Another attempt to draw a mini boat - after a tearful failure

Father of a toddler, Andrew Bedwell from Great Britain will break the world record for sailing across the Atlantic in the smallest boat possible. But just as he was about to set off on his grand adventure, the dream actually crashed against a hard dock. But now he hopes to start again.

Also read: He crosses the Atlantic in a 1.5 meter boat

On May 27, he was to embark on his journey across the ocean in a 1.5 meter long sailboat of his own design. Stretching his entire body on the boat was impossible, and he planned to live on homemade energy bars during the 90-day crossing. But on departure, he realized that the boat had taken on water and turned back. The next day, the boat was full of water at the jetty, and when they went to lift the boat up, it broke under the weight and perished on the shore.

– I’m so sorry. Everyone who supported and helped me did not know what to say. Big C No more, she can’t go on with this and neither can I,” Andrew Bedwell tearfully told himself.

Also read: Record yacht scrapped after damage – Atlantic sailing canceled

This year’s record attempt is now canceled – the boat Big C Damaged beyond repair. But days after the disaster, Andrew Bedwell announces that he has begun designing a new boat.

– We collected all the pieces we could from the old boat. This is not the end, I pulled myself up. We have already started a new design, so this will be a new design.

He hopes to be ready for another attempt in two years and is now looking for boat designers who can help him design a new boat. He now hopes to make the boat a bit more spacious inside, raise the freeboards and widen the deck area to have more room for solar panels.

– But it won’t be pretty in the end, says Andrew Bedwell.