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And thus the good ship Prinsendam sailed on a south easterly course from Barcelona towards Malta. In command is Captain Tim Roberts who was one of the captains who came over from Windstar Cruises when it was still a subsidiary of Holland America Line. He has remained with us ever since. Today the most puzzling part was the weather. It was wind still in Barcelona and then in the late evening it breezed up while we sailed north of the Balearic Islands. Once passed, the wind died down again but late this morning when coming in the vicinity of Sardinia it started to blow again. And not just a little bit, there is a stiff breeze blowing out there, which has whipped up the waves sufficiently for the ship to be moving about a bit. Not bad weather but wobbly and thus quite a few of our guests are not happy campers. *Tonight we will come in the lee of Sicily and hopefully the wind and waves will die down a little bit. ** That is certainly hoped for as the anchorage at Mgarr on Gozo is not the most sheltered in the world. At the moment the wind is blowing from the right direction and that means that the island will act as a wind catcher and thus provide a good anchorage in its lee side. If that is the case then we have to see what the swell is doing at the anchorage. If it follows the wind completely then we are in good shape. If it decides to curve around the island than we might have some challenges. We just have to wait and see. Sailing on the Prinsendam is always a happening as the ship goes to places where other ships do not or cannot go. Gozo is a beautiful island with a rich history but it is not big enough to let 1000’s of cruise guests run around. The infrastructure is not ready for it and there is a distinctive lack of shops to keep the majority of those 1000’s happy. Gozo is all about […]
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And thus the good ship Prinsendam sailed on a south easterly course from Barcelona towards Malta. In command is Captain Tim Roberts who was one of the captains who came over from Windstar Cruises when it was still a subsidiary of Holland America Line. He has remained with us ever since. Today the most puzzling part was the weather. It was wind still in Barcelona and then in the late evening it breezed up while we sailed north of the Balearic Islands. Once passed, the wind died down again but late this morning when coming in the vicinity of Sardinia it started to blow again. And not just a little bit, there is a stiff breeze blowing out there, which has whipped up the waves sufficiently for the ship to be moving about a bit. Not bad weather but wobbly and thus quite a few of our guests are not happy campers. *Tonight we will come in the lee of Sicily and hopefully the wind and waves will die down a little bit. ** That is certainly hoped for as the anchorage at Mgarr on Gozo is not the most sheltered in the world. At the moment the wind is blowing from the right direction and that means that the island will act as a wind catcher and thus provide a good anchorage in its lee side. If that is the case then we have to see what the swell is doing at the anchorage. If it follows the wind completely then we are in good shape. If it decides to curve around the island than we might have some challenges. We just have to wait and see. Sailing on the Prinsendam is always a happening as the ship goes to places where other ships do not or cannot go. Gozo is a beautiful island with a rich history but it is not big enough to let 1000’s of cruise guests run around. The infrastructure is not ready for it and there is a distinctive lack of shops to keep the majority of those 1000’s happy. Gozo is all about […]
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