Ships Captains

[Crzn-Life]

Hi toberman

 

But what about the staff captains

 

or do we need to start using Master Mariner

 

and then captains

 

yours Shogun

 

 

It's cool that you're putting the list together. I found out the other day from one of the female officers who is on a career track to become a captain on Princess that there are two female captains in Australia P & O/Princess. Unfortunately, I don't remember the names. Maybe someone who has sailed with them will give you the names and ships so you can add them to your list.

[Carolyn R]

Shogun, there are two z's in Fortezzi. Love your list.

[Shogun]

Hi All

 

There is an female officer from Scotland that was hoping to become a captain, however would still just be a first officer, then a staff captain takes more than a few years to get a cruise ship.

 

yours shogun

[gluexfee]

Hi Shogun,

 

heard that Marco Fortezze changed his job and he is now (something like) a supervisor since 1st of march

[zahav1]

Tony Draper will be our captain on the Emerald, sailing Jan. 26th, will be interesting if we can meet him

[Sailingpeace]

I hope that all the captains are equally knowledgeable and it would make no difference who you get. Yes, some are friendlier, better speakers, etc. We just don't want to get the one that abandons ship during an emergency.

 

I starded a thread ( probably on second page of list of threads now) called What makes a great captain. There were some very interesting answers. I see it differently now.

[Sailingpeace]

It's cool that you're putting the list together. I found out the other day from one of the female officers who is on a career track to become a captain on Princess that there are two female captains in Australia P & O/Princess. Unfortunately, I don't remember the names. Maybe someone who has sailed with them will give you the names and ships so you can add them to your list.

 

I would be so honored to sail on her first voyage. I hope Princess will let us know long enough in advance !

[Caribensun]

Just received a pre-cruise email from Capt. William Kent, he will be on the CB End of January 2013. Thanks for starting this Shogun and to all contributors.

[azbirdmom]

I received one of those from your captain messages yesterday for our January 25th cruise on the Diamond. Usually these messages have the captain's name in the subject and a picture and seemingly personalized message from the captain. This one just said it was "A message from Your Captain for Booking XYZ" and was signed "Sincerely,

Captain of the Diamond Princess ". Wonder who our captain will be?

[Duane T]

We just finished the Beijing to Bangkok cruise on the Diamond Princess. Captain Dino Sagani was great, always walking around and visible. We got to chat with him twice. He announced on our cruise that he will be taking over the new Royal Princess AFTER it's inagural cruises in the latter half of 2013. Maybe he's headed out to the Royal early to familiarize himself with that ship.

[sailinglisa]

Hey Shogun - I am on the Pacific Princess January 17 - 27 2013 and our Captain is Justin Lawes.

Edited November 9, 2012 by sailinglisa

[paul929207]

Nick Nash was on the Crown the last month.

 

Anthony Herriott will be on the Grand the end of January

[jonesmen]

Our pre-cruise email for the Grand Jan 5th sailing was from Anthony Herriott.

[Shogun]

Hi All

 

Up dated List

 

please just cut and paste list as the Captains move around from ship to ship.

 

The Princess Fleet

 

Caribbean Captain Mariano Manfuso / Capt Marco Forteze?

 

Coral Captain Nicolo Binetti

Crown Captain Andy Proctor / Capt Nick Nash

Dawn Captain Philip Pickford

Diamond Captain Dino Sagani/ Capt Bob Oliver

Emerald Captain Giorgio Pomata Giuseppe Romano

Golden Captain David Calabrese / Captain Vincenzo Lubrano.

Grand Captain Roger Bilton/ Capt Tony Herriott

Island Captain Nicolo Bommarco / Capt Fabio Amitrano

Royal Captain Tony draper Capt Dino Sagani

Ruby Captain Tony Yeoman

Sapphire Captain Nick Carlton/ Capt Ivan Jarman

Sea Captain Martin Stenzel

Star Captain Ed Perrin /Capt Todd McBain/

Sun Captain Andrew Froude / Capt Graham Goodway

 

Pacific Captain Carlo Servillo Capt Justin Lawes Jan

Ocean / Capt Stefano Ravera

 

Yours Shogun

Edited November 9, 2012 by Shogun

[paul929207]

I believe that Ravera has left the Ocean and is on one of the P&O Australia ships.

[Flowrider]

when we sailed in the crown princess in 1990 for our honeymoon we had cptn Romano, when we sailed the grand in 2003 he was the captain also, in 2006 he was also the captain in the caribbean princess and once we had the chance to say hello to him in the horizon court and told him about our past cruises with him. he invited us with our kids for a quick tour of the bridge, it was very nice of him and our kids really enjoyed it. in 2 weeks we will sail in the ruby and i hope i can say hello to him. looks like he will be in the royal, hope to see him again in 2014.

he is by far our favorite captain and i think he is princess top captain since he is given the ships to inagurate, i dont know if all but a lot of them.

[SeaDog-46]

There are at least 4 female masters on cruise ships.

Capt. Sarah Breton from UK joined P&O Austalias Pacific Pearl in mid 2011.

She was welcomed by Carnival Australias CEO Ann Sherry & joined four other female heads of departments onboard.

Sarah joined P&O UK as 3rd officer in 1989 & has worked her way up to master on P&O & Princess ships.

 

There are 2 female masters with Royal Caribbean -

Karin Stahre-Jansen from Sweden who was the first from about 2007.

Recently Liz Lauritzen was promoted master.

Cunard also have Inger Olsen from Denmark as Captain.

[newport dave]

Just received a pre-cruise email from Capt. William Kent, he will be on the CB End of January 2013. Thanks for starting this Shogun and to all contributors.

