• sbv@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    I looked into sailing on tall ships years ago. It was incredibly expensive as a guest, and hard as hell to get into as crew.

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      6 months ago

      hard as hell to get into as crew.

      I would assume it is the same as any merchant mariner. Lots of licensing and training.

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      6 months ago

      Many European navies have these as training ships and it used to be quite common that you could sign up as a recruit and spend some time on board. Probably easier than becoming a trained crew otherwise.

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      6 months ago

      Many accept volunteers for the enormous amount of shore side maintenance work, and I’ve known several people who parleyed that into (low) paying work.