Morgan 35' sloop transatlantic?

Can you drag a '80 foot Hatteras behind you? (For showers and movie night)

They seemed to build for about 24 years (1965-1990 a year when the economy tanked and so did a lot of boat builders). Yours seems to be a 1970. When I hear charter trade I tend to think space, not ocean crossing, although I have no personal experience with them..
Sailboat designs of Charles Morgan by year

Hi,

35 ft isn't huge but it can be done, make sure your vessel is well prepared, check all the rig, sails engine tanks etc and pick you weather.

Starting off from way up north there you will be able to go to Azores reasonably easily as a stop on the way, your biggest enemy in the summer going that way will be the Azores high pressure system.

You will either have very little wind or if hurricanes develop a lot of it.

Food and Water should be carried for twice the projected journey time and provision arranged to collect rainwater and collect it when ever you can.

Have you ever done any long distance sailing before on this or another boat of similar size?

Are you planning on sailing alone - if so there are a few other things that you should consider before casting off that might well save your life.

This is not so much of a sailboat forum, most posters here know what one looks like but that is the limit of the experience with them.

Hi,

On a small boat like the OP describes the best way of steering by machine would be an Aries wind vane , it probably has full mechanical steering and this is the tried and proven way that a lot of cruisers steer their boats and it requires no power source other than the vessels movement.

Here is a used one in what is said to be good condition for sale and was originally on a 35 footer.

Aries Self Steering Gear for Sale

A friend of mine used to single-hand from Gib to the Caribbean and back every year on his 30 footer with tiller steering . He kept 3 electric Autohelms on board as he knew at least one would fail on any crossing.

For the wind vane type to fail it is very rare. Ugly as sin though.

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=11151&productId=30258&langId=-1#.Uksi44ZvNCo

And a possible backup to a tiller-helm type autopilot could be good old sheet-to-tiller self-steering:

Sheet-to-Tiller Self Steering

Yes, I just finished reading a book written by someone who was terribly ill prepared when he started and seems very proud of it, in fact. On the other hand, I know someone who has been preparing for years for this trip. He and his wife tested themselves this summer in sailing just off shore from South Florida to Boston with no stops, as if at sea, but always having the ability to get quickly to shore if they faced something they couldn't handle. Basically covering the time and distance but not being in a place they couldn't abort. Part of it for them was just testing spending that many days on a boat with no anchoring, no docking, nothing but themselves and the water. They loved it, had the time of their lives. Well, the rest of the story might indicate just how much they loved it. When they returned home she was pregnant. So they answered their question but crossing the Atlantic is delayed. This was a woman who had tried for years to get pregnant and been told by doctors it just wasn't going to happen without using methods she didn't want to.

Every page I read of him talking about his inexperience and lack of preparation I thought more and more, "You're crazy man." I also hoped that people weren't reading and thinking they could do it too. This should have come with a warning, "Not to be tried at home." Ask a million "what if's" and really find an inexperienced sailor to question you and see if you have answers to all he or she can hypothesize. I almost stopped in the middle of the book but partially just wanted to see what additional stupid things the guy would do. Yes, he survived and is fine and probably thinks I'm a fool for taking so many precautions. It's each person's own risk tolerance, at least until you ask someone else to assume risk to rescue you.

I wonder if the OP ever made the journey he was thinking of?