-
This site is sponsored by Lang & Potter
Transatlantic?
- Thread starter IJN
- Start date
You mean like via the Azores? (good cruise destination by the way) or Bermuda, etc.
Yes, I’d rate that as transatlantic.
Anything that crosses the mid-Atlantic ridge, I guess. Same as Cape Town to Buenos Aires.
Though I would say that Southampton to New York is the gold standard (blue riband?) …even if I said I didn’t much like Southampton as a departure port
Port is also red and the lights on the left of a plane or ship is red. And port is 4 letters the same as left.Port = Left = Even (numbers) = all 4 letters. Travelling east to west (UK to US), in the northern hemisphere, the sun during day will always be on the port side of the vessel. The return trip (US to UK) it will fall on the Starboard side. POSH = Port Out Starboard Home.
Great fact that marco polo (POSH) btw. Didnt know it myself tbh.
Nope, I didn't know that, though it was mandated in the UK in 1846. Cunard was founded in 1840.
Prior to it being called Port, it was called Larboard... but to remove verbal confusion with the word Starboard, it was changed to 'Port'. Starboard derives from the old English Steobord... steering board. Because the steering board was always on the righthand side of the vessel, ships would berth with the pier (port) on the left.
I knew most of the above, but I have to thank Wikipedia for the dates and the spelling of Steobord. It's also a nice distraction from the other topics being discussed on this forum
Isn’t it just. A forum where people discuss nice things without the hint of a disagreement!Nope, I didn't know that, though it was mandated in the UK in 1846. Cunard was founded in 1840.
Prior to it being called Port, it was called Larboard... but to remove verbal confusion with the word Starboard, it was changed to 'Port'. Starboard derives from the old English Steobord... steering board. Because the steering board was always on the righthand side of the vessel, ships would berth with the pier (port) on the left.
I knew most of the above, but I have to thank Wikipedia for the dates and the spelling of Steobord. It's also a nice distraction from the other topics being discussed on this forum
Nope, I didn't know that, though it was mandated in the UK in 1846. Cunard was founded in 1840.
Prior to it being called Port, it was called Larboard... but to remove verbal confusion with the word Starboard, it was changed to 'Port'. Starboard derives from the old English Steobord... steering board. Because the steering board was always on the righthand side of the vessel, ships would berth with the pier (port) on the left.
I knew most of the above, but I have to thank Wikipedia for the dates and the spelling of Steobord. It's also a nice distraction from the other topics being discussed on this forum
The Captain of QM2 told me (and about 1,000 others as well).
Just think that the QM2 is only the 48th largest cruise ship and the top 2 Icon of the Seas and Star of the Seas at 248,663 tons are just under 100,000 tons heavier than the QM2.This is the other thing that blew my mind.
The size of the QM2 compared to Titanic.
View attachment 25479
List of largest cruise ships - Wikipedia
My ship is currently 35th biggest... but inevitably will drop as the larger ones come into service.Just think that the QM2 is only the 48th largest cruise ship and the top 2 Icon of the Seas and Star of the Seas at 248,663 tons are just under 100,000 tons heavier than the QM2.
List of largest cruise ships - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Maybe if more Pasoti'ites used this forum, we (Argyle) would win more often
