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Topic: Two hurt on Balmoral

greybeard
First Class Passenger
Member # 5284

posted 01-20-2009 07:17 PM

The BBC is reporting that two people have been hurt on Fred Olsen's Balmoral during heavy weather in the Bay of Biscay.

See here .

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Magic Pipe
First Class Passenger
Member # 6994

posted 01-21-2009 06:42 PM

I'm guessing that it looked something like This or This or This

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 01-21-2009 06:47 PM

The photos are F - A - N - T - A - S - T - I - C.

Thanks for posting the links.

quote:
Originally posted by Magic Pipe:
I'm guessing that it looked something like This or This or This

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DAMBROSI
First Class Passenger
Member # 100

posted 01-21-2009 07:43 PM

W-O-W!!!!!!!! I would have loved to been on the BALMORAL when that happened. Great photos.

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 01-21-2009 08:36 PM

WOW, those are some amazing pictures! I can't imagine what it was like on-board at that time. Thanks for sharing the links with us!

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jeffrossatsea
First Class Passenger
Member # 2962

posted 01-22-2009 09:51 AM

where was this?....by looking at the home's in the background it would have been something to sit on the balcony...sip a coffee....and watch the show....jeff

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 01-22-2009 12:21 PM

"Departing A Coruña with heavy swell. Jan 20th, 2009"

Great Photos!

Pam

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greybeard
First Class Passenger
Member # 5284

posted 01-24-2009 11:03 AM

Jose Montero, who took the pictures of Balmoral linked to in Magic Pipe's post, has now put a video clip of the ship leaving La Coruna on YouTube.

Quite spectacular !

And following reference to the incidents in my blog, I was contacted by a passenger who said she was the travelling companion of one of the passengers taken to hospital.

Turns out she was not injured falling on the ship, but had tripped and fallen in the cafe at Dover station.

She thought her injuries were minor, and boarded the ship. where she was found to have a broken ankle and a broken elbow which required surgery.

Another contact tells me her sister is on board with her husband. This was their first cruise, and is now likely to be their last.

Hope the weather is kinder today in Cherbourg.

Incidentally, looking ast full-sized versions of Jose's pictures at shipspotting.com, it's possible to see a number of passengers out on the open decks. Brave or foolhardy?

[ 01-24-2009: Message edited by: greybeard ]

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Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES
First Class Passenger
Member # 5641

posted 01-24-2009 01:42 PM

Email Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES

Balmoral has been in Cherbourg today from 08.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs. and is now heading up the English Channel at 20.3 knots for Antwerp where she is expected to arrive at 04.00 hrs on the 26th January.

She is due back in to Dover on the morning of the 27th January.

It looks as if they are picking some sheltered inland ports for her to berth at, after the rough weather earlier in this cruise..

It a pity they do not also use Southampton instead of Dover.

Bad weather at Dover resulted in a collision between Balmoral and one of her attending tugs on the 17th December 2008 when she was trying to get into port.

Both vessels were damaged !

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 01-24-2009 04:24 PM

quote:
Originally posted by greybeard:
[...]YouTube.
Quite spectacular ![...]

Indeed.
Thanks for posting the link.

[ 01-24-2009: Message edited by: Ernst ]

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cruiseshipluver
First Class Passenger
Member # 5104

posted 02-08-2009 05:21 PM

Not Balmoral but you should see this if you have not already!

HERE

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