Transatlantic Crossing on a pontoon boat?

Has it ever been done? If not, what do you recommend to somebody that wants to do it?Transatlantic Crossing on a pontoon boat?
It has been done but I wouldn't want to try it. If I am going to be at sea for a transatlantic crossing I want it to be in a good solid sailboat.
May want to stick to a sail boat or a ship with bigger fuel tanks. If needed to ask this then it is not safe for you to do.Transatlantic Crossing on a pontoon boat?
I don't think anyone has, but my recommendation would be don't!



The seas can be very volatile, and change in an instant, and I don't see a pontoon boat withstanding a 20 - 30 foot wave.
Been done ....with pontoons made out of reeds even. Very wet.



Anything is possible with a plan for storms and waves.



Go 25 to 30 ft if possible.Transatlantic Crossing on a pontoon boat?
i'm scared already....we haven't even left the dock.
no!!!! are you crazy!!! think you'd like riding 20ft swells on a pontoon boat ??? you couldn't carry enough gas anyway.
Pontoons are not designed to cut through large swells in open waters. They are designed for lakes and other small water and mostly cruising at slower speeds. They are not "planing" hulls; they displace the water as they ride through it instead of riding on top of the water at higher speeds like traditional V-hulls do, therefore reducing friction, conserving gas mileage and allowing for higher speeds. That is the kind of boat you want to cross the ocean in!



Pontoons also generally have small fuel tanks as well which wouldn't allow for a long range of travel. The typical aluminum constuction is not designed to take the beating of large waves like a fiberglass boat would. They also typically do not have a cabin that would allow someone to take shelter from the elements.



If someone has crossed the ocean in a pontoon, that is insane and I'm sure it was a long and rough ride.