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Little Boat Update

06/20/2016 9:35 PM

our little autonomous hull penetrator is zipping along nicely @ just under 3K/H. battery voltage is 13V so it should cruise all night fortunately today it was raining for awhile and gave the panels a shower. currently our little craft has logged 1084KM.(over 650 miles) will we see 2000KM by tomorrow?

rumor has it if our brave adventurer survives it will be brought home and reprogrammed to return East to London harbor and cozy up to The royal rowboat while that old queen is on deck having tea and crumpets
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06/20/2016 11:17 PM

The little boat that could.
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06/21/2016 2:47 AM

Is this something else to do with Pluto?

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06/21/2016 7:54 AM

I dont think it can go that far
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06/21/2016 7:28 AM

Fred, do you normally insult another countries head of state and therefore its people?

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06/21/2016 7:53 AM

She is 90...

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06/21/2016 8:13 AM

all joking aside don't you have a Prime minister or other position who is the true head of state, isn't the royal thing just ceremonial?
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06/21/2016 9:30 AM

Wikipedia is a good source of information.

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06/21/2016 9:34 AM

I dont have a computer
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06/22/2016 9:14 AM

Just keep in mind which one gets to walk around with a sword.
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06/21/2016 3:20 PM

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06/21/2016 11:40 PM

C'mon Fredski even your maths can't be that adrift!

Will you see 2000km tomorrow? No -you'll be lucky to make 1100km! 916km in 24 hrs (not sure where and when you are counting tomorrow) is 38km/h somewhere over 22 knots and a not too shabby speed

As has been pointed put before there no forking chance of that Alberg getting anywhere near London. The current path may not take it along shipping lanes but it sure crosses them which is dangerous enough. To get to London you'd use one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world and have to do it without the main motive force (the Gulf Stream). If you are lucky the coastguard will pick it up if not there will be a squabble between HM Royal Navy and the scuttlebutt from across the Channel for the right to blow it out of the water.

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06/22/2016 7:40 AM

1173KM so far, the London comment was pure levity and you already know that
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