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wouldn't the current negate the paddling as you go farther out?
by paulpauper 1y ago
wouldn't the current negate the paddling as you go farther out?
- foxyv 1y agoDepends on the crossing. Usually they will choose a route that is favorable. This is probably the same as the ocean crossings by row boat. https://youtu.be/6SYHamnHqU8?si=vp-NLeMnsdQz1R-Z https://youtu.be/6SYHamnHqU8?si=vp-NLeMnsdQz1R-Z Generally speaking there is a route called the "Milk Run" from Europe to the Caribbean that has tail winds and good currents in the right direction. Also much nicer weather.
- eesmith 1y agoPortugal to French Guiana means following the North Atlantic Gyre - The Canary Current then the North Equatorial Current. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Gyre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Gyre Looking at the current maps, I think most of the paddling will be southward, to get down to South America rather than the Caribbean. For example, Thor Heyerdahl's Ra II, a square-sailed reed boat, went from Morocco to Barbados - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl#Boats_Ra_and_Ra_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl#Boats_Ra_and_Ra... . The people I've heard of who have rowed across the Atlantic generally do Canary Islands to the Caribbean. There's even "The World's Toughest Row" for that route - https://www.worldstoughestrow.com/ https://www.worldstoughestrow.com/ .