Panorama in calmer water
When crossing the Equator for the first time, sailors have traditionally undergone a “line-crossing ceremony” which often includes being dunked in the ocean three times. Recently, on my first northern line crossing, I inadvertently presided over my own unexpected dunking, a baptism of sorts in the early morning hours, just as we were crossing Latitude 66.56 N, the Arctic Circle.
My wife and I were on the Panorama, a 173′ motor sailing cruise ship, on a week-long trip on the west coast of Iceland, from Akureyri to Reykjavik, making five port calls along the way. Like most cruise ships, the Panorama did most of her sailing at night so the 34 passengers aboard would wake up at a different port every morning.
On the same day that I heard the news of the horrific fire on the dive boat Conception which killed 34 passengers and crew, I also saw 
Here is a wholly random question. When and where was William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet first performed on shipboard? 
In May of last year, we posted about the Russians’ first floating nuclear power plant, “
Imagine a yacht that is almost completely silent, with a close to unlimited range, and that doesn’t pollute. While it may sound too good to be true, this is what 
I recently came across a reference for a “nocturnal for both bears.” It sounded, at first, like a piece of music written by Mussorgsky or perhaps Prokofiev, which it isn’t. It is a device used for telling time at night by the position of Polaris and the stars of the constellation Ursa Major, the “big bear.” 
For the last several days, 
The cruise industry in the Caribbean is donating to help the Bahamian victims of Hurricane Dorian. Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Norwegian Caribbean and Disney have all pledged millions in hurricane relief.
The 
A horrific fire broke on the commercial scuba diving vessel, 
On September 7th at 2PM, the 
Recent video of the extremely well-preserved wreck of Franklin’s ship