The goal being to beat the extrem masochist sea challenge, with a boat where you can't lie down and which moves the most in the waves so you get sick to death all the time. The upgrade would be to have nails sticking out on the inside and a even smaller boat where you can't even sit down and you have to stand on one leg...
To be honest it didn't seem to be moving at all under sail. Either way I hope you're not prone to sea sickness because you are in for one of the most uncomfortable passages in recorded history
She sails at about 2-3 knots, and quite well off the wind, the first days of the last 3 sea trials were absolutely still, the second were about 15-18 knots. I wasnt ill, but almost all on the support vessel were green...
There is a very fine line between A bold and a stupid idea and you walk that line like no other. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an idea that’s gotten me so excited to see out into action. I eagerly look forward to seeing more of your journey and wish you the best of luck.
If he has a wife or children, for their sakes, I hope he survives. I have sailed small boats in across the Atlantic and I think the rig and steering of this boat are too flimsy for the conditions to be expected. I am pretty sure the tub is strong enough from the look of it. Hope he has tested the pump out procedure at sea with it fully flooded. I am assuming it is designed to float whilst flooded. This is the second greatest danger I see. I won't even start on the physical damage to his body from the lack of movement....
25 knots is a Force 6. By the look of the sea state in this video the wind barely got above Force 3. If he can’t estimate wind force from sea state then his experience of sailing must be pretty limited. If instruments showed this on a boat I was navigating I’d know they were faulty. He’s planning a North Atlantic crossing from Newfoundland, he might be better advised to use the Gulf Stream/North Atlantic Drift. He’d be warmer too. Mind you, I’d not think of doing this at any price.
Yeah, I noticed the "25 knots" comment, too. It clearly was blowing more like 12-15 or so in the video. Maybe he just misspoke? Or maybe the interior shot when he said that was at a different time when it was blowing harder than you see in the wider shots?
We had an anenometer on the support vessel (that wasnt mine) that was reading 25knots, but after checking it was out - and as one of the other guys said we had everything from a force 3 to 20knots, and the video/text at times are out.
Good luck! One concern I have is the rig. I don't know whether it's designed for "battening down" for rough weather, but at least in the deployed mode shown in the video it makes me anxious. My sense is that in a 30-knot sea state the boat's going to be picked up and thrown/rolled a fair amount. Is the rig engineered to survive that? If it is significantly damaged you could have dangling debris potentially damaging the hull, and I suspect in those conditions it would be difficult or impossible to open the hatch to effect repairs without filling the boat. Hopefully there will be tested contingency plans for things like dismasting or a flooded hull.
@@MrBaskevin Cool. You’re now afloat and full of seawater in the middle of the ocean. What does that mean for seaworthiness/handling characteristics? Electronics and other systems? Livability? What is the recovery plan? In what conditions is it possible to carry out that plan? Sinking is just one failure mode, and while it’s good that that risk has been mitigated that isn’t enough for success.
@@JohnCallender Being flooded would actually make it a lot more stable and comfortable lol. It has a couple of pumps i believe. He has a few other videos where he goes into the design and built. Maybe you should go watch them instead of predicting doom and gloom?
The issue of constant pretty extreme rocking even under sail is a bigger challenge than the craft surviving . I give the man no chance, the craft some chance if weather not awful.
Although I've never done any sailing I've pedaled a bicycle across America, 5100 miles so I do have a bit of a feel for this sort of thing. I think the hardest part for me would be not feeling progress forward. It will seem like you are sitting still without a visual reference of forward movement. This would wear me down. This may not bother you in the least and that would be great but I would have to come up with a means of tracking progress in real-time, a bell rings every mile, an animation that shows distance traveled, something. Just a thought, great video, thanks for the update.
I do have a log on one of the instruments that shows the distance ive travelled and the distance to go, but nothing audible and if i had the spare power i would definitiely do that - im loving all the ibput for you all.
I suggest to do a test. One month in it in an exposed harbor or moored at sea, just to see if you can actually "physically" and mentally endure the isolation and confined space. Maybe start with a week and then 2 and then a month. Then take it out for a test in a big Atlantic storm and see how she fares, you'd probably get knocked about a LOT and you need to test that before the "full monty" Have you ever done a silent meditation retreat? You may want to start with that. Very good preparation. Vipassana would be a good starting point. I do wish you well and I do hope that you are fully prepared and not just going to "Wing it" and see what happens.
Ive already done more than all the rpevious record holders and attempts, in an ideal world a month of sailing her to test would be great - but that just cant happen untill a sponsor gives us more money !!
I have a question - even in that mild sea state, when you leant against the hull to show the rudders, you weren't far from taking on water. What happens if you have the hatch open (to stretch your legs say) and you accidentally take on a load of water?
Ah but its designed to rol and come up, theres a full harness in there and shes like a safety capsule - today infact a very experienced and known offshore sailor said in fact he would rather get into this than a liferaft any day after seeing her.
Couldn't you have made It like bigger and still break that record like maybe just few inches smaller . That thing seems to extreme just ridiculously small lol
It is great to have a dream. I have difficulty understanding why it would matter if your boat is an inch shorter or longer. Slocum's book was great not because of the size of the crew or boat. He was a good writer. Walden pond was about the story. I look forward to hearing your adventures even if it seems you are crazy.
