So with the road getting smoother and smoother the good ship Westerdam made its way to Grand Turk Island and was docked by 08.00 hrs. . We shared the berth with the Carnival Sunshine which was originally built as the Carnival Destiny and the first 100,000+ ship for Carnival.  She is easily recognizable as she…   read more of “30 Nov. 2015; Grand…”

In the early morning we sailed through the southern tip of a left over wave field which caused the ship to move about somewhat, but by 10 am we saw the waves go down and the ship settle down as well. Now we are back to the regular “motion of the ocean” which is always…   read more of “29 Nov. 2015; North…”

As was to be expected, disembarkation took a lot longer than normal with such a full house. Nothing the ship could do much about as it all depends on the speed of the immigration process in the terminal. On a holiday weekend like this the CBP is very hard pressed. Their own people want a…   read more of “28 Nov. 2015; Ft….”

We had a very stormy night with winds blowing up to 75 knots. Luckily they were half on the sb. beam and thus it affected the ship less than it could have. If we had had it on the bow then we would have been really moving. Still the ship was quite lively until in…   read more of “27 Nov. 2015; Half…”

And then it got more bumpy than expected. Cape Hatteras is a sort of depression producing factory in the winter time so about every three days it presents a new creation. It is quite far to the North from where we are and normally those creations go straight across the North Atlantic to Europe and the southern…   read more of “26 Nov.2015, North…”

Nicely on time we docked this morning at the Crown Bay cruise ship dock at 07.00 hrs. As explained last cruise all HAL ships use this dock instead of the Havensight dock opposite the downtown area of Charlotte Amalie. It was a full day today with all the docks occupied. If there had been more…   read more of “25 Nov. 2015; Crown…”

I almost thought we were the biggest ship in port today but it was not the case. When we docked we had the Seabourn Odyssey next to us and an old Seabourn ship, which is now sailing for WindStar, at Pier 1.  But then at 14.30 the Celebrity Silhouette arrived and that ship is with…   read more of “24 Nov.2015; San…”

I normally go for breakfast at 06.00 in the morning as it gives me an hour to review the class material for the day and when I went up to the Lido the weather did not look good. Dark clouds were gathering over the northern part of the island and there was rain in the…   read more of “23 Nov.2015; Grand…”