Would avoiding Atlantic storms mean sailing into the doldrums?

Would an equatorial route for a junk put a sailing ship into the doldrums?

The intended route was within the tropics, north or south of the equator, to avoid the harsher North and deep South Atlantic. The doldrums objection is not fully resolved.

A viewer challenges the suggestion of a lower-latitude Atlantic crossing by raising the doldrums. The preference is for a route within the tropics, to either side of the equator. Severe conditions in the North Atlantic and deep South Atlantic are the concern. This is a broad route preference for a traditional junk, with no detailed solution to the doldrums supplied.