What are the most consecutive sea days you've had on a cruise?

[Honolulu Blue]

Hi guys.  I was reading about a ship that recently had what seemed to me an incredible 10 consecutive days at sea between ports.  The ship's passengers seemed to be well fed and happy despite such a long trip with no stops.

 

Anyway, that inspired me to do this poll.  What are the most consecutive sea days you've had on one of your cruises?  I had five on my way to Hawaii from Vancouver on one of my cruises a few years ago.  Other than that, I haven't had more than two consecutive sea days on any of my cruises.

 

Thanks in advance for voting and sharing!

[TheOldBear]

QM2 routinely does a leisurely 7 day transatlantic crossing.

[jollyjones]

 

Eight from Tahiti to LAX.

Loved every one, would have liked more.

 

I love sea days and usually do at least one, if not two, transatlantics a year.

That's what cruising is all about for me.

The ports are just a minor distraction.

 

 

[Heidi13]

Longest is 32 sea days from Bali to Gibraltar, as ports were closed.

[ColeThornton]

105 in the Navy, does that count?   😉

[Joebucks]

Only 3 for me, and it was enough. I was itching for some more variety. I love a good sea day here or there, but it gets old too many times in a row. Especially if the weather is not good, that day is a buzzkill.

[whogo]

Seven days between Funchal, Madeira and Fort Lauderdale at the end of a great thirty day cruise from Athens is my record.

[shipgeeks]

On our three TAs, around six or seven sea days to start. 

To and from Hawaii, five days each way, as I recall.

On a freighter, many years ago, the entire voyage from NY to Australia was 42 days.  I'm guessing that close to 30 of those days, between Panama and Australia, were sea days, with no ports, just sea, sky, and varying weather.  It was great!

 

 

[George C]

It was 4 or 5 , from Hawaii to Vancouver 

[BklynBoy8]

Least 5 beginning first trip

Most 14

 

Enjoy and feel comfortable no least

Than 9, at most 14+

To much not comfortable 

[Honolulu Blue]

2 hours ago, ColeThornton said:

105 in the Navy, does that count?   😉

Not this time, sorry. ☹️  But thank you for your past service.  👍

[Honolulu Blue]

1 hour ago, George C said:

It was 4 or 5 , from Hawaii to Vancouver 

It was probably 5, unless you were hoofing it and/or on a really fast ship.

 

Source:  Someone who did the route in reverse

[lenquixote66]

Three Days ,my preference would be zero days

[Shmoo here]

9 hours ago, Honolulu Blue said:

What are the most consecutive sea days you've had on one of your cruises? 

We had 6 days on a LA roundtrip to Tahiti.  I can't recall for sure, but I'm reasonably sure we had 6 days on our westbound TA.

[K32682]

Sea days are dead time and two in a row is the most I've had to put up with. 

 

On my TA there were several sea days but no more than two in a row. The other two sea days were going to the Marquesas and the tedium was worth it. The weather on the first sea day was quite rough which I quite enjoyed. 

[jcl410]

I did 10 days on The Royal Clipper from The Canary Islands to Barbados. The down wind sailing was great! The only "downside" was that the prize for winning daily trivia. The winner had to come up with the questions for the next day! (preferably in three languages!) 🙂

 

Aloha,

 

John  

[eyecantwait]

7 or 8 days from the Canary Islands to Ft. Lauderdale and it was heaven.

[Wayfairers]

7 or 8.  Transatlantics.   Love them….. there is so much to do I’m having to pick between two or more things often. 

[navybankerteacher]

6 - on QM2’s non-stop TA.   I doubt there are many sailings without one or more stops scheduled per week.   A great break from day to day routine - which cruising is meant to provide. I am inclined to pity people who can’t stand a half dozen such days.

[Gwendy]

10 days on World cruise.  We were supposed to stop at Easter Island but couldn’t disembark because of big swells, then across the Pacific to Tahiti.   

[donaldsc]

Do the isolation days when the Diamond Princess was docked but isolated in  Japan count as sea days or land days.  After all you could not get off the ship so they might have well been sea days.

 

DON

[Honolulu Blue]

8 minutes ago, donaldsc said:

Do the isolation days when the Diamond Princess was docked but isolated in  Japan count as sea days or land days.  After all you could not get off the ship so they might have well been sea days.

 

DON

I'm going to count them as days in port and not at sea. Though I wonder if any vets of that particular cruise are left here. I imagine that many, if not most, have left cruising entirely because of what happened there.

[ceeceeDee]

Only ever two days. I'd be happy with more, love sea days

[WatchHill]

7 days Amsterdam to Boston. Fog rolled in as we sailed by the Isle of Wight and didn’t lift until we could see lights on Cape Cod. 

[Lois R]

It is my upcoming cruise. Next month I am taking a TA crossing from Lisbon to New York. We are going to have 9 sea days in  row.