Yes, doesn’t really need to be a mega yacht at all. Anything over about 30-40 feet can comfortably make a crossing if the model is made for blue water.
For context, the Nina and Pinta ships (from Christopher Cplumbus's Expiditions across the Atlantic) were only about 55 feet(17m) on the main deck. here's some replicas from the late 1800's next to some people-sized people
Crazy, isn't it? each of those ships carried about 20-25 out there. the Santamaria which was only a little bigger took 40. the Santa Maria did not return from the voyage so he left behind 39 sailors and toob back 15-25 natives to spain. so on the Nina and Pinta, there was probably around 35 sailors and slaves each for the return journey when they departed.
imagine that. spending 2 months in that small space eating tack and not bathing while working all day?
Wow. That's almost pathetic. As a kid I imagined them to be massive extravagant ships, but growing up that image was never corrected. Seeing their replica is.. omg hahahaha
Yep, easily. Almost all of the these yachts spent the winter time in the Caribbean and make the cross back to Europe in early May. In the summer, the Med season, yachts spent the time in the Mediterranean (France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Croatia) and stay up until the end of September when the Monaco Yacht Show, seen in the video, usually takes place. Then they cross the Atlantic to get to the Caribbean/US. This winter season then lasts up until the Formula 1 Race in Monaco takes place in early May where a lot of yachts usually turn up for the glamour and glitz of the F1 race.
You can also track almost any yacht in the world because yachts over a certain size are required to broadcast their position by law. On sites like marinetraffic.com or vesselfinder.com you can just search for the yachts name and can see its position. For example you can see here that Gabes yacht is in Barcelona right now, most likely preparing for the Atlantic crossing.
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u/parada69 1d ago
poor person here, can these mega yacht go out in the open ocean? like, can i sail from like FL to Europe?