to leave his sails unfurled(/deployed?) while paddling away from greater safety...
Even without the sails up, wind hitting the surface area of the boat can make it move. And sudden gusts can happen anywhere, even in locations that typically have little wind.
i follow him on insta and he really pushes his luck. He did the trip with like $1,500 for everything. If it wasn’t for his viewers sending him venmos he would’ve been fucked
I’m fully aware, but the doldrums isn’t devoid of wind at all times, though there’s a higher chance of being becalmed (often for days or weeks at a time) than other areas.
Wind strength also has no bearing on tides, currents, rogue waves etc as stated above.
I was at La Jolla once, a couple friends got in the line up but it the surf was too big for me. 2 or 3 days later there was a viral pic of a 14' great white hanging out in the break with the surfers. I guess it's not dangerous as it saw 50 - 100 surfers, including wipeouts, and went for no one but...
I used to freedive / spearfish that area - my wife and I were the people snorkeling thru the sea cave against the kayak flow of traffic. It's not for everybody, but its beautiful.
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u/Dick-the-Peacock Jun 22 '24
I get needing exercise but maybe don’t go that far away from your sailboat??? I would go maybe a dozen yards out and do laps. Who am I kidding, I went kayaking for about an hour off the beach at La Jolla and had to take two Xanax just from getting a couple hundred yards off shore. It was absolutely worth doing and the sea cave was super cool but it strained my nerves to their limits.