ms Koningsdam, Veendam, and Prinsendam in Port Everglades December 21, 2018

[erewhon]

11 minutes ago, boards said:

Why is that tug doing the spinning routine?

 

Relieving boredom.

[Scrapnana]

Here is another picture I took although I can't see anyone under the lifeboat.

 

[rafinmd]

Carole, were you wearing a white top.  I think I see someone almost dead center of the lifeboat.

 

Roy

[Happily@Sea]

2 minutes ago, rafinmd said:

Carole, were you wearing a white top.  I think I see someone almost dead center of the lifeboat.

 

Roy

 

Nope, Dark, multi-colored top. There were 3 people standing forward of me.

[erewhon]

Dropping lies at last.

 

 

[Scrapnana]

I'm thinking the captain of the Silhouette has been cussing out the Koningsdam for the last couple of hours.

[erewhon]

And underway nearly 3 hours late.

[rkacruiser]

3 minutes ago, Scrapnana said:

I'm thinking the captain of the Silhouette has been cussing out the Koningsdam for the last couple of hours.

 

As well as the Chief Engineer!  He's responsible for the fuel budget and to get to wherever the Silhouette is going, more fuel is going to be needed to be used to reach the speed required to get there.

[erewhon]

Celebrity getting underway now.

[Scrapnana]

No toots.☹️

[erewhon]

As expected this late,a quiet departure.

[rafinmd]

Darn, no toots from the Koningsdam.  Sillhouette on the move.

 

Roy

[rkacruiser]

If the issue for the Koningsdam's late sailing was late arriving stores, whose at fault in that situation?  Is that not one of the cruise lines's Port Agent's responsibilities to see that what is needed does indeed arrive on a timely basis?

[erewhon]

The end of another looong sailaway. Until Oosterdam tomorrow thanks Scrapnana, Lou and Dave.

[Scrapnana]

That might have been the longest (unplanned) sail-away I have been part of!  See you all tomorrow.

[rafinmd]

Silhouette slips silently to sea.  Thanks Kathi, Lou & Dave, and fellow addicts.  Until tomorrow.

 

Roy

[Copper10-8]

1 hour ago, rkacruiser said:

If the issue for the Koningsdam's late sailing was late arriving stores, whose at fault in that situation?  Is that not one of the cruise lines's Port Agent's responsibilities to see that what is needed does indeed arrive on a timely basis?

 

I would call that the responsibility of the shipping company, the warehouse folks where the stores were picked up, and/or the truck driver. Unless it was an emergency delivery, that sorta stuff is arranged months ago, is considered a routine delivery, and is supposed to arrive in the late morning or early afternoon, not at 7:30 pm

[cruzingnut]

On 12/20/2018 at 9:44 PM, 65 Gator said:

Wow...  Veendam due in at 0100...  Now that is EARLY...

 

We did get in early!  At the noon report the Captain told us about the weather situation and that he requested getting in early.  He said with the wind and 7 ships coming in, there would be a backup waiting for tugs.  He must have been the first one to contact them to get us in so early!  Strangely enough, when we went thru the actual front, he must have snuck us in thru a break in that line of storms as I only saw 2 flashes of lightning at dinner.  We did have heavy rain and some wind but the ride was basically smooth when I was expecting some rock and roll.  It was pretty strange checking my GPS and seeing that home was 36 miles away (Miami) at one point and I wasn't even in bed yet! 

 

Linda R.