A house boat that floated from Canada to Mayo could become the Wild Atlantic Way's next tourist attraction.

The home-made solar powered vessel washed up on Cross beach on the Mullet peninsula.

The Canadian owner intended to gift the boat to homeless youth in Newfoundland. 

But the plan literally went adrift and it has ended up in Mayo, where a local group wants to restore it and put it on show.

Michael Hurst from Ballyglass Coastguard is surprised the boat survived the journey: