Whats the cheapest way to get across an ocean by a ship, and how?

[bluesquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org]

Well this is just off the top of my head, but… bribe the captain with beer and cooking.

[doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml]

Unfortunately, https://web.archive.org/web/20240519145052/https://www.freightertrips.com/bookings/index.html

it seems that freighter trips no longer have official things because of covid.

[nikls94@lemmy.world]

Sometimes ships get sold to another part of the world, like a Mediterranean Ship gets sold to the USA. The cabins for this one way trip are extremely cheap

[misterneon@lemmy.world]

That...makes sense.

[sumocat@lemmy.world]

Join the US Navy. They’ll pay you to cross an ocean on a ship and pay for your college tuition.

[shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

You could find someone planning a sailboat crossing and volunteer to be a crew member using one of the crew finder sites. Although it might be difficult with no experience unless you're a hottie

[happybadger@hexbear.net]

Cargo ships are your cheapest paid option. I've yet to do it, but contact the shipping companies and see what their passenger policies are. There are also shipping agents who coordinate with those companies as intermediates.

There's also the potential of crewing a small boat if you have any skills or show them you want to learn fast. I did a lot of sailing around Panama just by sitting in a marina at either side of the canal and chatting with people who are about to sail somewhere. The work was either poorly paid ($50-100 per day) or free in exchange for a bed and food. For transatlantic/transpacific sailing though, I don't know if you're going to find as many yachters as I did who were just sailing in the Caribbean. That's also a fun option if you want to build those skills since they need a certain number of crew to even transit the canal and they're all going somewhere after.

[over_clox@lemmy.world]

There's plenty of free spare styrofoam and plastic in the great garbage patch in the Pacific, I hear that stuff floats...

[themeatbridge@lemmy.world]

Which ocean? Do you care where you start and/or end your journey? Miami to Barcelona is going to be very different than Long Beach to Shanghai.

[franconian_nomad@feddit.org]

Many freighters rent cabins for passage. No idea how expensive this is, tho.

[readmorebooks@lemmy.zip]

Future fish food.

[tias@discuss.tchncs.de]

But if you're a hottie, you should think about the implication

[kittenbiscuits@lemm.ee]

The global hitchiker's currency is gas, grass, or ass.

[objection@lemmy.ml]

Cruise ships sometimes have repositioning cruises where they go one way across an ocean to start operating in another region, and they can offer significant discounts. I'm sure there's cheaper ways but it's an option.

[milkisklim@lemm.ee]

I don't know why anyone would down vote this. It does answer OP's question. Now whether you would enjoy serving living in a tin can with 200-5k of your closest coworkers is an entirely different question.

[ithorian@hexbear.net]

It's been a while since I've looked into it but you can hitch a ride on a cargo ship. https://www.cargoshipvoyages.com/

Although that site says no one is offering Transatlantic travel anymore.

[i_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org]

https://cargoholidays.com/

Also bare in mind that this is a cargo ship, not a modern cruise ship with stabilizers. A modern cruise ship has a maximum roll of 0.5 degrees. A cargo ship can roll up to 12 degrees.

[spongebue@lemmy.world]

Or like... Get a job as a cook on a ship. Keep the beer for yourself

[nigelfrobisher@aussie.zone]

Work your passage.

[bob_robertson_ix@discuss.tchncs.de]

What you're saying is that if you can cook well enough then the ship's captain will bribe you with a free ride AND give you money? Amazing.