Category: Visited Places
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Grease, fires, and immersion suits
Read more: Grease, fires, and immersion suitsMSC Alessia somewhere in the North Atlantic Ocean This was our first day truly at sea. We awoke to a blue sea with no sign of land. We are moving across the ocean at 22 knots. At this location there is a 25 – 30 knot wind, so on board we feel winds up to…
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A day in Freeport
Read more: A day in Freeport50 km, 3hr The day began with a call to weigh anchor. We were permitted to go forward and watch as the anchor was being brought in. Becky is constantly amazed at how the procedures used here are pretty much the same as the ones she learned as a sea cadet on the YAGs. The…
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Food, Email, and other random sea notes
Read more: Food, Email, and other random sea notesNothing much has happened today. The ship remains at anchor, so we spent the day relaxing. Our current estimated time of arrival in Freeport is some time tomorrow morning. With the engine shut down and a lack of moment on the ship, the crew are busier than ever performing tasks that can only be done…
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Crew changes and the waiting game
Read more: Crew changes and the waiting gameOn Friday night we headed out of Port Everglades destined for Freeport, Bahamas. Freeport is only 80 miles from Florida, so the trip over did not take long. The MSC Alessia reported in to Freeport at 2330 (11:30 pm) on Friday but we did not actually go to Freeport. We entered the port limit and…
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Boarding the freighter
Read more: Boarding the freighterOur day began with some typical chaos. Yesterday, we had been told to call Felix in the morning to check about boarding the ship. Carlos could not tell us when we could or should board. We did know that the ship was due to arrive at 7 am, expected to clear customs at around 8…
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One more night in Hollywood
Read more: One more night in HollywoodA long December and there’s reason to believe Maybe this year will be better than the last I can’t remember the last thing that you said as you were leavin’ Now the days go by so fast And it’s one more day up in the canyons And it’s one more night in Hollywood If you…
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Found the boat! Fort Lauderdale and Port Everglades
Read more: Found the boat! Fort Lauderdale and Port Everglades65 km 3h45 Our boat has been found again. We’re still not sure why it wasn’t on the port agent’s schedule, but our travel agent in Germany contacted the captain of the ship, the captain contacted the port agent, and the port agent let us know that the boat is scheduled to dock on Friday…
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Lost the boat?
Read more: Lost the boat?We headed back to Hollywood today, hoping to get our cameras fixed. The backlight on Scott’s Canon G9 is turning off intermittently and Becky’s Olympus 850 SWdied shortly after taking it snorkeling. We also needed to get in contact with the port agent to figure out what was happening with the boat. Scott spent much…