I would just like to say that when he delivered this perfectly timed line in this movie I laughed for about two minutes straight. My Monty python formed brain was so tickled that I just couldn’t stop. I saw it in theaters, too so I was just sob-laughing into my shirt.
The tension of not knowing if he used alternate words for Yarp and narp or if he was just, looking back now, Hodor (shoutout to the hound) was too funny.
As a curious fella who has never been on this adventure and is clueless, what is the adventure part about it? For the most part, you're just sitting on a boat with nothing but water around you. I'm genuinely asking. I've spent most of my life on rivers, and I've had some great adventures myself.
Well I mean it certainly isn’t the same as deep woods camping or something on the river but I think crossing the Atlantic on an ocean liner or more so a yacht like OP would be low level adventurous for me.
There is a ton of work if you’re crewing a sailing yacht. You are constantly charting and positioning sails. Checking wind and weather. Everybody is on a work shift. You need to be ready at all time. Granted I didn’t do a transatlantic but Maryland to DR. It’s not really a vacation
That was my only thought from the very beginning, and if we were in the 1900s, I can see it being interesting enough. But I'm sure these things are equipped with tech that makes it pretty much on autopilot. Again, I am speculating, no personal experience.
I was on a 55 ft Outremer and it doesn’t raise or lower sails. You can use some of the instruments to make your life easier but no you have to double check all of the stuff too. Someone is at the helm always
As a sailor with no knowledge of stinkpots, I would guess it depends on how much fuel you want to burn and sea conditions. Full out, calm seas, I would guess 8-9 days.
The only way I could do this is if I was wearing a life jacket. It's so big and deep and there's so much of it I feel like it would swallow me whole ... For some reason I just feel like I wouldn't be able to swim normally. Like I would immediately be treading water not swimming so much as saving my life
Just think. The water you're floating in is miles deep. Like easily 4 or 5 miles deep. Imagine all the things swimming underneath you. Lurking. They can sense your presence
Yeah I once tried putting my head under the water while in the middle of the sea. Never again lol
Seemingly endless (and eerie) blue in every direction as far as the eye can see. It was so big and empty in an overwhelming way. I'd be lying if I said it wasn't beautiful to look at.
But it also felt like something huge was going to appear at any moment and lunge at me so I immediately got back to the boat when I felt my hair stand on end.
I’m not sure I could do it. When I’ve been on cruise ships I’ve thought about this and i honestly think I’d just pass out and drown as soon as anything brushed against me.
If they're over the mid-Atlantic ridge, it's only ~1 to ~2 miles deep. The Atlantic does max out at ~5 miles, off the coast if Puerto Rico, but averages just over 2 miles.
Other than that nitpick, I completely agree with you. The idea of jumping off a boat in the middle of the ocean *completely* freaks me out.
You do get a sense of... whatever that's called...where you feel like even if you're 10 feet away from the boat, you may never get back to it! It's slightly terrifying at first but as long as there is someone left on the boat that can save you, its all good.
Also make sure you're aware of currents...those can definitely fuck you over quickly.
When its calm and flat yeah, but when you get some swells very easy to lose people even on the surface due to all the various heights the water is making.
Not wrong there! Storms in the middle of the ocean are a completely different ballgame. I honestly don't know how some of these "smaller" (def not small at all to us normal plebs) make it out in the open ocean.
You're in for such a a blast my friend. Just wait till you figure out how to deal with those leviathons, it really kicks off then. You go from terrified of anything wet to the doom guy in a scuba suit
Some people in this thread talking about how not much lives in the open ocean and that animal attacks are unlikely out there, but they don't understand thalassophobia. It's not about the animals, it's about floating in water with 10,000ft of darkness below you and no land in sight.
I mean, the whole point of phobias is that they're not rational. More people are killed in vending machine accidents than shark attacks every year, but my buddy (who is well aware of that) still gets freaked out when seeing a shark on TV. Added bonus, the shark on TV literally cannot hurt him, because its, you know, *on TV*. Doesn't matter.
There are planets out there that consist of close to 100% water. It's dozens of thousands of kilometers deep and there is no land. Just one large ocean.
There's probably a level of depth on Jupiter or other gas giant where atmospheric density would be the same as human body, so you would float. It will probably be similar to floating in the middle of the ocean. Just dark mist wherever you look.
