Cross the Atlantic in a cargo ship -- I would totally do this

[Melonfeud]

Do it in the summertime and make sure it ain't the North Atlantic!!! Have fun...bring your puke bag!!

Oh,man! My first time I set to sea was in a flat bottomed L.S.T.(landing ship troop) I was green to the gills for 3 days, nothing but canteen water and a few saltine crackers was all I could hold down

 

[Melonfeud]

Come on, Chief! They gotta get their blue nose!

Copy that! We had to run around on deck in our skivvies once we hit north of the Arctic Circle and there was blue food coloring in all the chow

 

[dreghorn2]

On a cargo ship? Nah, I'll pass. They might have some unwritten code where everyone aboard has to work.

Funny to hear that.

I was working as a bosun on a cargo ship and on a trip to Europe the shipping line owners daughter and three of her friends (two girls and their boyfriends) sailed with us. They were travelling to Rotterdam.

Sure as heck first day out around ten in the morning i see these two miserable figures walking up the deck in brand new coveralls, it was the two boyfriends looking for me, (where someone had those found those coveralls for them God only knows, we certainly didn't wear them), they told me the Captain said i should find work for them.

That particular Captain was old school, he was a good guy, and Hoofbite is right there is an unwritten rule that everyone on board does work for their passage.

The owners daughter and her friends were no exception, the girls didn't work but the guys had to. I took pity on them and just had them paint handrails for a few days but in retrospect that might not have been a good thing with the paint smell and that sweet sweet roll that every large ship does at sea, there are no stabilizers on cargo ships unlike their cruise line counterparts, those boys were green around the gills for the whole trip.

 

[dreghorn2]

Haha, true. My uncle worked on them for years, one good thing said they ate like kings which is surprising

Depends on the cook, it can vary widely.

I once ate nothing but sandwiches and cereal for 3 months.

Dude was nasty, no way i was eating his food.

 

[roughneck266]

Copy that! We had to run around on deck in our skivvies once we hit north of the Arctic Circle and there was blue food coloring in all the chow

Between that and getting shellback, pretty much dont have much dignity left. lol

 

[Melonfeud]

Between that and getting shellback, pretty much dont have much dignity left. lol

ya,I know that equator casing-liner, TOO

 

[haleyrules]

Depends on the cook, it can vary widely.

I once ate nothing but sandwiches and cereal for 3 months.

Dude was nasty, no way i was eating his food.

Worked with some fantastic Indonesian and Filipino cooks...nice spicey and could work with nothing.

 

[haleyrules]

Funny to hear that.

I was working as a bosun on a cargo ship and on a trip to Europe the shipping line owners daughter and three of her friends (two girls and their boyfriends) sailed with us. They were travelling to Rotterdam.

Sure as heck first day out around ten in the morning i see these two miserable figures walking up the deck in brand new coveralls, it was the two boyfriends looking for me, (where someone had those found those coveralls for them God only knows, we certainly didn't wear them), they told me the Captain said i should find work for them.

That particular Captain was old school, he was a good guy, and Hoofbite is right there is an unwritten rule that everyone on board does work for their passage.

The owners daughter and her friends were no exception, the girls didn't work but the guys had to. I took pity on them and just had them paint handrails for a few days but in retrospect that might not have been a good thing with the paint smell and that sweet sweet roll that every large ship does at sea, there are no stabilizers on cargo ships unlike their cruise line counterparts, those boys were green around the gills for the whole trip.

The Kent Line??

 

[haleyrules]

You'd best edit thet post,,,PRONTO,,B-4 PUTTY SEES IT

. There fixed it!!

 

[Melonfeud]

The Kent Line??

Hello,Hello,,,all points bullitan,,,boxer.

 

[haleyrules]

You'd best edit thet post,,,PRONTO,,B-4 PUTTY SEES IT

Is that little chinaman still alive. I haven't seen him in a while!!

 

[haleyrules]

Hello,Hello,,,all points bullitan,,,boxer.

Hey. Dreghorn and I worked for the same company years ago and at the same time!! Go figure.

 

[Melonfeud]

. There fixed it!!

Whew,I'm glad of that,,, we'd never heard the end of that in the beer thread from him

 

[Melonfeud]

Is that little chinaman still alive. I haven't seen him in a while!!

Ya, he's worn it kinda thin and posts am&pm but leaves soon after ,,,

 

[haleyrules]

Ya, he's worn it kinda thin and posts am&pm but leaves soon after ,,,

Good.

 

[Melonfeud]

Hey. Dreghorn and I worked for the same company years ago and at the same time!! Go figure.

For real,ha,ha,ha, now that's way cool

 

[haleyrules]

For real,ha,ha,ha, now that's way cool

Yeah, for real. This was years ago. The Kent Line. Oil Tankers and Paper Carriers.

 

[Melonfeud]

Yeah, for real. This was years ago. The Kent Line. Oil Tankers and Paper Carriers.

Did they happen to have their own 'stamped shipping containers/conex box's you used to see being shipped by rail while waiting on a train to clear?
Before it went straight chink

 

[Reverend Conehead]

I researched this, and found out that it used to be possible to show up at a cargo ship in port and offer to work on it to pay for your passage across the ocean. Those days are long gone. Nowadays you either are hired formally by the company and the schedule is known well in advance or you buy a ticket to travel on the ship as a passenger and you don't work. It's a bit of a shame that the “show up and work for passage” option is no longer available as it was an inexpensive way to travel. However, it is cool that such a ship is an alternative way to travel. I personally really hate flying to Europe. Last time I did it, I was super uncomfortable all crammed into coach there. Of course, you can pay a bunch for first class or business class (sometimes if available), but it's expensive. So then there's the Queen Mary 2, an ocean liner that regularly crosses the Atlantic and there are cruise ships that reposition by crossing the Atlantic once per year each way. I would be interested in doing that on those cool ships. A cargo ship is one more option. It's true that they have no stabilizers to help prevent seasickness, but I've used those anti-sea sickness patches that you put on your neck, and those have worked well for me. Cargo ships are an alternative way to travel and are not for everyone. I think it's for me because I love the ocean and I dislike flying.

 

[Shunpike]

@haleyrules has y'all severely beat!

I would kill to be with you haley rancher dallasdave on this cargo ship. Hello from Eastern Asia close to Tokyo.