Seems romantic I guess but there are things I would rather be doing than sitting in the middle of the ocean watching Star Trek. When I quit my job I traveled in Asia and Europe for a couple months, then bought a van and have been happily traveling the US ever since. This seems like a drastic disconnect intervention for someone that truly feels addicted to their devices, but they haven’t replaced it with anything. I can tell you from personal experience that staring at the ocean for hours on end does get old, I would have brought some good books.
Article is very light on the trip (which perhaps wasn't actually all that interesting) and mostly about how bad cell phones and electronic devices are.
Wow, I have literally dreamt of doing this but didn't know it was something you can actually do.
It used to be a thing for writers. Being on a cargo ship keeps one from distractions. I believe Alex Haley wrote "Roots" on a cargo ship.