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My first thought on hearing about this was, "what's that boat like? I wanna see the boat." Not to take away from Pfendler's incredible achievement. She's amazi
by SwellJoe 3mo ago
My first thought on hearing about this was, "what's that boat like? I wanna see the boat."
Not to take away from Pfendler's incredible achievement. She's amazing. But, I'm the kind of nerd that immediately went to "surely that is a logistical nightmare, how are you going to carry enough supplies for months at sea in a boat that a human being can propel across the ocean at a decent speed?" It's a bigger boat than I imagined, at 21 feet long and 5.5 feet wide, and 730 pounds. It also has cabins at either end for storage and sleeping.
She gives a brief tour of the inside of the boat here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZBUJ2VJvp_/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DZBUJ2VJvp_/
And, she also discusses some of the technical problems she had in some other videos in the series, like not being able to run her desalination machine because not enough sun and having to dip into her emergency water rations.
The athletic side of a thing like this is incredible, but I always want to know the logistics.
- mikelowski 3mo agoShe should've brought sunscreen.
- 3eb7988a1663 3mo agoUntil that video, I was thinking, "Yeah, this would be a really cool thing to do." Then I heard that awful racket of the navigation system bringing constant misery to the entire experience. Also, it was adorable seeing her stuffed animals. Whatever it takes to stay sane over six weeks.
- SwellJoe 3mo agoI would have replaced the stuffed animals with enough insulation to stuff in that compartment to make the autopilot reasonably quiet. That's no way to live for that long. If it were a regular sound, it'd be miserable but at least you'd get used to it, but it's just randomly heaving and wheezing all the time with no rhythm at all. The worst kind of noise.