The World - Lost Anchor

[By The Bay]

The World cruise ship lost its anchor whilst at Port Arthur yesterday, see http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-15/bid-to-retreive-cruise-ship-anchor-from-port-arthur/8182910

 

In a separate post yesterday, there are photo's posted of the sea conditions experienced by the Golden Princess.

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Thank You for the link By The Bay :)

[MicCanberra]

Does that mean the world is adrift?

[Aus Traveller]

Does that mean the world is adrift?

They had a second anchor, but are now tied up alongside at Hobart while their anchor is retrieved.

[MicCanberra]

They had a second anchor, but are now tied up alongside at Hobart while their anchor is retrieved.

 

My first thought was that the convicts at port Arthur had stolen it.:p

[GUT2407]

Which one?

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Now I know what they mean when the Captain says "Drop Anchor"..

They did:D:D

 

They will just wait in Hobart till its retrieved.

They can make up their own itinerary as they please.:)

[sewgood]

My first thought was that the convicts at port Arthur had stolen it.:p

 

Good one.:D

[By The Bay]

Which one?

Forward anchor.

[GUT2407]

Forward anchor.

 

Thanks.

[MicCanberra]

Which one?

 

It would be the anchor they lost.;)

[MicCanberra]

Now I know what they mean when the Captain says "Drop Anchor"..

They did:D:D

 

They will just wait in Hobart till its retrieved.

They can make up their own itinerary as they please.:)

 

To a certain extent they can but they also have a schedule and unless they had days allocated to Hobart, somewhere else will need to be missed or have less time.

[MicCanberra]

Forward anchor.

 

And that one is much more important then the aft anchor.

[erewhon]

Thank you for the link.

[The_Big_M]

Does that mean the world is adrift?

 

lol :D

[Opua Kiwi]

According to marinetraffic AIS data, The World is heading to Balleny Islands, just inside the Antarctic circle.

[MicCanberra]

According to marinetraffic AIS data, The World is heading to Balleny Islands, just inside the Antarctic circle.

 

They are going to be down that way for a while and cruise around the Ross sea

[newfarmers]

They are going to be down that way for a while and cruise around the Ross sea

 

We should be passing the Balleny Islands on Thursday. The sun is out but it's very windy.

 

The anchor was retrieved on Sunday night.

 

A salvage tug had located the anchor, and a significant length of chain, but couldn't dislodge the anchor from the bay floor. We sailed from Hobart a little bit early and arrived in the bay off Port Arthur at about 9pm. They re-attached the broken chain to the anchorless chain and successfully retrieved it. We sailed from Port Arthur at close to 12.30am.

 

newfarmers

[OzKiwiJJ]

How has the cruise been, newfarmers?

 

I remember reading your review of one of the other cruises you did on The World and enjoyed it immensely. Interesting to hear about a different style of cruising. :)

[Aussieflyer]

Looking to follow along, but are you also on another board to do with airplanes Newfarmers? (with another name as do I)

[newfarmers]

AusKiwiJJ - we only boarded in Hobart so night two was last night. The ship had a huge drydock during the year - completely gutted one of the main restaurants - so everything looks brand new, but it did before in any case :) I'll be posting a blog on travelpod for this one as well.

 

Correct Aussieflyer :)

[Aussieflyer]

Good one NF. Will enjoy the blog nd reading you TR. It sounds like it will be a fabulous experience.

Did you see there is a cruise for those into flying next year?

[MicCanberra]

AusKiwiJJ - we only boarded in Hobart so night two was last night. The ship had a huge drydock during the year - completely gutted one of the main restaurants - so everything looks brand new, but it did before in any case :) I'll be posting a blog on travelpod for this one as well.

Correct Aussieflyer :)

 

Nice one.:D

[MicCanberra]

We should be passing the Balleny Islands on Thursday. The sun is out but it's very windy.

 

The anchor was retrieved on Sunday night.

 

A salvage tug had located the anchor, and a significant length of chain, but couldn't dislodge the anchor from the bay floor. We sailed from Hobart a little bit early and arrived in the bay off Port Arthur at about 9pm. They re-attached the broken chain to the anchorless chain and successfully retrieved it. We sailed from Port Arthur at close to 12.30am.

 

newfarmers

 

Good job, seems they had it synchronised well.

[spirit28]

Mate of mine was the Master of the Tug sent to retrieve the anchor. Divers had to locate by feel as chain & anchor sunk elbow deep in the soft mud bottom. Good job to get it back.

 

HMAS Sydney lost its anchor in the Derwent in back in 2015.

 

Must be our pristine waters!!