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Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Man aims to cross the Atlantic using 3-foot boat smaller than an airline seat in adventure of a lifetime

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Man aims to cross the Atlantic using 3-foot boat smaller than an airline seat in adventure of a lifetime

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Mog Spawn@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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This man wants to cross the Atlantic from Canada to Ireland in one of the smallest boats the world has ever seen - it's a far cry from luxury superyachts
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    This adds a lot of detail: https://www.pbo.co.uk/boats/the-worlds-smallest-boat-how-andrew-bedwell-built-his-100cm-boat-to-sail-across-the-atlantic-101664 . I can’t help but wonder about the lavatory situation, which isn’t discussed.

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      On the open ocean you poop overboard. The US requires holding tanks within coastal waters, but most cruisers ignore it.

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      The initial post has an Instagram video with him answering that very question. He can stand in the vessel and the side height is specifically just short enough to let him pee over it, or sit on it and poop overboard. For pooping he has a tow-rag…a rag that he wipes with and then throws it into the water. It is attached to the boat and towed along to get clean.

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        Has he considered that when you sit on the side of a boat that small, it tends to capsize?

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          I’m sure he and the engineer he hired who specializes in small vessels didn’t consider this at all

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        Chumming the water behind him with shit.

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          Fishermen call the ocean “The Chuck” for a reason.

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