Everyone has their goals in life - ive steady pushed mine smaller and further, and thats why im doing it, also to inspire people to just push their own boundaries and get slightly out of there comfort zone.
@@Adventure101 Did you try it in rough seas? I am afraid that after a while it will make you sick to the point of unconscious. But please share the results.
I think the biggest problem is not being able to be horizontal during rest…this position is very hard on the vascular system…it’s a challenge alright…wouldn’t want to be caught in 30 foot seas…once you take in water it’s a matters of a few seconds…no time for sending a mayday….
Ah but i can curl up in the fetal position, and i can completely seal down the vessel and if there was water ingress pump it out from inside. It also has 12 seperate watertight compartments. I have had coast giards look over it and after explaining every feature to them theyva agreed its like a tank/safety capsule, infact a previous captin today at a sponsor meeting said he would rather be in mine than a liferaft. Inside mine you have a full harness, and can lock your arms and legs to hold you absolutely stationary. Its obviously not going to be comfortable....
@@TomatoWithARifle If your in the UK or canada, come and see her before i set off and you'll realise how well bult she is - see the post below from todays comments
@@Adventure101 sideways in a fetal position? That would be great! If you mean fetal seated I don’t think is ideal. I would try this in a harbor for the amount of days you plan to spend crossing. 20-25 days? It’s not a perfect simulation but this is a serious endeavor with potential fatal consequences. I would have a heart rate monitor, blood pressure regularly checked..check your sleep score to dial in good sleep patterns…eat and live just like out at sea. My two cents. Don’t leave anything left unturned prior to departure because it could be your last if you don’t have triple checked things (and still there is a bad outcome chance). Wish you all the best and rooting for you.
Shes openable in upto force 6 ish, after that its hatch closed, and yes there will be extended periods where shes closed up. However inside i can do everything on sail trim, pump out water - desalinate water to drink, and go to the toilet, aswell as open/close and rotate the 2 vents on the bow.
I WISH YOU LUCK, BUT BE REALISTIC... During your interview you dared to stand up in what were only 1 ft waves and a gentle 5 knot breeze, and you were continually under threat of capsizing. Also, NOT ONCE when you were "under sail" (note: my 6 yr old granddaughter has more "sail" when she stands & spreads her beach towel out from her body while standing on my stand-up paddleboard) did ANYONE actually SEE THE BOAT MOVE. NOT ONE INCH, much less 1900 km :-o I'm typically NOT a nay-sayer - I WANT you to be successful, but this boat is simply NOT DESIGNED FOR FORWARD MOTION. You may as well be putting a SAIL on a BUOY, and expecting IT to begin to move ! IDEAS IDEAS IDEAS... HERE'S ONE: Your HULL may be CONSTRAINED to be under 2m (or whatever)... but is your KEEL ALSO constrained? IF NOT, then I HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you install a NEW KEEL whose length (under the water) is 3 TIMES the length of the hull. Use the BLADE on a SPEED SKATER'S SKATE and you'll get the idea here. The ONLY way you're going to get TRUE FORWARD MOTION out of your "vessel" is if your LENGTH is MULTIPLE TIMES your WIDTH - YOU KNOW THIS !!! Hope to see the boat actually MOVE (you're NOT fooling anyone right now!) in your upcoming REDESIGN and 2ND SEA TRIAL :-) Your (genuine) fan, - Mark Vogt | VOGTLAND OUTDOORS
Pathetic, and ridiculous... ever see breaking waves at sea? They'll go over the top of that "Bottle with Sails." Notice how they pull that 80% submerged bottle at the waterline, but the center of pressure of Any Wind, will be up higher... & "Beam Reach?" - sure 0.5 knots in 18knots of wind?🤣
Yes many breaking seas on my other solo passages in small vessels. As for the centre of pressure thats why i furl and have another thing at the stern to counter the force.
I am a sailor and have been all my life....This vessel was designed by a gentleman who had the record for this exact route..just designed smaller. I've also done many othernon published sailing challenges....this isn't just a 2 minute idea I've dreamt up and bodged together..
I was at the NEC,Birmingham in the dim and distant past and spoke to a guy who was displaying his "solo craft ", its best described as a sealed capsule with oars either side. He rowed the Atlantic in this strange vessel. He had the added advantage of being Ex- SAS. Great bloke. As it
Without a support boat in case of major trouble, I would be worried a bit. What do you think your chances of survival are? I'm sure you will have an EPIRB but still, you will be hard to find.
Yes i chose to go without a support vessel as if not there are so many people online who have questioned some records and so without one, i cant be accused of cheating at all....
Theres a reason why boats are big . Capability, safety and the space to fix breakages and problems are all real necessities out there alone. Ive seen this project from its beginnings and every time i consider it i still think its completely stupid. I mean no disrespect . The biggest , most capable sailboats can be spun around upside-down, pitchpoled, knocked down, rolled and wrecked in the Atlantic . In that contraption youll be a man in a washing machine , without any of the capabilities of an ordinary boat . I have done plenty of extraordinary things in my long life that others said were impossible or crazy,( i wont tell you my name )but that craft looks like a coffin. Sorry. I hope you survive.
Danger danger right there. He may "drift" across the ocean. He should be much more concerned about blood clogs and thrombosis. What risk to reward ratio are we talking about here? This is plain nonsense.
