21' Flats Boat Across The Atlantic

FISHTIGUA · 09-06-2009, 12:18 AM

These 2 brothers have just made it to London in a 21ft Flats boat from Florida. That takes some very big cojones.

http://www.crosstheatlantic.com/boat.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6LtCK7cSPE

K1W1 · 09-06-2009, 03:09 AM

Hi,

That sure is an adventure, I was surprised by their choice of a Suzuki to push it all the way it is not an engine brand that I associate with reliability from the old days.

I guess they have done a lot better with the Four Stroke line of engines than their two strokers.

FISHTIGUA · 09-06-2009, 03:33 AM

Yer, the old 2-Smokes were a bit of a joke but the new 4-Strokes seem to be getting very popular. The RIB guys seem to like them a lot.

K1W1 · 09-06-2009, 03:40 AM

Hi,

It seems these guys were not alone in crossing the sea in a strange craft, check this one out.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2838...ss-Cook-Strait

NYCAP123 · 09-06-2009, 08:03 AM

Great advertising. The words that come to mind though are reckless, foolish and downright stupid. What were their plans for a rollover?

K1W1 · 09-06-2009, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by NYCAP123

Great advertising. The words that come to mind though are reckless, foolish and downright stupid. What were their plans for a rollover?

Hi,

Don'y worry NYCAP, they had an escape plan according to their website:

I am very comfortable with the seaworthiness of the DreamBoat Intruder. I know there is real danger, just like there is in everyday life, I know that in the event of disaster, I trust my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I know my soul will rest in Heaven.
It is not how good I am, but rather the
Goodness and Forgiveness of God.
Ralph Brown

CaptTom · 09-06-2009, 10:12 AM

Not trying to mimimize their feat, but I question records like this one.
Looking at the course map, did they really cross the Atlantic, or just go from land mass to land mass and end up on the other side? To me, crossing the Atlantic is CROSSING THE ATLANTIC!
Leave Florida to get to England or Spain or Germany should be going in a straight line or follow the curve but not hopping it along. I knew a guy who would fly to Europe, crossing the Atlantic. But he did it by flying to Maine for fuel, to Greenland, then down to the UK.
I guess they did cross the Atlantic, but for the record I feel that a particular route needs to be followed, and one that goes across, not around.

K1W1 · 09-06-2009, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptTom

..... crossing the Atlantic is CROSSING THE ATLANTIC!

Hi,

Would that be Rhumb Line or Great Circle routing?

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Originally Posted by CaptTom

Leave Florida to get to England or Spain or Germany should be going in a straight line or follow the curve but not hopping it along.

You seem to have over looked the fact that Florida does not stretch the entire length of the western side of the Atlantic, leaving from Savannah or somewhere in the Caribbean which is in the Atlantic for most calculations especially the Hurricane Season would be just as much a feat if it were done in one shot.

Also on the other side of the "pond" there is France, Ireland, Scotland.Portugal and Holland plus a few other smaller places north of Scotland that can all be reached in one shot from the Atlantic.

NYCAP123 · 09-06-2009, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by K1W1

Hi,

Don'y worry NYCAP, they had an escape plan according to their website:

I am very comfortable with the seaworthiness of the DreamBoat Intruder. I know there is real danger, just like there is in everyday life, I know that in the event of disaster, I trust my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I know my soul will rest in Heaven.
It is not how good I am, but rather the
Goodness and Forgiveness of God.
Ralph Brown

They had an escape plan. They went from point to point to point. So it was not solo; not the smallest; not the fastest; not non-stop. What exactly was to point of this other than an uncomfortable advertising stunt? And I'm not in the least impressed by his preaching. Watched too many of those hollier-than-thou jerks go to jail as child molesters, thieves and worse. YF is not the place for religion.

Capt J · 09-06-2009, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by NYCAP123

They had an escape plan. They went from point to point to point. So it was not solo; not the smallest; not the fastest; not non-stop. What exactly was to point of this other than an uncomfortable advertising stunt? And I'm not in the least impressed by his preaching. Watched too many of those hollier-than-thou jerks go to jail as child molesters, thieves and worse. YF is not the place for religion.

I agree, but still think it is an amazing feat to do in a 21' Flats Boat. I don't think there is ANY way you could do a true transatlantic crossing in that boat due to logistics. Maybe if you towed another 21 flats boat full of fuel, and then dumped it when it was empty.

NYCAP123 · 09-06-2009, 09:01 PM

Didn't Tohatsu or someone do a stunt like this about 20 years ago as a promo for a diesel outboard? Sure it's a feat, but it hardly accomplished anything note-worthy. I think it even missed as a marketing stunt. If I were in the market for a flats boat I'd be more interested in hearing how fast it is, how stable it is, how shallow is its draft, bait storage, fish boxes, etc. Somehow I don't think their target audiance is planing to run that boat in the ocean.

KCook · 09-07-2009, 12:57 AM

I was wondering about the amount of fuel needed as well ....

K1W1 · 09-07-2009, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by NYCAP123

Didn't Tohatsu or someone do a stunt like this about 20 years ago as a promo for a diesel outboard?

Not sure about a diesel crossing but there was a Japanese guy who lived in Sweden who did it non stop from Canaries to Antigua with a 2.5 hp Tohatsu. I saw it in Antigua.

Here is what I think Fishtigua was talking about a while ago.

http://www.tohatsu.com/news/seiko.html

Capt J · 09-07-2009, 01:51 AM

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Not sure about a diesel crossing but there was a Japanese guy who lived in Sweden who did it non stop from Canaries to Antigua with a 2hp Tohatsu. I saw it in Antigua.

Fishtigua recently said he had found a link to it so hopefully he will see this question and add some further info.

a 2HP? He must have brought a lot of books to read along the way.