We had quite a bit of excitement yesterday. Captain Erik informed us that we were heading not north, but SOUTH! I was very pleased with this news because it meant that Mr. S’s plan to extend the cruise had worked. But alas, that turned out not to be the case. In reality, a passenger was sick and the ship had to travel back toward Puerto Rico in order to rendezvous with a Coast Guard Medical Helicopter. At 10 p.m. Atlantic time, we met up with the helicopter on the high seas and the passenger was successfully evacuated. Due to this unexpected excursion, we lost about 10 hours but the good captain is doing everything in his power to return to Bayonne on time. Due to some bad weather that is expected this evening (15-18 ft. waves and 30 knot winds with 40 knot gusts), we might lose some ground and not arrive until 9 a.m. on Friday morning. But that’s fine with me!
Read more about the evacuation:
http://coastguardnews.com/cruise-ship-passenger-evacuated-by-coast-guard-helicopter/2008/01/02/
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