carole52m Posted May 5, 2006 #1 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Have just been reading all the posts about 26 foot seas and 75 mile per hour winds. I am not a novice to sailing - and have hit rough seas twice. Once on the Alaska cruise - enterring Glacier Bay - Mercury and the other in the Carribean - a week of rain and storms on the Westerdam Just curious as to what to expect on the Baltic Carribean - Westerdam - 2005 Alaska Mercury - 2003 Cant remember the ships but a while ago Pacific Coast Mexican Riviera 4 day Nassau/Bahamas - when we were very young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doone Posted May 5, 2006 #2 Share Posted May 5, 2006 I sailed the Baltic itinerary August of 2001 on HAL's Amsterdam. We found the seas to be very calm, hardly knew we were moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxyTerrier Posted May 5, 2006 #3 Share Posted May 5, 2006 I sailed the Baltic itinerary August of 2001 on HAL's Amsterdam. We found the seas to be very calm, hardly knew we were moving. That was my experience too in the summer of 2004. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeannyCT Posted May 5, 2006 #4 Share Posted May 5, 2006 The Baltic is usually very calm (at least in summer); look at a map and you'll see that it's more a lake than part of the Atlantic Ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill S Posted May 5, 2006 #5 Share Posted May 5, 2006 We did a 14-day Baltic cruise last summer, and indeed, it was much like a lake, more than a sea. But, on the last full day, we were out in the North Sea--big difference! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxyTerrier Posted May 5, 2006 #6 Share Posted May 5, 2006 We did a 14-day Baltic cruise last summer, and indeed, it was much like a lake, more than a sea. But, on the last full day, we were out in the North Sea--big difference! :) The North Sea is a big huge difference!!! My father's B17, Dina-Mite, went down in the North Sea on April 3, 1945 and spent 12 hours a raft waiting to be rescued. The RAF knew where they were but the sea was too rough to get close enough. 50 years later he met up again with one of the men that saved his life and his crew's lives while he and my mother were travelling in England. There was a big writeup about the reunion in the local newspaper where the gentleman lived. He doesn't talk about it much but I'm sure it was on his mind when were there in 2004. I got some possible dissapointing news today too about my father. He has been having some neck pain and we are hoping that surgery will not be required. He and my mom are saying "you all" will just have to go on the Noordam with out us. I just can't imagine going with out them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted May 5, 2006 #7 Share Posted May 5, 2006 We have cruised the Baltic several times in the summer. A couple of times we did have some rough seas. I was even thrown out of bed one night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Gal Posted May 6, 2006 #8 Share Posted May 6, 2006 We were on the Baltic cruise in 1999 and the seas were very calm even the North sea as we commenced at Harwich and crossed it to Oslo. Last year in July again we were in the North Sea, we were on the Maasdam from Boston to Rotterdam and again it was calm. If you want rough seas go down south and that is another story. We sailed south from the Falklands in January to Antarctica and struck a Force 10/11 gale. A huge percentage of the crew were ill as well as many passengers. Jennie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seadrifter Posted May 6, 2006 #9 Share Posted May 6, 2006 We cruised the Baltic last July. It was the smoothest seas we have ever cruised. Hardly felt like we were moving. Have a wonderful time; We loved every port. Virginia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Copper10-8 Posted May 7, 2006 #10 Share Posted May 7, 2006 The North Sea is a big huge difference!!! My father's B17, Dina-Mite, went down in the North Sea on April 3, 1945 and spent 12 hours a raft waiting to be rescued. The RAF knew where they were but the sea was too rough to get close enough. 50 years later he met up again with one of the men that saved his life and his crew's lives while he and my mother were travelling in England. There was a big writeup about the reunion in the local newspaper where the gentleman lived. He doesn't talk about it much but I'm sure it was on his mind when were there in 2004. I got some possible dissapointing news today too about my father. He has been having some neck pain and we are hoping that surgery will not be required. He and my mom are saying "you all" will just have to go on the Noordam with out us. I just can't imagine going with out them!!! Joni, your dad, and all the other young men who fought for the allies in WWII, are true heroes. Don't want to go too much off topic here but my parents and many of their countrymen never forgot what those heroes did for them. Far too many paid the ultimate price! Please wish your father all the best with his health! The Baltic is usually calm during the Summer. We were on the Rotterdam lasty August from Rotterdam to Copenhagen and we had very smooth seas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman93 Posted May 7, 2006 #11 Share Posted May 7, 2006 Put me in the "the Baltic sea was the smoothest cruise I ever had" camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill S Posted May 7, 2006 #12 Share Posted May 7, 2006 Joni: I "second" Copper 10-8's sentiments about WWII vets and hope your dad will be OK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carole52m Posted May 7, 2006 Author #13 Share Posted May 7, 2006 Thanks for all the replies. Sounds like it should be a smooth sailing. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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