Atlantic Crossing on small power Boat ?
Awsome wrote:
7. I've already installed small sea water to fresh water converting unit, so
no worries to carry extra water.
You should carry more than enough fresh water to cover you for the
whole passage even if you have a watermaker. You don't want to die if
the watermaker, or the electricity needed to run it, fails. You should
also bring a simple rainwater catcher.
Now the last thing .... what route ? should I use Northern route to cut down
the long leg in sea like From New York to Halifax, St. John, Greenland,
Iceland, Scottland and then onward.
Your number one risk is weather, and while I am no expert on the
Atlantic, I believe your risk of heavy weather is much higher in the
north atlantic than the south atlantic.
I know it sounds like a crazy idea but hey peoples are doing it on rowing
boats, why can't I do it.
Two things to remember. Sailboats have tons (literally) of lead in the
keel so that they can resist being turned over, and so they right
themselves if turned over. Your Bayliner is much easier to capsize,
and it won't right itself afterwards. Those "rowboats" that do the
crossing are generally designed so they can be completely sealed up,
top and bottom, in heavy weather, so that if they capsize they don't
sink and right themselves afterwards.
Andy
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