Tuesday, November 14 – More Corfusion

We have had several sea days in port.  Today we had a port day at sea.  They look pretty much the same. 

The Veendam was due to discharge passengers to their various excursions at 8 this morning, but by 8:15 there had been no announcement.  The Cruise Director finally alerted the passengers that the captain and the pilot were having difficulty getting into the port, much less tying up to the dock.  Winds were howling at 30 – 50 knots.  Finally, the captain gave up in the interest of safety.  He wasn’t sure he could get the ship in and then worried that the strong winds, including those in predicted squalls, would tear the mooring lines and set us adrift.  He did give “props” to the Costa Marinara which did manage to dock.

So we spent the day drifting toward Katakolon, Greece.  He has plotted a new course which will double the distance to Katakolon just to kill time as he cannot land early.  Katakolon is one of our favorite ports, so he had better work very hard tomorrow morning.



TOMORROW – Kute Katakolon

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