Ahoy shipmate - she sure is a beauty. Personally I wouldn’t cross my local canal in her and it’s been filled in since the end of the Industrial Revolution but good luck to ya!
Если случится проблема - если есть на борту связь с Большим Братом , и помощь придёт быстро - тогда Это хобби ! Если помощи при форсмажоре не будет - это рулетка в казино.
Does it make sense? To sail an ocean is not the easiest way to travel but this kind of a voyage looks like masochism to me. An adventure should be a little bit more safe and comfortable than that.
I presume the Atlantic crossing will be via the southern route from the Canaries where the ocean current will land you in the Caribbean eventually without having to lift an oar/sail. Unless he has a supply boat alongside all the way, how is he going to store supplies for a journey that could take up to 2 months or more. BTW I have crossed the Atlantic using this route a couple of times on a small sail boat and nearly ran out of water before arrival the first time. The Northern route from the US/Canada in that piss pot would be suicidal.
@@michaeltsui3435 A number of these micro boats have had to be rescued in the recent past at enormous cost whilst attempting the crossing on the Northern route. If he is hoping for a westerly tail wind off the Azores high he'll be very lucky as the winds that far North are generally varied and confused with high breaking swells. I believe the authorities may even have a rule preventing any more mad cap adventurers risking it all for fame.
I have agreement with several sailors on here on certain points. However if you have considerable sailing experience and mentally very tough you could make it. The boat on enough speed v food/water/distance is another matter. You don't and won't know until you try. I'm an experienced Sailor and wouldn't contemplate such a journey in a boat that size. I will follow this project good luck.👍🇬🇧
I do have considerable sailing experience and am mentally strong, ive previously done a lot of challenges that people have all said cant be done, and this boat has been designed by Tom McNally who broke the record in 93 on the same passage and had just been made around my frame.
@@Adventure101 Thanks for replying and that information . I understand now about the design so that has Pedigree. As I said you don't know until you try. The effort you have taken to get this project going displays determination and with your experience yes why not. I wish you all the best I will follow your progress. Take care👍
Sail in a seaworthy Folkboat at 25ft long ... ,,like Jester ...with sensible jiunk rig...and you can get across the oceans in style and safety....and back without causing others to come and rescue you!! This boat needs to be tested in a 70 knot gale .. with captain there too...
I've done a jester challenge, aswell as take a 21ft mini transat solo yo into the Arctic, round Iceland , through the Denmark strait, nearly ti Greenland and back k to UK Solo. Thus project isn't taken on lightly and ots just the next step in a long list of adventures. The designer of this vessel did the exact same route and held the record back in 93, rhis vessel is just smaller and designed around my body.
@@Adventure101 Masochists of the world UNITE! 21 ft can jump over waves or beat to windward...but a tub 1 meter long is only going nowhere slowly... in survival mode?
The boat will be uncontrolled in anything above 10 knots , bow will be under at any speed rigging will vanish in the first squall . Been generous will give it 200nm before he is rescued. I have done thousands of miles in small yachts in open ocean 21 to 28 foot single handed . Lets just say size does count , can anyone say deep vain thrombosis? And insanity from confined space . When you said 25knots my coffee came out of my nose lucky to be five . Best you can hope for is body is not destroyed from no space and mind does not go on holiday permanently
Well thats wrong as weve tested in well above 10 knots, then we furl to stop the bow going under, and that gets the boat totally controllable. The rigging is probably better and stronger than my mini transat racing yacht, as this boats deisnged to be rolled. Ive also done thoudsands of min]les in a mini transat solo, even taken her into the arctic, around Iceland and over to almost Greenland. I have specific exercises to stop DVT. The anenometer on the support vessel was reading 25knots, but we found that to be inaccurate on our return and side by side with another anenometer we found it to be 18knots. Mentally yes its a hard one, but have some things up my sleeve for that aswll.
Well, as they say, "smooth seas do not make skillful sailors." So, let's not judge someone's sailing abilities based on YOUR past experiences. After all, a true sailor is someone who can navigate through rough waters and come out victorious. Let's give everyone a fair chance to prove their mettle on the high seas! ⛵️🌊
@@steelkatz9750 have had the odd jaunt in the open ocean single handed , a couple of trans tasman passages, down to 40deg south bass straight many times east coast of Australia, can't forget circumnavigation of new zealand . I don't retract anything that i have said but will add in a boat that was designed for someone shorter pressure sores will be a huge concern they can develop in a couple of hours . Crammed in like you are lets just say best of luck . Isometric exercises will help with muscle tone and general well being . Seriously get a boat customised just for yourself and go for it . Hopefully you have worked out a way to dry out the air if not ........ best of luck and sincerely hope that you prove me wrong
It will be chaotic in a storm, it was only subjected to a ripple test. Better make it a submarine, when s storm comes just sink it to 20m below and sit it out.
I don't no why they used a big crane to launch it, they should of just got a few mates to chuck it off the seawall because that's what it's gonna go through when the big waves get there hands on it.i would reinforce those Ali pipes with some extra supports because they look like they will snap off with the rudder! Stainless steel is heavier but I think I would prefer that to Ali which the sea loves to eat! Fair play if all goes to plan 👍
The 'boat' will nose dive and the rudder will come out of the water (assuming the rudder doesn't break off) and the 'boat' will spin and bob about like a cork. Looks more like a floating coffin to me.
