Crossing the Atlantic in a BARREL??!!!
Rowboats, trunk crafted rafts, reed-built sailboats, outboards and RIBs successfully crossed the Atlantic. Add a wooden barrel to this list.
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New HF radio net specifically designed to assist trans-Atlantic cruisers
Seven Seas Cruising Association (ssca.org), and Marine Weather Center (mwxc.com) are pleased to announce the formation of a new high frequency radio net specifically designed to assist trans-Atlantic cruisers. Since 2015, Seven Seas Cruising Association has sponsored a dedicated HF Cruisers’ Radio Net, operating seven days a week and licensed by the FCC as…
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That Little Boat is Going to Cross the Atlantic?!
In 2011 Matt Kent, bosun of the tall ship Niagara, was picking old oakum out of the deck in Erie, Pennsylvania, when he had an epiphany. “I wonder, he ruminated, what the smallest sailboat ever to cross the Atlantic was”? Just like that, The Little Boat Project became his new mission in life. He did some research…
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Emotions Across the Atlantic
I’ve experienced the merits of cruising both inshore and off, but for me, there is nothing quite like ocean sailing. And there is not a better way to convey the feeling of it – the ups and downs, the emotions – than by writing about it in real-time. The following was excerpted from my hand-written…
