Bodies of drowned slaves float across the chest of Robert Hayden because of his writings about the trans-Atlantic "middle passage" of the slave trade.

In Ghana, where he believes his ancestors were from, he toured a castle where slaves had been held for trans-Atlantic passage.

But he is sobered by the death last spring of Andreas Romanelli, a sailing colleague who was lost overboard during a trans-Atlantic passage on Fila.

But the potential reasons for his troublesome trans-Atlantic passage are numerous.

He wrote several articles about trans-Atlantic passage on Cunard ships during the "Golden Era" of the 20's, 30's and 40's.

Their sights are set on a nine-day trans-Atlantic passage established last July 7 by Christophe Auguin of France.

The group crossed the sea to Hull, England, then traveled by rail to Liverpool to arrange trans-Atlantic passage.

A true credit of the integrity of this vessel is her trans-Atlantic passage this past year.

Parlaying her skills and known byline to get a free trans-Atlantic passage, she arrived in Paris in 1930 with $75, two suitcases and a typewriter.

In the end, Disney's attempts at conjuring up the glory days of trans-Atlantic passage go only so far.