Sailing the Atlantic.

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Englishman, Andrew Bedwell, sets sail across Atlantic in one-metre long boat in hope of breaking record.

A British dad has set sail from Canada in a one-metre long boat as he attempts to cross the Atlantic Ocean in the smallest ever vessel.

It may sound like a daunting feat, but Andrew Bedwell, 49, said he was feeling “quite chilled” about the about his 1,900-mile solo trip to the British Isles.

The mariner, who left St John's, Newfoundland on Saturday, spent three years hand-building his fibreglass micro-yacht – named Big C – in the garage of his home in Scarisbrick, Lancashire.

In an interview last year with Practical Boat Owner magazine, Bedwell said he'd named the boat after his friend Tom McNally, who helped him design and build the boat before dying of cancer.

Bedwell came up with his idea after reading a book by current record holder Hugo Vihlen, who made the dangerous crossing in a 1.6 metre boat 30 years ago.


Looks like a Yachtmaster, he's wearing.


I wish him, good luck.