Ventura - bad weather causing port change 22/09/2008
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Ventura - bad weather causing port change 22/09/2008
From Ross at Cruise Junkie...
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Captain announced that due to forecast force 4 to 5 winds tomorrow, the berth assigned at Livorno will not be safe for the ship to dock. Alternative arrangements have been made for anchorage at La Spezia, 40 miles further north. Tours will be rescheduled or cancelled.
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Ships handle winds better at anchor than pierside, assuming the anchor holds, of course. People on the other hand...tender rides in high winds are unamusing, at best, and dangerous, at worst.
When I was working on the P & O cruise ship ss Oriana we had to leave about 500 passengers ashore for the night at Dubrovnik !
We had been at anchor all day and the winds came up about 4.00 pm making it unsafe to continue to operate our launch service.
We spent the night cruising off of Dubrovnic and went back to the anchorage the next morning to pick up our passengers who had been accommodated on a ferry which was in port overnight.
We also had to leave five of our launches / lifeboats in the harbour overnight.