by Polly Math on November 6th, 2009

Question

Help answer this question below.

What's the longest you've been on a boat?

Like
Report

Share:: Facebook; Twitter; Other

Answers. 32 helpful answers below.

by winkie on November 6th, 2009
5 weeks, I work at sea.
Comments
- Whoa! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
- By that time I'm quite glad to get off!
  
  Report
  
  by winkie on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
2 comments | Post one | Permalink
by philosopher on November 6th, 2009
One hour.
LOL I am a land lover.
Comments
- Thanks, lubber! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
- +5 Polly
  
  Report
  
  by philosopher on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
2 comments | Post one | Permalink
by Takei-Shihan on November 7th, 2009
In 1960, we went from Montreal, Canada across the Atlantic and around to the North Sea to Hamburg, Germany in 21 days, so that was the longest distance wise ... but in 1980 I went from Churchhill, Manitoba through the NorthWest Passage, around Yukon & Alaska, to Prince Rupert, B.C., a slow glacier watching, whale watching, polar bear watching, coastal cruise that took 4 weeks.
Comments
- Sounds totally cool! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by Superjimmeh on November 7th, 2009
I used to go on cruises so 2 weeks. Well obviously I got off during that time (so to speak) so if you mean without leaving the ship, I'd day about a day and a half.
Comments
- Was getting off the best part? lol +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
- haha sure was :D
  
  Report
  
  by Superjimmeh on November 15th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
2 comments | Post one | Permalink
by sm00z on November 7th, 2009
Several hours while I was on a whale watch out on Long Island Sound.
Comments
- Very cool! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by the guy behind the bushes on November 7th, 2009
About a day
Comments
- More than me. +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by Phaedra on November 7th, 2009
It was supposed to be a "three hour tour"... ;)
Comments
- I call "Ginger!" lol +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot on November 7th, 2009
Three days totally sea sick I might add.
Comments
- Eww, sounds wonderful... +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
- It was so not wonderful that it was about 25 years ago and I still get nauseous thinking about it.
  
  Report
  
  by Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
2 comments | Post one | Permalink
by downtide on November 7th, 2009
About four hours; the length of time of the trip from England to Holland on the fast-cat ferry.
Comments
- Cool, downtide! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by Damn Regret on November 7th, 2009
10 weeks. my grandpa and I sailed from alaska to hawaii and back.
Comments
- Sounds extemely cool! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by Pete on November 7th, 2009
8 days
Comments
- Very respectable! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by debodun on November 7th, 2009
About 6 hours. It was on a long boring boat tour.
Comments
- Oh well...+6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by Marky Mark on November 7th, 2009
The longest was about 7 weeks. Navy days.
Comments
- The more power to ya! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by Brian on November 7th, 2009
I was underway on a surface ship I think for either 13 or 19 days straight.
Comments
- What could have happened to those other six days? Any liquor on the boat? +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by Kat on November 7th, 2009
Two days, I think. I was on one of those awful Holiday Inn-type cruise tourist ships with 400 people touring the Greek Islands and Turkey, years ago. We made stops all over and it took two hours to disembark and two to embark again. A real pain.
Comments
- Sounds like fun...NOT! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
- Definitely NOT! Just like a floating Holiday Inn -- nothing creative.
  
  Report
  
  by Kat on November 13th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
2 comments | Post one | Permalink
by Roadapple Cider on November 6th, 2009
Two weeks on a freighter to England.
Comments
- Sounds cool to me! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by scotty on November 6th, 2009
7 hours
Comments
- Thanks for your preciseness! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by Wide Awake @ has closing date woo hoo on November 6th, 2009
I took a 10-day cruise once.
Comments
- Very cool! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by The Chief on November 6th, 2009
Weeks or months at a time on submarines while I was in the Navy!

I believe the longest single deployment with no port call to break it up (and under water, too) I took was probably on my first boat (USS Henry Clay, SSBN-625 Gold crew), a little over 100 days. I'm thinking it was 108 days, but I could be wrong.

Typical deployments for Fast Attack submarines, however, are about 6 months long...but they usually get port calls scattered here and there.
Comments
- Wow, I guess you got your sea legs! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
- Well...had them, anyway! I've been retired since December, 2005.
  .
  My wife thinks it's funny that I would occasionally get "sea sick", like the time we went on a whale watching trip many years ago. Or on the Tea Cup ride at Disney World!
  .
  :):)
  
  Report
  
  by The Chief on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
2 comments | Post one | Permalink
by azlotto on November 6th, 2009
3 days.

