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Flat Earth Investigations / Re: Circumnavigation World Record Sailing Discrepancies

« Last post by markjo on October 04, 2024, 09:08:02 PM »

We know that hundreds of people are trying to beat world records, and there are even yearly races around Antarctica (which we are often pointed to, but the details are rarely discussed). This represents the best boat, so your arguments are pretty invalid.

Most of also know that many world records, including circumnavigation records, have any number of categories based on the particular type of craft and crew size, so context matters.  Picking one record and saying that the rest don't matter is nothing more than cherry picking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_world_sailing_record

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Flat Earth Investigations / Re: Circumnavigation World Record Sailing Discrepancies

« Last post by DuncanDoenitz on October 04, 2024, 08:12:41 PM »

Winds on the inside of the ice ring always travel the same way.

That is simply incorrect. 
 
https://www.windy.com/?-74.235,-66.562,3 

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Flat Earth Investigations / Re: Circumnavigation World Record Sailing Discrepancies

« Last post by Tom Bishop on October 04, 2024, 07:47:41 PM »

It looks like you guys are claiming that she had a bad boat. According to Guinness World Records Lisa Blair holds the record for "Fastest circumnavigation of Antarctica by sailboat". She did it in 92 days 18 hours 21 minutes 22 seconds. We know that hundreds of people are trying to beat world records, and there are even yearly races around Antarctica (which we are often pointed to, but the details are rarely discussed). This represents the best boat, so your arguments are pretty invalid.

Like many other topics, we would need to believe in a series of excuses to keep the round world theory together. Instead of providing direct and compelling evidence we are just seeing continual excuses.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« Last post by Lord Dave on October 04, 2024, 02:36:58 PM »

Oh look, a school mandate to give Trump money.

https://x.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1842197843781571027/photo/2

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Flat Earth Investigations / Re: Circumnavigation World Record Sailing Discrepancies

« Last post by AATW on October 04, 2024, 01:48:41 PM »

I couldn't find the diameter of the FE in the Wiki but I'd be interested to know what the distance travelled would have to be on a FE to go round the ice wall. What speed would she have had to be doing to get round in 91 days and would that have been possible with her boat?
I thought Tom was a bi-polar kinda guy these days anyway.

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Flat Earth Investigations / Re: Circumnavigation World Record Sailing Discrepancies

« Last post by Action80 on October 04, 2024, 08:26:49 AM »

She would be required to tack in her trip around Australia.

Winds on the inside of the ice ring always travel the same way.

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Flat Earth Investigations / Re: Circumnavigation World Record Sailing Discrepancies

« Last post by DuncanDoenitz on October 03, 2024, 07:53:57 PM »

Same Antarctic-lady, Lisa Blair, also holds the record for circumnavigating Australia in the same boat.   

At 58 days, this was 17 days longer than the global circumnavigation record, proving almost beyond doubt that Australia is bigger than the Earth. Even more curious; Australia is entirely in the southern hemisphere, where the spooky anomalous winds blow. 

If Lisa's average speed for the Australia-gig (5.69 knots) were extrapolated onto the Antarctic expedition, that would give a distance of 11,000 nautical miles to travel around the ice-wall. 

I'm sure other correspondents on here can advise further about tacking, gibeing, spinakers, and so forth.   

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: US Presidential Election 2024

« Last post by Rushy on October 03, 2024, 05:46:47 PM »

Poll update:

National: Harris +2.2 -- This Day In History:  October 3, 2020: Biden +7.8 | October 3, 2016: Clinton +3.2
Arizona: Trump +1.7
Nevada: Harris +1.1
Wisconsin: Harris +0.8
Michigan: Harris +0.7
Pennsylvania: Tie
North Carolina: Trump +0.6
Georgia: Trump +1.5

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: US Presidential Election 2024

« Last post by Rushy on October 03, 2024, 04:28:30 AM »

I don't think "we know people who do weird voodoo shit with cats" is a bridge too far.

"my friend 'went to a voodoo ritual'" is already a bridge too far for me to take anything that follows at face value

I don't think your lack of friend diversity should reflect upon Action69's story.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: US Presidential Election 2024

« Last post by Tom Bishop on October 03, 2024, 01:28:14 AM »

So much passion.