Tuesday, 28 March 2017
At Sea — Babuyan Channel … En Route to Taiwan
Stats @ Ship’s Time 9:00p (HKST) … UTC 1:00p (28 March)
Temp: 74.8F (23.8C)
Position: 20.27.26N / 120.34.39E
Happiness is a direction, not a place.
~ Sydney J Harris ~
Sunny day at sea. A bumpy one … but only in comparison to the near-flat calm we’ve been enjoying since crossing the Tasman Sea from New Zealand to Australia nearly a month ago.
By noon, we were in the Babuyan Channel, between the Philippines and Taiwan, and conditions were getting rougher. Insignia was creating huge white-capped breakers as it cleaved through the South China Sea and sea spray was flying. On the deck 5 promenade — the veranda was in the sun … and it was a bit fume-y as well — I enjoyed the breeze and the motion of the ocean as I wrote my journal and did a bit of reading. With winds building to 30 knots, and the waves growing in height to about 13 feet (4 m), the outer decks were closed soon after Captain Luca’s nav report at noon. He said things would improve by this evening, but the ship is still dancing about.
We wrapped up an overall nice day at sea with dinner in the main dining room with GM Yves, who will be leaving in Singapore, and Jennifer, the Oceania Club Ambassador, who we know from our Nautica cruise. Joining us at the 8-top was Pat & Norm — fellow RTWers — and a couple from Belgium, on the ship for the Bali-Singapore segment. We enjoyed our evening very much, but I’m glad it ended at 9:00p. After all, tomorrow we have a day in port … a short one that is bound to be a busy one.
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I know the Insignia is on the smallish size. In heavy seas, how does it compare to the bigger ships?
ReplyDeletehello, I am so glad you are having a wonderful voyage.enjoy your trip, thanks for the posts judy
ReplyDeleteQuite well, I would say. But I might not be the right person to ask the question of ... we're used to being in 40 foot waves in smaller vessels. So while there is some motion, we don't notice it as much as others might. 😉
ReplyDeleteThe photos of ocean spray are cool.
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