[andygroundwater]

This just begs the question why?

It's not the 18th century anyone, if you want to get from A to B there's better ways. Even if you want to go sailing, just go and do it and have it done. This seems like some form of nautical itinerancy.

[monkeynotes]

I am honestly confused by this comment. I am struggling to understand how anyone could miss the point of sailing around the world for no other reason than the experience. The journey is the destination is an idiom for a reason.

[deltaonefour]

Some people don't have the travel bug. My dad sees the world as just going to work and making money and that's all he cares about.

[andygroundwater]

In the words of the late Dr. Johnson, "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned".

[pcl]

> This seems like some form of nautical itinerancy.

Yes, this is exactly one of the reasons people do this.

[wlll]

Can you really not think up any reason people might want to do this?