A busy day at the Cruise Ship Terminal in San Diego, as two scheduled cruise ships from Princes Cruises,Grand Princess and Crown Princess, are in port. Unfortunately, Crown Princess has been hit by a norovirus outbreak that has sickened dozens of passengers and crew. They were on a cruise of the California coast, out of… Read more
The Love Boat has ended her long career and has been retired to a breakers yard in Turkey. That show put me off cruises throughout my youth and through the years when I could actually afford to book a cruise package. Perhaps I never paid attention before but Pacific Princess was so small compared to today’s… Read more
Cruise Ship Will Emulate White Star Liner An Australian company named Blue Star Line has announced a plan to launch a replica Olympic Class ocean liner and name her Titanic 2. Now, I’m not one to dwell on The Titanic. I admire the Olympic Class to be certain and I have a fascination with shipwrecks… Read more
Post Image: SS United States Photo By Mpftmead (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The SS United States Conservancy is running a continuing campaign to save and resort America’s Ocean Liner. She has languished in a derelict state for so long and yet weathered the abuse stoically. Please follow the link below and like… Read more
Every Labor Day weekend The Maritime Museum of San Diego hosts The Festival of Sail at the North Embarcadero on San Diego Bay. This year had over twenty tall ships and a hundred plus vendor stalls. Ships sailed in from many ports to add to the sailing ships that are permanently birthed here. The most… Read more
The Final Glory Of The Italian Line Ocean Liners Italian Style 1965-1975 The Italian Line was responsible for commissioning two of the last purpose built ocean liners. SS Michelangelo and SS Raffaello were designed with the modern flair of the Nineteen Sixties and sailed between Genoa, Italy and New York. But the era also saw… Read more
The picture is the bridge of the R.M.S. Queen Mary, taken during my visit in 2010. Notice the funnel and hose arrangements to communicate with stations within the ship. I’m reliably informed that they were very effective. I’ve been neglecting this web site, I know. I really do intend to keep it up-to-date and… Read more
The local TV news reported that Disney Wonder was in port yesterday. so I had to go down to Harbor Drive to take a look. Very crowded and I had to park about a mile away but the ship was definitely a wonder to behold. she is one of four cruise ships of the current… Read more
The retired Queen doesn’t need much of an introduction. These are some of the photographs I took on my last visit. I’ll post more pictures from this trip as I get the time. Thanks for having a look. :-)… Read more
The SS United States has been laid up in Philadelphia for many years now. She has not sailed under her own power since 1969. Her final voyage returned from Europe bound for New York, collecting my parents, our 1963 Rambler and myself in Southampton U.K. along the way and then never setting out to sea… Read more