Why do you think that - you need to actually see her, i can easily stand on the back of the rudder, and everything is triangulated to the max throughout everything on the vessel, and if the rear rudder does break i can eject it, and i still have the other 2 rudders on the vessel of which she sails fine with. She will nosedive if overpowred, but my mini does that aswell !
No I've challenged myself throughout my life , I've just chosen to keep the others private, but friends have said I must share this one. Sometimes with comme ts like yours I wish I hadn't. I don't need any attention at all. Onboard I have a manual desalinator though to supply fresh water.
Such a shame that you cant see her, then you would realise shes not a toy - its an evolution of design by a former record holder for exactly the same route
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The goal being to beat the extrem masochist sea challenge, with a boat where you can't lie down and which moves the most in the waves so you get sick to death all the time. The upgrade would be to have nails sticking out on the inside and a even smaller boat where you can't even sit down and you have to stand on one leg...
Ha ha !!
@@Adventure101 I don’t think he’s joking. I’m fact he’s pretty accurate.
Its a floating torture device. No reality TV show has a thing on this.
I'm liking the one leg idea
This thing is definitely a torture device 😮
It's going to be a bit of a squeeze once all of the other crew members are on board.
hee hee
Myself and I don't really take up much room.
@@obsidianjane4413 what about "me" or have "myself" and "I" decided to leave "me" at home? =P
@@bigemugamer Andrew is "me". The rest are his crew.
To be honest it didn't seem to be moving at all under sail. Either way I hope you're not prone to sea sickness because you are in for one of the most uncomfortable passages in recorded history
She sails at about 2-3 knots, and quite well off the wind, the first days of the last 3 sea trials were absolutely still, the second were about 15-18 knots. I wasnt ill, but almost all on the support vessel were green...
I believe the majority of its movement will be vertical… toward the center of the earth, at least until it encounters an immovable barrier.
If the boat was on a surface that wasn't constantly changing, you'd more easily see the distance it's traveling.
Well, live your dreams... best of luck to you.
Удовольствия ноль.Хотя,може это идеально для мазохиста?Не мое(((
There is a very fine line between A bold and a stupid idea and you walk that line like no other. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an idea that’s gotten me so excited to see out into action. I eagerly look forward to seeing more of your journey and wish you the best of luck.
Thank you.
How are you going to sleep in that thing?
So do i. If you believe in it, it can be done....
@@romanmax8561 by counting sheep and closing your eyes......
@@paulanthonybridge5741 Unless you die.
A good boat to have if you pay for your mooring by the foot.
And to lift her in is peanuts !!
If he has a wife or children, for their sakes, I hope he survives.
I have sailed small boats in across the Atlantic and I think the rig and steering of this boat are too flimsy for the conditions to be expected. I am pretty sure the tub is strong enough from the look of it. Hope he has tested the pump out procedure at sea with it fully flooded. I am assuming it is designed to float whilst flooded. This is the second greatest danger I see.
I won't even start on the physical damage to his body from the lack of movement....
I agree, the rig looks very lightweight and incapable of handling a serous knockdown...
Bad news, you were right. Good news it happened before he even left.
Looks like a floating toilet.
25 knots is a Force 6. By the look of the sea state in this video the wind barely got above Force 3. If he can’t estimate wind force from sea state then his experience of sailing must be pretty limited. If instruments showed this on a boat I was navigating I’d know they were faulty. He’s planning a North Atlantic crossing from Newfoundland, he might be better advised to use the Gulf Stream/North Atlantic Drift. He’d be warmer too. Mind you, I’d not think of doing this at any price.
Yeah, I noticed the "25 knots" comment, too. It clearly was blowing more like 12-15 or so in the video. Maybe he just misspoke? Or maybe the interior shot when he said that was at a different time when it was blowing harder than you see in the wider shots?
On the video he has a strap line saying this ,instrument error apparently
We had an anenometer on the support vessel (that wasnt mine) that was reading 25knots, but after checking it was out - and as one of the other guys said we had everything from a force 3 to 20knots, and the video/text at times are out.
@@JohnCallender Spot on the cutting of the film was out with the wording, it was ranging from force 3 to Force 5 on these 2 days.
Good luck! One concern I have is the rig. I don't know whether it's designed for "battening down" for rough weather, but at least in the deployed mode shown in the video it makes me anxious. My sense is that in a 30-knot sea state the boat's going to be picked up and thrown/rolled a fair amount. Is the rig engineered to survive that? If it is significantly damaged you could have dangling debris potentially damaging the hull, and I suspect in those conditions it would be difficult or impossible to open the hatch to effect repairs without filling the boat. Hopefully there will be tested contingency plans for things like dismasting or a flooded hull.
Laundry mode..
The thing floats even if full of water
@@MrBaskevin Cool. You’re now afloat and full of seawater in the middle of the ocean. What does that mean for seaworthiness/handling characteristics? Electronics and other systems? Livability? What is the recovery plan? In what conditions is it possible to carry out that plan? Sinking is just one failure mode, and while it’s good that that risk has been mitigated that isn’t enough for success.
@@JohnCallender Being flooded would actually make it a lot more stable and comfortable lol. It has a couple of pumps i believe. He has a few other videos where he goes into the design and built. Maybe you should go watch them instead of predicting doom and gloom?
