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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That sounds incredibly boring and dangerous at the same time
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I've sailed the Atlantic many times. The swell can be huge. I was in a 144m long navy frigate and everyone was seasick when we had 14m high waves. Everything broke. We could only go straight into the direction of the swell, otherwise we would capsize.
Best of luck dude, I hope you have better weather. But you're stupid AF.
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Can’t even lay flat to sleep or rest. That would be a non-starter for me.
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This sounds like a medieval method of execution
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Anything to get away from ppl, I get it.
(Not sure those two panels can power a gaming PC, but perhaps it's a handheld.)
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What happens when it flips over from a wave
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Deep. Vein. Thrombosis.
RIP.
Cool. Lmk when he breaks the record for smallest boat or whatever.
I just keep picturing it as some sort of fishing lure for a giant ocean creature…I watch too many movies.
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Can I have his stuff?
A-d-v-e-n-t-u-r-e suuure is a funny way to spell "self torture guaranteed to end in death".
Is this a thing here? !remindme 6 months "He's @#%^ing dead"
He crossing the Atlantic in a 3D printing benchy.
Having faced Atlantic swell in a frigate, I would not want to do this.
3 foot boat smaller than airplane seat
Airplane seats are bigger than 3 feet? Are they going by First-Class seats?
This seems suicidal
Is this gonna end up as another Oceangate situation?
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Whale: "Mmm! Boba Tea bubble!"
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