wrote:
Hello boaters
Just wondering, what should I look for in a power boat that can cross
the Atlantic? In regards to length, engines, speed, make, and so on.

Thanks,



Do you have any significant boating experience now?

You probably will want a relatively slow trawler type boat, preferably
steel-hulled.

On Sep 20, 6:09 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
Hello boaters
Just wondering, what should I look for in a power boat that can cross
the Atlantic? In regards to length, engines, speed, make, and so on.

Thanks,

Do you have any significant boating experience now?

You probably will want a relatively slow trawler type boat, preferably
steel-hulled.

If I do I wouldn't have been so confused. My boating experience spans
only few month, I am sad to say. but I am determined to make it a
lifelong hobby. A one that will probably cost me a lot of money
needless to say.

When you (boaters who replied) say "on the slow side" how slow are we
talking about ? Would it take me 2 weeks to complete the trip? A
month? Or I will be celebrating my 60th anniversary with my wife on
the boat?

wrote:
On Sep 20, 6:09 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
Hello boaters
Just wondering, what should I look for in a power boat that can cross
the Atlantic? In regards to length, engines, speed, make, and so on.
Thanks,
Do you have any significant boating experience now?

You probably will want a relatively slow trawler type boat, preferably
steel-hulled.

If I do I wouldn't have been so confused. My boating experience spans
only few month, I am sad to say. but I am determined to make it a
lifelong hobby. A one that will probably cost me a lot of money
needless to say.

When you (boaters who replied) say "on the slow side" how slow are we
talking about ? Would it take me 2 weeks to complete the trip? A
month? Or I will be celebrating my 60th anniversary with my wife on
the boat?



A little more than two weeks if you have enough crew aboard to run the
boat 24/7. Four to six hour watches, the shorter the better.

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On Sep 20, 3:26?pm, wrote:


If I do I wouldn't have been so confused. My boating experience spans
only few month, I am sad to say. but I am determined to make it a
lifelong hobby. A one that will probably cost me a lot of money
needless to say.

When you (boaters who replied) say "on the slow side" how slow are we
talking about ? Would it take me 2 weeks to complete the trip? A
month? Or I will be celebrating my 60th anniversary with my wife on
the boat?

If your boating experience spans only a few months, I recommend
planning about 5 years and 2-3 weeks for the voyage. The first five
years will be spent becoming qualified to undertake the adventure.

You will want a *displacement* hull, not semi-displacement, for a
transoceanic voyage. People are lucky enough to do it in a semi-
displacement hull but such boats make better coastal cruisers than
blue water passage makers.

True displacement hulls are normally single engine affairs. Even so,
you will need substantial fuel capacity. You will want heavy
displacement, low COG, substantial freeboard, and decks that will
drain quickly through large scuppers.

(If I were planning a lot of long range offshore adventures, I might
lean toward a motor sailer with a simple rig.)

On Sep 20, 8:56 pm, Chuck Gould wrote:
On Sep 20, 3:26?pm, wrote:



If I do I wouldn't have been so confused. My boating experience spans
only few month, I am sad to say. but I am determined to make it a
lifelong hobby. A one that will probably cost me a lot of money
needless to say.

When you (boaters who replied) say "on the slow side" how slow are we
talking about ? Would it take me 2 weeks to complete the trip? A
month? Or I will be celebrating my 60th anniversary with my wife on
the boat?

If your boating experience spans only a few months, I recommend
planning about 5 years and 2-3 weeks for the voyage. The first five
years will be spent becoming qualified to undertake the adventure.

You will want a *displacement* hull, not semi-displacement, for a
transoceanic voyage. People are lucky enough to do it in a semi-
displacement hull but such boats make better coastal cruisers than
blue water passage makers.

True displacement hulls are normally single engine affairs. Even so,
you will need substantial fuel capacity. You will want heavy
displacement, low COG, substantial freeboard, and decks that will
drain quickly through large scuppers.

(If I were planning a lot of long range offshore adventures, I might
lean toward a motor sailer with a simple rig.)

Thanks for the advice, I will read more about that.

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:09:11 -0400, HK wrote:

You probably will want a relatively slow trawler type boat, preferably
steel-hulled.

Without a low transom.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:09:11 -0400, HK wrote:

You probably will want a relatively slow trawler type boat, preferably
steel-hulled.

Without a low transom.

What kind of boater would worry about getting his feet wet?

The low transom is a safety feature for when those "greenies" come over
the bow.