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Updates of efforts to bring relief and reconstruction to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands

By privateer Posted on September 28, 2017 Posted in Hurricane relief, Military, Photo gallery No Comments Tagged with Adventure of The Seas, Coast Guard, Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Maria, Ponce, Puerto Rico, Royal Caribbean

Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernadez crew unloads supplies near port of Ponce, Puerto Rico on Sept. 27, 2017 Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse

Updates of efforts to bring relief and reconstruction to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, a 210-foot medium-endurance cutter homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida, arrives to deliver aid near the port …

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WINNERS CIRCLE – Happy Kindle Paperwhite & Fire winners –

By Ajay Posted on August 6, 2016 Posted in Agatha Christie, Author interviews, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Paperwhite & Fire Giveaway Winners, Photo gallery, The Heroes of the Titanic, Titanic 1912 26 Comments Tagged with Andrew W. of Wakukesha, Cindi K. of Atlanta, Daniel J. of Mount Pleasant, Debi D. of Pasadena, Georgia won a Fire, Jodi W. of St. Paul, Judith R. of Ridgecrest, Leah Hess won a fire, Linda K., Lisa S. of Mount Sterling, Michael B. of Derry, N.H. won a Fire, Ohio won a Paperwhite, Wiconsin, Wisconsin won a Fire, won a Fire, won a Paperwhite

Attention Geezers: It seems just like yesterday that you were your grandchildren’s age and Neil Armstrong was showing the world a new dance step. Yep, not too long after Chubby Checkers showed us all how to do the twist and …

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First pass from passengers on Harmony of The Seas is that they wish they had taken a pass

By Ajay Posted on May 28, 2016 Posted in Cruise Ship Safety, Cruise ships, Photo gallery, trans-Atlantic cruises No Comments Tagged with deafening drilling, Harmony of The Seas, Harmony of the Seas a "construction site", Ship NOT ready, Urinals blocked and overflowing

Harmony of the Seas a Royal Caribbean's newest ship in 2016

From The Telegraph Overflowing urinals, uncovered drains and muddy carpets’ – Harmony of the Seas cruise liner is a ‘building site’, claim irate passengers ‘Overflowing urinals, uncovered drains and muddy carpets’ – Harmony of the Seas cruise liner is a …

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D-Day Veteran Smokey Holcomb Gives First Person Account of Landings on Omaha Beach

By Ajay Posted on May 22, 2016 Posted in Author interviews, Military, Photo gallery, United States war ships 2 Comments Tagged with acting as a fort., armor piercing shells, Chris Holcomb, D-Day Invasion, Diane Holcomb, Ernie Powell was killed, Guam, invasion fleet, Iwo Jimo, Jack Holcomb, kamikaze attacks on ships, Kingfishers, Nellie Lee Holcomb, Normandy beachhead, Omaha Beach, USS Arkansas, USS Arkansas part of invasion fleet

U. S. Navy veteran Smokey Holcomb Photo by Ken Rossignol

The following is an interview I conducted with Smokey Holcomb, a Navy veteran who witnessed the D-Day invasion. By Ken RossignolTHE CHESAPEAKE TODAYLEXINGTON PARK — Rastus “Smokey” Holcomb served on the USS Arkansas and participated in 13 convoys across …

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Panama 1914 – book trailer, narrated by J.D. Rowlett

By Ajay Posted on March 21, 2016 Posted in Book Trailers, Cruise ships, PANAMA 1914, Photo gallery No Comments Tagged with Canal Zone, Col. George Washington Goethals, cross-ocean canal, Dr. Walter Reed, French canal effort, Jimmy Carter, Nicaraguan canal, Panama 1914, Theodore Roosevelt, Yellow Fever

Paperwhite Giveaway notes 104th anniversary of Titanic just 8 weeks after Anthem nearly rolled over with 6,000 souls on board

By Ajay Posted on March 20, 2016 Posted in Cruise Facts, Cruise Ship Safety, Cruise ships, Paperwhite & Fire Giveaway Winners, Photo gallery, The Heroes of the Titanic, Titanic 1912, trans-Atlantic cruises 2 Comments Tagged with Costa Concordia, Royal Caribbean Anthem, Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas, Titanic 1912, Titanic disaster, White Star Line

It’s time to thank the Good Lord. We all have a lot to give thanks for and especially those souls who were on the recent foolish voyage of the Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas which came very close to …

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Ships should not sail into the path of a storm; especially one with thousands of lives on board

By Ajay Posted on February 9, 2016 Posted in Caribbean ports, Cruise Facts, Cruise Ship Safety, Cruise ships, East Coast ports in US, Freighters, Photo gallery, Rescues of ill and injured from cruise ships 1 Comment Tagged with a digital meteorologist for WeatherBell Analytics, Al Roker, Anthem of The Seas, Bayonne New Jersey, Bounty lost in Hurricane Sandy, Brilliance of The Seas, Cape Hatteras, criminal negligence on part of Royal Caribbean, El Faro, healthy swath of hurricane force winds, National Weather Service, Ocean Prediction Center, Royal Caribbean, Royal Caribbean spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez., Ryan Maue

Anthem pool deck Elwell photo

From GCaptain: The U.S. Coast Guard says it will inspect the storm-damaged Royal Caribbean cruise ship Anthem of the Seas upon its scheduled return to New York Harbor Wednesday evening following a nightmare cruise into a hurricane force storm off Cape …

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Titanic Survivors: William Thompson Sloper boarded lifeboat number seven

By Ajay Posted on February 3, 2016 Posted in Cruise Ship Safety, Photo gallery, The Heroes of the Titanic, trans-Atlantic cruises No Comments Tagged with captured by the Nazis, Dorothy Gibson, First Officer Murdoch, lifeboat number seven, Manitoba Free Press, Mauritania, RMS Titanic, Saved From the Titanic, the survivors of the Fortune family, Unsinkable Molly Brown, William Sloper and Fredrick Seward, William Thompson Sloper, World War II

The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Mrs. Margaret Brown of Denver rallied women to survive on the cold sea while waiting for rescue.

‘A likely story’ William Thompson Sloper boarded lifeboat number 7 By Ken Rossignol The story of the survival of William Thompson Sloper who lived when the Titanic sank began when Dorothy Gibson insisted that the 28-year-old stockbroker from New Brittain, …

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The Three Pirates – book trailer

By Ajay Posted on January 15, 2016 Posted in Book Trailers, Photo gallery, Pirate Trials, Pirates No Comments Tagged with Blackbeard, Famous murderous pirate book series, Haidee the Piratess, Justin Jones, Ken Rossignol, piracy on the high seas, Pirate Trials, Ray Montecalvo, Red Martin, Scarlet Jack, The Islet of the Virgin, The Raven, The Shark, The Three Pirates, The Thunderbolt

Carnival Corporation to Launch Four New Ships in 2016

By Ajay Posted on January 11, 2016 Posted in Caribbean ports, Cruise ships, Photo gallery No Comments Tagged with AIDA Cruises, AIDAprima, B.B. King's Blues Club, Billboard Onboard, Carnival Corporation, Carnival Vista, Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruises, cruising's first IMAX Theater, first onboard brewery, Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Meyer Werft, ms Koningsdam, P&O Cruises Australia and Princess Cruises., Seabourn Encore, Seabourn Pride, ultra-luxury cruising

The Seaborne Pride at St. Lucia. THE PRIVATEER CLAUSE photo

To meet rising demand for cruise vacations — one of the fastest growing segments of the vacation industry — four of company’s 10 brands will add new ships in 2016 New ships underscore the world’s largest travel and leisure company’s …

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