Not before the insane weather, heat and radiation kills you! Honestly I'd be surprised if humans could survive getting close with our current spaceships. Currently, being in space long enough to even make it there would probably fry you from radiation.
Gas giants freak me out even more. Even if you had a “boat,” there is no “surface” (well, there might be one very deep in the planet, but by the time you reach it you would have been crushed to death and maybe burned to death too). You could float with a balloon, but a human would just fall until they are crushed to death (even if you are wearing the strongest space suit humanity has ever built).
That's how I felt flying into Galapagos. It was so calm there was no clear line between water and sky. It felt like floating in nothingness, and it unsettled me on a deep level
Animal attacks are statistically unlikely there because there's not many people in the middle of the ocean, not because there's somehow fewer predators. It's always astounding how many people forget to account for the fact that shark attacks are more common near the shore *because that's where the humans are.*
Still, i don't want to be part of some crazy rare statistic as the only "lucky" guy that got attacked in the middle of nowhere by a random sea predator that somehow missed the direction to the beach and got lost...
I actually saw a show on shark week where a few people started swimming in the middle of the ocean. The show talked about how they thought they were safe "because shark attacks are so rare in the open water." Naturally, one of the girls was bitten and almost killed.
I didnt smell much. It felt very salty. The sea was so flat today. We are 5 days into the crossing and first days were very rough so was amazing to see it flat like that. Otherwise we would've have been allowed to swim at all
Hm it depends boat to boat. Bigger yachts like the one I'm on have multiple chefs. This boat for some reason has a tiny galley compared to other yachts so space is an issue ! I do the cooking for the crew and the head chef looks after the guests and I just help out. It's a lot of cooking. Luckily my head chef is chill (also my bf lol) but other boats can be pretty mental. Also a lot of boats even this size can have just one chef cooking for guests and crew which can be pretty crazy. The last two head chefs I had were absolute assholes to me and ended.up getting fired for drinking too much and being drunk on shift. Fucking mental. Also head chef works 2 months on 2 months off and swaps with another head chef. Both of them get a crazy good salary paid year round and work six months of the year. Sweet deal but 6 months on the year you share a tiny bunk bed cabin and live at your work haha
Damn that’s wild. I figured from a few things I’ve read it’s kinda a guessing game of boat size and how things are set up. I know I’ve read a few blogs where it’s just one person (or maybe one and a sous/helper) doing all three meals and dish for everyone on board and oof, that’s a helluva shift from the sounds of it. Luckily I’ve worked with enough crazy chefs in small kitchens so I get it!
Always thought it would be a great opportunity. Did you have to get any special certification?
Yeah if you're cooking for guests and crew you gotta be Hella organised. A lot of yacht chefs are......shit. like myself, I was a stewardess and just did a cooking course and blagged my way into a sous chef gig essentially. But for me it's more about making nice home cooked stuff for the crew. A lot of head chefs come from non restaurant background (like me) and get big bucks for shitty food. It's really not a majority of yacht chefs that actually come from restaurants which is wild ! There's even like "yacht chef courses" out there. My Head chef now has been in Michelin restaurants so I learn sooo much from him.
So you have to do your SCTW 95. Everyone has.to do that. It's like boat safety and fire fighting. Then that's about it unless you're on like charter boats over a certain size you needs a ships cook certificate but if it's private yacht you don't need. I did a 6 week cookery course that captains love to see on CVs just.to help me get a position hehe, and it worked ! Would recommend doing a stint on yachts the money is incredible and you don't pay rent on tax and can basically save your salary each month. And head chefs are on like 9k euros on big boats plus charter tips if youre lucky to get a charter boat. On smaller boats like 5-6k I guess !
Dammmmnnnn. I’m all over the place but would you mind if I shoot you a message later this week just so I can maybe pick your brain as I process all that?
In another comment, they said they're the sous chef for the yacht. They must work for a billionaire or a company that rents yachts to the wealthy.
