HAS ANYONE EVER TAKEN A SHIP

[Nyati]

Before huge cargo/container ships became common, (about 50 years ago ?), mIxed passenger/cargo ships were sailing around the globe.

I traveled from Karachi to Gibraltar in one of those,

 

[Doug3006]

I have a friend who holds a captain’s license. Unlimited tonnage. He sells yachts. (Sound of wheels spinning.)

If my friend can’t go, how about this captain?

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

Onboard a vessel it is the laws of the vessels flagstate that applies, most of them do not allow firearms onboard with the exception of small arms used by contracted armed guards when a vessel is sailing in certain waters (be it guards against pirats or polar bears).

Thanks for the clarification, we briefly discussed it in the maritime Law section of my class fours but class four is limited to 100nautical miles from sure so it only mentions Canadian and American ports.

 

[Laniarius]

It also needs to be said: one could sail in a steam boat up the river into the very Heart of Darkness (great book; amazing how Conrad only learned English after French and his native Polish).

 

[Pablo]

Not Africa, but there is a freighter that you can sail to the Marquesas Islands in the South Pacific. My sister is a travel agent and she just did the trip solo. She had a blast and the pics were amazing.

 

[Pablo]

Sorry, meant to add this.
Aranui.com

 

[Brent in Az]

What river would be big enough for a boat safari. Zambezi and lake Kariba?

 

[wesheltonj]

My father sailed on Liberty Ships in WW2. I believe that he referred to ships as floating jails. The only one he got on after that was an Alaskan Cruise, once. I’ll pass for now.

 

[Hunt anything]

What river would be big enough for a boat safari. Zambezi and lake Kariba?

The Germans hid a cruiser up a river somewhere. I think Richard Meitzenberger was responsible for locating it so the allies could sink it. WW1