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Guess you could do the Suez canal. Per https://sea-distances.org/ https://sea-distances.org/ it seems the distance between Hong Kong and New York are about the
by jabl 4y ago
Guess you could do the Suez canal. Per https://sea-distances.org/ https://sea-distances.org/ it seems the distance between Hong Kong and New York are about the same for either Suez or Panama. Not sure about the prevailing winds, which would be expected to be faster.
If we count canals as cheating, another alternative is via the Cape of Good Hope. Seems it's about 3000 nm shorter than going via Cape Horn but again, much depends on the prevailing winds.
- TylerE 4y agoPrevailing winds in the northern Atlantic are West to East. Even for powered ships the eastbound passage is measurably quicker.
- yread 4y agoI remember reading a blog about traversing the Suez on a sailing yacht describing how you need to bribe everyone with cigarettes every step of the way