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Today the ship spent the day in the North Pacific Ocean, racing down the coast by following the western shore line of Vancouver Island.* If you are on a ship which goes to Vancouver you follow the Northern Shore line which brings you past Alert Bay and Seymour Narrows.* We are on a cruise which calls at Victoria which is located on the south side of Vancouver Island and then it makes sense to stay on the Ocean Side and return to inland waters via Strait Juan de Fuca. Going the other way, and doing both the Inside Passage / Seymour Narrows and then come south to Victoria, only works if the Tide at Seymour Narrows fits exactly in our cruise schedule. And as the tides change roughly 50 minutes every day it seldom would. So we sail the western side of Vancouver Island and as the North Pacific was behaving itself we had a grand day at sea. Late in the morning the sun came out, the rain stayed away and on occasion there were whales around. There was still some following wind creating just enough motion to make you feel you were on a ship but not so much motion that it started to irritate. The daily program kept everybody busy and what I always find amazing is this wave that moves through the ship according to the items and times listed on the Daily Program. There is a group of guests who just relax and laze about but there is a larger group who want to partake in as much as possible, and they move with the schedule.* It is quite funny to watch this. When sitting in the Atrium where you can see both deck 7 and 8 where all the public areas of the ship are located. You see the whole ship on the move. It starts at about 9.30am when rush hour Breakfast is over and when the church service comes to an end. Then people move to computer class, get ready for bridge and mill around the shops all aft of the Atrium. […]
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Today the ship spent the day in the North Pacific Ocean, racing down the coast by following the western shore line of Vancouver Island.* If you are on a ship which goes to Vancouver you follow the Northern Shore line which brings you past Alert Bay and Seymour Narrows.* We are on a cruise which calls at Victoria which is located on the south side of Vancouver Island and then it makes sense to stay on the Ocean Side and return to inland waters via Strait Juan de Fuca. Going the other way, and doing both the Inside Passage / Seymour Narrows and then come south to Victoria, only works if the Tide at Seymour Narrows fits exactly in our cruise schedule. And as the tides change roughly 50 minutes every day it seldom would. So we sail the western side of Vancouver Island and as the North Pacific was behaving itself we had a grand day at sea. Late in the morning the sun came out, the rain stayed away and on occasion there were whales around. There was still some following wind creating just enough motion to make you feel you were on a ship but not so much motion that it started to irritate. The daily program kept everybody busy and what I always find amazing is this wave that moves through the ship according to the items and times listed on the Daily Program. There is a group of guests who just relax and laze about but there is a larger group who want to partake in as much as possible, and they move with the schedule.* It is quite funny to watch this. When sitting in the Atrium where you can see both deck 7 and 8 where all the public areas of the ship are located. You see the whole ship on the move. It starts at about 9.30am when rush hour Breakfast is over and when the church service comes to an end. Then people move to computer class, get ready for bridge and mill around the shops all aft of the Atrium. […]
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