30天横渡太平洋(2)
2016.01.31
航程第二段: 温哥毕到夏威夷 2,449海哩
我们的船于9月22日16点准时开船, 船长发动船首和船尾的推进器(Bow and stern thrusters)船就平行的离开码头, 然后掉了一个头朝港外方向慢慢驶去,在这时候多数的乘客都在船上二旁之甲板眺望
温市凤景, 其中 最引人注目的是著名之史丹利公园 (Stanley Park)和狮子闸大桥 (Lions Gate Bridge),
过了大桥船便进入非常优良和广阔的English Bay锚地,随着引航员的离去和海岸线逐渐消失在船尾的水平线,天也开始黑了乘客們也就回到房间休息或到飧厅就膳.
晚饭后到甲板上散步发现船己进入STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA,
该海峽处于美加二国之间,走东西向,是所有进出西雅图, 塔可玛和溫哥华的船必经之道, 每天均有上百艘的船舶从此通过,交通异常的繁忙.
9月23日
早07:00点自然醒, 昨晚在主机有规律转动声中很快就入眠,就象年青时在船上工作时一样. 起床后从舷窗朝外看是朝日初昇海连天一望无际的大海,
此时船已离开北美洲海岸进入太平洋, 航线是227度朝夏威夷群島驶去.
08:00点到11楼之自助飧部用早饭, 食物非常丰富但均为西式. 早飧后到船上各处观察,发现船上非常的整齐和一尘不染(ship shape) 虽然船龄己22岁,但因公司是百年老店管理和维修非常到位, 船员们对 1,286名乘客都很有礼貌和笑口常开,
高级船员均为白人,甲板,机舱和膳食部为菲律宾籍,客房部是印尼人. 所有游轮之客务部由资深人员负责,这是一份非常重要的工作简直就是一家五星大酒店的规模,有1265名来自世界各地的乘客,飧饮部由毕业于世界著名之法国巴黎烹饪学校(Le Cordon Bleu)的大师主持.
荷美轮船公司1873年于荷兰创立,专营鹿特丹到纽约的客运,业务非常红火. 本轮是該公司第五艘同名的船, 分别如下:
‘Statendam 1’1898-1911
‘Statendam 2’1911-1929
‘Statendam 3’1929-1940
‘Statendam 4’1956-1982
‘Statendam 5’1993-2015
‘Statendam 1’ ‘Statendam 3’
‘Statendam 4’ ‘Statendam 5’
本轮是1993年由意大利Fincantieri 船厂承造, 细则如下:
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Class & type: |
S class cruise ship |
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Tonnage: |
55,451 GT 26,945 NT 7,637 DWT |
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Length: |
219 m (719 ft) |
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Beam: |
30.8 m (101 ft) |
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Height: |
40 m (130 ft) |
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Draught: |
7.5 m (25 ft) |
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Depth: |
19.2 m (63 ft) |
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Decks: |
14 |
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Deck clearance: |
11.5 m (38 ft) |
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Ice class: |
D (minimum) |
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Installed power: |
2 x Sulzer 12ZAV40S, 3 x Sulzer 8ZA40S |
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Propulsion: |
2 x ABB 12,000 kW |
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Speed: |
22-knot (41 km/h) |
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Capacity: |
1,258 passengers |
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Crew: |
557 |
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Yard number: |
Monfalcone shipyard 5881 |
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Completed: |
1993 |
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Identification: |
Call sign: 2IYM9 Lloyds No.: 8919245 |
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Completed: |
1993 |
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Flag |
Netherland |
9月23日中午12:30点在用午飧时从广播器中传來船长的午间船位和气象的汇报, 道地的英国口音令笔者回亿到65年前任职三副时每天帮英国船长测量船位和24小时的平均速度,然后交给报务员上报公司, 这种工作是船在海上每天必做之事,自己当了船长时也一样工作上报, 后來任职总船长时每天阅看33份不同的午间船位报告(Noon position report),从中可知各船的位置这对安排下一航次的货载有极大的帮助.
9月23日 Noon position如下:
北纬 47度 04.6分
西经 127度 36.4分
天晴,轻微南风, 溫度 15度C, slight sea.
9月24,25,26和27日,船依照航线一天复一天的向前走, 一路上天气晴朗,风平浪静和气溫逐渐上昇.在抵达火鲁奴奴前一天的位置:
9月28日Noon position如下:
北纬 24度 04.0分
西经 154度 44.0分
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In the 2015 northern summer, the Statendam sailed Alaskan cruises out of Vancouver and Homer before being dry-docked in October in Singapore for a make over by SembCorp Marine before being transferred to P&O Australia.[7][8] Renamed the Pacific Eden, she departed Fremantle on her maiden cruise on 15 November 2015.[9] She was officially renamed in Sydney by Kate Ritchie on 25 November 2015.[10][11] The naming was reportedly the first done via Twitter[12]She sails under the P&O Australia brand out of Australian ports year round.[13][14]
During design of her class there was concern over her ability to meet the strict new SOLAS 90 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea stability requirements which go into effect in 2010. She proved to meet these requirements beyond expectations and the additional ballast tanks fitted to the class to provide added stability usually travel void for weight reduction and hence, fuel savings. Her hull design is based largely on that of MS Costa Classica with changes to make it more buoyant as the superstructure of Statendam and her sisters is much heavier than that of Costa Classica. Statendam and her sisters have articulated "Hinze" flap rudders, basically a rudder with a small portion of its aft that can be steered in addition to the main rudder, for exceptional maneuverability. When launched her class proved to be one of the most technically advanced and optimised cruise ships in the world during sea trials.[1]
Concept & Construction
