Nautica Greenock

The nautica has broken its moorings in Greenock due to Storm Ali However everyone is reported safe and those ashore are being looked after by the shore team and sheltering in a church hall till the storm dies down this evening.

Stay safe everyone

You just beat me to it, and I've duplicate posted :D Have to say it's not too bad here in Glasgow.....

It was pretty bad in Edinburgh earlier. Main streets in centre of town closed. We had a Hugh tree in our work car park come down and just miss the main Edinburgh to London train line. Have friends stuck in Glasgow as all trains are cancelled but as long as everyone is safe.

All of that were on the morning tours were brought back to the Greenock City Hall. We were told that due to the wind, the ship was forced out of the dock. I heard, but this is not confirmed, that the gangway let loose in the acting winds. We have been told that based based on the weather the ship can come back to the dock around 8 pm tonight and have asked us to all come back to the city hall at 7.

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The winds were unreal. Our bus pulled over to the side of the road and decided to turn around due to the wind. The bridges were closed to high side vehicles and several road were closed due to fallen trees. After about 5 hours of driving around we were taken to the city hall. On a positive note. The people in Greenock are incredible. They were taking care of us the best they could with coffee and biscuits. People were so friendly. Especially those in the 134 Steakhouse that has been servicing us drinks as we try and muddle through [emoji28][emoji485]. So much for my reservation at Toscano tonight [emoji30]

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The winds were unreal. Our bus pulled over to the side of the road and decided to turn around due to the wind. The bridges were closed to high side vehicles and several road were closed due to fallen trees. After about 5 hours of driving around we were taken to the city hall. On a positive note. The people in Greenock are incredible. They were taking care of us the best they could with coffee and biscuits. People were so friendly. Especially those in the 134 Steakhouse that has been servicing us drinks as we try and muddle through [emoji28][emoji485]. So much for my reservation at Toscano tonight [emoji30]

 

 

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Thanks for the updates from someone on board.

Yes all the bridges were closed to highside vehicles. Wind gust were reported at 102 miles per hour 😱 Must say we have some wild weather but this is exceptional.

Weather warning now in place till 23:00 hours tonight.

Hope all you and yours are safe. And you can enjoy rthe rest of you trip.

OH MY

Hope everyone is safe & dry

does not sound good

Yes better for ships not to be tied to the dock in rough weather

it can damage the ship & dock when banging against each other

keep safe

http://crew-center.com/oceania-nautica-breaks-free-moorings-scotland

I just found this online.

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Its amazing..on the Family and Friends cruise (very first cruise of Regatta before Inagural) the exact same thing happened in Bordeaux

Stu and I were in an old winery for a dinner tour and there was a Tornado..all the lights went out and the wind was amazing downing trees etc. We finally took the bus back to the ship dodging the downed trees etc. Regatta had broken 9 of 11 lines and was floating over to the other side of the river until a tug came to hold her against the dock..While we watched and waited to get back on..The gangway went down ..thank God no one was on it at the time..just think..if Regatta had gone down there would be no Oceania..

People that were on that cruise talk about it often tho it was 15 years ago..

Jancruz1

Glad to hear that everyone is safe ashore and on the ship. Keep us posted. :):):)

It made the 6 o'clock BBC news. However, typical BBC, it did not mention the cruise line.

Of all the times my wife and I feared we'd not get back to the ship before it sailed, we never thought it might be because she ship buggered off!

Well, those on board - and those ashore - will be dining out on this story for a while.

A cruise ship tracker shows the Nautica currently moored again at this time. (y)

First groups of passengers FINALLY making it back to the ship. The gangway was definitely Macgyver’d but it got us aboard. Interesting to see what they do tomorrow in Belfast. [emoji848]

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First groups of passengers FINALLY making it back to the ship. The gangway was definitely Macgyver’d but it got us aboard. Interesting to see what they do tomorrow in Belfast. [emoji848]

 

 

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Good to hear!

First groups of passengers FINALLY making it back to the ship. The gangway was definitely Macgyver’d but it got us aboard. Interesting to see what they do tomorrow in Belfast. [emoji848]

 

 

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SO glad no one was *on* the gangway at the moment... That could have become extremely... unpleasant.

I suppose there was at least some warning, as the ship - and gangway - started moving in unusual and increasingly alarming ways.

GC

Glad you are safely back onboard

Thanks Roger for that video report! I had seen some videos earlier (based on links posted above) that showed Nautica drifting ... As the video mentions, Nautica has faced far heavier seas elsewhere and came out just fine. But it must have been a disappointing day on shore! Then again, good stories to tell ...

Glad everyone is okay and it wasn't worse!

Mura

Did Nautica have tugs before she broke free. We were in New Zealand a few years ago on the Star Princess when it was deemed too windy to leave port. She had a couple of tugs pushing her against the dock for several hours.

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