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re: Settle a debate for me. Walk or Sail to Cancun: Could you survive either?
Posted on 4/29/19 at 10:55 am to Jim Rockford
Posted on 4/29/19 at 10:55 am to Jim Rockford
Well that was anti-climactic
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Posted on 4/29/19 at 10:56 am to TH03
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And that dude lives in baton rouge. Probably a much better chance of getting shot in BR than Cancun.
Cancun muder rate: 33/100,000
Baton Rouge Murder Rate: 27.6/100,000
Almost the same odds
Oh BTW, Nola's is 792/100,000
Posted on 4/29/19 at 10:59 am to Wtodd
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but no way I'm going to Mexico
You mean in general?
If so, someone needs to step away from the internet and Fox news for a few days.
Posted on 4/29/19 at 11:13 am to Tigeralum2008
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Cancun muder rate: 33/100,000
Baton Rouge Murder Rate: 27.6/100,000
Almost the same odds
So the point still stands. Scoffing at Cancun, and more specifically the zona hotelera from baton rouge is comical.
quote:
Oh BTW, Nola's is 792/100,000
Yikes.
Posted on 4/29/19 at 11:23 am to Peazey
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wind is pushing the boat
Common misunderstanding - modern sails are built for the wind to pull the boat. They operate like the wing of a plane but on a vertical axis.
Bernoulli’s principle
Posted on 4/29/19 at 11:25 am to TH03
Also, Houston to Cancun walking would take 590 hours (24.5 days) of walking per google maps. That’s not including breaks for rest, eating, etc.
Posted on 4/29/19 at 11:26 am to tonydtigr
Your friend sounds like an idiot
Posted on 4/29/19 at 11:29 am to Tyga Woods
Sailing may not be safe either, without a crew of guys with ARs.
Mexican Pirates attack/rob oil rig in Gulf
Mexican Pirates attack/rob oil rig in Gulf
Posted on 4/29/19 at 11:42 am to Tyga Woods
A guy from work did a regatta race from MD to some island in the caribean. shite isnt that easy. We would talk weekly about it, and the prep was crazy. Once he did it was cool to hear.
Honestly though I would do it horseback. I would love to travel horseback across the country.
Honestly though I would do it horseback. I would love to travel horseback across the country.
Posted on 4/29/19 at 11:44 am to TOSOV
Gotta get you a Go-fast boat.
Posted on 4/29/19 at 11:49 am to Tyga Woods
My Dad used to race every year to Cozumel for a period of 4-5 years around 1985-1990. His crew even won one year. I was very proud of him.
Posted on 4/29/19 at 12:05 pm to TH03
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but no way I'm going to Mexico
Cancun is safer than most major US cities.
Hmmm....
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6538571/Cancun-sees-record-540-murders-2018.html
540 murders in 2018, 227 in 2017. Cancun has a higher murder rate than any US city and is one of the deadliest cities in the world (#13)
Posted on 4/29/19 at 12:18 pm to Tyga Woods
For those with open-water experience, what is the smallest vessel you would feel comfortable making the Houston-Cancun crossing in?
Posted on 4/29/19 at 1:04 pm to Tyga Woods
For me - 45 to 50 foot sailboat
Posted on 4/29/19 at 1:12 pm to Ed Osteen
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Your friend sounds like an idiot
Agreed.
Posted on 4/29/19 at 1:19 pm to fillmoregandt
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If walking, can you hitch-hike along the way, or does it have to be 100% on foot?
Was this a real question?
Posted on 4/29/19 at 1:21 pm to Tyga Woods
Near suicide sailing across the open Gulf in that thing.
Sailing in some thing more substantial, like around 30' or greater is routinely done, however.
Regatta al Sol.
Sailing in some thing more substantial, like around 30' or greater is routinely done, however.
Regatta al Sol.
Posted on 4/29/19 at 1:22 pm to TejasHorn
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If so, someone needs to step away from the internet and Fox news for a few days.
I've already been to Mexico a long time ago BEFORE a lot of this stupidness was going on.....it was a shithole then and it is now.
Posted on 4/29/19 at 1:29 pm to Wtodd
That's not enough sailboat for all but most experienced sailors and even then you better not hit a storm.
I've gone fishing down to gulf from l.c. under power in a small craft. The waves can knock you around pretty hard even on a rather calm day.
I'd walk.
Pretty awful either way.
I've gone fishing down to gulf from l.c. under power in a small craft. The waves can knock you around pretty hard even on a rather calm day.
I'd walk.
Pretty awful either way.
Posted on 4/29/19 at 1:41 pm to Tyga Woods
Sailing.
That would be amazing
That would be amazing
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