Why Infinity Stopped in Water after Leaving Vancouver

[B-May]

Was out watching the cruiseships sail by last night in West Vancouver and although the Infinity left first, it stopped out in the water in West Vancouver and just floated around. Not sure if it had a breakdown or medical emergency and had to return to the pier. Anyone know?

[loubetti]

Perhaps the pilot boat was delayed getting to the ship?

[B-May]

Well it had cleared the Lions Gate and was on its way to Alaska (I assume) and then when we looked over it was stopped like it was anchored and slowly turning in the water. Not sure if it went back to port after the Noordam and Crown passed by. It would not have been able to return until they made it through the channel.

[WestLakeGirl]

Was it making figure eights? That's how it resets some navigational equipment

[Grayce]

On the Infinity right now. The captain said we were doing some manoeuvres to calibrate the magnetic compass. He said they do it once a year.

 

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[Essiesmom]

She had a short sail to the next port, and a lot of time to waste.

 

[Gran2five]

We were on that cruise. The CD mentioned that we were taking the slow road to Nanaimo where we docked on Monday morning. We were inside our cabin and all of a sudden we realized we were passing the same spot we had seen a half hour previous.

 

Did not hear about the recalibration but makes sense.

[Milhouse]

My friend was on that cruise. The ferry takes 2.5hrs to go from West Vancouver to Nanaimo so there's definitely time to kill. Even with the re-calibration, it's too bad it couldn't do a small circuit past the northern gulf islands and then back to Nanaimo.