Long trip in a small boat

This one falls into the "Would You Believe..." category.

Delighted brothers, six and nine, learn their £40 Playmobile pirate ship 'The Adventure' has sailed 3,700 miles across the Atlantic from Africa to Barbados - landing them a New York book deal in the process


While the ship, carrying a tracker, wasn't recovered, the tracker showed that the ship was within 30 miles of Barbados, after making a journey of 3,700 miles.  That's pretty impressive for a toy boat that looks about 3 feet long.

But if the winds and currents are carrying a boat in the right direction, it can go a long, long way.