Agreed. This looks like a cartwheel machine. I wish him all the best, but I wouldn’t want to be that thing in a 50 knot blow.
The issue of constant pretty extreme rocking even under sail is a bigger challenge than the craft surviving . I give the man no chance, the craft some chance if weather not awful.
Although I've never done any sailing I've pedaled a bicycle across America, 5100 miles so I do have a bit of a feel for this sort of thing. I think the hardest part for me would be not feeling progress forward. It will seem like you are sitting still without a visual reference of forward movement. This would wear me down. This may not bother you in the least and that would be great but I would have to come up with a means of tracking progress in real-time, a bell rings every mile, an animation that shows distance traveled, something. Just a thought, great video, thanks for the update.
That’s a great idea, hadn’t even considered that being an issue.
@@benpearson1825 Especially with downwind sailing, everything will feel completely still.
I do have a log on one of the instruments that shows the distance ive travelled and the distance to go, but nothing audible and if i had the spare power i would definitiely do that - im loving all the ibput for you all.
Have you thought about a few solar rechargeable power banks small hand held ones could be a way to recharge a portable gps.
The visual reference is the log, compass and GPS
Dear Christ above! I couldn’t think of anything worse! Good luck shippers, BZ for doing it. Mentalist! 💪❤️
Thank you
I suggest to do a test. One month in it in an exposed harbor or moored at sea, just to see if you can actually "physically" and mentally endure the isolation and confined space. Maybe start with a week and then 2 and then a month. Then take it out for a test in a big Atlantic storm and see how she fares, you'd probably get knocked about a LOT and you need to test that before the "full monty"
Have you ever done a silent meditation retreat? You may want to start with that. Very good preparation. Vipassana would be a good starting point.
I do wish you well and I do hope that you are fully prepared and not just going to "Wing it" and see what happens.
Ive already done more than all the rpevious record holders and attempts, in an ideal world a month of sailing her to test would be great - but that just cant happen untill a sponsor gives us more money !!
I have a question - even in that mild sea state, when you leant against the hull to show the rudders, you weren't far from taking on water. What happens if you have the hatch open (to stretch your legs say) and you accidentally take on a load of water?
Suicide as i am a ocean navigator 40 years. That boat will roll in the first blow. And it will roll over and over and over.
This it the same boat Tom Mcnally sailed 700 miles from Gibraltar to Gran Canaria.
Looks like a bobber.
Ocean navigator 🤣🤣🤣🤣 stop telling tall stories,
@@BillSikes. take her out on lake Michigan. I will transport you and put you up. If you get this way.
Ah but its designed to rol and come up, theres a full harness in there and shes like a safety capsule - today infact a very experienced and known offshore sailor said in fact he would rather get into this than a liferaft any day after seeing her.
If you ever wondered, this is what hell looks like. Completely bonkers that anyone in their sane mind would want to do this volontarily!
Absolutely bonkers! Thanks for sharing. Wishing you the best.
It is, but thats why the record has stood for 30 odd years....
Couldn't you have made It like bigger and still break that record like maybe just few inches smaller .
That thing seems to extreme just ridiculously small lol
The rudder, whether the stand or the added extension arm, adds considerably to LOA. Doesn't that mean this isnt the "smallest" trans Atlantic crosser?
Have a look at a later video, we've removed it now, and the Guinness records measurements are done.
You're not going to cross the ocean in that are you? You can never open the hatch. It won't take much water to sink that like a stone
I hate music montages. Just post the footage without the cheesy Muzak.
Where do we send the posthumous Darwin Award?
This will be an incredible feat I have my concerns however
Dont worry - this vessels like a safety capsule when fully closed up - how many bouys do you see sunk vs yachts etc ????
@@Adventure101if you have to seal the hatches in rough seas, how much oxygen does that leave you?
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How do you fix the rigging or a tangled sail ?
@@Adventure101so it’s not a yacht - why bother
It is great to have a dream. I have difficulty understanding why it would matter if your boat is an inch shorter or longer. Slocum's book was great not because of the size of the crew or boat. He was a good writer. Walden pond was about the story. I look forward to hearing your adventures even if it seems you are crazy.
You need to test your boat in force 8
The saying "Just because you can doesn't mean you should" comes to mind...
Everyone has their goals in life - ive steady pushed mine smaller and further, and thats why im doing it, also to inspire people to just push their own boundaries and get slightly out of there comfort zone.
@@Adventure101 Did you try it in rough seas? I am afraid that after a while it will make you sick to the point of unconscious. But please share the results.
@@Adventure101 Icarus comes to mind.
This applies to comments too. 😉
Your right, but i have been building up to this, by many other previous challenges, this ones just smaller..
Looks like you were going backwards
On a passage such as this, I forsee many heated exchanges between the captain, the mate, and the cook. Let's hope it turns out free of mutiny.
That’s if there aren’t any stowaways
not sure feasible, but if you could mount a gyroscope somewhere, would stop the bobbing around a lil bit
Why not use a hollowed out watermelon.
