Comment on A 72-year-old French man has crossed the Atlantic in a giant orange barrelComments−xfitm37yAs almost always is the case the CNN article is light on details. Popular mechanics is slightly better - with some eye candy. I have to say a 72 year old man crossing the atlantic in a unpowered vessel is amazing. Good for him.https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors/a2739616...−rockinghigh7yHis web site has more pictures: http://www.atlantique-tonneau.com−checker6597yAs almost always is the case the CNN articleMaybe CNN knows that its audience don't want technical details??−ddingus7yMore like conditioned to avoid technical details.(Not happy with CNN these days)−nerdwaller7yIronically at the bottom of the Popular Mechanics article is “Source: CNN”
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As almost always is the case the CNN article is light on details. Popular mechanics is slightly better - with some eye candy. I have to say a 72 year old man crossing the atlantic in a unpowered vessel is amazing. Good for him.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors/a2739616...
His web site has more pictures: http://www.atlantique-tonneau.com
Maybe CNN knows that its audience don't want technical details??
More like conditioned to avoid technical details.
(Not happy with CNN these days)
Ironically at the bottom of the Popular Mechanics article is “Source: CNN”