Agree completely. I had something like 75 hours total time when I did my first crossing (Rotterdam-KOK-DVR-Blackbushe and back in one day for a business trip). I did talk things over with a fellow pilot who had done the crossing a few times, had a good read of the various AIPs and so forth, got me and my passenger a lifejacket and off we went.
Proper Planning Prevents etc.
But I have to say I'm glad I was flying a fully IFR capable DA-40 with 2xGNS430 (with the flightplan properly put in), autopilot etc. It's just easier to maintain situational awareness with a moving map and a magenta line, and in the perfect-VFR-is-almost-the-same-as-IFR conditions having an autopilot to keep the plane level while the pilot attends to other duties also helps.