Following my recent item about the RNLI, reader Michael writes:Interesting bit of film you posted about the rough seas and the old cruise ship. Seeing as you are in nautical frame of mind here is a still photo from January 26th this year of Fred Olsen's Balmoral (ex Norwegian Crown) which sails from Dover and Southampton pitching alarmingly in the Bay of Biscay rather perilously close to land. This was just one incident out of many in a few hours of rough weather and possibly poor seamanship.
Yes it did come up again but cut short the cruise and returned to Dover with a few injured passengers and some damage.
I don't know if I am your furthest away regular reader but it's great to be able to keep in touch with all the wonderful things happening on the Plannit Fannit while I suffer here in Florida in sunny 75 degree temperatures and limited to two pina coladas per hour by a cruel mistress.
Hmm. I wonder if Michael is indeed my furthest flung follower? No, probably not. Stephen Broadhurst, the Blue Rinse councillor for Dane Valley, lives in Panama and phones his votes in, I seem to recall. He's bound to be an avid reader!
Click here to read about 'nightmare' cruise on BBC News website
2 comments:
what a bastard!! michael get your ass here! we're trading places! xD
Interesting that 'cruise passengers' expect the Cruise Line to ordain weather and sea conditions for their trip. Have we become so separated from our Natural World that we forget about 'peril on the sea'? That said, one wonders if precautionary seamanship is under pressure from the requirement to 'keep to the cruise schedule'?
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