How the Valley treats experienced people

Re:How the Valley treats experienced people by keithpeter on Sunday December 30, 2018 @06:40AM (#18788653)

A cruise ship is basically a floating hotel. Depending on the severity of the storm, the crew probably did not want to be dealing with a significant number of sea-sick guests.

It used to be possible to take a berth on a cargo ship to/from Liverpool from/to Halifax. The modern equivalent is a ride on a container ship [1]. They will still avoid really bad storms but you are more likely to see some seas around autumn.

[1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/news/french-freig...

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Re:How the Valley treats experienced people by lolc on Sunday December 30, 2018 @06:59AM (#18788724)

I did a short container trip and it was great. We did get to see the engine too! As with any ship: Bring lots of books.

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Re:How the Valley treats experienced people by keithpeter on Sunday December 30, 2018 @07:12AM (#18788763)

Thanks for commenting. I was looking at one of the European multi-port trips myself.

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Re:How the Valley treats experienced people by lolc on Sunday December 30, 2018 @12:02PM (#18790062)

I did a feeder-ship from Rotterdam. While it was interesting to see the logistics and tight schedules, next time I would skip a run and stay at the destination for more than the day it took them to exchange containers.

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