Sailing windjammer in storm at Atlantic ocean

Could I cross the Atlantic in a Macwester 26?

is the ocean deep ?

Maybe just set some low fore-and-aft sail and let the engine tick over. Alternatively, if time is not important, how about heaving-to and waiting for the gale to abate.

She going on her engine and the weather is not really that bad.

Still no point risking life and limb. The crew on board are likely "clients" with lawyers waiting ashore....Sailing isn't what it used to be 100 years ago.

No it is not.
But under small sail and catching the wind she would go like a race horse under these conditions. She is however sailing straight against the wind here. Even bare riggings offer a lot of resistance and drag in a stiff breeze like this so the progress is cumbersome and struggling.
Unable to identify her.

the atlantic ocean is so beautiful.

near gale - 7 Bf.
gale - 8 Bf.
severe gale - 9 Bf.
storm - 10 Bf.
As far as I can see this is not more than 5 Bf.

big fun right there