I think the biggest problem is not being able to be horizontal during rest…this position is very hard on the vascular system…it’s a challenge alright…wouldn’t want to be caught in 30 foot seas…once you take in water it’s a matters of a few seconds…no time for sending a mayday….
right. first time i saw this i thought death trap
Ah but i can curl up in the fetal position, and i can completely seal down the vessel and if there was water ingress pump it out from inside. It also has 12 seperate watertight compartments. I have had coast giards look over it and after explaining every feature to them theyva agreed its like a tank/safety capsule, infact a previous captin today at a sponsor meeting said he would rather be in mine than a liferaft. Inside mine you have a full harness, and can lock your arms and legs to hold you absolutely stationary. Its obviously not going to be comfortable....
@@TomatoWithARifle If your in the UK or canada, come and see her before i set off and you'll realise how well bult she is - see the post below from todays comments
@@Adventure101 sideways in a fetal position? That would be great! If you mean fetal seated I don’t think is ideal. I would try this in a harbor for the amount of days you plan to spend crossing. 20-25 days? It’s not a perfect simulation but this is a serious endeavor with potential fatal consequences. I would have a heart rate monitor, blood pressure regularly checked..check your sleep score to dial in good sleep patterns…eat and live just like out at sea. My two cents. Don’t leave anything left unturned prior to departure because it could be your last if you don’t have triple checked things (and still there is a bad outcome chance). Wish you all the best and rooting for you.
I humbly suggest adding product to your med kit - Calmoseptine. This treats a red chafed arse area like no other. Bring a gallon. Fair seas!
I'm not sure how calm it needs to be to be able to sail with open cockpit, it seems tough to sail for extended periods while closed up!
Shes openable in upto force 6 ish, after that its hatch closed, and yes there will be extended periods where shes closed up. However inside i can do everything on sail trim, pump out water - desalinate water to drink, and go to the toilet, aswell as open/close and rotate the 2 vents on the bow.
I WISH YOU LUCK, BUT BE REALISTIC...
During your interview you dared to stand up in what were only 1 ft waves and a gentle 5 knot breeze, and you were continually under threat of capsizing.
Also, NOT ONCE when you were "under sail" (note: my 6 yr old granddaughter has more "sail" when she stands & spreads her beach towel out from her body while standing on my stand-up paddleboard) did ANYONE actually SEE THE BOAT MOVE. NOT ONE INCH, much less 1900 km :-o
I'm typically NOT a nay-sayer - I WANT you to be successful, but this boat is simply NOT DESIGNED FOR FORWARD MOTION.
You may as well be putting a SAIL on a BUOY, and expecting IT to begin to move !
IDEAS IDEAS IDEAS...
HERE'S ONE:
Your HULL may be CONSTRAINED to be under 2m (or whatever)... but is your KEEL ALSO constrained?
IF NOT, then I HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you install a NEW KEEL whose length (under the water) is 3 TIMES the length of the hull.
Use the BLADE on a SPEED SKATER'S SKATE and you'll get the idea here.
The ONLY way you're going to get TRUE FORWARD MOTION out of your "vessel" is if your LENGTH is MULTIPLE TIMES your WIDTH - YOU KNOW THIS !!!
Hope to see the boat actually MOVE (you're NOT fooling anyone right now!) in your upcoming REDESIGN and 2ND SEA TRIAL :-)
Your (genuine) fan,
- Mark Vogt | VOGTLAND OUTDOORS
Man, we as a species are really starting to scrape the bottom of the World Records barrel 😂😂
Reminds me of going over Niagara falls in a barrel 😮
Pathetic, and ridiculous... ever see breaking waves at sea? They'll go over the top of that "Bottle with Sails." Notice how they pull that 80% submerged bottle at the waterline, but the center of pressure of Any Wind, will be up higher... & "Beam Reach?" - sure 0.5 knots in 18knots of wind?🤣
Yes many breaking seas on my other solo passages in small vessels. As for the centre of pressure thats why i furl and have another thing at the stern to counter the force.
No sailor in the world would step onboard your thing.
Life is not a joke
I am a sailor and have been all my life....This vessel was designed by a gentleman who had the record for this exact route..just designed smaller. I've also done many othernon published sailing challenges....this isn't just a 2 minute idea I've dreamt up and bodged together..
Dock fees are $0.75 a day
I was at the NEC,Birmingham in the dim and distant past and spoke to a guy who was displaying his "solo craft ", its best described as a sealed capsule with oars either side.
He rowed the Atlantic in this strange vessel. He had the added advantage of being Ex- SAS. Great bloke.
As it
Without a support boat in case of major trouble, I would be worried a bit. What do you think your chances of survival are? I'm sure you will have an EPIRB but still, you will be hard to find.
Yes i chose to go without a support vessel as if not there are so many people online who have questioned some records and so without one, i cant be accused of cheating at all....
@@Adventure101 respect !
Theres a reason why boats are big . Capability, safety and the space to fix breakages and problems are all real necessities out there alone.
Ive seen this project from its beginnings and every time i consider it i still think its completely stupid. I mean no disrespect .
The biggest , most capable sailboats can be spun around upside-down, pitchpoled, knocked down, rolled and wrecked in the Atlantic .
In that contraption youll be a man in a washing machine , without any of the capabilities of an ordinary boat .
I have done plenty of extraordinary things in my long life that others said were impossible or crazy,( i wont tell you my name )but that craft looks like a coffin. Sorry. I hope you survive.
