Thursday, 13 August 2015

13.8.2015 At Sea en Route To Halifax

From todays nautical information made available to passengers in the “Daily Programme"

( distributed to ones stateroom):

"The initial stages of our voyage across the North Atlantic Ocean will have taken us from the

Southern coast of England and out into the Celtic Sea on a great circle. Additionally during 

the afternoon we will be crossing over the Maxwell Fracture Zone, which is a large undersea

mountain range forming part of the Mid Atlantic Ridge. Here, depth can shallow out to less

then 1000 meters before deepening again quickly to over 3000 meters."

The day started very dull. Lots of clouds and and very windy. Gale force is mentioned in the

on-board TV meteo. Thanks to the ships size and stabilisers the movement if very very moderate.

No motion sickness pills yet.

After 10 a.m. the sun came out and bit a sheltered sunbathing was possible.

What else did I do today:

- Gym of course whereby lots of steps have to be climbed in getting from floor to floor.

- Two very keynote speeches:

  “The Golden Age of Piracy Part 1” by Prof.Douglas R. Burgess jr. and, this was the most

  interesting one, a speech by Dr.Robert Gates, former US Defence Secretary under the Bush

  and Obama administration, about his experiences under both presidents and his views on the

way America’s government - White House, cabinet agencies and Congress - works and too

often does not work. Brilliant experience !

- Cinema: “Second Best Marigold Hotel” with Maggie Smith, Judy Dench, Bill Nighy etc.

  I ave already seen it but enjoyed the movie even the second time.

- Shownight in the ships very own “Royal Theatre”; Viva Italia, featuring The Royal Cunard Singers

and Dancers. Very good and a fantastic event to close the day.

 

Another daily experience if the testing of the ships whistles: every day at noon they are been tested,

all four of them separately and then together. Quite a sounding experience.

The picture is the daily midday navigation communication made available.

 

Again we have to switch the clocks back by one hour before retiring.

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