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Snoopy Sloop to sail across atlantic zero-handed
Started by nroose, Nov 25 2012 05:41 PM
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 08:57 PM
So what is the difference between this and a piece of drift wood?
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 11:18 PM
So what is the difference between this and a piece of drift wood?
the Zero's behind the cost to acuire and maintain
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 11:37 PM
So what is the difference between this and a piece of drift wood?
I guess this is "directional drifting"?
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Posted 26 November 2012 - 04:16 AM
"and filled with expanding foam used by builders (£7) for added buoyancy."
That stuff is a closed cell foam but does allow some water ingress and gets very heavy if left in water for too long.
That stuff is a closed cell foam but does allow some water ingress and gets very heavy if left in water for too long.
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Posted 26 November 2012 - 04:15 PM
Off the shelf model boat sails (£40), strengthened with sticky vinyl sheets (£5) from eBay. The 3ft high sails are identical to those used on basic model boats. To keep the boat simple and reduce the chances of it developing a fault at sea, the sails cannot be altered by the computer. They are fixed at an angle of around 30 degrees from the centre.
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Posted 26 November 2012 - 04:37 PM
Isn't there enough shit floating in the ocean?
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Posted 26 November 2012 - 05:32 PM
.........lord,,,thy sea is so great......
....................and my boat soooo small
....................and my boat soooo small
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Posted 27 November 2012 - 07:39 PM
Sounds like he got the electronics done well. The hull, sails and rigging sounds like his weakest links. (duh!)
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Posted 27 November 2012 - 11:13 PM
Last look at the GPS link showed it was aground? Not an auspicious beginning.
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Posted 27 November 2012 - 11:53 PM
Sounds like he got the electronics done well. The hull, sails and rigging sounds like his weakest links. (duh!)
That sounds a bit like marveling at how accurate your depth sounder is while the boat is sinking.
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Posted 29 November 2012 - 02:57 AM
Well that was over quickly. Here's his SPOT link. http://share.findmes...x6UF5n6xGyTMZqL
Took a big left turn and smashed into the Isle of Wight. Looks like he made it about 5 miles or so. Took 6 hours.
Took a big left turn and smashed into the Isle of Wight. Looks like he made it about 5 miles or so. Took 6 hours.
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 07:38 AM
Not the best result
thhhhunk
forget about those pesky little currents, did we?
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 10:09 AM
Possibly not the best choice of starting point. Isles of Scilly might have been better. Or the Dingle peninsular.
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Posted 30 November 2012 - 01:48 PM
^ Or 5 feet off the coast of Maine.
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