Our captain’s name is Tasos Kafetzis. The captain has a wonderful sense of
humour. He gives a daily update on the
progress of the ship and a marine report on the weather and sea
conditions.
During this report he always
manages to slip in a couple of jokes or witty comments usually based around
Greek mythology. One day he was saying
that he was going to be performing a portside swing into the dock and that was
not his favorite maneuver as he preferred a starboard swing instead. When asked the difference, he stated “180
degrees”.
This is the first full day of our Atlantic crossing. In the morning we listened to the 10am
captain’s briefing were he described how he intended on navigating around a
cold front that was descending from the North Atlantic. The course will roughly be on the 29th
parallel. Unfortunately as the day
progressed the ocean got rougher. By
evening the waves were getting to be about five meters or more in height.
During dinner there were more than a few green gills around
the table. This included both Marg and myself. I also think that I may have caught some type
of bug as I was wiped most the afternoon and evening. This was unfortunate timing as tonight was
another formal dining night. They had
Chateaubriand and I was only able to eat about a half of the meal.
In the morning we went to a lecture by the captain on how
Celebrity had built their Solstice class of cruise ship, which includes the
Equinox – the ship we’ll be taking in our next cruise. Captain Tasos was the safety officer in that
project.
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