A picture-perfect moment of Iona docked in Norway!

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A picture-perfect moment of Iona docked in Norway!

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[david63]

Be OK if those two were not hogging the picture!

[Onelife]

Remind me; which is the front again?

[Ray B]

Remind me; which is the front again?

I have just consulted Sarah who very knowledgeable about ships OL , and if it is the ship you are querying she tells me the front of the ship is called the pointy bit and the back is called the blunt end. I hope this helps OL.

[Onelife]

I was thinking more along the lines of when your on the boat

[Ray B]

I was thinking more along the lines of when your on the boat

It will still be the same, ie the pointy bit will still be the front.
When you do take a cruise OL and find yourself disorientated, go straight to an officer and ask him to direct you to the pointy bit or the blunt end. You will find he will be impressed with your knowledge of nautical terms.

[Mervyn and Trish]

Easy to remember. The theatre is usually at the pointy end.

[Stephen]

And the main propeller is at the blunt end.

[Portsmouth]

And the main propeller is at the blunt end.

Oh ....you mean cruise ships have more than one propeller

[Onelife]

I was thinking more along the lines of when your on the boat

It will still be the same, ie the pointy bit will still be the front.
When you do take a cruise OL and find yourself disorientated, go straight to an officer and ask him to direct you to the pointy bit or the blunt end. You will find he will be impressed with your knowledge of nautical terms.

[towny44]

And the main propeller is at the blunt end.

Oh ....you mean cruise ships have more than one propeller

Iona and Arvia have 2 Azipods each, whereas Independence of the seas has 3 azipods, maybe that's why it goes faster and can visit more ports?!

[Portsmouth]

Or maybe that pointy bit is slimmer on independence so it can go faster.

[Portsmouth]

was the photo taken at Olden or Haugesund ?

[oldbluefox]

Looks like Stavanger to me.

[Mervyn and Trish]

I'm pretty sure it's Norway.