(Understatement – my comment) We got back to the harbor and the boat had basically sunk.” Well, it went to the bottom so I guess that means that it sunk. Bedwell said in a video statement, “Hello everyone. Ferchristsake the Titanic didn’t make it across the Atlantic and there have been many other more seaworthy boats that have gone down to Davy Jones’s locker. OK, I don’t want to be dick here, (that part comes naturally to me) but seriously, he was never going to make it and in my most humble opinion he was lucky to sink close to land. Bedwell was raising money for cancer research and broke down in tears when he announced that he had to abandon his three-year-long dream. His yacht, and I use that word kindly, was 3 feet long and 11 feet wide built out of fiberglass with a foam core and was called the Big C. I actually don’t know the exact distance but I think that it was around a couple of miles from the dock before his boat started to take on water, and well you guessed it, it started to sink. It’s 1,900 miles from Canada to England and let’s guess how far he got. Andrew Bedwell from Scarisbrick in Lancashire, England was hoping to sail from Canada to England in the smallest boat ever, a home-built, blunt-nosed thingamajig that had a sail. This dude, and you might expect this from a Frenchman and not a Brit, this dude was planning to sail across the Atlantic in a three-foot boat. Now I am not against people having big dreams and big ambitions, but seriously this one was bound to fail. Some things are just so easy to call and this was one of them. What do you think is the way to turn this around? Jump in the thread to discuss. Lack of interest, like so many activities and hobbies over the last 100 years, “Hands-On” stuff can’t possibly hit the dopamine highs so consistently and effortlessly as playing games with the smartphone or computers (as I observe. Bay Areaģ) Very large inventory of heavily neglected boatsĤ) “Working Man” yacht clubs are almost extinct because of so few “Working Men” (I.e. IMHO – why I think sailing will be dead soonġ) Lack of expendable income for marina/maintenance/insurance and any loans on boat purchaseĢ) Fewer DIY boatyards. I feel like along with so many other “boomer” hobbies, millennials and younger generations have been lost to the world of sailing, and boating in general.

Most of my boating friends are older than me (65-75), so it’s natural that they are winding down and simplifying their lives…

I also have some property and a semi-empty barn and I think those are the primary thoughts motivating my friends to give me their boats (both are in Marinas and are not tailorable in that their beams are too wide without permits and giant trailers). I sold my boat of 13 years ownership about 5 years ago, because I was buried under too many family (kids in college) and work responsibilities and no budget left for marina fees and properly maintaining the boat. I’m currently boatless and crewing for a guy doing Beer Can races. Two friends have offered to give me their boats since Jan 1, 2023.

Psychopathic vault