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FYI Prinsendam WC no problems with Tsunami
There is a very long thread over at Cruise Critic of Grumpy and
Slinkie World Cruise on the P'dam. Starting http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=121609 From Grumpy's post last night Hello to all from the Indian Ocean. The Prinsendam is sailing through smooth seas along the East coast of Sri Lanka, getting ready to swing around the southern end of the island. Fortunately, there was no Tsunami associated with the earthquke... well, there was a small wave, but nothing of consequence. The Prinsendam left Chennai at a few minutes past ten, local time, which would have been just past 11:30p in most of Indonesia. The Prinsendam had maneuvered away from her berth, swung about and was just about out of the channel when Slinkie and Grumpy returned to their cabin and saw "breaking news" on CNNI. Captain Gundersen had also gotten word of the earthquke and immediately headed for deep water and kept the bow toward the epicenter of the quake. Since the seas were so smooth, the small wave that went out could be seen according to the captain's report, but Slinkie and Grumpy slept through the passing of the wave. After the danger of Tsunami had passed, the Prinsendam turned to the south and headed toward Sri Lanka. The route will take the Prinsendam about 3/4 of the way around Sri Lanka before docking in Colombo. With the extra manuvers last night, it will be tight making port on time... there is also a pretty good current to deal with... But the captain thinks he'll dock pretty close to schedule. |
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