Trying To Find A Way In!

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Hi, my name is Jesse, I'm 23, and I'm looking for information about sailing and other kinds of ships.

I'm about to graduate from college this spring and intend to spend some time traveling around and writing. I've always been an adventurous traveler and a hard worker; I've worked on a cattle ranch and small farms, packed mules in the Sierras, and spent time on every continent except Africa and Antarctica (though I'd like to get to both of them).

I'd really like to try my hand at sailing, and figure out a way to get from North America to Europe for as little money as possible. I'm just trying to figure out how feasible this plan is. Do boat owners hire people like me (reliable, hardworking, intelligent... but with no sailing experience) to work on ships? Do people sail from North America to Europe? What route do they take?

Ideally I'd like to work on a ship going from the East Coast of the United States that sails up the eastern coast of Canada, past Greenland and Iceland, and ends up somewhere in Europe, but again, I have almost no information. Is this a common route? How do I go about learning more or finding someone willing to take me on?

Thanks so much, I'm really looking forward to learning more,

Jesse