May 12 (UPI) -- A British sailor on Tuesday was preparing to make a second try at crossing the Atlantic Ocean in the tiniest boat ever to do so at only 3 feet, 10 inches.
Andrew Bedwell, 52, of Scarisbrick, England, wrote in his log that he is anxiously awaiting his micro-yacht, Big C Atlantic Challenge, to clear Canadian customs and then be shipped to Argentia, Newfoundland, where he will begin his record-breaking attempt.
When the miniscule aluminum craft does arrive there, perhaps as soon as Friday, he will fly from Britain to Argentia to wrap up final preparations for a second try at breaking the Guinness World Record for the smallest boat to complete a 1,900-mile Atlantic crossing.
Bedwell's first attempt to do so in 2023 came to a premature end when his first Big C boat was accidentally dropped onto concrete and smashed into pieces.
Now, he tells the Guinness World Records, he's redesigned the ship to be sturdier as he seeks to break the current record of a crossing in a 5 foot, 4 inch boat, set by American Hugo Vihlen in 1993.
