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At the age of 72, adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin has succeeded in crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a barrel, using just the tides, winds and ocean currents. He has just set foot on French soil, after 127 days and 5,800 kilometres at sea
submitted 4 years ago by magnora7 from youtube.com
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Video is blocked, here's an alternative I believe is the same.
[–]magnora7[S] 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun - 4 years ago (1 child)
This is nuts. No sail, no engine. Just the currents. Incredibly impressive.
[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
It's pretty neat.
What was even neater, IMO, was how, long before satellites and computers, they used to drop notes in bottles with the date, location, etc. and they would also collect and log them - and by accumulating all the global data over centuries they developed maps of the ocean currents, trade winds, etc.
[–]beermeem 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun - 4 years ago (1 child)
That's not exactly "just a barrel."
[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
From a navigation/control standpoint, it basically is
[–]Vigte 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 4 years ago (0 children)
Next time someone says "stone age people couldn't sail to north america" - I'm telling them about this and forcing them to admit plausibility. Checkmate.
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