As passengers, when we cruise, one of the first things we must observe is the muster drill. We watch the video and sign-in at our respective muster stations, and then we never think about it again. It’s in place for a reason, but let’s face it, the chances of there ever being an emergency at…
Category: Cruise Ship Mechanics
A Visit To The Bridge – Getting To Know The Navigational And Primary Safety Systems
The bridge of any cruise ship is manned 24 hours per day, and is the operational centre of the ship. It is manned by highly trained and qualified Deck Officers on a four hours on, eight hours off basis. The watches comprise of two Deck Officers and two Able Seamen. The Officer of the Watch is…
Beauties And The Beasts
Today Scott takes command of the blog and talks about ship design…………. Do you often look at all the lovely and not so lovely (Norwegian Epic) cruise ships and wonder why they look like they do, or have particular design features? I have a few theories of my own but can’t really answer authoritatively. So…
The Bridge – Part Two
My second visit to the bridge was very different from my first. Aside from the view being very different the atmosphere was too! This time the bridge was just about empty, it was a simple case of two officers keeping watch and that was about it, until we arrived! It was very relaxed, and it…
The Bridge – Part One
A visit to the bridge is something every avid cruiser longs for, a chance to really get to see the vessel for what she is. I don’t feel I need to “introduce” this post really, the title says it all…..………. We were met by an officer on the forward passenger stairwell and escorted along the…
Cruise Ship Engineering
In a previous blog post (Learning About Your Cruise Ship) I touched on things like Azipods, Ballast Tanks and even commented on some phrases you may hear used whilst onboard. In today’s blog however I wanted to take it a little further into how your ship actually works and what goes on behind the scenes….
Knowing Your Officers – Deck Department
A quick and easy introduction to the Deck Department officers on your ship and what it is they do. Commodore – This is the highest rank cruise ship officers can reach and is similar to the rank of Admiral. The Commodore is not only in charge of the vessel on which he is aboard but,…
Learning About Your Cruise Ship
It’s not only the experiences from cruising that I am beyond passionate about, it of course is the ship too, but even beyond that I enjoy learning more about the workings of the ship upon which I sail. I don’t know everything and if honest I don’t understand everything either but it doesn’t stop me…
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