May 12 No Hobart
As feared, the winds and seas were way out of bounds for a cruise ship, so we waved off Hobart and headed directly towards New Zealand. We'll add Wellington on the 15th to make up for the loss of Hobart. We've also moved our clocks forward by two hours so we're now GMT+12. In a week or so we'll cross the International Date Line, gain a day, and move to GMT-12.
Below are some snapshots from passageweather.com. Wave height is what makes the ship roll and pitch and yaw (and it's doing all three right now). Hobart would be at the bottom left of Tasmania, which is a the bottom left of this map. The blue line superimposed on the map is the ship's track since we left Sydney the evening of May 10 (which would be May 9 UTC).
This is, of course, just a snapshot of the sea and wind conditions. Earlier it was even worse in the Bass Straight between Australia and Tasmania.
Here's the wind map.
The Sydney-Hobart yacht race frequently ends with many wrecked sailboats. I think the captain chose wisely
As feared, the winds and seas were way out of bounds for a cruise ship, so we waved off Hobart and headed directly towards New Zealand. We'll add Wellington on the 15th to make up for the loss of Hobart. We've also moved our clocks forward by two hours so we're now GMT+12. In a week or so we'll cross the International Date Line, gain a day, and move to GMT-12.
Below are some snapshots from passageweather.com. Wave height is what makes the ship roll and pitch and yaw (and it's doing all three right now). Hobart would be at the bottom left of Tasmania, which is a the bottom left of this map. The blue line superimposed on the map is the ship's track since we left Sydney the evening of May 10 (which would be May 9 UTC).
This is, of course, just a snapshot of the sea and wind conditions. Earlier it was even worse in the Bass Straight between Australia and Tasmania.
Here's the wind map.
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