brador 16 hours ago

Why not just jump into the water?

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  • prmoustache 16 hours ago

    The boat being wider than the mast, you have a near 100% probability of just hitting the deck even when propelling yourself.

    Life is not a Super Hero action movie.

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    • newsclues 16 hours ago

      You can jump away from the boat and land in water. And you can moved along the yards to get closer to the water.

      But the tallest mast is 158 feet and that’s a big jump.

      Source: was on a tall ship for a week, and done some cliff jumping

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      • squigz 14 hours ago

        I think the top yards are not much, if any, wider than the deck, are they? Depending how quickly this happens, you may not have enough time to get across the yard and prepare for a 50m jump into water

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  • aetimmes 12 hours ago

    Jumping into water from roughly the height of the Brooklyn Bridge is generally what people do when they _want_ to end their own lives.

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  • eCa 16 hours ago

    An unprepared 40 meter jump onto water? Even if you manage to miss the boat, water is like concrete from that height.

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    • pmalynin 14 hours ago

      My back of the envelope math says velocity of about 28 m/s — call it an even 100km/h. Yeah seems kinda tough.

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  • Spooky23 13 hours ago

    Into East River currents?id rather take my chances than risk certain death hitting the deck or falling into the river and getting dragged under.

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