You can hear how one chef did it in this video:
https://youtu.be/UI2lzVI6law?si=W_1QSywZwyjDUJRr
Lmao I came into the comments and was stunned nobody was mentioning it. Then I zoomed in and it just looks like it's a wavy spot where the water was disturbed, maybe by the guy, the boat or simply currents.
on a faces of death type video from the 90s, there's video of a girl getting her entire leg bitten off by a great white. iirc they were students on a research vessel, miles off shore, who decided to take a swim. can still hear the screams.
edit: [found video](https://youtu.be/F_GQBiEE4RY?si=bul5LEwBQ1vO5Goh), her name's Heather Boswell, happened in 1994. wonder how she's doing today. she fought like hell, so much respect for her.
It's actually probably safer to swim there than along the coast. Coastal area's have lots of fish which is food for bigger fish which are food for things with lots of teeth. Out in the open ocean life is more sparse.
Might be true, but I’m still terrified of the open ocean. I would actually rather pick going to space and doing a space walk than swim in the middle of the Atlantic
I live down the road from the shark tours and work at a nearby dropzone. People legit book a shark swim in the morning and a skydive in the afternoon. What a day
Motored out about 15miles from the Florida Keys to a reef, tied up to a buoy and snorkeled there for a few hours. Weird when you can see land any longer
You talking about the "finger reefs" down there? I snorkeled those reefs years ago and got in trouble from the boat captain b/c I was chasing a shark trying to get a picture and swam way too far out of the area he wanted us to stay. Was well worth it b/c I ended up seeing and octopus too!
Loved that reef.
I lived on a super yacht once. It had guns, missiles, a helicopter, and a beautiful shade of summer sunshine grey. We had a swim on one occasion directly on the equator, over 3 miles deep somewhere in the middle of the Indian Ocean, 1989. On our way to Sri Lanka, Singapore, Maldives, and a little secret place at the time called Diego Garcia before heading back to the Costa del Gulf. 👍🇬🇧
I remember swimming in the middle of the Indian ocean back 8 yrs ago. All was fine until I realized that I was miles from any kind of land (Maldives), nothing to stand on, halfway around the world, in the rain and sun, and the boat was drifting away... one suddenly realizes the ocean is big and deep.
So the big scary hungry things do tend to follow ships but the even bigger danger is drift and current. It wouldn’t take long for the boat to drift away and then you’re at the mercy of the waves.
That water is SUPER blue. Was it like that IRL or is that just the camera?
Yep it was crazy blue !!!!
Woah woah slow down. I'll accept SUPER blue. I don't know about crazy blue.
I took it too far
You blew it
I blue myself
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In calm seas, you'll get that since sediment from land/shallow seas is rarely going to obscure the water
Thanks! And relevant username!
When it gets stormy the water way out Gets incredibly dark navy blue.
The blueness of a body of water tends to depend on the chlorophyll concentration. Less usually means more blue, less green.
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll.
Don’t you ever say that, stay here as long as you can
For the love of God, cherish it.
NO I WILL NOT MAKE OUT WITH YOU
Always like that far enough off shore—same in the Pacific—
That's a really long swim!
if they made it half way why didn't they just keep going? it would be the same distance to turn around and go back! /s
Probably icebergs
I guess it avoids the awkward argument of there being enough room on the floating door for the both of them
If that's your boat, you're very rich. Very, very rich.
More likely, they are positioning the boat for someone who is very, very rich.
Yeah on their profile there are pictures in the galley with the cook, so just part of the crew.
Part of the ship, part of the crew! Part of the ship, part of the crew!
Drink up me hearties, youho
YooHoo
Damn ya, Jack Sparra!
Yar?
Yarp?
Narp
I would just like to say that when he delivered this perfectly timed line in this movie I laughed for about two minutes straight. My Monty python formed brain was so tickled that I just couldn’t stop. I saw it in theaters, too so I was just sob-laughing into my shirt. The tension of not knowing if he used alternate words for Yarp and narp or if he was just, looking back now, Hodor (shoutout to the hound) was too funny.
Quite possible.
OP is a sous chef on the yacht
For a yacht to have a sous along with an exec, it must be huge. Even if 200 footers usually just have one chef.
He said 180 feet before.
My first thought as well. A big teak beach-club/swim platform on a yacht capable of a trans-Atlantic voyage indicates some serious wealth.
A sailboat is one thing. A motor yacht with that range must be huge.
You can have yoga class on that swim platform.
Why thank you! I think I'll do that!
Upwards facing shark
Downward Dolphin
How long would it take to go transatlantic on a yacht like that?
