Jean-Jacques Savin: Frenchman sets off to cross Atlantic in a barrel

BBC ^ | 27 Dec 2018 | BBC

[dfwgator]

If he makes it to Niagara Falls he is set.

NIAGARA FALLS!

Slowly I turned....step...by...step...inch...by....inch......

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Theoria. GGG sidebar.

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[21twelve]

I don’t believe Orcas even range as far south as he plans to be. Although yeah, if he gets caught up in the Gulf Stream and heads to Norway....

[Little Ray]

He’s drifting. No way he can be propelling that thing with sails, oars, or even a motor.

[IamConservative]

Instead fish in a barrel, we have a frog in the barrel.

[Openurmind]

This is cool! thanks!

[Openurmind]

Bookmarked it to follow along. Did anyone else notice the beta “altitude” tracking data? I find it interesting that sea level is not actually level. :)

[Theoria]

Jean-Jacques Savin current location. Looks behind his calculations, but his 'trip' is speeding up.

[Openurmind]

Cool! I’m not the only one keeping track of him! He has been wandering all around that one area for a few weeks now, but it looks like he may have finally caught a current or some fair wind to push him steady west. :)

He has got to be sharing messages with his followers but maybe you have to register and sign in to read them? I didn’t want to register and find out he’s not communicating with his public following. lol

Thanks for the update!

[Theoria]

He's getting closer.

[thecodont]

This reminds me of Puskin’s fairy tale of Tsar Saltan.

[M Kehoe]

The “vessel” looks like a cut cucumber.

Bon voyage, Jacque.

Bon chance.

5.56mm

[Openurmind]

Thank you! I was just checking that day before yesterday and he is now about 3/4 the way from his origin! When I checked he was heading right at Puerto Rico. Now it looks like he is veering north west a bit.

Thank you again! and please keep me updated! I think what this gentleman is doing is great!

[Theoria]

I was thinking about this gentleman today.

He passed away in 2022, trying to row across the Atlantic.

A 75-year-old French adventurer has died attempting solo row across the Atlantic ocean

[HereInTheHeartland]

Wait to see the look on his face when someone tells he could cover the same distance in 7 hours in an airplane .
“What??!!why didn’t anyone tell me??!!”

[Openurmind]

Thank you for bringing it up again for the update. Yes I saw that when it happened. All I could think was I would rather go that way than laying in assisted living on hospice ten years later. I was actually thinking about his efforts a couple days ago. I was looking at currents in the Pacific. There is a current that flows like a highway directly from Indonesia straight to the coast of Peru and I was wondering why no one has tried to float that one yet. :)