This seems like an extreme niche product. There is enough oddity here that it sniffs a bit like a scam to me. Perhaps unintentional. Probably because they hav

This seems like an extreme niche product. There is enough oddity here that it sniffs a bit like a scam to me. Perhaps unintentional. Probably because they have a proper businessplan and I dont yet understand it. You would need something small, low volume with a giant markup run by someone willing to pay a huge premium for virtue signaling. (or something else the US market really craves from Columbia) >. Crew 12 crew + 12 guest crew They also need a supply of people who wish to work for free (?) since free workers make up 50% of the crew? Using wood to construct the boat does not seem like a sensible idea apart from the optics. Are there any laws governing the safety of merchant cargo vessels? I would want a proper engine for this thing. But perhaps they will always sail close enough to shore that they won't need more than what they have. Which may indicate that delivery times might be less predictable than other freight and the danger of loss higher. Insurance costs might become a problem. "Sorry we will be two weeks late due to weather"? Perhaps I should get a startup going providing cargo services with copies of old viking ships? Renewable power, either ship or oars. At least one allegedly made it ot the US and back. On raids they often came back with a ship filled with loot or so I think I have heard. Dont trust me on this.