 

He was on the Caribbean Princess in July this year.

[CruiseKing]

Hi All

 

Up dated List

 

please just cut and paste list as the Captains move around from ship to ship.

 

The Princess Fleet

 

Caribbean Captain Mariano Manfuso / Capt Marco Forteze?/Captain Craig Street

Coral Captain Nicolo Binetti

Crown Captain Andy Proctor / Capt Nick Nash

Dawn Captain Philip Pickford

Diamond Captain Dino Sagani/ Capt Bob Oliver

Emerald Captain Giorgio Pomata Giuseppe Romano

Golden Captain David Calabrese / Captain Vincenzo Lubrano.

Grand Captain Roger Bilton/ Capt Tony Herriott

Island Captain Nicolo Bommarco / Capt Fabio Amitrano

Royal Captain Tony draper Capt Dino Sagani

Ruby Captain Tony Yeoman

Sapphire Captain Nick Carlton/ Capt Ivan Jarman

Sea Captain Martin Stenzel/Captain Craig Street

Star Captain Ed Perrin /Capt Todd McBain/

Sun Captain Andrew Froude / Capt Graham Goodway

 

Pacific Captain Carlo Servillo Capt Justin Lawes Jan

Ocean / Capt Stefano Ravera

[CR2011]

Hi All,

 

Updated list below..... Is there a list for Maitre d's as well?

 

 

please just cut and paste list as the Captains move around from ship to ship.

 

The Princess Fleet

 

Caribbean Captain Mariano Manfuso / Capt Marco Forteze?/Captain Craig Street

Coral Captain Nicolo Binetti

Crown Captain Andy Proctor / Capt Nick Nash

Dawn Captain Philip Pickford

Diamond Captain Dino Sagani/ Capt Bob Oliver

Emerald Captain Giorgio Pomata Giuseppe Romano

Golden Captain David Calabrese / Captain Vincenzo Lubrano.

Grand Captain Roger Bilton/ Capt Tony Herriott

Island Captain Nicolo Bommarco / Capt Fabio Amitrano

Royal Captain Tony draper Capt Dino Sagani

Ruby Captain Tony Yeoman / Commodore Giuseppe Romano

Sapphire Captain Nick Carlton/ Capt Ivan Jarman

Sea Captain Martin Stenzel/Captain Craig Street

Star Captain Ed Perrin /Capt Todd McBain/

Sun Captain Andrew Froude / Capt Graham Goodway

Pacific Captain Carlo Servillo Capt Justin Lawes Jan

Ocean / Capt Stefano Ravera

[jrzebird]

Hi All

 

Up dated List

 

please just cut and paste list as the Captains move around from ship to ship.

 

The Princess Fleet

 

Caribbean Captain Mariano Manfuso / Capt Marco Forteze?/Captain Craig Street

Coral Captain Nicolo Binetti

Crown Captain Andy Proctor / Capt Nick Nash

Dawn Captain Philip Pickford

Diamond Captain Dino Sagani/ Capt Bob Oliver

Emerald Captain Giorgio Pomata Giuseppe Romano

Golden Captain David Calabrese / Captain Vincenzo Lubrano.

Grand Captain Roger Bilton/ Capt Tony Herriott

Island Captain Nicolo Bommarco / Capt Fabio Amitrano

Royal Captain Tony draper Capt Dino Sagani

Ruby Captain Tony Yeoman

Sapphire Captain Nick Carlton/ Capt Ivan Jarman

Sea Captain Martin Stenzel/Captain Craig Street

Star Captain Ed Perrin /Capt Todd McBain/

Sun Captain Andrew Froude / Capt Graham Goodway

 

Pacific Captain Carlo Servillo Capt Justin Lawes Jan

Ocean / Capt Stefano Ravera

 

I just got off of the CB yesterday and the Captain was Mariano Manfuso. I met him several times over the 14 days and he was quiet but nice. He really was a bit busy with hurricanes and such. He kept us very well advised, the best he could.

[WVBill]

Got our pre-cruise e- mail for the Feb 3 sailing of Ruby From Captain John Foster

 

Too bad - we were hoping to see Captain Tony Yeoman again - he was very professional, accommodating and informative as captain.

[highheel girl]

Got our pre-cruise e- mail for the Feb 3 sailing of Ruby From Captain John Foster

 

Too bad - we were hoping to see Captain Tony Yeoman again - he was very professional, accommodating and informative as captain.

 

Captain Foster is also excellent, very approachable. :)

He also came to our M&G and spent alot of time talking and answering questions.

[RickEk]

Captain Foster is also excellent, very approachable. :)

He also came to our M&G and spent alot of time talking and answering questions.

 

Yes, Captain Foster is a great Captain (but quite short :)). He took over mid-voyage a couple of years ago on an Alaskan cruise from SF on the Sea Princess. During our bridge tour, he remembered my son from the hypnotist show earlier in the cruise (my son was hypnotized and was given giant disco glasses and everytime a particular song was played, he jumped up, put the glasses on and started disco-dancing... 'twas a hoot!)... I guess because he wasn't in command at that time, Capt. Foster took in a few of the shows. My son was a bit embarrassed that the Captain knew who he was... We also had a great conversation with him concerning sailing in Alaska. Oh, and we also made an unscheduled stop in Glacier Bay to render assistance to a person sailing on a yacht who was having a medical emergency. Needless to say, we were quite impressed by Capt. Foster.

[WVBill]

Yes, Captain Foster is a great Captain (but quite short).....

 

Interesting... So is Captain Yeoman...