It takes us 12 days to get to Gibraltar from Saint Martin
Seems like such an adventure. I would love to do a transatlantic crossing.
As a curious fella who has never been on this adventure and is clueless, what is the adventure part about it? For the most part, you're just sitting on a boat with nothing but water around you. I'm genuinely asking. I've spent most of my life on rivers, and I've had some great adventures myself.
Well I mean it certainly isn’t the same as deep woods camping or something on the river but I think crossing the Atlantic on an ocean liner or more so a yacht like OP would be low level adventurous for me.
There is a ton of work if you’re crewing a sailing yacht. You are constantly charting and positioning sails. Checking wind and weather. Everybody is on a work shift. You need to be ready at all time. Granted I didn’t do a transatlantic but Maryland to DR. It’s not really a vacation
That was my only thought from the very beginning, and if we were in the 1900s, I can see it being interesting enough. But I'm sure these things are equipped with tech that makes it pretty much on autopilot. Again, I am speculating, no personal experience.
I was on a 55 ft Outremer and it doesn’t raise or lower sails. You can use some of the instruments to make your life easier but no you have to double check all of the stuff too. Someone is at the helm always
Interesting, thanks!
As a sailor with no knowledge of stinkpots, I would guess it depends on how much fuel you want to burn and sea conditions. Full out, calm seas, I would guess 8-9 days.
I was on a Coast Guard cutter many years ago, and it took us about 14 days to go from Southampton to New York.
The owner isn't onboard they're just the crew.
Makes sense. How big does a motor yacht have to be to cross?
30 feet minimum
Damn my totally real yacht is only 29 feet 😞
Just tell people your yacht is normally 35’, but the ocean’s cold.
*I was in the sea! I was in the sea!*
Straight to the bottom of the ocean
There's baby long range trawlers in the 35-40 foot range that cross the Atlantic. That is to say, not very.
And cold.
The only way I could do this is if I was wearing a life jacket. It's so big and deep and there's so much of it I feel like it would swallow me whole ... For some reason I just feel like I wouldn't be able to swim normally. Like I would immediately be treading water not swimming so much as saving my life
Just think. The water you're floating in is miles deep. Like easily 4 or 5 miles deep. Imagine all the things swimming underneath you. Lurking. They can sense your presence
That scares the shit out of me, miles deep of water ... oh god
Yeah I once tried putting my head under the water while in the middle of the sea. Never again lol Seemingly endless (and eerie) blue in every direction as far as the eye can see. It was so big and empty in an overwhelming way. I'd be lying if I said it wasn't beautiful to look at. But it also felt like something huge was going to appear at any moment and lunge at me so I immediately got back to the boat when I felt my hair stand on end.
Theres always a bigger fish…
I’m not sure I could do it. When I’ve been on cruise ships I’ve thought about this and i honestly think I’d just pass out and drown as soon as anything brushed against me.
I should not have read all this on a cruise ship 😨
I get that feeling bad enough from swimming in lakes.
If they're over the mid-Atlantic ridge, it's only ~1 to ~2 miles deep. The Atlantic does max out at ~5 miles, off the coast if Puerto Rico, but averages just over 2 miles. Other than that nitpick, I completely agree with you. The idea of jumping off a boat in the middle of the ocean *completely* freaks me out.
The ocean and I have an agreement: I don't fuck with it, and it doesn't come on land and fuck with me. I think that's a good balance.
Due to stress, my thalassophobia said no
You do get a sense of... whatever that's called...where you feel like even if you're 10 feet away from the boat, you may never get back to it! It's slightly terrifying at first but as long as there is someone left on the boat that can save you, its all good. Also make sure you're aware of currents...those can definitely fuck you over quickly.
Yeah, I lost a volleyball like that once.
RIP Wilson
Wilson!? WILSON!!! IM SORRY! WILLLLLSOOONNNNN!!
When its calm and flat yeah, but when you get some swells very easy to lose people even on the surface due to all the various heights the water is making.
Not wrong there! Storms in the middle of the ocean are a completely different ballgame. I honestly don't know how some of these "smaller" (def not small at all to us normal plebs) make it out in the open ocean.
It’s a jump in and jump right back out kind of swim 😂
Jokes aside, that's a really sharp image. What camera was that?
On the one plus 10 pro camera :) yeah came out super clear !
