Well it started overnight with some major motion in all
directions. This morning it’s sunny and
if it wasn’t moving so much it would be beautiful with huge waves and swells
forming around the ship. Here is a quick
photo from my cabin. It doesn’t come
close to doing it justice. I’m
recharging the video camera: this has to be captured to appreciate it.
As I mentioned on an earlier post, mid ship is supposed to
be best. My cabin is close and it’s definitely
better than the front and rear. I was
actually a bit hungry so took a shower (that was interesting), went and had
some toast and coffee in the Windows restaurant in the back. It was really rolling. Just before I went up they had called a “starcode”
for the crew in the restaurant which apparently means a medical emergency. I heard somebody fell and might have broken
something. People there said at one
point a whole bunch of people fell. Didn’t
stop them from eating though, the restaurant was surprisingly busy! And the one
older man that I had seen running every day, was up on the top running track
doing his laps. He really has to be
nuts, the way it’s moving and the strong gale force winds, he’s lucky if he
doesn’t go overboard.
The Captain usually updates at noon, but he just came on at
10:15 to give an update. He said the
winds were up to 40 knots at night and are now down to 25 or so. The forecast is for the winds to moderate by
midnight but there could still be swells after that. He also asked people to not go on the running
track due to the winds and the motion.
He says “it’s all perfectly manageable”, isn’t that good to know!
Should be an interesting day. In the meantime, this update is brought to
you by the good people who make “Avomine” for without it, I’m sure I’d be lying
in bed moaning! It’s really too bad you
can’t buy it Canada. Talk to your UK
friends if you are ever going on a cruise!
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