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The World's Smallest Boat? How Andrew Bedwell built his 100cm boat to sail across the Atlantic
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Quilotoa lemmy.ca Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
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LuxSpark lemmy.cafe LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe
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#2 · Quote Reply

Whoah small?!?

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DominusOfMegadeus sh.itjust.works Reverendender@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-11
#3 · Quote Reply

Well. That's a hobby that exists apparently.

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0ndead infosec.pub 0ndead@infosec.pub
Joined: 2024-12-15
#4 · Quote Reply

lol, practical boat owner my ass

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Endymion_Mallorn kbin.melroy.org Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
Joined: 2024-11-17
#5 · Quote Reply

More of these, less megayachts.

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DaddleDew lemmy.world DaddleDew@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-08
#6 · (edited) Quote Reply

90 days forced to remain sitting or standing, wearing a dry suit that will reek of rancid BO, dirty butt and farts before the end of day one, unable to lay down to sleep. Unable to even have a shit if the sea state is too high and you can't open the hatch without flooding the boat for a few days.

Fuck. That.

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SpontaneousCombustion lemmy.world SpontaneousCombustion@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-04-27
#7 · Quote Reply

100cm?

No human would say that. Any real person would say 1m.

Or if you're a human USian, something like 1/2 fridge or 6 big gulps

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mosspiglet discuss.online mosspiglet@discuss.online
Joined: 2025-09-17
#8 · Quote Reply

I get this is an endurance test, but this sounds miserable. Not being able to lie down for 3 months would be awful.

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altphoto lemmy.today altphoto@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-04-14
#9 · Quote Reply

I thought Andrew got arrested! What's he doing in the middle of the ocean in a tiny bo.....OH!!! ahhh! i get it! It punishment! Clever!

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HootinNHollerin lemmy.dbzer0.com HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-08
#10 · Quote Reply

Hell no

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Lemmy World lemmy.world lemmyseikai@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-05
#11 · Quote Reply

100cm? No human would say that. Any real person would say 1m. Or if you're a human USian, something like 1/2 fridge or 6 big gulps

Nah that's clearly a pair of franks and some change.

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state_electrician discuss.tchncs.de state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-12
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90 days forced to remain sitting or standing, wearing a dry suit that will reek of rancid BO, dirty butt and farts before the end of day one, unable to lay down to sleep. Unable to even have a shit if the sea state is too high and you can't open the hatch without flooding the boat for a few days. Fuck. That.

This is taking masochism to a new level. He can, of course, do what he wants. But my god this is a dumb idea.

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Steamymoomilk sh.itjust.works Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-14
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I thought Andrew got arrested! What's he doing in the middle of the ocean in a tiny bo.....OH!!! ahhh! i get it! It punishment! Clever!

Weres the milk and honey?

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whyNotSquirrel sh.itjust.works whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
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100cm? No human would say that. Any real person would say 1m. Or if you're a human USian, something like 1/2 fridge or 6 big gulps

Yeah that's clearly 1 000mm!

Joke aside: I use mm in woodworking as a main unit because it's my margin of error (±1mm). In this case cm makes sense for me

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TexasDrunk lemmy.world TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-30
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100cm? No human would say that. Any real person would say 1m. Or if you're a human USian, something like 1/2 fridge or 6 big gulps

Half a bald eagle wingspan.

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whyNotSquirrel sh.itjust.works whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
#16 · Quote Reply

It would start flying as I suffocate from my own farts trapped in this thing. Best way to die immo.

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bstix feddit.dk bstix@feddit.dk
Joined: 2023-06-09
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it will just be like a great fairground ride

Ok, if you say so Mr. Bones.

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Peppycito sh.itjust.works Peppycito@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-03
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100cm? No human would say that. Any real person would say 1m. Or if you're a human USian, something like 1/2 fridge or 6 big gulps

100cm is a Baker's yard.

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Crashumbc lemmy.world Crashumbc@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#19 · Quote Reply

That's not a boat, that's a fishing bobber with extra steps.

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Pommes_für_dein_Balg feddit.org mech@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-10-06
#20 · (edited) Quote Reply

A boat that violently rolls and needs to be sealed up in a storm.
It'll be half-full of puke at the end.

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imetators lemmy.dbzer0.com imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-10
#21 · Quote Reply

That looks like a design of those narco u-boats

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altphoto lemmy.today altphoto@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-04-14
#22 · Quote Reply

Weres the milk and honey?

I assume they will be adding a bee hive too.

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Pirat lemmy.org Pirat@lemmy.org
Joined: 2026-02-18
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100cm? No human would say that. Any real person would say 1m. Or if you're a human USian, something like 1/2 fridge or 6 big gulps

or, if you're a redditor, 3 bananas.

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GreyEyedGhost piefed.ca GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-11-30
#24 · Quote Reply

More of these, less megayachts.

This is like being stuck in a porta-potty for 3 months. Sure, less megayachts, but we need these only slightly more than people climbing Everest.

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Dasus lemmy.world Dasus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-02-16
#25 · Quote Reply

This is taking masochism to a new level. He can, of course, do what he wants. But my god this is a dumb idea.

Bro is larping the experience that many unfortunate Africans had some centuries back. For fun.

I wonder how hard it would be to explain that to one those people, if you had some sort of magical telephone to history.

Just explaining things to ppl from the 90's would be pretty hard

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ameancow lemmy.world ameancow@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-05-10
#26 · (edited) Quote Reply

90 days forced to remain sitting or standing, wearing a dry suit that will reek of rancid BO, dirty butt and farts before the end of day one, unable to lay down to sleep. Unable to even have a shit if the sea state is too high and you can't open the hatch without flooding the boat for a few days. Fuck. That.
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DaddleDew lemmy.world DaddleDew@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-08
#27 · Quote Reply

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But hey, no crying baby. The only cries you hear are your own.

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