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What can I say. This is what happens when a pandemic gets in the way of your travel plans for a couple of years. So in January 2021 we booked a cruise – from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to London – by way of Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Mumbai, Rome. You get the picture. So buckle up buttercup and let’s see how this all plays out.
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One additional note. Our cruise ship has wifi. It’s supposed to work in the middle of the ocean. But I’m not sure how much bandwidth we’ll have to upload photos and videos, so posts might be delayed from time to time. Bear with me and we’ll see what we can do.
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Noon report: Location: S 38° 59.40′, E 147° 26.90′ Speed: 10 knots Couse: 69º Weather: Blue Skies! Temp: 61º F, 16º C Wind: SW 3 knots Sea: Calm Sadly, this will be a very short post. I’m busy studying for an upcoming board meeting so today’s activities (and writing about them) were very limited: 9:30 […]
Pronounced JEE-long Noon Report: Location: S 38° 07.81′, E 144° 22.66′ Speed: At Anchor Course: At Anchor Since we had a very late night last night and a reasonably late (9:15) excursion this morning we had a bit of a lie in. (That’s Aussie for we slept in.) But we were up, fed, and about
Noon Report: Location: S 39° 09.47′, E 145° 45.59′ Speed: 18.5 knots!!! Course: 311º Weather: Cloud cover Temp: 61º F Wind: SW (234º) 26 knots!!! We spent some time this morning up on deck 8 in the second floor of the Explorer’s Lounge hanging out and reading and being tossed around by wind and waves.
Noon Report: Location: S 42° 52.97′, E 147° 20.28′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Early start to the day as this was the first Australian port. We (all passengers) had to bring forms and passports to clear immigration which made the morning excursion process a bit interesting. However our excellent Shore Excursions staff demonstrated, once again,
Noon Report: Location: S 43° 55.20′, E 152° 41.83′ Speed: 14.4 knots Course: 276º Weather: Overcast Wind: NE 12 knots Air Temp: 60º This is the 4th day of a 4 day crossing from Wellington, NZ to Hobart, Tasmania (counting the ‘scenic sailing’ day as a sea day since we didn’t set foot on dry
Noon Report: Location: S 44° 15.80′, E 161° 46.80′ Speed: 15.0 knots Couse: 276º The serious rockin’ and rollin’ continues. Big swells are typical for this part of the world and the ocean isn’t disappointing in that regard. Out on deck this morning I stoped a number of times to try to capture some of
Noon Report: Position: S 45° 17.37′, E 166° 52.82′ Speed: 11.5 knots Course: 315º Note, the noon report is a bit strange today (slow speed, strange course) because we were in the process of exiting the Doubtful Strait (named by James Cook) at that point. It was an interesting night – rockin’, rollin’, pitchin’, bangin’
Noon Report: Location: S 41° 41.77′, E 170° 52.85′ Speed: 15.4 Knots Course: 221º This morning the wind was so fierce out on deck 2 that I started doing my laps inside. Sorry, it’s just too sedate. So as soon as I saw that other people were fool enough to brave the wind and ocean
Noon Report: Position: S 41° 16.14′, E 174° 47.23′ Speed: Moored Course: Moored First, I have added one more video to the WC044 – Tauranga post. This is a ‘stick dance’ (I don’t know what they really call it but you’ll get the picture) performed by the high school team. Check it out – it’s
Here are all of our art deco building photos from Napier NZ. Enjoy, R