Editing Transatlantic crossing (section)

====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>