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to be fair, it looks like he's iterating: > It was equipped with a satellite phone, a water filtration system, a solar array, neoprene wet suits and a stockpil

to be fair, it looks like he's iterating: > It was equipped with a satellite phone, a water filtration system, a solar array, neoprene wet suits and a stockpile of granola and ramen noodles for when he embarked from St. Augustine on Friday for what he expected would be a three-week trip.

WJW 5y ago
At about 1k nautical miles between NYC and Miami he'd need to do ~50 nm a day to make it a 3-week trip. That's two marathons per day, a fair stretch even if he managed to make the same propulsive efficiency with his paddle wheel thingy as he would on land.
- ls612 5y ago
  If he had gotten a bit farther out the Gulf Stream would have picked him up and given him a big speed boost so a little over 3 weeks doesn’t sound unreasonable
  - WJW 5y ago
    The gulf stream maxes out at about 5 knots, but that does not mean it has that speed everywhere. For a surface vessel without much draft, wind probably has a more significant impact than currents and he'd be very dependent on the changes in the weather. A stiff breeze from the north could easily end up with him further south than he started. And of course, the further out you go to try and pick up the gulf stream, the further you have to go to get back to shore.
- panarky 5y ago
  The article mentions he'd hoped to get a boost from the gulf stream. The gulf stream moves at about 5 miles per hour.
spywaregorilla 5y ago
> a stockpile of granola and ramen noodles Ridiculousness aside, are these good choices? I'm inclined to think not. Ramen is a good ratio of calories per dollar, but what he really needs are nutrient dense foods, probably with a lot of protein given how physically difficult this is likely to be. I would think dehydrated meat or something.
- 100011_100001 5y ago
  There are two camps about runner foods. The Keto crowd, they tend to eat nuts. The rest, eat high carbs foods, think bananas, oats, gummies. Both of them need a huge amount of fuel. A marathon burns about 2,500 calories from exercise alone, for the average person their TDEE is about 2000. So 4,500 calories a day to break even, without taking into account the heat. At 4.5K calories, that's 94.5K calories for 3 weeks. The average granola bar is 132 calories, let's pretend he chose a nutrient dense one for 150. That's 630 granola bars. It's not impossible, but not ideal. You also need to deal with mineral deficiencies for 3 weeks worth of travel. Sodium and Potassium are both needed for intense exercise, which two marathons a day definitely counts. Like I said, he has as crazy idea, but he is not in touch with reality. Dehydrated meat would probably be good....now I wonder how he goes to the bathroom.

WJW 5y ago

At about 1k nautical miles between NYC and Miami he'd need to do ~50 nm a day to make it a 3-week trip. That's two marathons per day, a fair stretch even if he managed to make the same propulsive efficiency with his paddle wheel thingy as he would on land.

ls612 5y ago
If he had gotten a bit farther out the Gulf Stream would have picked him up and given him a big speed boost so a little over 3 weeks doesn’t sound unreasonable
- WJW 5y ago
  The gulf stream maxes out at about 5 knots, but that does not mean it has that speed everywhere. For a surface vessel without much draft, wind probably has a more significant impact than currents and he'd be very dependent on the changes in the weather. A stiff breeze from the north could easily end up with him further south than he started. And of course, the further out you go to try and pick up the gulf stream, the further you have to go to get back to shore.
panarky 5y ago
The article mentions he'd hoped to get a boost from the gulf stream. The gulf stream moves at about 5 miles per hour.

spywaregorilla 5y ago

> a stockpile of granola and ramen noodles Ridiculousness aside, are these good choices? I'm inclined to think not. Ramen is a good ratio of calories per dollar, but what he really needs are nutrient dense foods, probably with a lot of protein given how physically difficult this is likely to be. I would think dehydrated meat or something.

100011_100001 5y ago
There are two camps about runner foods. The Keto crowd, they tend to eat nuts. The rest, eat high carbs foods, think bananas, oats, gummies. Both of them need a huge amount of fuel. A marathon burns about 2,500 calories from exercise alone, for the average person their TDEE is about 2000. So 4,500 calories a day to break even, without taking into account the heat. At 4.5K calories, that's 94.5K calories for 3 weeks. The average granola bar is 132 calories, let's pretend he chose a nutrient dense one for 150. That's 630 granola bars. It's not impossible, but not ideal. You also need to deal with mineral deficiencies for 3 weeks worth of travel. Sodium and Potassium are both needed for intense exercise, which two marathons a day definitely counts. Like I said, he has as crazy idea, but he is not in touch with reality. Dehydrated meat would probably be good....now I wonder how he goes to the bathroom.