What a Nutter

[Emmalina]

Just read this it made me laugh
American man, 40, rescued from 6ft inflatable dinghy with makeshift sail 12 hours into voyage from Dorset to IRELAND | Mail Online

[oblivionboyj]

Wow!
He's one lucky sonofabitch to have been rescued!

[snort]

Originally Posted by Emmalina

Just read this it made me laugh
American man, 40, rescued from 6ft inflatable dinghy with makeshift sail 12 hours into voyage from Dorset to IRELAND | Mail Online

Complained about the high cost of the ferry from Pembroke.

[Andrew B.]

As Ron White likes to say.

You can't fix stupid...

[SkiprJohn]

Those crazy Americans!

[Celestialsailor]

I didn't see anywhere in the article that stated he wanted to be rescued.

[pdf27]

No, the army phoned up the coastguard because he was drifting into the danger area for an armoured vehicle firing range and disrupting training!

[svmariane]

But, but... He was wearing his PFD!
And he had a life raft - well, used as a backrest.
All in all, probably a good thing he wasn't leaving from New Zealand.

[hellosailor]

I can't see that his boat was in any way inferior to the hide coracles that were used in Ireland and other locales a thousand years ago, and no one called those folks crazy for using them. According to the photos he did literally have both paddles in the water and the rest, well, haven't we all had days with light wind and adverse current?

[K_V_B]

Originally Posted by hellosailor

I can't see that his boat was in any way inferior to the hide coracles that were used in Ireland and other locales a thousand years ago, and no one called those folks crazy for using them.

But they were crazy... :-) Or at least didn't have any regard for personal safety...

[goboatingnow]

with the weather at teh moment, you could cross on a sheet of plywood!!!

Dave

[Celestialsailor]

People do a lot of stupid things and much worst than this. The raft almost looks like something from Walmart. If he had upgraded to a used Avon, had sun protection, GPS and enough provisions, I think it would have been a fun adventure.

[Hud3]

He probably posted his plan on an Internet forum and was told to "just do it!"

[s/v 'Faith']

It was only crazy because he did not have a SSB, and several different brands of EPIRBS and sat phones, and carrier pigeons....l

.... Like most everyone here carry when leaving sight of land.

[pdf27]

One point. He was picked up ~5 miles East of where he set out. If he was genuinely heading for Ireland, that's going to be a long voyage...