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Crossing the Atlantic on a sailing ship as a passenger? (mander.xyz)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Does anyone know if there are any companies/organizations that offer the possibility to sail the Atlantic by boat as a passenger (so not as a (more or less) experienced crew member). Are there any? Or announced plans or something like that?

(I'm not talking about being a passenger on a large cargo ship. I'm curious about the possibility to cross the Atlantic with a low carbon footprint).

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[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Royal Caribbean has a couple of one way routes from the us to Europe.

Some shipping companies will also rent cabin space for civilians to cross the atlantic.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Hear me out. The thing with cruise ships is that they sometimes relocate from North America to Europe operations and vis versa. Those cruises don't get tourists because the whole point of a cruise is to visit different places, no one wants that trip. But the relocation is going to happen anyway, so they sell tickets super cheap (and it's stripped of entertainment like comedians, shows, etc). Because the relocation is going to happen anyway, you're not exactly adding to any carbon footprint. You'd have to Google what exactly they're called.

But I get you if you want to sail. That does exist too.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Repositioning cruise, I think

[–] urquell@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Might as well fly, the plane is going regardless ಠ_ಠ

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well no the plane wouldn't.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Probably would, since cargo is their primary...cargo.