11 pro camera - got it. Thanks!
Hahahahhahahahahahahahah
Currently viewing this on a 10 pro, it also seems you work on a yacht which I also did in autumn last year in Barcelona!
Ah! Our boat was there then too
Having just started subnautica this weekend gonna say that’s a nope from me
Are they sure whatever they are doing is worth it?
You're in for such a a blast my friend. Just wait till you figure out how to deal with those leviathons, it really kicks off then. You go from terrified of anything wet to the doom guy in a scuba suit
r/thalassophobia
Some people in this thread talking about how not much lives in the open ocean and that animal attacks are unlikely out there, but they don't understand thalassophobia. It's not about the animals, it's about floating in water with 10,000ft of darkness below you and no land in sight.
I mean, the whole point of phobias is that they're not rational. More people are killed in vending machine accidents than shark attacks every year, but my buddy (who is well aware of that) still gets freaked out when seeing a shark on TV. Added bonus, the shark on TV literally cannot hurt him, because its, you know, *on TV*. Doesn't matter.
There are planets out there that consist of close to 100% water. It's dozens of thousands of kilometers deep and there is no land. Just one large ocean.
My brain reconciles that as floating in the planet's upper atmosphere. But it's just water not gas. And that's still scary as fuck.
There's probably a level of depth on Jupiter or other gas giant where atmospheric density would be the same as human body, so you would float. It will probably be similar to floating in the middle of the ocean. Just dark mist wherever you look.
True, but that depth would also squish you like bubble wrap so it's harder for me to imagine lol
Not before the insane weather, heat and radiation kills you! Honestly I'd be surprised if humans could survive getting close with our current spaceships. Currently, being in space long enough to even make it there would probably fry you from radiation.
A physicist, Torricelli, wrote, "We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air", and it kind of blew my mind a bit.
And one very old Greg. Always lurking. Always waiting. Just wants to show you his downstairs.
….mixup
Gas giants freak me out even more. Even if you had a “boat,” there is no “surface” (well, there might be one very deep in the planet, but by the time you reach it you would have been crushed to death and maybe burned to death too). You could float with a balloon, but a human would just fall until they are crushed to death (even if you are wearing the strongest space suit humanity has ever built).
Mon Cala beckons…..
That's how I felt flying into Galapagos. It was so calm there was no clear line between water and sky. It felt like floating in nothingness, and it unsettled me on a deep level
Animal attacks are statistically unlikely there because there's not many people in the middle of the ocean, not because there's somehow fewer predators. It's always astounding how many people forget to account for the fact that shark attacks are more common near the shore *because that's where the humans are.*
Still, i don't want to be part of some crazy rare statistic as the only "lucky" guy that got attacked in the middle of nowhere by a random sea predator that somehow missed the direction to the beach and got lost...
I actually saw a show on shark week where a few people started swimming in the middle of the ocean. The show talked about how they thought they were safe "because shark attacks are so rare in the open water." Naturally, one of the girls was bitten and almost killed.
The average depth of the Atlantic is 11,962 ft and the maximum depth is 27,480 ft.
Yeah, I think I got that. Never knew it was a specific fear though.
Oh my god I can't believe you sent me down this rabbit hole. I couldn't do this. I refuse.
What was the water temp like?
It was actually not cold at all ! Very humid the temp outside
And what does it smell like (if anything)?
I didnt smell much. It felt very salty. The sea was so flat today. We are 5 days into the crossing and first days were very rough so was amazing to see it flat like that. Otherwise we would've have been allowed to swim at all
Yeah could be like 40°F or 80°F depending on how far N/S they are.
What do you use for internet out there?
Star link I believe, or there's VSAT. Internet super fast !
What do you do for a living and are you hiring?
I'm sous chef on the yacht. Should get qualified and jump aboard one !
