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stevelcqld
23-09-2009, 09:58 PM
Hey

We often see questions about would XXX boat be ok to go off shore.. or the bay etc..

Well have a look at http://www.crosstheatlantic.com/index.html

2 US guys.. what a surprise.. are crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a Dreamboats Intruder 21' Flats Boat - a small, open fishing boat (no cabin, no keel) that is able to operate in two inches of water.???

Just insane !!!

Steve
sleepygreg
23-09-2009, 10:42 PM
Hardly the boat i would like to be in an Atlantic blow with 50knott winds and 7m of swell.
badfisho
23-09-2009, 10:56 PM
And i thought my boat was small :P
cbs
24-09-2009, 08:07 AM
Its not really crossing it if you just skirt around the edges with multiple stops (according to their chart) Still a long trip never the less.

Have a google for the two guys (one Australian and one French) that did it some time ago on a Hobie 18. Saw the Australian fella do a presentation on the trip a few years back.

The arrived at the other end looking like skeletons and covered in ulcers and one required skin grafts

google picked up more here...
http://gisc.ie/glenans-sc/content/view/118/84/lang,en/
lee8sec
24-09-2009, 09:25 AM
They have DONE the trip. Leigh



Hey

We often see questions about would XXX boat be ok to go off shore.. or the bay etc..

Well have a look at http://www.crosstheatlantic.com/index.html

2 US guys.. what a surprise.. are crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a Dreamboats Intruder 21' Flats Boat - a small, open fishing boat (no cabin, no keel) that is able to operate in two inches of water.???

Just insane !!!

Steve