Ladee's Travels

Departure is at 4:30 PM. The Commodore is amazing. He was able to turn the ship around in the cove, and head out to sea. The sun would peak through the clouds every once in a while and the colors of the town would come alive.  One of the photos shows a what the town looks like when the sun is not making the colors brilliant. This was the first time that the Ruby Princess visited St. John's.  We are in store for a grand farewell from the locals.  The trolls from Iceland were onboard!  All of a sudden half of the chair backs folded! Other ships sounded their whistles as we left the harbor.  Crowds line the railing to get a few last photos.  The canon's sounded as we cleared the harbor in a grand farewell.  Looking closely, we could see a line of people at the top of the Signal Hill, waving farewell to the Ruby Princess.  Farewell, St. John's.  You have been delightful! ...

Reykjavik as we depart the port and start the transatlantic crossing part of our journey.

The sun drops below the clouds and casts a golden glow on the mountains as the Ruby Princess departs Akureyri and sets course for Isafjordur.

We left Lerwick (60 05.57N 0 59.07 W).  The seas were calm and glassy with no waves.  The temperature was 51.8 F.  We have sailed 1,019 nautical miles, 842 to our next port, Akureyri, and 3,743 to New York City. Lighthouses and high cliff views.  Thank you, Shetland Islands, for a glimpse at your land! Summary from the Ship's Official Log Book With the pilot boarded at 06:20 from the ladder on our starboard side the Ruby Princess sailed inside the bay and approached our anchorage position.  The order to "Let Go" the starboard anchor was given at 06:57 and shortly after at 07"39 the Ruby Princess was resting safely at anchor and the first passenger tender proceeded ashore. Later that afternoon with all our passengers and crew safely back onboard we heaved home that anchor at 17:04 and made our way out of port, disembarking the pilot at 17:20 we then set courses for Iceland. Weather experienced throughout the day Sky: ...

The golden hour magic lighting lit the houses and cast an orange glow.  Scenes from the Ruby Princess as the sun was setting.  We will continue westward after we exit the fjord and sail across the North Sea enroute to Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom. From the Ship's Official Log Book At 08:16 in the morning Ruby Princess boarded her Norwegian pilot at the Fedje Pilot Station.  With the pilot onboard we entered the Hjeltefjorden between the islands of Fedje to port and Nordoytani, to starboard and began our 30 nautical mile journey through fjords.  As we approach the port we will pass under the Askoy Bridge.  The bridge is 63 meters/207 feet above the waterline and air draught of the Ruby Princess is 59 meters/194 feet, this will give us approximately 4 meters/13 feet clearance from the bridge as we pass underneath.  It took 2 hours to navigate 30 miles from the pilot boarding area to our swing ...