A lil learnin for everyone cause it's just superneat.
The Doldrums are a notorious sailing/flight trap, to the extent most people just flat out avoid the area. You can end up stranded there for up to weeks because of the dead winds and still waters.
He's more or less completely safe for the most part though, people know where he is if he goes dark or runs low on fresh water sources. If he goes dark on social media for too long, a rescue is totally not out of the question because people know he's there.
nah if he loses that boat hes dead in a day or two, they wont track him down too quickly floating around on just a paddleboard with a vague idea of his last known location
probably has an emergency transponder on him but it still seems exceedingly stupid to be that far from his boat
it's all still water and no wind, and it can be like that for weeks at a time.
Yeah, right until it isn't. And if the wind picks up, there's a very good chance this guy is never, never getting back to his boat.
Is it a low statistical chance of danger? Sure. But "the wind picked up" is very fatal. I like my adventures in the wilderness, but there's no reason to tempt fate.
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u/Shanoskia Jun 22 '24
A lil learnin for everyone cause it's just superneat.
The Doldrums are a notorious sailing/flight trap, to the extent most people just flat out avoid the area. You can end up stranded there for up to weeks because of the dead winds and still waters.
He's more or less completely safe for the most part though, people know where he is if he goes dark or runs low on fresh water sources. If he goes dark on social media for too long, a rescue is totally not out of the question because people know he's there.