I would like to go from Europe to Boston by boat coming June. I am willing to work on the boat in exchange for travelling for a reduced or gratis fee, although I have no experiences working on ships. I have a German passport.
Can anyone based on his own experiences advise me how to proceed with concretizing my plan?
So I've answered a similar question somewhere on here before, but it was for freighters, so arguably different. Anyway, when I was looking into this a few years ago, I based my search on real travel a friend of mine did. She cycled from London to Christchurch, NZ by bike, and had to take boats where water got in the way.
She had zero experience, but even if you have some experience, it increases the possibilities for you - on FindACrew. This is for sometimes just company for the sailing parties, or to help with expenses, or to actually work on board, depending on your level.
She also found going down to the marinas and just asking around also gave her quite a few leads, as there's usually more knowledge there about which boats need people.