What a distinctive looking vehicle! If I saw it, I'd think it was a submersible and ask how deep it can go.
do not go out to the open ocean..You will not survive...Imagine 100 foot waves and getting slammed around... Please don't do it.
Danger danger right there.
He may "drift" across the ocean. He should be much more concerned about blood clogs and thrombosis.
What risk to reward ratio are we talking about here?
This is plain nonsense.
Ahoy shipmate - she sure is a beauty. Personally I wouldn’t cross my local canal in her and it’s been filled in since the end of the Industrial Revolution but good luck to ya!
Ha ha ---shes bullet proof and desig ned for the crossing by a former record holder for the same passage, just smaller to fit my frame.
So does the rudder and support structure not count into total boat length
Mankind is constantly coming up with new and interesting ways to kill ourselves! Gonna pray for this guy!
Если случится проблема - если есть на борту связь с Большим Братом , и помощь придёт быстро - тогда Это хобби ! Если помощи при форсмажоре не будет - это рулетка в казино.
Clearly as mad as a cut snake, but he’s British, he’s giving it a go and he’s going to succeed!!
Love it thank you- i certainly am going to succeed !!
@@Adventure101 We’re with you all the way Sir! Well, not literally ‘with you’ of course. We’re not that crazy!!
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Does it make sense? To sail an ocean is not the easiest way to travel but this kind of a voyage looks like masochism to me. An adventure should be a little bit more safe and comfortable than that.
I presume the Atlantic crossing will be via the southern route from the Canaries where the ocean current will land you in the Caribbean eventually without having to lift an oar/sail. Unless he has a supply boat alongside all the way, how is he going to store supplies for a journey that could take up to 2 months or more. BTW I have crossed the Atlantic using this route a couple of times on a small sail boat and nearly ran out of water before arrival the first time. The Northern route from the US/Canada in that piss pot would be suicidal.
I think he's running downwind on the northern route.
@@michaeltsui3435 A number of these micro boats have had to be rescued in the recent past at enormous cost whilst attempting the crossing on the Northern route. If he is hoping for a westerly tail wind off the Azores high he'll be very lucky as the winds that far North are generally varied and confused with high breaking swells. I believe the authorities may even have a rule preventing any more mad cap adventurers risking it all for fame.
I have agreement with several sailors on here on certain points. However if you have considerable sailing experience and mentally very tough you could make it. The boat on enough speed v food/water/distance is another matter. You don't and won't know until you try. I'm an experienced Sailor and wouldn't contemplate such a journey in a boat that size. I will follow this project good luck.👍🇬🇧
I do have considerable sailing experience and am mentally strong, ive previously done a lot of challenges that people have all said cant be done, and this boat has been designed by Tom McNally who broke the record in 93 on the same passage and had just been made around my frame.
@@Adventure101 Thanks for replying and that information . I understand now about the design so that has Pedigree. As I said you don't know until you try. The effort you have taken to get this project going displays determination and with your experience yes why not. I wish you all the best I will follow your progress. Take care👍
How about hollowing out a peach pit & trying to sail that? Everything gets harder as you scale down
Would it have mattered if you could lay down , and a directional vessel. It's Insanity
A toilet shaped kite skimmer, bravo he should rig a parafoil kite to whiz along the waves with.
Most challenges test a new innovation and market it with spectacle.
What's the innovation here?
Mate, you shoulda taken some of that money to build this thing and got your head examined! Godspeed
Why did you not add a wave power fin in the hull design? You could make use of that bobbing like a cork motion?
What’s next. An embryo in a test tube being the youngest person to circumnavigate?
Sail in a seaworthy Folkboat at 25ft long ... ,,like Jester ...with sensible jiunk rig...and you can get across the oceans in style and safety....and back without causing others to come and rescue you!!
This boat needs to be tested in a 70 knot gale .. with captain there too...
I've done a jester challenge, aswell as take a 21ft mini transat solo yo into the Arctic, round Iceland , through the Denmark strait, nearly ti Greenland and back k to UK Solo. Thus project isn't taken on lightly and ots just the next step in a long list of adventures. The designer of this vessel did the exact same route and held the record back in 93, rhis vessel is just smaller and designed around my body.
@@Adventure101 Masochists of the world UNITE! 21 ft can jump over waves or beat to windward...but a tub 1 meter long is only going nowhere slowly... in survival mode?
The boat will be uncontrolled in anything above 10 knots , bow will be under at any speed rigging will vanish in the first squall . Been generous will give it 200nm before he is rescued. I have done thousands of miles in small yachts in open ocean 21 to 28 foot single handed . Lets just say size does count , can anyone say deep vain thrombosis? And insanity from confined space . When you said 25knots my coffee came out of my nose lucky to be five . Best you can hope for is body is not destroyed from no space and mind does not go on holiday permanently
The guy is willing to take blood thinners for the whole trip.. not sure what to think about it..
At least I know how to spell deep vein thrombosis
Well thats wrong as weve tested in well above 10 knots, then we furl to stop the bow going under, and that gets the boat totally controllable. The rigging is probably better and stronger than my mini transat racing yacht, as this boats deisnged to be rolled. Ive also done thoudsands of min]les in a mini transat solo, even taken her into the arctic, around Iceland and over to almost Greenland. I have specific exercises to stop DVT. The anenometer on the support vessel was reading 25knots, but we found that to be inaccurate on our return and side by side with another anenometer we found it to be 18knots. Mentally yes its a hard one, but have some things up my sleeve for that aswll.
