otnmbrd wrote:
Cruise director: Good morning Ladies and gents! Today's activities will
center on a total exercise program designed around workin all muscle groups
whilst hanging on to any solid, secure object.


Also will motivate all those passengers who are "trying to lose a few
pounds" to keep on a strict diet for this trip!

Captain: Oh crap.... Here goes my ratio of "Oh S*@#" letters to "attaboys"
letters, at the front office. Hey Mate?!! Did you remember to order those
extra thirty cases of "Barf Bags"?


I dunno, he might get another attaboy for reduced food costs on this
voyage. OF course, breakage in the galley might overshadow those
savings.....


katysails wrote
Wouldn't that just tick you off? Pay a couple thousand for a cruise and
end up wqith 2000 people puking in your lap...that thing is rolling so
hard it's a wonder they don't have seat belts on the berths..

Looks to me like the captain was trying to bring the ship around head-
to-wind and the thing has so much windage, she is very reluctant to
turn that way. And his bow thruster is out of the water half the time!

I've been saying for years that the ABS was stupid to allow naval
architects to include active anti-rolling in their stability
calculations. When a ship has to slow down for weather, that's when
the anti-roll fins are least effective and when the ship needs the
most stability. Not to mention if the power plant goes dark.

Pay to go on a cruise ship? No thanks. They'd have to pay me... lots
and lots....

Regards
Doug King