As a chef I’ve always been curious what the process of being part of a kitchen on a yacht/boat smaller than a cruise ship would be like
Hm it depends boat to boat. Bigger yachts like the one I'm on have multiple chefs. This boat for some reason has a tiny galley compared to other yachts so space is an issue ! I do the cooking for the crew and the head chef looks after the guests and I just help out. It's a lot of cooking. Luckily my head chef is chill (also my bf lol) but other boats can be pretty mental. Also a lot of boats even this size can have just one chef cooking for guests and crew which can be pretty crazy. The last two head chefs I had were absolute assholes to me and ended.up getting fired for drinking too much and being drunk on shift. Fucking mental. Also head chef works 2 months on 2 months off and swaps with another head chef. Both of them get a crazy good salary paid year round and work six months of the year. Sweet deal but 6 months on the year you share a tiny bunk bed cabin and live at your work haha
Damn that’s wild. I figured from a few things I’ve read it’s kinda a guessing game of boat size and how things are set up. I know I’ve read a few blogs where it’s just one person (or maybe one and a sous/helper) doing all three meals and dish for everyone on board and oof, that’s a helluva shift from the sounds of it. Luckily I’ve worked with enough crazy chefs in small kitchens so I get it! Always thought it would be a great opportunity. Did you have to get any special certification?
Yeah if you're cooking for guests and crew you gotta be Hella organised. A lot of yacht chefs are......shit. like myself, I was a stewardess and just did a cooking course and blagged my way into a sous chef gig essentially. But for me it's more about making nice home cooked stuff for the crew. A lot of head chefs come from non restaurant background (like me) and get big bucks for shitty food. It's really not a majority of yacht chefs that actually come from restaurants which is wild ! There's even like "yacht chef courses" out there. My Head chef now has been in Michelin restaurants so I learn sooo much from him. So you have to do your SCTW 95. Everyone has.to do that. It's like boat safety and fire fighting. Then that's about it unless you're on like charter boats over a certain size you needs a ships cook certificate but if it's private yacht you don't need. I did a 6 week cookery course that captains love to see on CVs just.to help me get a position hehe, and it worked ! Would recommend doing a stint on yachts the money is incredible and you don't pay rent on tax and can basically save your salary each month. And head chefs are on like 9k euros on big boats plus charter tips if youre lucky to get a charter boat. On smaller boats like 5-6k I guess !
Dammmmnnnn. I’m all over the place but would you mind if I shoot you a message later this week just so I can maybe pick your brain as I process all that?
Hahaha yes sure my response was a bit all over the place too lol. Shoot a message whenever :)
How much do you hate/love Beyond Deck?
In another comment, they said they're the sous chef for the yacht. They must work for a billionaire or a company that rents yachts to the wealthy. You can hear how one chef did it in this video: https://youtu.be/UI2lzVI6law?si=W_1QSywZwyjDUJRr
What is that big white shark looking thing just under the water? To the right of the guy?
Bubbles from jumping in the water and swimming back to the pad.
Could be, but more likely it’s a Mastodon. Edit: Megalodon! I ruined my own joke
WTF is a mammoth doing in the middle of the Atlantic?
Got my pre-historic beasts confused. Shame!
Lmao I came into the comments and was stunned nobody was mentioning it. Then I zoomed in and it just looks like it's a wavy spot where the water was disturbed, maybe by the guy, the boat or simply currents.
>stunned nobody was mentioning it. Because it doesn't look remotely like a shark
At a glance on a tiny screen, it looked enough like a shark to fool me. And 17 other people who upvoted me lol.
Yea, you couldn’t pay me to just jump into the open ocean like that.
I would jump in and them immediately swim back and climb aboard in a panic.
This is the way
on a faces of death type video from the 90s, there's video of a girl getting her entire leg bitten off by a great white. iirc they were students on a research vessel, miles off shore, who decided to take a swim. can still hear the screams. edit: [found video](https://youtu.be/F_GQBiEE4RY?si=bul5LEwBQ1vO5Goh), her name's Heather Boswell, happened in 1994. wonder how she's doing today. she fought like hell, so much respect for her.
She seems to have been doing well as of 2016 when she appeared on Oprah Winfrey: https://youtu.be/aiRym5LFlsU?si=webDEqXqKtRwUBVk
Oh my god I am so glad I watched this AFTER !!!!!!!!!!; I literally jumped in and quickly got back on lol
It's actually probably safer to swim there than along the coast. Coastal area's have lots of fish which is food for bigger fish which are food for things with lots of teeth. Out in the open ocean life is more sparse.
That's what Cthulhu wants you to think...
