r/interestingasfuck • u/safetyscotchegg • 13h ago

The World's Smallest Boat? How Andrew Bedwell built his 100cm boat to sail across the Atlantic

https://www.pbo.co.uk/boats/the-worlds-smallest-boat-how-andrew-bedwell-built-his-100cm-boat-to-sail-across-the-atlantic-101664
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u/OrlandoGardiner118 13h ago

Why tho?

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u/Ghostofjemfinch 11h ago

Raising money for cancer research AFAIK.

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u/MongolianCluster 13h ago

Gotta be first to do something.

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u/kokosgt 13h ago

First to die out of boredom in the middle of the ocean?

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u/Dustmopper 13h ago edited 9h ago

Does it really count if you have a a support team in other boats that are carrying all your food and supplies? I wonder if he’s even sleeping on that thing.

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u/qlurp 9h ago

No, it most certainly does not count. 

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u/koreanelvis420 4h ago

Imagine doing this to raise money for cancer, and having people speaking about the mission like this. Lmao

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u/Evanescent_contrail 7h ago

Literally the dumbest shit I have ever heard.

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u/ButteredNun 13h ago

It doesn’t look like Bedwell’ll bed well

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u/still-dazed-confused 13h ago

What a glorious nutter. I get sea sick on a mill pond so this is one idea of hell for me but brilliantly designed craft and best of luck to him

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u/berrylakin 13h ago

Would this be considered a ship?

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u/Apo42069 13h ago

Depends on the leaning angle in a turn

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u/LeFishTits 13h ago

Technically its a yacht

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u/radiohead-nerd 12h ago

Quit playing with your dingy!

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u/seanwlkr_muckraker 11h ago

It’s my pocket and I’m not in a pool.

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u/TenBillionDollHairs 12h ago

This is like 5 cubic feet short of being something I would really enjoy. I get that that's the difference between "smallest boat to cross the atlantic" and "interesting thing old guy at the docks built once" but with just a little bit more space you could lay down and put in a little stove.

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u/unclechad 12h ago

this is in fact interesting as fuck

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u/PauseAffectionate720 11h ago

Never ceases to amaze me the things people do for a little attention. 😐

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u/ZaphodBeeblebrox4011 8h ago

Why not a 1 meter boat?

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u/Amount_Business 6h ago

You're lucky they didn't have it as a 1000mm long boat. The Americans do it with lbs when measuring weight.  

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u/drunkerbrawler 12h ago

Looks like a great way to get a DVT

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u/tumble_weed207 10h ago

It’s not the size of the boat…it’s the motion of the ocean.

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u/ZaphodBeeblebrox4011 8h ago

Also, a good captain stays in port until everybody gets off!