* ms Zuiderdam in Port Everglades - Sail a Way - January 16th, 2019

[dfish]

1 minute ago, Copper10-8 said:

 

The passenger jetway has been retracted and the A-Deck crew gangway is still attached 

Your eyes are much better than mine.

[Copper10-8]

See if anyone knows the answer to this pop quiz: which former HAL ship was known as the "Darling of the Dutch?"

[Happily@Sea]

Just now, Copper10-8 said:

See if anyone knows the answer to this pop quiz: which former HAL ship was known as the "Darling of the Dutch?"

 

The previous NA - the one on the ship symbol.

 

[Copper10-8]

Just now, Happily@Sea said:

 

The previous NA - the one on the ship symbol.

 

 

Winner!  Nice job! Nieuw Amsterdam II (1938-1973) was known as the Darling of the Dutch as well as the ship of state

[Copper10-8]

Together with Henry Hudson's 'Halve Maen" (Half Moon), Nieuw Amsterdam II was on the most recent HAL logo and is still on the current logo after Henry's ship was unceremoniously taken out never to be seen again

 

 

[Copper10-8]

There have been four (including the current) HAL ships who have been named after the initial Dutch settlement that became New York City, Nieuw Amsterdam

 

Nieuw Amsterdam I (1906-1932)

 

 

[Copper10-8]

Nieuw Amsterdam II (1938-1973)

[lka1012]

"Henry's ship was unceremoniously taken out never to be seen again"

 

Just like Henry

[Copper10-8]

Nieuw Amsterdam III (1983-2000)

[Copper10-8]

Nieuw Amsterdam IV (the current) (2010-)

[Copper10-8]

4 minutes ago, lka1012 said:

"Henry's ship was unceremoniously taken out never to be seen again"

 

Just like Henry

 

True that!

 

 

Henry Hudson with his son and some crew members after a mutiny on his icebound ship. The boat was set adrift and never heard from again

[Copper10-8]

That tug sitting astern of Zuidy, Stepanie Dann, is not a regular at Port Everglades, wazzup with that?

 

[lka1012]

Guest tug?

[Copper10-8]

1 minute ago, lka1012 said:

Guest tug?

 

possibility 

[Copper10-8]

Lines are dropping

[Happily@Sea]

5 minutes ago, Copper10-8 said:

That tug sitting astern of Zuidy, Stepanie Dann, is not a regular at Port Everglades, wazzup with that?

 

 

She's not listed on the port schedules like the other accompanying tugs - at least through 7 days.

 

[Copper10-8]

And here we sit, like birds in the wilderness

Birds in the wilderness

Birds in the wilderness

Here we sit like birds in the wilderness

Waiting for.............to come

 

[dfish]

Well, this bird surely appreciates your efforts to entertain us while we wait.   I was going to go, but if Zuiderdam drops the rest of her lines and starts to move, dinner won't be too badly overdone.

[kazu]

Still waiting?

 

I had a dog (sick) to attend to and dinner (Puppy's and dog) to do.

I'll see if I can hang in for a bit unless el sicko needs attention.

[Happily@Sea]

1 minute ago, dfish said:

Well, this bird surely appreciates your efforts to entertain us while we wait.   I was going to go, but if Zuiderdam drops the rest of her lines and starts to move, dinner won't be too badly overdone.

 

There goes the rest of the stern lines.

[Krazy Kruizers]

It shouldn't be too long now.

[dfish]

I just realized that seven months from today I will fly out to Amsterdam for my cruise on the Rotterdam.  YEAH!  Dinner prepared nightly for me whenever I wish.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Backing up will take a while.

[Happily@Sea]

She's moving.

[Copper10-8]

All lines in...............let's get ready to rrrrrrrrrrumble