https://www.yachtingmonthly.com/sailing-skills/how-to-sail-across-the-atlantic-and-back-76276
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# What’s the right boat to sail across the Atlantic?
A good place to start might be with the question: can I sail across the Atlantic and back in the yacht I have now?
In most cases, the answer is yes.
Almost any well-prepared yacht of 30ft and upwards can tackle the downwind crossing, and indeed there is no reason why an even smaller boat can’t do it successfully.
People have crossed in Folkboats; the legendary American sailor Webb Chiles sailed across the Pacific in a converted 24ft dayboat, and some masochistic adventurers have crossed oceans in micro yachts not even long enough for them to stretch out in.
so this means the only question for me is "is it big enough to keep a #catstr on?
also, i'm wondering, doesn't have to be wind powered, does it?
so long as it has fuel capacity and a reliable enough motor... maybe a backup motor would be needed, something i can sling over the rear of the boat and get enough propulsion to make it to the nearest port to get the main engine repaired
could even be just the motor from the dingy for non-docked landings
the thick plottens
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