MS Noordam - Sail Away - Apr 20

[cruz chic]

Just finished dinner.

Winds are horrible.

Am I hearing sirens in the back ground?

 

Yup.

[Krazy Kruizers]

This certainly is not a great start to a cruise.

[dobiemom]

Oh my! I got really busy at work and forgot about the sailaway. I just brought up the webcams and saw she was still in port! :eek: Lucky for me, but now I need to go back and read this thread to see why. Scheduled departure is 7:22pm PST so it's not too late. ;)

[erewhon]

22.22 will be afternoon for us, so will regularly check to see if any alteration.

[KNOT2L82SAIL]

How horrible for the poor people wanting to start their cruise. I hope it goes smoothly and they can get that line untangled. I will try to remember and come back later for the sailaway.

[erewhon]

Just finished dinner.

 

Winds are horrible.

 

Am I hearing sirens in the back ground?

 

Hope the wind soon settles for you.

[dobiemom]

OK, all caught up.

I agree with KK. This is not a great start to a cruise. :rolleyes:

[IRL_Joanie]

OK, all caught up.

I agree with KK. This is not a great start to a cruise. :rolleyes:

 

This delay is making me nervous for the 1st time with an upcoming cruise.......

 

Joanie

[KerriL]

Starboard propulsion issue on Noordam... mooring line tangled below water line.

Edited April 20, 2015 by KerriL

[IRL_Joanie]

Starboard propulsion issue on Noordam... mooring line tangled below water line.

 

Thank you for this info. Hope this is the only glitch she has after the dry dock.

 

Joanie

Edited April 20, 2015 by IRL_Joanie

[innlady1]

I'm sure it's something that will be resolved in short order. No???

[erewhon]

[quote name='KerriL']Starboard propulsion issue on Noordam... mooring line tangled below water line.[/quote]

Thanks for the information.

[PathfinderEss]

[COLOR="DarkRed"][SIZE="3"]Well I went to do a few thing and when I came back guess what, she is still in PE.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[sppunk]

We had something similar on Westerdam in Seattle in 2008, but it was a fuel line that was tangled (the captain was NOT happy with the barge operator).

Divers were called and we left around 1 a.m. Edited April 20, 2015 by sppunk

[SJSULIBRARIAN]

Just returned to see what is going on - hope it can be resolved soon.

[Boytjie]

[quote name='KNOT2L82SAIL']How horrible for the poor people wanting to start their cruise. I hope it goes smoothly and they can get that line untangled. I will try to remember and come back later for the sailaway.[/QUOTE]


Leaving port late does not affect what goes on onboard (other than casino and shops). The shows do go on. As does dinner etc.

[IRL_Joanie]

[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=Blue][B]Is it an optical illusion or am I seeing that there are no bow/forward lines? Hard to see with the way the sun is shining and the distance.....

Joanie[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] Edited April 21, 2015 by IRL_Joanie

[rkacruiser]

[quote name='innlady1']I'm sure it's something that will be resolved in short order. No???[/quote]

Hopefully, it can be. Just as long as the blades of the propeller have not been damaged.

[SJSULIBRARIAN]

I heard - divers just arrived - they will be going into the water in 20 minutes and will report when they have entered the water.

[c-legs]

[quote name='KerriL']Starboard propulsion issue on Noordam... mooring line tangled below water line.[/quote]

As she's moored [I][B]portside[/B][/I] , and a line got tangled in the pod propulsion mechanism,it would be aft/port.
As someone else said, until ''all lines on deck cleared'' is confirmed, the bridge would not engage the pods beyond ''idling'' ( which they would have been for ~~ 20 minutes before expected sailaway, as the chief engineer would put one or two engines on line at that time). If one line ended up under and tangled up with the pod...either the high wind caused a rather severe backwash shoving the line in question ''off course''and under the hull...or someone on the bridge turned the pods up a weebit too soon...:rolleyes:
A messy ''incident''....but it happens, albeit very rarely.
Witnessed a similar one here in Vancouver, but with a regular shaft/rudder/prop propulsion. Takes a while to free up the whole tangled mess...THEN you have to test the props....in the case here, one was a bit bent. Those lines are solid !!! Edited April 21, 2015 by c-legs

[65 Gator]

[quote name='c-legs']As she's moored [I][B]portside[/B][/I] , and a line got tangled in the pod propulsion mechanism,it would be aft/port.
As someone else said, until ''all lines on deck cleared'' is confirmed, the bridge would not engage the pods beyond ''idling'' ( which they would have been for ~~ 20 minutes before expected sailaway, as the chief engineer would put one or two engines on line at that time). If one line ended up under and tangled up with the pod...either the high wind caused a rather severe backwash shoving the line in question ''off course''and under the hull...or someone on the bridge turned the pods up a weebit too soon...:rolleyes:
A messy ''incident''....but it happens, albeit very rarely.
Witnessed a similar one here in Vancouver, but with a regular shaft/rudder/prop propulsion. Takes a while to free up the whole tangled mess...THEN you have to test the props....in the case here, one was a bit bent. Those lines are solid !!![/QUOTE]

Winds were 20 gusting 25 then and were out of the south (stern)...

[KerriL]

[quote name='c-legs']As she's moored [I][B]portside[/B][/I] , and a line got tangled in the pod propulsion mechanism,it would be aft/port.
As someone else said, until ''all lines on deck cleared'' is confirmed, the bridge would not engage the pods beyond ''idling'' ( which they would have been for ~~ 20 minutes before expected sailaway, as the chief engineer would put one or two engines on line at that time). If one line ended up under and tangled up with the pod...either the high wind caused a rather severe backwash shoving the line in question ''off course''and under the hull...or someone on the bridge turned the pods up a weebit too soon...:rolleyes:
A messy ''incident''....but it happens, albeit very rarely.
Witnessed a similar one here in Vancouver, but with a regular shaft/rudder/prop propulsion. Takes a while to free up the whole tangled mess...THEN you have to test the props....in the case here, one was a bit bent. Those lines are solid !!![/QUOTE]

Yeah I'm not there.. a passenger is on board quoting what the captain said...they may have gotten it wrong.

[IRL_Joanie]

[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=Blue][B]Hope that 2145 was the new estimated departure time. If that is the new time then possibly whatever damage was done is not as bad as we are thinking...hope hope hope.

Joanie[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[IRL_Joanie]

[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=Blue][B]Divers out of water and ready to sail in 1 hour in other words, the bridge said quater to 10:) 9:45pm EST or ESDT (can never remember if it is EST or ESDT so you get them both)

Yippeeeeeeeeeeee

Joanie[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[rkacruiser]

Good news! Divers are out of the water; they were not in for very long. And, the Bridge has given the Harbormaster a 60 minute departure notice. Sounds like no damage was discovered and that all is OK.