This documentary https://youtu.be/eTkj-e82RQk goes over his first attempts to go to Bermuda. It's obvious that he does not understand the sea at all. For his first attempt he didn't have food or even GPS to know where he was going.
Personally, I think he should be free to do something reckless if it’s only his life at stake. After all, stores sell paint and there isn’t a law against drinking the stuff. It sounds like the only thing he needs to complete the trip is an escort vessel in case the trip goes poorly. Maybe one of us can convince him to take us on his trip.
It's never only the one guy. There's rescue people and equipment, taking their time from other rescue work and possibly putting their lives in danger. And tax dollars.
> It was equipped with a satellite phone, a water filtration system, a solar array, neoprene wet suits and a stockpile of granola and ramen noodles for when he embarked from St. Augustine on Friday for what he expected would be a three-week trip.
Ridiculousness aside, are these good choices? I'm inclined to think not. Ramen is a good ratio of calories per dollar, but what he really needs are nutrient dense foods, probably with a lot of protein given how physically difficult this is likely to be. I would think dehydrated meat or something.
This guy is simply not doing appropriate levels of prior art/background information/competitive research before embarking on a project.
At some level, that's good, because for something that's not been done yet research can be interpreted to suggest it can't be done. But yeah, he takes it much too far.
Let me also make a nod to “Everyday Mechanics” magazine in the 1910s for similar ideas…for kids. Build your own small gas engine by casting your own parts. Build a wireless torpedo. Build a radiotelephone. Build a fan-driven snowmobile…
