Taking cruising to a new level
Last night, after dinner, the sewage system finally overloaded, so I had to take drastic action. During the night, we disabled the toilet facilities in all cabins (except for our first-class suites and officers...
I was woken just after midnight by the Chief Engineer. We have a crisis looming in terms of fuel. We thought it would have been just about possible to get to St Lucia, and...
In the early hours, to my dismay, we picked up four would-be illegal immigrants on their way to Miami in a small inflatable that was on the brink of falling apart. The officer on...
I woke this morning to a view of St Kitts, but also to some worrying news. We anchored in the early hours, in a safe location, but it seems the anchor has dragged, and...
A beautiful sunny morning, and a lovely view of Antigua from my cabin. We should of course have moved to a different island by now, but I could hardly do that with so many...
We arrived at Antigua slightly later in the morning than scheduled, due to holding our speed down, but thankfully we were not late enough to cause the same aggravation with passengers as happened in...
What a beautiful island St Maarten is! We arrived early in the afternoon, and anchored offshore. Then our passengers were able to go by tender to the shore, and spend a little time browsing...
Back in port, we had the sewage system repaired, and were making final checks ahead of our next cruise, when we received some disappointing news. One of our Caribbean stops has experienced a small...
A wonderful relief to be on the ocean again, after our enforced stay at the Island of Gamalia, while the worldwide Coronavirus raged. We would have set sail a few days earlier, but just...
It’s been many months now since our last cruise, with travel unfairly banned during the Covid-19 pandemic, even for ships like the Gamalia, with the highest standards of cleanliness. With no revenues, we have...
Captain’s Log, October 29th: Back to London, and a glorious morning to sail up the Thames. All in all quite a successful voyage, albeit we seem to be having trouble again with one of...
