Pontoon boat

[Wansworth]

Is this whatI have been looking for,couldI be the first to cross the Atlantic in a modified pontoon boat?As advertised on ybw,looks areal honey

 

[Neeves]

Why do I think you might have forgotten to post a picture, or even a link.

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Jonathan

 

[Wansworth]

Why do I think you might have forgotten to post a picture, or even a link.

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Jonathan

JustGoogle pontoon boats….do Ihaveto do everything?

 

[Neeves]

JustGoogle pontoon boats….do Ihaveto do everything?

Not at all - just do something.



I know exactly what a pontoon boat is, popular on Florida canals and we have a few in our mooring field. Hardly unusual and there is always someone, somewhere willing to test the limits.

Jonathan

 

[Wansworth]

I guess with all this drought many ofthe pontoon boats are hard aground

 

[Bajansailor]

But pontoon boats crossing the Atlantic are fairly tame compared to some craft that have crossed in the past (or tried to).

I remember in the 70's some folk sailed a boiler across to Barbados - they had added a keel, and a sort of conning tower, and she had a proper sailing rig.

Some other folk wanted to sail a VW Beetle across - I saw photos of it in the Canaries. They had filled the car interior with foam, also added a keel, and a basic rig, and had built a sort of flying bridge on the roof. Perhaps fortunately, we heard that the local Authorities would not allow them to leave from the Canaries.

And I remember two young French lads sailed a Hobie cat across from the Canaries to Martinique in fine style without fanfare in about 18 days.

And of course there is also Big C which will put any pontoon boat to shame - he is threatening to sail across the North Atlantic next year.

 

[Wansworth]

And there wasFred Carlin who crossed with his wife after the war in an amphibious Jeep called “half Safe”

 

[Wansworth]

But pontoon boats crossing the Atlantic are fairly tame compared to some craft that have crossed in the past (or tried to).

I remember in the 70's some folk sailed a boiler across to Barbados - they had added a keel, and a sort of conning tower, and she had a proper sailing rig.

Some other folk wanted to sail a VW Beetle across - I saw photos of it in the Canaries. They had filled the car interior with foam, also added a keel, and a basic rig, and had built a sort of flying bridge on the roof. Perhaps fortunately, we heard that the local Authorities would not allow them to leave from the Canaries.

And I remember two young French lads sailed a Hobie cat across from the Canaries to Martinique in fine style without fanfare in about 18 days.

And of course there is also Big C which will put any pontoon boat to shame - he is threatening to sail across the North Atlantic next year.

What rig do you suggest and what anchour?

 

[Bajansailor]

What rig do you suggest and what anchour?

How about a kite for use as a sail, and a Jordan series drogue for use as an anchor?

You had mentioned "And there was Fred Carlin who crossed with his wife after the war in an amphibious Jeep called “half Safe” - I am sure they re-named the jeep 'Completely safe' when they arrived.

And then there was Colin Mudie, who crossed in a hot air balloon called 'Small World' - but they only got about halfway (or maybe a bit further) before they had to ditch and carry on under sail.
Four days up and twenty days down - The Small World crossing of the Atlantic December 1958

 

[Wansworth]

I assume they have fitted cocktail cabinates?

 

[johnalison]

I presume that a pontoon boat is 21' long.

 

[Neeves]

I presume that a pontoon boat is 21' long.

Except they commonly have 2 hulls.....?