Well, as they say, "smooth seas do not make skillful sailors." So, let's not judge someone's sailing abilities based on YOUR past experiences. After all, a true sailor is someone who can navigate through rough waters and come out victorious. Let's give everyone a fair chance to prove their mettle on the high seas! ⛵️🌊
@@steelkatz9750 have had the odd jaunt in the open ocean single handed , a couple of trans tasman passages, down to 40deg south bass straight many times east coast of Australia, can't forget circumnavigation of new zealand . I don't retract anything that i have said but will add in a boat that was designed for someone shorter pressure sores will be a huge concern they can develop in a couple of hours . Crammed in like you are lets just say best of luck . Isometric exercises will help with muscle tone and general well being . Seriously get a boat customised just for yourself and go for it . Hopefully you have worked out a way to dry out the air if not ........ best of luck and sincerely hope that you prove me wrong
Russian oligarchs sure have downsized their yachts lately.
Why not just get in an old champagne bottle and float? That little tub is beyond insane.
Better check the inside for migrants when he returns as we don’t want any more sneaking in.
For me it’s a wtf deal. But you make yourself happy man. Be safe.
You’re drinking your bath water.
But where does the ship's cat live?
my legs get cramps just looking at that thing
Drifting, not sailing
Drift assisted I am not confident in the challenge at all
3 knots isnt drifting, i have my mini for doing 20 odd knots.....
Every wide shot of this thing is straight drifting.. Would love to see a drone shot of this this thing a three knots . 😂
@@Adventure1013 knots bobbing about? Don’t think so
The world would be so much dimmer without people like you! Best of luck on your journeys.
Thank you..
Prepare for that dimness.
It will be chaotic in a storm, it was only subjected to a ripple test. Better make it a submarine, when s storm comes just sink it to 20m below and sit it out.
It will be horrendous in a storm, and w expect 20 over the 90 day period.
How do you carry enough food and water for the journey?
I carry enough food onboard, but have a water desalinator for water onboard
Just hope you don't come a cropper, this is pure insanity.
A coracle made out of a septic-tank?! Random! 🤗
I don't no why they used a big crane to launch it, they should of just got a few mates to chuck it off the seawall because that's what it's gonna go through when the big waves get there hands on it.i would reinforce those Ali pipes with some extra supports because they look like they will snap off with the rudder! Stainless steel is heavier but I think I would prefer that to Ali which the sea loves to eat! Fair play if all goes to plan 👍
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Any reason why there's no footage of this 'sailboat' in anything even remotely realistic concerning wind and waves........?
I have flushed bigger things than that down the toilet.
i dont think this will be a good holiday. whos going to rent these ?
Im glad the travellift could handle it. Lol.
So how long is the boat with the rudder extended out?
The real question here folks is... why?
not everything that CAN be done needs to be done, tbh
Now that's what I call a floatation vest😂😂😂
Лодка похожа на унитаз с парусом, где внутри по факту и посрать нельзя.
What's the point? What's the challenge?
Poor people that have to rescue people like this . Hmmm
They wont be having to
Is there any ventilation when. It gets rough out? Close that thing up tight, all it will take is one fart and game over.
Yup, and its totally openable tand clodseable from inside and roatateable.
Not being able to lay down for weeks on end is a horrible thought, I think that alone would make me flip out.
Why, oh why can't your name be Bob?
Good luck.
You're going to need it 😜
this is like walking on your hands across the world
Stepping on each hand as you go.
En ese prototipo se juega la vida en él océano, le deseó suerte.
A truly phenomenal challenge. Hope you achieve it. Gonna be bored stiff I expect and when you’re not, you’ll probably wish you were
Can't wait for him to start, gonna follow along if its possible!
@@jammcguire1276 Your all going to be able to follow me .....were going to be able to upload videos and messages from onboard.
@@Adventure101 Can't wait! You know we are rooting for ya!
The 'boat' will nose dive and the rudder will come out of the water (assuming the rudder doesn't break off) and the 'boat' will spin and bob about like a cork. Looks more like a floating coffin to me.
Why do you think that - you need to actually see her, i can easily stand on the back of the rudder, and everything is triangulated to the max throughout everything on the vessel, and if the rear rudder does break i can eject it, and i still have the other 2 rudders on the vessel of which she sails fine with. She will nosedive if overpowred, but my mini does that aswell !
First thing that jumps to mind is Madness
Second is, you must be diying for attention..
Third, how on earth would you take your'e fresh water supply
No I've challenged myself throughout my life , I've just chosen to keep the others private, but friends have said I must share this one. Sometimes with comme ts like yours I wish I hadn't. I don't need any attention at all. Onboard I have a manual desalinator though to supply fresh water.
when do you set off on the voyage? where do you keep all your food
Inside and in the outer sponsons, and its May/June this year from St Johns
@@Adventure101 THANKS. i was driving down the motorway yesterday did i see this boat being towed behind a grey van????
I totally agree with you,I think his next crossing is on a skateboard for a bigger ego trip 😜
A fool and his toy!
Such a shame that you cant see her, then you would realise shes not a toy - its an evolution of design by a former record holder for exactly the same route