• Your best bet, when looking for a free ride, is to look for people sailing their sailboats alone. They could probably use the help and are the most likely to have a little extra space.
• If your traveling as a couple, get use to little or no privacy. That’s part of traveling on a small boat with other people. With that being said, save any arguments until your back on land. You don’t want to be stuck on a sailboat in the middle of the ocean with someone your trying to avoid.
• And of course, never get on a boat with anyone who you don’t feel comfortable with or how gives you a bad gut feeling. You don’t want to end up in the middle of the ocean and realize your captain is crazy.