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Eisboch wrote:
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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,


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Eisboch


Beautiful boats, but s-l-o-w. Sixteen days to Europe with all the breaks.
That's a long time to be at sea, all alone in a small boat. It's not like
running up or down the ICW.

My first transatlantic voyage was on a destroyer escort (315') making 7
knots while towing a passive sonar array to track Soviet subs. Not much to
see, but the Navy has ways to keep you busy.

I'd never try a transatlantic trip it in a small boat, but a trawler's slow
speed is offset by it's range. I roughly calculated that with two qualified
captains, running non-stop, our GB could make it from Cape Cod to St.
Augustine, FL in about a week, and still have about 25 percent of it's fuel
capacity remaining.


Eisboch