Never heard the story. What happened in his case?

ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING

it's in the water and FLOATING

pics at the wooden boat forum, post #97 of this thread

http://www.woodenboatvb.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=73818&page=2

Oh my God! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />


And it keeps on giving:

Oh dear lord....I take it back - that thing won't make it but barely out of the harbor.

Look at the head of the bolt in this picture going through the truss. It's at an angle, and doesn't even look tight!

There seems to be lots of sharp edges and plenty of places to get tangled & hung up on.

You guys are just jealous! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Is it still floating?

http://www.catsailor.com/forums/showflat...=true#Post16948
Sven's religious sailing experiences.

This is a consequence of having more money than knowledge, lots of free time and no common sense. I wonder why he choose this adventure instead of politics, as we usually see.

We can only hope that he is lucky enough to make it. But then, if he survives, he will write a book and go into politics. That is, if the money isn't enough for a TinCan rocket...

After those close-ups, I change my prediction. Before the boat breaks up in bad stuff he will need to be rescued due injuries sustained in the environment of flesh-rippers he has created. One incidental loss of balance and there will be blood...

A post on the woodenboat forum put it this way...there's enough sharp edges on that thing to keep the ship's surgeon busy 'round the clock stitching up the sailor...oh ya, he ain't got a surgeon!

BTW, anyone else find it ironic that the Wooden Boat Forum got the scoop on the launch of an all metal boat?


From the post launch photo, you can see fenders hanging off the amas. Usually the procedure is to remove them from the water as good edicate dictates...but then we realize there are no nets across the beams to the ama's and he has no easy way to get out on an ama. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Them fenders are there for the duration! Perhaps they can be his PFD's in the coming emergencies he'll be having.

Anyone wanna bet that, not unlike Kristopher Harley , that thing is full of tiny leaks? That's a LOT of linear welding to get right without a pin-hole.

have attached that shot of it in the water again and here's a link to willy's detailed pics

http://flickr.com/photos/mmm_beer/tags/tincan/

very impressive amount of work he's done

i hope he has a seatbelt on that chair cause if he gets thrown forward onto the edge of the dog box bad things will happen

Here's a pic of the main "X" beam attachment ot the hull. YIKES!!!

I really hope that thing won't sink, it really should be in a museum after the trip. It's a really unique sculpture.

after seeing the main attachment I find it funny that everybody is talking about the welds failing. This I think is the part that really shows how deluded the poor fellow is. After welding all that tubing and creating that whole big structure and to then trust it with a handful of under-sized and under supported bolts that are going to be worked worked at least a bunch in shear. I can't see that lasting even through a decent chop in the Bay. Ironically, if he had just fashioned a supporting seat on the hull for those beams and used high-tech line for lashings he'd be a bunch better off.

This may be more gruesome than amusing.

pity he couldn't/didn't get sponsorship from alcoa or 1 of the other big alloy producers, and then maybe paint it up in coca-cola colors and work out the carbon offset from using the equivalent of 1billion? coke cans

looks like they have given up for the japanese balloonist who set off from japan a couple of weeks ago for the record attempt of 50?hours to alaska

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7223659.stm

failed to make a scheduled radio call and that was that

Reminds me of the movie Water World...after his boat got blown apart. He should be fined for dumping that much $h!t in the water after he launches it. I'd be willing to bet big $$ he wont make it to Point Conception.

Lee Wicklund/Team Chums

Moments ago, they spotted him from the Exploratorium RoofCam:
RoofCam

Last reported to be stopped...maybe by the Coasties...let's hope!