Florida man arrested after trying to cross Atlantic in hamster wheel vessel

[muriel_volestrangler]

A Florida man was arrested after trying to "run to London" across the Atlantic Ocean in a homemade vessel resembling a hamster wheel.

The US Coast Guard intercepted Reza Baluchi about 70 miles (110km) off Tybee Island, Georgia on 26 August.
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Mr Baluchi has tried three similar voyages before, all of which ended in Coast Guard intervention.
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Officials said he refused to step off the vessel and threatened to kill himself. He also claimed that he had a bomb on board, according to court papers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66733230

"Manifestly unsafe":

[Effete Snob]

1. Looks okay to me

What's the problem?

[lapfog_1]

8. The trick to flying is to throw yourself at the ground

and miss.

[Effete Snob]

9. That's brilliant

I haven’t tried that yet.

[lapfog_1]

11. wish I could claim credit

but this is from Douglas Adams...

and the Hitchhiker's trilogy, err, somehow more than trilogy.

So Long and thanks for all the Fish.

[Turbineguy]

13. The fourth book in the trilogy.

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. In fact, it first comes into "Life, the Universe and Everything", book 3

Arthur successfully flies to the Flying Party, but they don't get the Silver Bail.

[GreenWave]

2. Not quite the ZPM of Stargate but getting closer?

[Deuxcents]

3. Let him at it..see how long he lasts.

Don’t have a sarcasm button but..it’s his fourth try to get away so either let him try or get him some help.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. May I suggest an unmanned hamster wheel next time

[RandySF]

5. It was Trump trying to flee the country.

[Eugene]

6. Him again?!?!

A psychiatric intervention is in order once the Coast Guard is done with him.

[Effete Snob]

10. I like the way he gets more ambitious each time

He should really think about doing the Pacific.

[Emile]

7. Definitely weird that he would even attempt this.

[yonder]

12. A few bobbers short of a tackle box looks like to me.