by The Inside Cabin | Oct 13, 2016 | USA, Maine, North America, Bar Harbor, Knitting, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam
Bar Harbor would be our first and only tender port. We were assigned a closer anchorage so our boat ride would be less than 10 minutes. There was an NCL ship anchored further out that probably had a 20 minute tender ride. Since this was our first USA port, we were...
by The Inside Cabin | Oct 12, 2016 | North America, Canada, Halifax, Knitting, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam
After 2 unscheduled sea days we arrived in Halifax last night and were looking forward to our day ashore. The temperature was in the high fifties to low sixties with clear, blue skies. The poor weather of the last few days was a fading memory. Craft Cruises arranged a...
by The Inside Cabin | Oct 11, 2016 | Sea Day, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam
The weather started to clear in the morning and the winds and seas calmed down considerably since the peak gusts the previous evening. We spent the morning in our cabin relaxing until it was time for me to head out to the Texas Hold’em tournament at 11:30. There is...
by The Inside Cabin | Oct 10, 2016 | Sea Day, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam
We woke up at 7 am to torrential rain, high winds (50 knots plus) and heavy seas. It certainly didn’t look like we would be in port in less than 1 hour and sure enough – the Captain came on the public address system at 7:30 and made what was pretty apparent by looking...
by The Inside Cabin | Oct 9, 2016 | 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam, Sea Day
Today was our first of three sea days (total for the cruise) as we continued sailing toward Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Canada. Judy was off to her first knitting class with the Craft Cruise instructor Ann Budd who would be teaching “Shadow Knitting”. The...
by The Inside Cabin | Oct 8, 2016 | North America, Canada, Saguenay, Knitting, 2016 Canada New England Cruise - HAL Zuiderdam
The Zuiderdam sailed about 150 miles from Quebec City down the Saint Lawrence Seaway until we reached the Saguenay River where we turned left for another 75 miles until we arrived at La Baie a little before 8 am. Although the port call is advertised on the itinerary...
