Comments on: How long would it take to swim across the Atlantic Ocean? http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 27 May 2012 00:43:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ken Houghton http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-192185 Ken Houghton Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:41:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comment-192185 What Simone Said. I don't know about anyone else, but I don't believe I could sustain swimming 4.9 mph for 29 days plus. The realistic equivalent would be if they assumed all those highway miles were driven at about 160 mph or so. What Simone Said. I don’t know about anyone else, but I don’t believe I could sustain swimming 4.9 mph for 29 days plus.

The realistic equivalent would be if they assumed all those highway miles were driven at about 160 mph or so.

]]> By: Simone http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-191940 Simone Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:52:12 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comment-191940 They estimate it using the speed of the 100m freestyle world record. I wrote <a href="http://codeclimber.net.nz/archive/2007/03/29/Why-dont-you-swim-across-the-Atlantic-Ocean.aspx" rel="nofollow">a post about it</a> a few days ago. They estimate it using the speed of the 100m freestyle world record.
I wrote a post about it a few days ago.

]]> By: vivian http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-191846 vivian Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:49:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comment-191846 Okay, you could swim via France, but your web surfing would get sent by pigeon-packets? Or would they outsource to albatrosses? Okay, you could swim via France, but your web surfing would get sent by pigeon-packets? Or would they outsource to albatrosses?

]]> By: djw http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-191844 djw Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:22:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comment-191844 Then again, it won't send me from Miami to Havana either. Very Eurocentric view of Ocean-swimming they've got at google. Then again, it won’t send me from Miami to Havana either. Very Eurocentric view of Ocean-swimming they’ve got at google.

]]> By: djw http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-191843 djw Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:20:42 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comment-191843 Huh. It won't give me directions to anywhere in Asia. I guess the Pacific Ocean is just too big to swim across. Huh. It won’t give me directions to anywhere in Asia. I guess the Pacific Ocean is just too big to swim across.

]]> By: Isis http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-191803 Isis Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:19:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comment-191803 Do you remember the ad (for VISA?) from the last summer Olympics, featuring Michael Phelps butterflying through rough water? He starts near the Statue of Liberty and then is seen arriving at somewhere that is obviously Greece. He stops, raises his head, and counts, a little out of breath, "One." Do you remember the ad (for VISA?) from the last summer Olympics, featuring Michael Phelps butterflying through rough water? He starts near the Statue of Liberty and then is seen arriving at somewhere that is obviously Greece. He stops, raises his head, and counts, a little out of breath, “One.”

]]> By: Barry http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-191800 Barry Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:06:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comment-191800 But imagine how buff you'd be! You'd arise from the water, and the local men would flee. The local women would come running (unless the seaweed accumulation was too thick, of course). I wonder if the French Tourist Board was bribing Google here. But imagine how buff you’d be! You’d arise from the water, and the local men would flee. The local women would come running (unless the seaweed accumulation was too thick, of course).

I wonder if the French Tourist Board was bribing Google here.

]]> By: mroberts http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-191795 mroberts Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:42:28 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comment-191795 Weird, you put in three exclamation marks to show you are being ridiculous, but they get interpreted into a missing image! Weird, you put in three exclamation marks to show you are being ridiculous, but they get interpreted into a missing image!

]]> By: mroberts http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-191794 mroberts Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:40:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comment-191794 Wow - that's swimming nearly 120 miles per day! Good thing you're going with the current. On the way back you get the same amount of time, but you have to go against the current, and do it in kilometers, which is more!!! Wow – that’s swimming nearly 120 miles per day! Good thing you’re going with the current. On the way back you get the same amount of time, but you have to go against the current, and do it in kilometers, which is more

]]> By: swampcracker http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-191770 swampcracker Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:39:49 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comment-191770 Also depends on how many sharks are in the water. Also depends on how many sharks are in the water.

]]> By: Benquo http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-191767 Benquo Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:13:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comment-191767 Mightn't it be the gulf stream? Mightn’t it be the gulf stream?

]]> By: Ben http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-191746 Ben Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:03:07 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comment-191746 Ok, not sheer speed (as measured by, say, 100m in a pool) but how fast you can swim given endurance, weather, currents, icebergs, wave action, sharks, fishing nets, etc. Though I suppose 'how long it takes you to swim the Atlantic depends on how quickly you can do it' isn't that informative a statement. Ok, not sheer speed (as measured by, say, 100m in a pool) but how fast you can swim given endurance, weather, currents, icebergs, wave action, sharks, fishing nets, etc. Though I suppose ‘how long it takes you to swim the Atlantic depends on how quickly you can do it’ isn’t that informative a statement.

]]> By: Barry http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-191741 Barry Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:27:55 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comment-191741 Probably more endurance, weather, currents, icebergs, wave action, sharks, fishing nets. I imagine sheer swimming speed wouldn't matter at all :) Probably more endurance, weather, currents, icebergs, wave action, sharks, fishing nets. I imagine sheer swimming speed wouldn’t matter at all :)

]]> By: Ben http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-191740 Ben Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:15:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comment-191740 This is silly. Surely it depends on how fast you can swim... This is silly. Surely it depends on how fast you can swim…

]]> By: Chris Bertram http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/comment-page-1/#comment-191728 Chris Bertram Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:59:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/03/29/how-long-would-it-take-to-swim-across-the-atlantic-ocean/#comment-191728 If you were coming to visit me in Bristol, they'd _still_ make you swim to Le Havre. You'd be much better off coming ashore at Land's End. If you were coming to visit me in Bristol, they’d still make you swim to Le Havre. You’d be much better off coming ashore at Land’s End.

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