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Sortie en mer – A trip out to sea

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Re: Sortie en mer – A trip out to sea

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Very nicely done, technically. And the marketing message is both true and useful: Swimming at sea is surprisingly hard, and life jackets make a huge difference. I was once a very strong swimmer, and back then, I tried swimming 60 feet to shore in water with choppy, 6-inch waves. I wound up repeatedly inhaling water and choking. To combat this, I tried to keep my head high above the water, which was exhausting. After…

Life jacket is good, but in higher seas one of the main problems (assuming the crew remaining on board is actually competent) is visibility - consider investing into something like a dan buoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMGWk6s9G4k

It's 2015. Just get a life jacket with integrated EPIRB.

Re: Sortie en mer – A trip out to sea

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I made it to 4:30. Is there more to the story (more flashbacks?) if you survive for longer? I got the impression that Charles was deliberately trying to kill Julien. Maybe I'm reading too much into this. Also, there's a nice double-meaning in the French version of the title. "Sortie en mer" means "sea trip", but taken word-for-word, it could also mean "trip in the sea".

Having a trackpoint equipped computer I scroll to infinity with no effort, I tried a few times and the character always drown around the 5 minutes mark. I suppose the whole thing is well made and everybody gets to see Charles waving goodbye and laughing right before the character drowns.

I missed that part, too. In my version, Julien's wife reaching out her hand was the last thing I saw before the ocean floor.
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