At 7:50AM: temperature 73ºF, relative humidity 69%, wind from the NE at 24 kts 6 Beaufort, speed 19.3 kts, heading 284º, sea depth 13200 ft. We have traveled 5558 nautical miles from Fort Lauderdale.
I got the Blog up to date today, and invited many friends to take a look.
Tai Chi in the morning, followed by Barbara talking about Papeete, Tahiti and Vaitape, Bora Bora, both part of French Polynesia, our next two ports of call. That was followed by Melvyn on Captain Cook who made three voyages in the Pacific and died in Hawaii. After lunch we had a Tai Chi practice session. We are learning a form that we did not have two years ago: Golden Cockerel Stands on One Leg (except at sea it is hard to stand on one leg).
Rest of the day just hanging. Janice did some more laundry. I worked on photos and learning more open-source Linux programs.
Formal night tonight with a gift of a security wallet, the kind of pouch you hang around your neck and tuck under your shirt. Very nice quality—with the 2011 Grand world Voyage logo on it. The theme was pirates and all the waitstaff were in pirate apparel. Of course Pitcairn was about mutiny, but pirates are nautical as well.
Entertainment: The Amsterdam Singers and Dancers in Broadway’s Grand Voyage. In ’09 we saw more of the ship’s dancers. We are wondering if it is part of the general belt-tightening. Standard glitz by second rate performers. Oh, and the movie of the day was Mutiny on the Bounty with Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, and Richard Harris.
Spent about an hour listening, and singing along with, Diane and her “Pirates and Pub Songs” set. Had another Chocolate Versailles. About 10:45 PM a woman came in and had a word with Diane, and they hugged and talked. Turns out the woman’s husband died this morning at 59 years old. We don’t know the circumstances, but we had several deaths on the ’09 world cruise. Diane sang Cabaret for the woman.
Clocks set back, again. Now we are on Tahitian time.