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Will the Snoopy Sloop boat complete its 6,000 mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean?

David Rose for the Telegraph

Will the Snoopy Sloop boat complete its 6,000 mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean?

Asked by: Super UserBuckeyeTom in General » Other
Settled on 11/28/2012 21:20 Settled by Super Userkruijs
Winning option:Snoopy is lost at sea by Jan. 1st, 2013 or fails to start by 1/1/13. A man hoping to see his unmanned boat become the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean is testing a new model after the first attempt ended in failure.

Retired Nato scientist Robin Lovelock's 4ft (1.2m) boat Snoopy Sloop set sail from the Hampshire coast on 27 November but hit trouble after about six hours.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21564814

Predictions
Snoopy is lost at sea by Jan. 1st, 2013 or fails to start by 1/1/13.
40.9% →
Snoopy is lost at sea before March 1st, 2013
14.3% →
Snoopy is lost at sea before April 1st, 2013 or arrives safely
9.0% →
Snoopy is lost at sea before May 1st, 2013 or arrives safely
9.1% →
Snoopy is lost at sea before June 1st, 2013 or arrives safely
11.0% →
Snoopy is lost at sea before July 1st, 2013 or arrives safely
9.1% →
Snoopy remains safe until July 2nd and that is a win for all concerned!!
6.5% →

Background

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9700893/Snoopy-Sloop-the-unmanned-toy-boat-attempting-Atlantic-crossing.html


This voyage could take up to six months because the rate of speed is only about 3 MPH. I will post a tracking site in the comment section after one is identified. Post one yourselves if you find it first...Thanks!

This Saturday, December 1st, 2012, the Snoopy Sloop unmanned Drone Boat is departing UK waters enroute to the U.S. shoreline or, more specifically, the Bahamas. Will it make it all the way? (BuckeyeTom's words: My dad was a CPO in the North Atlantic for several years. There were waves that crashed over the bridge on his ships. Picture the scenes from the Clooney movie The Perfect Storm, that is how my dad saw it. Can this flimsy four-foot drone make the trip?)

Lost at sea means that the boat is sank, cannot be found, retracted from the water, breaks down, craps out, runs out of gas, cannot continue and any other term you can think of which prevents it's ability to continue onward. I'd cover every possible aspect, except I am not a lawyer.

These are encapsulated dates in the choices.

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