Tasman crossing by sea

Hi All,

My partner and I are planning a return trip from NZ back to the UK
without using a plane. You may have seen an earlier post where I was
trying to determine a way to get to Australia by sea - now we're
looking at reversing the order and returning to the UK by sea and
rail...

So, is there an easy way to get across the Tasman by sea?

I've taken a quick look at travelling on a cruise, and there is one
heading over at roughly the time we want. That seems a particularly
expensive option and we won't need the intermediate stops - 12 days
and NZ$3000 seems a bit much for a 3 day crossing. As yet I haven't
been able to identify a freighter that will only do the trans-Tasman
portion.

Cheers - Adam Cheney

A couple of leads for you.
INTERNET GUIDE TO FREIGHTER TRAVEL
http://www.geocities.com/freighterman.geo/mainmenu.html

Search: look up ships by callsign, or find all ships near a geographic
location
http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/

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Hi All,

My partner and I are planning a return trip from NZ back to the UK
without using a plane. You may have seen an earlier post where I was
trying to determine a way to get to Australia by sea - now we're
looking at reversing the order and returning to the UK by sea and
rail...

So, is there an easy way to get across the Tasman by sea?

I've taken a quick look at travelling on a cruise, and there is one
heading over at roughly the time we want. That seems a particularly
expensive option and we won't need the intermediate stops - 12 days
and NZ$3000 seems a bit much for a 3 day crossing. As yet I haven't
been able to identify a freighter that will only do the trans-Tasman
portion.

Cheers - Adam Cheney

On 20 Jul, 08:09, "Warren" wrote:
A couple of leads for you.
INTERNET GUIDE TO FREIGHTER TRAVELhttp://www.geocities.com/freighterman.geo/mainmenu.html

Search: look up ships by callsign, or find all ships near a geographic
locationhttp://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/

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Thanks Warren - apologies for the delay in responding, but I'll take a
look.

Looks like we're going to go for the cruise. It seems to be extremely
difficult to book the trans-Tasman leg except on very short-notice, as
the operators don't want to prejudice their chances of booking longer
legs all the way to the US or Europe. Plus it will be a nice way to
relax at the end of a lot of travelling...