A dad who is trying to cross the Atlantic in the smallest ever boat was forced to turn around on the first day.
Andrew Bedwell, 49, from Southport, said he was "quite chilled" about his 1,900-mile solo trip before he left St John's, Newfoundland, at 1.30pm local time on Saturday, May 27. But the dad was forced to turn around a head for land after his boat started letting in water.
The boat, dubbed Big C, had required late “modifications” before he’d noticed some “water ingress” just hours into his voyage. The glum mariner said he “wasn’t happy” with the state of his craft and had now returned to port to “assess the situation”, LancsLive reports
