This is Classic Florida stuff, right here.
Florida man arrested after trying to cross Atlantic in hamster wheel vessel
"Mr Baluchi has tried three similar voyages before, all of which ended in Coast Guard intervention."
I met a number of people out to do really bold but strange adventures back when living in Florida.
There was a guy who has a rather large, inflatable floating Ball in which he intended to run across the ocean to Africa. He could easily change directions with this ball, so he could adjust his course at will.
We tried to convince him that Africa was a bad idea, as he would be traveling against the current most of the way.
Last we heard, he had washed up near the Bay of Fundy, completely exhausted and dehydrated.