On July 24, 1992, at 3:30 PM, Dwight Collins, then 34, of Darien, Connecticut, stepped ashore at Plymouth, England, after 40 days at sea in the 24-foot human-powered pedal boat Tango. He had departed St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, on June 14 and covered 2,250 miles, breaking the records for the fastest human-powered transatlantic crossing, the first boat to pedal across the Atlantic, and the longest pedal-powered voyage ever undertaken. The previous transatlantic record of 64 days had been set in 1988 by Remy Bricka in a ski- and oar-powered vessel. Despite storms, adverse currents, equipment breakdowns, losing 30 pounds, and a near collision with a ship at night, Collins completed the voyage and said both that it was hard and that he had never felt safer in a boat in his life. He had long wanted to pursue human-powered craft and the transatlantic record, but only did so after college, service as a Navy SEAL, and entry into the corporate world, with encouragement from his wife, Corinne. The canopied vessel was designed to withstand North Atlantic seas, to be easily driven and self-righting, and to carry Collins, his food, watermaker, and the communications and navigational equipment needed for the voyage. Inside, a custom-built seat allowed him to pedal for more than 12 hours a day, averaging about four knots. Tango was designed by Bruce Kirby of Norwalk, Connecticut, for Dwight Collins and built in 1990 by Goetz Marine Technologies of Bristol, Rhode Island, using cedar strip planking covered by carbon fiber and epoxy. The pedal system drove a custom-designed high-efficiency propeller, and Collins and his wife chose the name Tango to celebrate their wedding dance.