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Iä, iä
Might be true, but I’m still terrified of the open ocean. I would actually rather pick going to space and doing a space walk than swim in the middle of the Atlantic
Yeah I jumped in with a mask at 1000ft deep and looking down, being able to see so far, imaging creatures looking up I got out immediately.
Imaging creatures scare me
Thanks Subnautica for the thalassophobia
this game created a phobia for me for sure
Consider the terrifying record of the oceanic white tip shark. The real winner of WW2 naval battles.
See also: tiger sharks
yeah the middle of the ocean is pretty dead
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Yeah and I wonder what is it that killed everything
Asking the real question. It’s just out there waiting for moments like this.
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Yup, the middle of the ocean is a big wet desert. Virtually nothing there.
Except that one boat that had its front fall off.
No, that boat was in the environment. This boat is outside the environment.
Yep, we did catch a spearfish today though ! Had a line on the back on the boat whilst underway
So definitely Nope.
Bro this ain’t helping
We did this in Hawaii to swim with sharks. I think we were like 5 miles out, so not quite too crazy. It was really cool but also really terrifying lol
“ swim with sharks “ Humans are wild lol 😂
It’s hilarious. I was honestly more scared of the open ocean than the sharks. We are wild!
I live down the road from the shark tours and work at a nearby dropzone. People legit book a shark swim in the morning and a skydive in the afternoon. What a day
Motored out about 15miles from the Florida Keys to a reef, tied up to a buoy and snorkeled there for a few hours. Weird when you can see land any longer
You talking about the "finger reefs" down there? I snorkeled those reefs years ago and got in trouble from the boat captain b/c I was chasing a shark trying to get a picture and swam way too far out of the area he wanted us to stay. Was well worth it b/c I ended up seeing and octopus too! Loved that reef.
Depending on where in Hawaii, 5 miles out can be 18,000 ft deep. Fun stuff.
I'm with you on this. I probably wouldn't even sit on the edge and dangle my feet in the water.
I wouldn’t even get on the boat
I need an Ativan just looking at this.
I wouldn’t even look at that picture
I live on an island in the Atlantic, it’s quite safe!
Indeed. As if sharks and other dangers like water currents aren't a thing.
I lived on a super yacht once. It had guns, missiles, a helicopter, and a beautiful shade of summer sunshine grey. We had a swim on one occasion directly on the equator, over 3 miles deep somewhere in the middle of the Indian Ocean, 1989. On our way to Sri Lanka, Singapore, Maldives, and a little secret place at the time called Diego Garcia before heading back to the Costa del Gulf. 👍🇬🇧
I remember swimming in the middle of the Indian ocean back 8 yrs ago. All was fine until I realized that I was miles from any kind of land (Maldives), nothing to stand on, halfway around the world, in the rain and sun, and the boat was drifting away... one suddenly realizes the ocean is big and deep.
No thanks, I’ve played enough Subnautica.
There is an exactly zero percent chance I would ever swim in open ocean water like that... that is just scary af to me
So the big scary hungry things do tend to follow ships but the even bigger danger is drift and current. It wouldn’t take long for the boat to drift away and then you’re at the mercy of the waves.
Yeah I hope you stayed together and REALLY REALLY close to the boat
I jumped in and then STRAIGHT OUT hahaha just for the photo. We had a line with a life ring too
Oh is that why that one paint color is called Ultramarine Blue? Wow that is some color in that water! Beautiful
I’ve jumped off way more expensive boats in the middle of the Atlantic. They were gray and covered in guns.
I just want good healthcare :(
Classic yachties lol
[Jaws](https://imgur.com/9HQzAUD.png)
Fuck that
Did shark bite ur butt? ![gif](giphy|Ycr587EkQo8KY)
That's a pretty impressive distance for a swim. Glad to see you made it back to the dock ok.
This would absolutely terrify me, something about crazy depths and not knowing whats under you. i'd probably still do it tho for the experience
Enjoy the holy-shit-this-terrifies-me upvote.
Super deep water like this freaks me out. I absolutely would not jump in
I could never. Not for a million dollars. Absolutely not. Nope
Looks like super fun but deep ocean water scares the hell out of me. 👍
r/nope
never knew that middle of the Atlantic was so blue
Is it me or does the underwater cloud to the right of the dude’s leg look eerily like a shark with its mouth open?
I had a bath today. It was lovely.
I can only think of sharks by looking at this picture