I once met an Englishman in Tonga, who had crossed from Hawaii in a
24' boat. I believe the boat he used from England to Hawaii was not
that much larger. He sailed singlehanded, and never seemed to think
the size of the boat was a problem.

(To Nick, if you read this: did you ever get away from Neiafu?)

"G" == Gary writes:

G wrote:
Jeff wrote:


...
Actually, its fairly easy to add flotation to a small boat.
...
Do you know of any larger sailboat (over 40') with built-in solid

floatation ? Doesn't it make even more sense to have this in larger
boats (costing hundreds of thousands of dollars) than in a $20,000
boat which doesn't carry much of our belongings ?
Even if we're careful and only sail in good weather, there's always

a possibility of a collision such as when somebody else doesn't have
their lights on.
G Larger boats have watertight compartments and collision bulkheads
G which really do the same thing as foam.


G Crossing the Atlantic in a MacGregor 26 is not impossible or
G improbable. Somebody will do it someday. It is just gonna take a lot
G of skill and luck. Some amazing journeys have been done in very small
G seemingly uncapable boats but the element of luck is unpredictable.


G How lucky are you?

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