For going westwards over the Atlantic, basically you only have to take care to stay afloat on the water and survive long enough when leaving the African western shore the ocean current move into that direction. To improve the speed simple boats like Thor Heyerdal's Ra II already work as experimentally proven or a bit more advanced by adding leeboards to even do some crosswind sailing, Dominique Görlitz Abora expeditions showed feasibility during ancient times to cross the Atlantic eastwards. His website: [www.abora.eu]



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