A 72-year-old French man has crossed the Atlantic in a giant orange barrel
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A 72-year-old French man has crossed the Atlantic in a giant orange barrel
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#2"giant barrel" is clickbait. It's a (unpowered) boat that externally looks a bit like a barrel.
"measures about 10 feet long and seven feet wide and includes a small kitchen and bed, and space for storage."
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#3"giant barrel" is clickbait. It's a (unpowered) boat that externally looks a bit like a barrel. "measures about 10 feet long and seven feet wide and includes a small kitchen and bed, and space for storage."
I wish there were more details, like how he lived, his water supply, toilet arrangements, etc.
Re: A 72-year-old French man has crossed the Atlantic in a giant orange barrel
#4"giant barrel" is clickbait. It's a (unpowered) boat that externally looks a bit like a barrel. "measures about 10 feet long and seven feet wide and includes a small kitchen and bed, and space for storage."
I wish there were more details, like how he lived, his water supply, toilet arrangements, etc.
Existing only on caught fish sounds like a recipe for scurvy too. I wonder if he had anything else?
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#5Re: A 72-year-old French man has crossed the Atlantic in a giant orange barrel
#6Reminds me of "Father's Day"
https://medium.com/@info_44554/5ft-4-inch-fathers-day-is-the...
Re: A 72-year-old French man has crossed the Atlantic in a giant orange barrel
#7As almost always is the case the CNN article is light on details. Popular mechanics is slightly better - with some eye candy. I have to say a 72 year old man crossing the atlantic in a unpowered vessel is amazing. Good for him.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors/a2739616...
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#8Shoot that's nothing, I flew across the Atlantic in a giant barrel with wings plenty of times.
Re: A 72-year-old French man has crossed the Atlantic in a giant orange barrel
#9"giant barrel" is clickbait. It's a (unpowered) boat that externally looks a bit like a barrel. "measures about 10 feet long and seven feet wide and includes a small kitchen and bed, and space for storage."
I wish there were more details, like how he lived, his water supply, toilet arrangements, etc.
Search for his name - other outlets have more details.
Re: A 72-year-old French man has crossed the Atlantic in a giant orange barrel
#10"giant barrel" is clickbait. It's a (unpowered) boat that externally looks a bit like a barrel. "measures about 10 feet long and seven feet wide and includes a small kitchen and bed, and space for storage."
Look at the photo, it's hard to describe that as anything but a barrel: https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/q_auto,w_634,c_fill,g_auto...
In particular, it lacks any conventional boat elements like a method of propulsion or steering.
He is clearly milking the label for all it's worth though, the GPS tracker ID was "diogene" (French for Diogenes of Greek philosopher living in a barrel fame) and his sponsors included several manufacturers of wine barrels (https://www.boutes.com/), who apparently also helped build the thing.