+5
Comments
- Cool! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on November 6th, 2009
I worked for a company that provided a yearly "thingy" for the employees. One year it was a weekend at Lake Arrowhead. One year it was a short "cruise" up the California coast. That was just a day trip so I guess we were on the ship about 8 or 10 hours. Went to Catalina once and don't remember how long it took...maybe a couple of hours. Was on a sailboat once for a few hours and on a catamaran a brief time but it seemed like forever! :)
Comments
- So you got your sea legs? +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by Ironhead on November 6th, 2009
I would say about 14 hours while on a deep sea fishing trip.
Comments
- I'm jealous! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
- I was very lucky, my best friends dad ran a chartered deep sea fishing boat "The Pelican II" and I would go out just about every other weekend.
  
  Report
  
  by Ironhead on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
2 comments | Post one | Permalink
by Thinker on November 6th, 2009
Many years ago camping and staying in a sailboat near Port Isabel, TX for about a week.

Served in the US Navy and was aboard ship for two years plus. Of course a ship is not a boat.
Comments
- Yeah, I thought of that when asking the question but decided to keep it simple. Thanks, thinker. +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by Galeanda on November 6th, 2009
3-4 days sailing around with my parents on their boat. One year later, they took off for a 3 year adventure from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Boy, was I envious.
Comments
- OMG! Me too! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
- Yeah, the crazy things that parents do with their second child when the first one gets married and leaves the nest. There are 17 years between my brother and me, he was about 8-9 when they sailed off. It must have really been incredible for him since he even did the 'year at sea' with the college at sea program after high school. I think they call it Seamester. He'd send us photos from all over. I never even knew my parents were so much in love with boats when I was living at home... Who knew? lol!!!
  
  Report
  
  by Galeanda on November 12th, 2009
- He sure lucked out! :^0
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
3 comments | Post one | Permalink
by Merfish on November 6th, 2009
About three hours.
Comments
- Do you just swim around them? +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
- Smarty pants.
  
  Report
  
  by Merfish on November 12th, 2009
- teehee...
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
3 comments | Post one | Permalink
by Cruiser on November 6th, 2009
6 days on a week long dive trip in the Bahamas. That was awesome!
Comments
- Sounds it! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by Scooby on November 6th, 2009
A couple of hours I guess a floating nightclub In Newcastle a few years ago! :-/
Comments
- Cool, Scoob! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
- Thanks PM! :-)
  
  Report
  
  by Scooby on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
2 comments | Post one | Permalink
by mtndewman44 on November 6th, 2009
8 hours,maximum,a casino off the Florida coast.
Comments
- Sounds cool! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
- Even came out ahead,$1,200 Jackpot,,,gotta love it when you don't have to pay taxes either,,in international waters:)
  
  Report
  
  by mtndewman44 on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
2 comments | Post one | Permalink
by ALF - Gordon Shumway on March 22nd, 2012
"I've lived aboard since 1996."
Comments
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
No comments. Post one | Permalink
by Ambrose the Colossal Praying Mantis on November 13th, 2009
24 foot.
Comments
- Thanks...hey, wait a minute! lol +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 13th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink
by Kat on November 13th, 2009
About five foot, five inches.
Comments
- Thnanks...HEYYY!!!! lol +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 13th, 2009
- Thanks!! Just trying a bit of lateral thinking, LOL
  
  Report
  
  by Kat on November 13th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
2 comments | Post one | Permalink
by ILoveLois on November 7th, 2009
About 6ft 3ins, lying down.
Comments
- LOL...good one!! +6
  
  Report
  
  by Polly Math on November 12th, 2009
Add a comment...
- Like
- Report
1 comment | Post one | Permalink

Question

What's the longest you've been on a boat?

Answers. 32 helpful answers below.

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Did this answer your question? If not, then ask a new question or create a poll.

More Questions. Additional questions in this category.

Follow us on Facebook!

Related Ads

Related Questions

Professionally Researched

ANSWERBAG BUZZ

Answerbag.com Your favorite Q&A site is on Facebook! Become a fan to connect with the ever-growing community of Answerbaggers, share your thoughts and find out what Answerbag's up to next!

Answerbag.com
Your favorite Q&A site is on Facebook! Become a fan to connect with the ever-growing community of Answerbaggers, share your thoughts and find out what Answerbag's up to next!