Transatlantic- Will we see ships?

[Jemima]

On a Florida to Med cruise will we see any ships or will it just be ocean all the way from Florida to the Azores? We've done a northern transatlantic to Greenland, Iceland, Scotland etc., but this one is further from land.

[CDRMark]

Despite the size of the ocean there is really only one shortest distance between ports and everyone uses it. Time x Fuel = $. So there is a good chance.

BTW its NOT a straight line! :)

Have a great cruise!

Mark

[Pam in CA]

Yes, you are likely to see other ships. We were going from HI to LA and in the middle of the Pacific, a freighter passed right behind our ship, close enough to go through our wake. Really odd. It probably was a mile away but looked closer. Here we were in the middle of nowhere and the ship was that close. On my transatlantic, we also saw other ships.

[zaandam_2]

i only saw one other ship in 5 days crossing from funchal, madeira to st. maarten. our heading was 251 degrees the entire time.

[Navy_Chief]

You may see a ship but don't count too much on close passes. The other thing is that you may pass other ships at night but unless it's another cruise ship, you may not even notice. Very few freighters have many lights topside and warships have no lights except navagation lights. I've done about 10 crossings and really if you want to relax on a vacation, that's the way to go. :D

[Bill S]

We were on the Noordam in October for her westbound trans-Atlantic crossing from the Azores to Bermuda. We had 4 straight sea days, IIRC, and I only observed a half-dozen other ships, all container ships, but I was not "on watch" very often, either. :o

Probably the busiest locations for ship traffic that I have seen are the North Sea and the English Channel.

[jhannah]

Speaking of passing ships, we were in Cabo one week ago today and I happened to look out and see the Oosterdam passing by.

 

 

I had to go full zoom and it was a bit hazy out there, so the pix isn't real clear.

[Chivalrygirl]

and they don't have to be ships either. I have been in the great big Pacific Ocean and passed tiny little yachts heading the other way!