Editing Transatlantic crossing (section)

===Smallest powerboat to cross the Atlantic===
In 2009, two brothers, Ralph and Robert Brown, crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a {{cvt|21|ft|adj=on}} flats boat – a special boat designed to operate in extremely shallow water. This flats boat was designed and built by Ralph Brown. The voyage was called the "I Am Second Wounded Hero Voyage" in honor of the men who were killed in [[Operation Eagle Claw]]; Ralph Brown had been in the USMC at the time of the Operation and was told he was going to participate in the mission. Though he ultimately did not go, other servicemen who did perished in the failed military operation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Smallest Power Boat to Cross The Atlantic: Florida brothers set world record |id=Includes video |url=http://www.worldrecordacademy.com/travel/smallest_power_boat_to_cross_The_Atlantic_Florida_brothers_set_world_record_112422.html#:~:text=TAMPA%2C%20FL%2C%20USA%20%2D%2D%20Two,downtown%20London%20%2D%20setting%20the%20new |website=www.worldrecordacademy.com |access-date=August 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://recordsetter.com/world-record/smallest-powerboat-cross-the-atlantic-ocean/19820|title=Smallest Powerboat to Cross the Atlantic Ocean}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.saltwatersportsman.com/news/two-brothers-cross-atlantic-ocean-21-boat/|title = Two brothers cross the Atlantic Ocean in a 21' boat|date = 21 October 2009}}</ref>

====Inflatable boat====
In 1952, [[Alain Bombard]] crossed the Atlantic from East to West, journeying 113 days in a [[Zodiac Marine & Pool|Zodiac]], {{lang|fr|L'Hérétique}}.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bombard|first=Alain|title=The Voyage of the Heretique|date=1953|publisher=Simon and Schuster}}</ref>

====Rafts====
In 1956, Henri Beaudout crossed the Atlantic from West to East, from [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]] to [[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]], on a raft of wood and rope, {{lang|fr|[[L'Égaré II]]}}, in 88 days.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wadden|first=Marie|title=Three Canadians, two kittens, one raft: A little-known journey across the Atlantic|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/three-canadians-two-kittens-one-raft-a-little-known-journey-across-the-atlantic/article4462515/|access-date=19 May 2014|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=3 August 2012}}</ref>

In 1970, [[Thor Heyerdahl]] crossed the Atlantic in ''Ra II'', a [[papyrus]] raft built to an [[Ancient Egyptian]] design. This voyage followed an unsuccessful attempt the previous year in his first raft, ''Ra I''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Heyerdahl |first=Thor |title=The Ra Expeditions |date=1972 |isbn=0-14-003462-5}}</ref>

In 1988, the [[junk raft]], ''[[Son of Town Hall]]'', crossed the North Atlantic Ocean.<ref>
{{Cite web |title = Son of Town Hall, First Raft made of Scrap to Cross the North Atlantic Ocean |publisher = The Floating Neutrinos |date = 30 May 2006 |url =  http://www.floatingneutrinos.com/son%20of%20town%20hall/chronology.htm |access-date = 30 September 2010}}</ref>

In 2011, Anthony Smith and the Antiki crossed the Atlantic.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weil |first1=Martin |title=Anthony Smith, adventurer who crossed the Atlantic by raft in his 80s, dies at 88 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/anthony-smith-adventurer-who-crossed-the-atlantic-by-raft-in-his-80s-dies-at-88/2014/07/26/64f8335a-1470-11e4-9285-4243a40ddc97_story.html |access-date=8 September 2020 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=26 July 2014}}</ref>

====By oar====
{{main|Ocean rowing}}
On July 10, 1980, [[Gérard d'Aboville]] became the first sailor to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean in a west-east direction.

On 13 June 2003, French rower [[Maud Fontenoy]] started an eastward crossing of the Atlantic from [[Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon]]. She reached [[A Coruña]] in Spain on 10 October, becoming the first woman to accomplish this feat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maudfontenoyfondation.com/en/ses-traversees-et-son-tour-du-monde.html|website=Fontenroy Foundation|title=Ses-traversees-et-son-tour-du-monde|access-date=19 June 2013|archive-date=6 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706235254/http://maudfontenoyfondation.com/en/ses-traversees-et-son-tour-du-monde.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2005, the [[Vivaldi Atlantic 4]] broke the previous rowing record of 55 days and setting a new record of 39 days.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rowing the Atlantic |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northeast/series10/week3_vivaldi_atlantic_rowing.shtml |access-date=29 August 2019 |agency=BBC |date=25 September 2006}}</ref>

On 26 October 2010, Polish [[sexagenarian]] [[Aleksander Doba]] was the first recorded individual to complete a non-stop transatlantic crossing by [[kayak]]. He departed [[Dakar, Senegal]] and arrived in Brazil 99 days later.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wired.com/playbook/2011/02/epic-kayak-guy/ | title=64-Year-Old Kayaker Completes Trans-Atlantic Voyage | magazine=Wired | date=10 February 2011 | access-date=2 July 2012}}</ref>

=====Transatlantic rowing races=====
{{Main|Atlantic Rowing Race}}
In 1997, the first East–West Atlantic Rowing Race took place, running from the [[Canary Islands]] to the [[Caribbean]]. It now runs roughly once every two years.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

In 2006, the first West–East North Atlantic Rowing Race took place, running from [[New York City]] to [[Falmouth, Cornwall]] in the [[UK]].{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

=====Sail=====
{{main|Transatlantic sailing record}}
[[Image:Banque populaire5-003.jpg|thumb|[[Banque Populaire V]], current record holder]]
In 1775, the 62-ton [[schooner]] ''Quero'', sailed by John Derby from [[Salem, Massachusetts]] to the [[Isle of Wight]] in 28 days (April 28 to May 25).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Borneman |first1=Walter R. |title=American spring: Lexington, Concord, and the road to revolution |date=2014 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |location=New York |isbn=978-0316221023 |page=248 |edition=First}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Rantoul |first1=Robert S. |title=The cruise of the "Quero": How we carried the news to the king. A neglected chapter in local history |date=2018 |publisher=Forgotten Books |isbn=978-0484107105 |orig-date=Reproduction of an historical work, originally published 1832}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ruppert |first1=Bob |title=A Fast Ship from Salem: Carrying News of War |journal=Journal of the American Revolution |date=17 April 2015 |url=https://allthingsliberty.com/2015/04/a-fast-ship-from-salem-carrying-news-of-war/ |access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref>

In 1866, the {{convert|26|ft|m|adj=on}} [[lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboat]] ''[[Red, White and Blue (ship)|Red, White and Blue]]'' sailed from [[New York City]] to [[Margate]], England, in 38 days.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nautical archive, ship horn of the Red White & Blue |url=https://www.liveauctioneers.com/en-gb/item/72815778_nautical-archive-ship-horn-of-the-red-white-and-blue |website=liveauctioneers.com |publisher=Live Auctioneers |access-date=19 September 2020 |date=13 July 2019}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=September 2022}} In 1870 and 1871, The 20-ft [[yawl]] [[City of Ragusa (ship)|City of Ragusa]] sailed from [[Queenstown, County Cork|Queenstown]], Ireland, to [[New York City|New York]] and back, crewed by two men (and a dog) each way.<ref>{{cite news |title=The City of Ragusa |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001646/18710630/086/0002 |access-date=11 September 2020 |work=Cork Constitution |agency=British Newspaper Archive |date=30 June 1871 |page=2 col.6}}</ref>