Cruise Bruise Blog
October 4, 2009
October 4, 2009
Carnival Legend Rams Enchantment Of The Seas
We've all done it. A little nudge in a parking lot, a little kiss in the driveway, a gentle touch in the park. If you listen to Carnival Corp or John Heald, you will get the impression that two bodies gently rubbed against each other and that neither body felt even the faintest twinge of excitement from this unenchanted, sea born triste.
Yes, we have all done it, car on car, truck on truck, boat on boat. However, if we had that little "touch" or we "met" that other object, as Heald says, when we stopped to check for damage, the worst we have found was a smudge where dirt had once been.
There were no scrapes, scratches, dents or dings. Certainly there were no gouges or ripped metal when we gently "touched" or "met" another mode of transportation of a similar size. If there was broken glass on the 'touched' recipient, the owner is going to sue your Pradas off.
In this case, a 150-foot-rip into the steel hull of the ship, says this was not a kiss, this was not a touch. If it had been body on body it would have been a full-blown sexual assault.
Clearly the Enchantment Of The Seas, has the outward appearance of not being at all enchanted with the results of Legend's haste to get out of port, on a day the weather in Cozumel was not fit for man, nor for man 'o war.
Without photographs, just the 'lite' version of this textual slop served from the cruise lines' all-you-can-eat propaganda buffet, we would still be viewing this incident as a romantic nuzzle between two females at sea.
Mike sets the story straight in, Carnival Legend Rams Enchantment Of The Seas- here
October 4, 2009
Kiss Costs Cruise Ship Passenger His Life After Overboard Fall
Two passengers aboard Lady Brisbane, sailing in the Brisbane River were enjoying a romantic embrace near the ship's railing. The next thing the lady knew, both of them were falling overboard, landing in the water around 2225 hours on Saturday, September 5, 2009.
The incident is said to have taken place while the woman, Sinead O'Neill, had been sitting precariously on a window ledge when she toppled backwards, taking the man identified as Shane O'Halloran with her.
Shane who had been living in St Lucia for 18 months, could not swim. His companion, O'Neill, 26, was rescued.
O'Halloran's body was found in the water, Thursday, September 9, 2009 by construction workers.
Lady Brisbane was built in 1972 by Milkraft in Brisbane, Australia to operate out to the Great Barrier Reef.
October 4, 2009
September Cruise Ship Passenger Medevacs
September 9, 2009, a Princess Cruises Sea Princess 57-year-old woman, rescued by the United States Coast Guard crew was taken to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles.
September 21, 2009, a Carnival Cruise Lines' Carnival Spirit 63-year-old man, rescued by the United States Coast Guard out of Alameda, California transported the man in a HH-65 rescue helicopter to Tripler Army Medical Center.
September 24, 2009, a Celebrity Cruises' Mercury 70-year-old man was rescued by the United States Coast Guard helicopter crew with a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter off
Cape Flattery and was taken to Victoria General Hospital.
September 27, 2009, a Holland America Line's Zuiderdam 65-year-old woman from Canada found unconscious in a hot tub, was rescued by a United States Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay 47-foot motor lifeboat crew and taken to Tillamook County General Hospital.
September 29, 2009, a Holland America Line Zuiderdam 85-year-old man, rescued by the United States Coast Guard crew in an HH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter from Air Station Los Angeles.
