I hope he has a good supply of motion sickness pills....that thing looks like it would bob about like a cork. The high viz colour would be handy during the day....though a radar reflector might also be a good idea, day and night.
Anything that makes some oceangoing flotsam more visible is a good idea....a supertanker cutting though that thing is like to ruin both captain's days.
"tonneau" in French is "barrel" This is a drifting proposition, there is NO propulsion. I dare say it might roll in a seaway.
Personally I wouldn't mind doing it with my own manufacturing practices and unlimited resources . but not from French manufacturing practices .
I'd be begging to get out of that thing in 48 hours. Living in a fishing bobber sounds like a terrible way to spend time voluntarily. Paratroopers are nuts!
It has a weighted keel. He should have deployed a small (or very large ) sea anchor. The 'vessel' moves more with the wind and less with current - tho ocean currents tend to follow with the wid. Canary Current - Wikipedia
Well, maybe it won't roll over all the way --- What is missing in this is how he's going to get resup after he gets tired of sardines.
He has crossed the Atlantic 4 times via sailboat. He will likely leave a 'trout' line of baited hooks trailing. Once the hull accumulates some growth, his fishing will improve. I just hope he doesn't get run down by a container ship.
Hannes Lindemann (28 December 1922 - 17 April 2015) was a German doctor, navigator and sailor. Some questioned his sanity. He crossed the Atlantic in a kayak and a dugout canoe. He wasn't in Germany nor did he participate in the war - but the guilt/shame of being German seemed to be overwhelming as I would read his books. Indigenous Boats: Translatlantic Voyage in a Liberian Dugout Canoe - canoe voyage We’re for Sydney | Daily Telegraph kayak Both voyages were written into books and both are found online for free if you care to real about this fellow.
