You don't need to be a good ship builder to cross the Atlantic. Thanks to the North Equatorial Current, you can launch almost any buoyant object off the West Af

You don't need to be a good ship builder to cross the Atlantic. Thanks to the North Equatorial Current, you can launch almost any buoyant object off the West African coast and it'll wash up somewhere on the east coast of the American continent. You don't need sails, you don't need oars, you don't even need a tiller; you just need buoyancy, enough fresh water to survive the trip and the knowledge that the current exists. The Atlantic has been crossed on an array of utterly unsuitable craft including rafts, survival capsules and inflatable dinghies; an elderly French man is currently attempting to cross in a large wine barrel. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/frenchman-jean-jacques-savin-adrift-in-barrel-hopes-for-land-on-horizon-after-100-days-mjxqwsdf0 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/frenchman-jean-jacques-sa...