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Dawn ran aground while leaving Bermuda?

alligeek

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Arzeena

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I love NCL But the Dawn is a cursed ship, not sure what happened in a past life in that ship, she is cursed.

 

We were on the stranded at Sea cruise in 2009, and then there was the wave in 2005, engines on 2010, power outage again in 2013 and now this.

 

Never for me on the Dawn again LOL

 

Oh no! You could write a book about it!

We sailed the Dawn 4 times...........all wonderful cruises! :)

No curse and no hex!:rolleyes: Perhaps its the passengers not the ship!;)

 

And back to current events, hope all is well on board and that everyone is safe.

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alexkrn46

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paasenger Rachel is live on channel 5, she was told, they will not be moving for awhile, Rachel was sitting at dinner and an alarm was called, her waiters left to attend the drill. Rachel said she stressed, can see the reef and putting on warm clothes.

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From WCVB: The Dawn has hit a reef, but there is no ingress of water or injuries. They are less than 2 miles offshore. Passengers have been advised to wear life vests but no lifeboats have been deployed. The tide is rising and will be high at 10:30 pm, so it is expected that the ship will be easily removed from the reef, and dive teams are on site assessing the damages. Top story in Boston on TV. I am due on my cruise aboard the Dawn in October.

 

A passenger is reporting that the passengers felt a sudden stop, and the Captain issued a distress call to the crew. They are assessing and will report to the passengers who were told that they will not be moving for a while. The crew is keeping people informed and calm.

 

Pieshops, there are no "cursed ships" but there are downer passengers. Glad you will not be joining me on the Dawn...

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meatball_nyc

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When we were on Breakaway last July after Hurricane Arthur, Dawn stayed an extra night in Bermuda. We passed each other early on Wednesday, July 9th, Dawn departing and Breakaway arriving.

 

P.S. Just saw the post above me. Thanks for the info.

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mking8288 "Live from...." Rare

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We loved the Dawn, she's going to be okay - checked a # of maritime resources - ship isn't "listing" but the front bow - bulbous bow shaped is above the waterline as the ship came to the full stop, apparently - from the looks of the live bermuda webcam, zoom it & look closely. It's on a north-easterly heading away from Dockyard - kind of directly north of the middle part of the islands, not quite pass St. George - there are lots of reefs. Look again & you can see it's close to one of the buoy nearby for navigation, it's possible she somehow strayed too far off the course & the belly of the ship hit the reef, as it was about low tide (next high tide is around 10 PM tonight)

 

It's possible she took some damages but unlikely to sink the ship, but, divers will need to go below the waterline to inspect & check for damages and see if any emergency repairs are needed - otherwise, she should float & move on her own again as high tide come in.

 

There was a high speed BDA-flagged watercraft heading toward the Dawn doing 25 knots, maybe local officials en route to assist.

 

With the water depths & reefs all around the islands's shallow water, bigger ships simply do not turn straight out to sea and all of the do a semi circle around the north side of islands on its way in and out - we had pilot boat escort on the bigger RCL ship 3 years ago precisely for safety reasons. It's possible the pilot boat might've already been released as the ship was supposingly safely underway - there's no point in guessing.

 

Pax will just get to enjoy a sunset at sea with the shorelines in sight, until it's safe to resume or what not - there should be enough time/slack in the schedule for her to get back to Boston in time. No need to panic, probably not serious enough to sound the general alarm & have everyone put on life jackets (except as a safety precaution) or to report to the Assembly Station, etc. - just have to stay put ... (So, just enjoy dinner with the orange vest on)

 

One of the still photos via twitter feeds - also on port bermuda webcam dot com -

those at Dockyard can clearly see her in the distance (fort's seawalls on the left) http://t.co/rq0qEFt3P0

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sail7seas

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http://www.wcvb.com Channel 5 TV in Boston had a well spoken woman aboard Dawn with her family giving details. She said they can see the reef they hit, the ship is not (yet) taking on any water, divers have been sent down to see about damage. High tide is about 10:30 P.M. and it would seem they will hope to float her off at that time.

 

Damage reports will likely dictate what action is taken.

 

Guests have not been told to put on life jackets.

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rpb718

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When we were on Breakaway last July after Hurricane Arthur, Dawn stayed an extra night in Bermuda. We passed each other early on Wednesday, July 9th, Dawn departing and Breakaway arriving.

 

P.S. Just saw the post above me. Thanks for the info.

 

We were on the Dawn that stayed the extra night because of Arthur in a 10th deck aft balcony. It wasn't that bad on our balcony but we trekked up to the 13th deck and the wind was wild. After experiencing that, we were really glad the captain decided to stay overnight.

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