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Just another day for the Coast Guard
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this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2024
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I mean, this guy is pretty crazy, but he's not really outside the realm of what other people trying to break records are doing. He's just has slightly less well-engineered equipment than most.
For example, here's a guy who tried to break the record for smallest sailboat crossing the Atlantic recently:
Here's one designed to circumnavigate the world:
This woman rowed across the Atlantic by herself (not the first, either, but apparently the youngest):
These attempters should hang out for a few hours, have a Dark 'n Stormy in some dive and compare notes. It might save lives. "Hey, you crave attention AND extreme danger to distract you from feeling so alone in a crowd? Me, too!"