Twins cross the atlantic on selfbuilt 6.5m multihull with no instruments or time-keeping devices

Posted by jfoucher@reddit | sailing | View on Reddit | 38 comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LVNdKiCTlE

It's in french but the autotranslated subtitles should allow you understand it somewhat. They go half crazy in the middle of the atlantic from the doubts about their location.

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jfoucher@reddit (OP)

These two are notorious for being pretty crazy.

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4runner01@reddit

Thanks for posting it! How do I get the English subtitles? I’m in irons…..

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furbowski@reddit

I used to deliver outdoor programming to the international schools in Hong Kong. The French kids were by far the most comfortable with the climbing, biking, kayaking, surfing, and other stuff we did.

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Polyman71@reddit

Did they tie one hand behind their back and cross their eyes?👀

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yadius@reddit

This sub criticizes Sam Holmes for sailing from Palm Beach to Grand Bahama in a slightly leaky Hoby 16.

These guys are like: "Tiens ma bière !"

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Dnlx5@reddit

So your saying i should sail across the atlantic in my Hobie 16? Especially if I bring a watch?

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Blarghnog@reddit

To be clear they apparently did get slightly leaky midway.

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HelicopterUpbeat5199@reddit

Did they record on a camera with no clock?

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mootmutemoat@reddit

Wondered if anyone else caught that. Hard NOT to get a digital camera with a clock.

With a clock, as long as the sun is up you can tell what direction you are going (and even without a clock you can get a rough idea for much of the day). If you know the mood rise schedule, then most reasonably clear nights you can tell too. Storms, and a few hours each day would be iffy.

Distance would be more complicated. That is where a sextant would be useful.

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maine_buzzard@reddit

Read the book Longitude.

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MissingGravitas@reddit

"Who sets the clock on their camera" (Yeah, I know I do.)

Regarding speed, you should have a rough sense of it even without tossing something over the side and counting. Over a long enough distance errors should average out. Similar to hiking; if I know I do a 2mph pace in the mountains, then after 4 hours I can mark 8 miles.

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Pachac@reddit

Thank you, the video is incredible

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JustAnotherYouth@reddit

Interesting sail setup, seems like a cat not a proa but having the sails off center on one hull is different.

This design have a name?

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mootmutemoat@reddit

Looks like a proa to me. Here you build one of your own https://clcboats.com/shop/wooden-sailboat-kits/proa/

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JustAnotherYouth@reddit

But it doesn’t look like a Proa, it’s clearly a directional hill with a rudder aft.

Proas tack / jibe by shunting they need two rudders and two bows.

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IvorTheEngine@reddit

I guess you could call it an asymetrical catamaran, but the common name on proa forums is a tacking proa.

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mootmutemoat@reddit

Or an oar you use at both bows, but you are right that is clearly a stern.

Maybe that explains why the ama looks weirdly last minute why the main hull is so nice, they switch the ama's side while sailing? Seems like an incredibly stupid design, but given who we are talking about it might be. I never saw them tack in the video. The only other alternative would be for both of them to sit on the ama and hope a gust didn't catapult them.

Very odd design. Sadly the video was mostly about their pointless suffering, not the boat. So many close ups of their distressed faces, I had to stop watching.

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MissingGravitas@reddit

I mean, it's pretty hard to miss a continent that runs from 83° N to 56° S.

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doedelflaps@reddit

They were aiming for a island that's 10km tall and they hit it perfectly. Not bad!

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johnatsea12@reddit

No brains

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sailing-ModTeam@reddit

Your post was removed for conduct unbecoming a Yachtsman.

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chunklight@reddit

Emmanuel and Maximilien Berque are their names.

https://www.mayumi.fr/the-berque-twins/

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