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A question from a landlubber from Nebraska
It might be a stupid question to some of you old salts but hey I have
lived in Nebraska and Colorado all my life. The biggest body of water close to my house is the stock tank by the windmill. I have read about quite a few Ocean crossings in sailboats but I have always wondered about crossing the Atlantic or Pacific in a motor powered boat. I assume there are no gas stations floating around in the middle of the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans??? My experience with small ski boats etc. is that they suck a lot of fuel. My old 18 foot Glastron 165 I/O MercCruiser would go through 25 gallons in a day easily. Using fuel at that rate I figure it would take at least 1000 gallons to make it from NYC to the UK (3500 miles give or take at 3.5 mpg). Does anyone have any idea about what kinds of Atlantic/Pacific crossings have been done in smaller powered craft? |
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