An adventurer tried to cross the Atlantic on a homemade ship (6 photos + 1 video)
51-year-old Reza Baluchi was detained 70 nautical miles from Tybee Island, Georgia, after a three-day standoff with US Coast Guard. An Iranian living in Florida tried cover a distance of 5,000 nautical miles and sail to Great Britain by vessel that looks like a hamster wheel. 
The Baluchi device consists of a metal drum, on both sides of which there are blades, which theoretically allows him to run on the waves.
On August 26, US Coast Guard officers detained traveler After which Reza threatened suicide and said that there is a bomb on board his ship. 
Only two days later did Baluchi admit that there was no bomb, and a day later he joined the officers on their boat.
He was brought ashore on September 1 and was presented with accusations of restricting coast guard access to the ship, and also in violation of the order of the port captain.
"Based on the condition of the vessel, coast guard officers came to conclusion that Baluchi embarked on an unsafe voyage," the statement reads. complaint filed in US District Court in Florida. 
Baluchi, who also participates in charity runs, This was not the first time I tried to swim across the ocean in a “wheel.” He undertook attempts in 2014, 2016 and 2021, but each time he was prevented by the coastal security.
The Iranian's main goal is to raise money for charity, so he is not going to stop. 
"My goal is to raise money not only for the homeless, but also for coast guard, for the police, for the fire service," Reza said in interview with FOX 35 News.
According to friend Gina Laspina, Baluchi takes with him GPS navigator so family and friends always know where he is and also a supply of food and water to survive anywhere for several weeks 
In 2014, a man had to be rescued from the “bubble” (so he calls his watercraft) near St. Augustine when he tried travel 3,000 miles from Florida to Bermuda. In 2016 he stopped off the coast of Jupiter. And in 2021 he wanted to commit charity trip from Miami to New York, but he was washed up shore near the place of departure.
