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>Why is no one talking about sailing across the Atlantic instead of flying?
People who can do it (or have done it) certainly talk about it. But most people, even including a lot of people who actually sail, can’t realistically do it. It requires an appropriate boat and not-insignificant experience and skills at a minimum. Acquiring either of these things represents a big investment of money and time. It’s not something a casual can just decide to do on a whim.

Although that said, there are a handful of charter companies that will let you just book passage on trans-Atlantic sails, which only require a significant investment of money, and people who know sailboats can sometimes pick up work crewing yachts on long hauls, which is mostly just an investment of the time required to learn the ropes. So you don’t necessarily need both a lot of money and a lot of time, but you’ll need at least one of the above.

>This seems like the ultimate adventure.
I get it; the independence and personal control of a sailing voyage does sound vaguely exciting and romantic from a distance. Maybe even the fact that it can be incredibly dangerous sounds adventurous. But in practice, even the best trans-Atlantic sail is going to include a minimum of a couple of weeks in the middle of a large, blue expanse of absolutely nothing but water. I prefer adventures that include things to look at and people to talk to.

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>just fly anonWhy is no one talking about sailing across the Atlantic instead of flying? This seems like the ultimate adventure.

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Why is no one talking about sailing across the Atlantic instead of flying? This seems like the ultimate adventure.