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Flat Earth Theory / Re: Vendée Globe
« on: December 26, 2020, 09:49:44 PM »Well, instead of arguing about this endless buoys debate, here is another one:
If the currents were that strong in the SH oceans, how do you explain they looked for Escoffier, who was on an inflatable survival boat, around a stationary point for 12 hours. With a strong 20 knots current, we would have seen the 4 boats looking for him moving by 200 miles between Nov 30th 14:00 UTC and Dec 1st 2:UTC .
Assuming that I can find a sufficient stretch of highway, I can drive 200 miles in three hours at 67mph, and it would seem to me in my car that I am not moving that much over the duration.
Why not relative motion of winds and water of 200 miles over 12 hours?
Perhaps you misunderstood the post. What we would have witnessed in a 15-20 knot current would have been a search zone that traveled 200 miles over the course of the search. What actually occurred was that Escoffier was actually found near where he reported going in the water.
Since your going to say, "How do you know he was found close to where he went in the water." I went back to the date on the tracker map. You can see the track of Yes We Cam, the boat that found him. His search path covers less than 1/2 a degree longitude which is around 25 miles at 40 deg. S.
Thank you, I never thought it would have been a necessity to explain something so obvious.
Also, catching stronger winds doesn't always relate to faster speed. At some point, the see becomes to rough and sails can't withstand so much force. Sailors are obliged to reduce their sails size to slow down and protect their boat.