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How do the electronics survive the harsh sea environment? The autopilot looks like it could barely control the tiller in calm seas, much less any sort of storm
by js2 7y ago
How do the electronics survive the harsh sea environment?
The autopilot looks like it could barely control the tiller in calm seas, much less any sort of storm. How useful is it?
How does he have Internet access?
How does he pay for food? Supplies? Donations and odd jobs?
I can't imagine how a ship with so much clutter, no head, no birth, can even be livable much less what it must be like in a storm.
- megalonic 7y agoIt likely only works in rather light weather. Real autopilot systems use hydraulic rams. There are about 100 other issues I’d fix on this boat first. I applaud this mans effort, but taking this boat more than swimming distance from shore is something I would never do.
- TomMckenny 7y agoThat's what I thought. But I'd be just as nervous on the HMS Discovery. And yet both made it to the Cook Islands and back. And I have to say, someone who sinlgehands a more or less home made boat across the pacific and back pretty much knows what they're doing by definition.
- pxtail 7y agoI really hope that there is a method in all this madness. I'm not sure about it but my guess is that he is keeping dirty look on purpose to make it less appealing and lower risk of theft or robbery. If this is not the case then I'm not sure what to think about it, all this clutter and dirt...