User:Vincecate/Migration

Imagine each seastead uses a kite and sea anchor to move in a big circle around the Sargasso Sea once each year. The currents are almost fast enough to do this, so even a slow seastead can probably make it. I am thinking Anguilla, Bermuda, Azores, back to Anguilla. We could time it so that we were in the North-Eastern half of this loop to avoid the hurricane season in the South-West and then in the South-Western half of the loop to avoid the cold stormy season in the North-Atlantic. With computers controlling the kites and sea anchors I think we can move at the right speed to make this happen. I think if we checked historical information that doing this you would never have had to face even a 30 foot wave in the last 100+ years.

This type of migration keeps the house in a comfortable climate all year. Heating or air-conditioning may not even be necessary. In any case it reduces the power requirements.

On the edge of this Gyre there is dependable wind. In the middle it can be calm.

A related idea is that even slow movement can be enough to get out of the way of a hurricane, even if you start in the path of one. These days you can get more than 4 days warning for a hurricane. If you can move 2+ MPH then in 4 days you can move over 200 miles. This should be enough to reduce the maximum wave to less than 30 feet. If you are on a route that should not have hurricanes or storms, and have the ability to adjust the route a bit based on the weather forecast, and can handle 30 foot waves, you should be safe.

Would also mean that at 3 times during the year shopping would be easy. Could shop in the Caribbean, Bermuda, and the Azores.

There is a bit more on this in a thread on the forum.