[Tenoch]

Anybody can circumnavigate in a San Juan 24...this guy tried to cross the Atlantic in a dinghy.

Man Rescued Trying To Sail To US In £300 Dinghy

 

[MedSailor]

Is this guy mentally ill? Really, is he? I hope they evaluated him.

MedSailor

 

[Minnewaska]

Is this guy mentally ill? Really, is he? I hope they evaluated him.

MedSailor

His only nav aid was a street map of Southhampton. I think so. Hope he gets help.

 

[Pupil2Prodigy]

that's nuts

 

[Capt Len]

Just shows that adventurers should take a more realistic approach to their dreams,)Damm, did it again.)

 

[newhaul]

We all hope he did get help http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gener...lor-rescued-5-miles-into-3-000-mile-trip.html

 

[SHNOOL]

The story implies he'd have been OK if he just had that lifejacket.
Besides we ALL know he should have used a laser.

 

[newhaul]

Nah he would have been fine with a snipe they have a spray deflecting strip on bow

 

[hernando]

sounds like a Top Gear challenge

 

[newhaul]

sounds like a Top Gear challenge

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[krisscross]

"Aside from that, he had a passport containing a US visa, hot dogs, beans and a bag of biscuits." He was not totally nuts, just a desperate Bulgarian trying to get to US on the cheap.