Tomorrow we are in Tampa and I will be going home for a four month leave period. Normally my colleague and I are doing three on, three off, but due to the scheduling of the yearly captains conference we have changed it this time to 4 on 4 off and then 2 on, two off…. read more of “08 Dec. 2007, At…”
07 December 2007 Georgetown Grand Cayman. It was a beautiful day, it was a gorgeous day and even better, we were alone. We were the only ship in port. No lines in the shops, no tourist jams in the main street. Having sting ray city all to yourself. It could not be better. The sun… read more of “07 December 2007,…”
Today was meeting day. The ship was merrily on its way to Grand Cayman and making good speed for a timely arrival. That gave time to get a number of “end of the month” things done. We have several monthly committee meetings, where representatives from the various departments on board come together. There is the… read more of “06 December 2007,…”
The calm weather, e.g. little to no wind, keeps persisting. Also on arrival Aruba this morning while it normally blows considerably here, today there was just a very light wind blowing. The pilot spoke about strange weather, very strange weather. I did not mind at all, as the less wind, the easier the docking. That… read more of “05 December 2007,…”
The distance between El Guamache and Kralendijk is a long one, so as soon as we left the anchorage, we went pedal to the metal. Keeping my fingers crossed and waiting if our new found speed would hold out. An hour later we were doing over 19 knots and we were in business. Thus we… read more of “04 December 2007,…”
We knew that we would anchor today as another ship had the dock because it was the change over port for its guests. Old guests leaving and new guests coming. The Holiday Dream used to call at Cuba but since they are now part of RCI, which is considered an American company, the can not… read more of “03 December 2007,…”
Major panic this morning among the local authorities. During the night one of the big channel buoys disappeared and nobody knew where it went. These buoys are big. About 6 feet high, 3 feet in diameter, weighing over 1000 pounds and connected with a chain to a large piece of concrete on the sea floor…. read more of “02 December 2007….”
Bridgetown Barbados is a busy day on a Saturday. In the line up were the Emerald Princess, the Star Clipper, The Veendam, the Seabourn Pride, an oil tanker, two Royal British Navy support ships and a French destroyer. The Freewinds and another cargo ship were already inside. As a result the two pilots could not… read more of “01 December 2007,…”
