The hardest part of an ocean voyage is setting off? ;-)

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'Honduran Marlon Martinez waves from his boat, Rosalinda, which he built to sail across the Pacific. Martinez’s boat, inspired by Noah’s Ark, was unable to reach the Gulf of Fonseca [from Tegucigalpa, about 75 miles away] after becoming stranded in a dangerous spot due to landslides.'

One suspects he might have a few other challenges ahead - 'interesting' design! - but good luck to him.

I haven't been able to resize the photo to post here - linky:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ga...oat-high-dry-photos-of-the-day-thursday#img-3
 
ChromeDome said:
He seems to be eager rather than skilled.

Many old blokes dream of the big trip. In reality, their boat is not fit for purpose and hasn't been out for years.
We had one in our marina. He wouldn't even be able to take the boat out of its berth.
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I wonder whether having a dream, and working towards it, is more important than actually fulfilling it.

If one wants to sail an ocean, first building a boat without prior experience and knowledge (as is obviously the case here) is a strange and generally inadvisable place to start. On the other hand, I can sort of see the appeal, and to actually finish self-building a boat, especially starting from scratch, is very impressive in itself.
 
LittleSister said:
I wonder whether having a dream, and working towards it, is more important than actually fulfilling it.

If one wants to sail an ocean, first building a boat without prior experience and knowledge (as is obviously the case here) is a strange and generally inadvisable place to start. On the other hand, I can sort of see the appeal, and to actually finish self-building a boat, especially starting from scratch, is very impressive in itself.
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Now and again someone actually does it. Around the late 60's a young guy in UK built a dory type sailing boat from reclaimed timber and crossed the Atlantic. I was a student at the time and built a model of the boat from the drawings in YM. Think he called the boat "Eric the Red".
 
When I was in NZ we met several people who built their own boats, often hardwood epoxy laminates. Most were very practical, well thought out boats used for serious sailing after many years of building.

One was "Totorore" which we saw shortly before she was sadly lost at sea with skipper and crew.
 
LittleSister said:
I wonder whether having a dream, and working towards it, is more important than actually fulfilling it.

If one wants to sail an ocean, first building a boat without prior experience and knowledge (as is obviously the case here) is a strange and generally inadvisable place to start. On the other hand, I can sort of see the appeal, and to actually finish self-building a boat, especially starting from scratch, is very impressive in itself.
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You are perhaps related to Henri the Artist, living in Cannery Row?

Though I think he was frightened of actually finishing it and having to go to sea.
 
Google 'Raw Faith' there was a thread on the Wooden Boat Forum about a guy that built a big ark, with the intend of cruising world wide.
Maybe using pallets as a source of wood may not have been the best idea, but it was cheap.

Obvious a jaw dropping disaster, but talk about dedication in the light of opinion...
 
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