Would you unironically pay for a 1800s Phone-Free Sailing Voyage?
Would you unironically pay for a 1800s "Screen-Free" Sailing Voyage?
Hello everybody! I am an independent experience designer pitching a concept I want to personally create, not a student or company doing a formal survey or academic research. I simply want to hear community input.
Imagine booking a 4-day long-weekend voyage on a real historic tall ship/schooner (like on Lake Superior or the coast).
The catch?
Digital (With 1-Hour Daily Access**):** To protect the atmosphere while respecting real-world responsibilities, smartphones are kept in a locked chest on board. You will get a 1-hour "communication window" every afternoon to check in with family or handle emergencies. Outside of that hour, the ship remains completely screen-free.
Immersive Atmosphere: The crew consists of historical reenactors who keep the 1800s atmosphere, leading sea shanty circles at night and telling maritime lore.
A Gamified Badge System: You get a leather logbook and earn real brass medals/stamps for completing tasks, like learning to tie 5 historic knots, standing the 2 AM lookout watch with a brass spyglass, or navigating using a sextant.
You can opt-out and just relax on deck if you're an introvert, but the activities are there to make you feel like part of an adventure.
If this existed for around the price of a boutique weekend retreat, would you unironically consider going, or would it be too niche?
If a historical voyage like this sounds like something you'd unironically consider, I put together a quick landing page where you can drop your email on a priority waitlist to follow the project's stages:
https://1800smaritimeimmersionproject.carrd.co/
Note**:** To be 100% transparent, this is strictly an interest gauge. The site is not requesting your money or financial info at all.