Man Arrested After Releasing Anchor On Ryndam

Greg — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:05:32 +0000

Just when you thought you’ve heard every kind of mishap onboard a cruise ship, there’s this. A 44-year old Californian man has been arrested after he attempted to and then successfully launched Holland America’s, Ryndam, stern anchor. Obviously he was ridiculsly intoxicated at the time. While sailing the Caribbean, the inebriated man stumbled into the aft mooring area and put on gloves that were lying around. He then commenced to deploy the stern anchor and throw life rings overboard.

That next morning the captain made an announcement about the incident and asked that anyone with information come forward. When no one did, the captain rang the ship alarms and forced everyone to the muster stations. Then, using a still captured from the security video, they successfully identified him.

He faces a $250,000 fine for each count of damage to property and endangering a vessels safe navigation. He also faces 20 years of possible prison.

This is pretty alarming, that if a drunk passenger can stumble and find his way into a secure area, what kind of trouble could a competent sober passenger cause.

HAL’s Nieuw Amsterdam Says ‘Hello’ to Water

Greg — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:08:24 +0000

When a ship is constructed now-a-days it is begun, after the blocks components are cut and assembled from steel that is, by lowering and welding together the large blocks in a drydock. When the ship is watertight and seaworthy, they flood the drydock. With the assistance of tugs, she makes her way out of the drydock and docks at the fitting-out dock/pier.

This event occurred last moth in Italy with the Nieuw Amsterdam. The new Holland America vessel is currently being fitted out in Fincantieri yards in Marghera, Italy.

The HollandAmericaBlog just posted the photos from the event. They can be found here.

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Man Arrested After Releasing Anchor On Ryndam

HAL’s Nieuw Amsterdam Says ‘Hello’ to Water