Sparkles94

I think his name is Skjerve and not Scurvey. I met him back in 1973 on the Sun Viking on a 2-week cruise of the Caribbean. I found him very charming and was liked by everyone. He was different from the usual captain and certainly had his own agenda. I read in some of these posts that his wife and son died and he had retired. Does anyone know from there?

My first cruise was in 1949 from NY to Southhampton on the original Queen Mary. I was only 4 years old so don't remember. My father was born and raised in England, so this was the only mode of travel then. We traveled cabin class, which was the middle of the road class. We spent 3 months in England/France and then sailed home on the original Queen Elizabeth. Five years later we made the same trip again to visit relatives and sailed on Cunard's Media and Parthia. These ships were made for ocean travel. They had no stabalizers but well built. We got into a hurricane in the northern Atlantic....really rough. I do remember this cruise!:eek: In 1956 we sailed from SF on the Lurline to Hawaii. After my dad past away, my mom and I did some traveling again to Hawaii and Tahiti on Matson lines. I started traveling again in the early 70's with my mom and some with my first husband. One of my favorite cruises was to the Caribbean on the Sun Viking with the "singing captain", Captain Kasper Skjerve. Anyone know if he is still alive? I understand he retired some years ago. Since the 70's, I have traveled with my second husband on many cruise all over the world. I have probably been on 40 cruises. We are planning a cruise on Princess this June to Norway/Spitzbergen. I have been to the Baltic on a cruise but only been to Bergen, Norway. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this county. Here's to my addiction of traveling which started at age 4!!:)