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FYI Prinsendam WC no problems with Tsunami



 
 
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Old March 30th, 2005, 02:33 PM
blackbird71
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Default 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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