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in june of 1998, i was on the Norwegian Majesty. we departed 2 hours late from Bermuda because there was a rope caught in the propeller. when we got out to sea, the captain said that he will have the ship go a little bit faster so we can get back on schedule. apparentlly, he left it like that for the whole day at sea (which was a little rough). at around 9:30, i was finishing up my dinner. we noticed that the glasses were clinging and that it was thundering nd lightning out. then my 10;00 some drinks were falling over. after dinner, i went to activities with my friend, walked around etc... we were walking and at some points we FELL. the waves were very large. so we decided that we would go and sit down it the observitory lounge. at about 11;15 we saw lights. it was boston. we were many hours early. the captain shut down he engines and we were doing HUGE circles in the water. at the point, i think they closed the elevators in case the shut down. we had a lot of trouble getting up the stairs. if you sat on the stairs and a wave came, you would bounce down 1 or 2 steps!! we went down the the persurs area (that was near the arcade) and we over heard a couple of crew members talking. they were saying that we may have to load the life boats but they were affraid if they did, they would capzize. we made it through the night and the captain made an anoucement the next morning about the storm and the size of the waves.
does anyone have any stories?
Beezo aka Brian
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We sailed at about 7.00 pm straight into a storm, and of course it would have to be the same time the dinner was being served, as a baker our job was to serve up the sweet,s and other bakers were making bread etc. when a young sailor put his head around the Bakery door and said "Secure everthing down," at which point the whole bakery seemed to go to one side, the custards in the ovens poured out of their bowls and splattered all over the place, bread tins went flying everywere, anything loose smashed or went flying passed our ears, and the noise from up on the next deck (the Main Galley) was deafening, none of the cooks were able to rig up the safty bars etc in time, so soup vats over flowed, roast beef and lamb ended up sliding around the feet of the cooks, the stewards who where waiting on their first orders for dinner ended on their backs with trays clattering to the deck. Fortunatly the passengers chairs were secured to the deck and stopped them all sliding all over the place except one kid who did manage to slide through the galley doors on his chair and was saved by a steward who ripped his pants and leg as he dived to save him.The reason for this termoil we found out later was that as we sailed from Cobh we encountered the storm, but the deckies were still securing the forward hatch and as the ship pitched a young deckhand fell down it, he was in a bad way with concussion, broken bones etc, Captain Warwick, quickly sent word below that he was turning the ship around, "NOW" and we heeled over as we turned around to go quickly back to Cobh to get this young guy into hospital. Fortunatly no one was harmed and as an 18 year old I thought it good fun at the time, I dont think the cooks saw the funny side of it though. I never did hear if the injured seaman survived or not. B
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