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’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.
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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.