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'''Hitchhiking a ferry''' is easy. Simply ask drivers or truck drivers if you can enter the ferry in their truck, they usually only have to pay for the vehicle. See also [[:Category:Ferries]] for different routes that involve ferries.
==Hitching a boat==
'''Hitchhiking a boat''' can be quite an endeavor for some but can be done if you put the right effort in it. Your best chances are to become part of the crew. In the [[Caribbean]] it's not too hard to find sail boats that need an extra hand on deck.
Finding a boat can take you a lot of time. Mostly boat-hitchers try hanging out at the harbor for a week, talking to almost anyone, possibly finding a pub where sailors tend to drink their beer. Another way people often get rides on boats in the [[San Francisco]] area is to go to the pier with some beers and offer them to folx who look like they are heading out.
For more info see [[User:Paxus|Paxus]] his [[Sailboats|experiences]] hitching [[Sailboats]] in 1989/90.
==Hitching a Barge==
Some inland routes are navigable. Big rivers, canals... Barges and private boat cruise them. Barges are very long and flat boats that can carry thousands of tons of goods, slowly along the river. If you're not in a hurry they are easy to hitch.
Plus, given the size of the vehicle, it is very comfortable. And depending on what river you're cruising, it can also be very beautiful.
==Weblinks with information==
* [http://www.cruiser.co.za Cruiser Log], has some [http://www.cruiser.co.za/crewfinder.asp very useful info], [http://www.cruiser.co.za/crewfinder1.asp some specific for hitchhikers], including a rough guide of movements of cruising yachts
*[http://www.7knots.com 7knots] has a practical way of finding boats
*[http://www.boatingoz.com.au/default.asp?Page=17927&MenuID=Classifieds%2F13099%2F0%2CCrew%5F%2D%5Funpaid%2F13104%2F0 Boating OZ], mostly in Australia, some Pacific
*[http://www.aferry.co.uk/ aferry] click on the map to see lots of ferry connections from all over [[Europe]]
*http://www.partnersandcrews.com
*http://www.findacrew.net
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