Who is caroline jasinki

Accoding to ms jasinki sea princess sailed for TEN days in darkness to avoid pirates

And according to ms jasinki she was a guest speaker on board

Accoding to ms jasinki sea princess sailed for TEN days in darkness to avoid pirates

And according to ms jasinki she was a guest speaker on board

It can be standard safety/security practice and not unheard of to sail without running lights/navigational lights/deck lighting etc when off the coast of say....Somalia which has a big piracy problem.

Here is the story....

Passengers on an around-the-world cruise had to spend 10 nights in darkness out of fear Somali pirates might attack, one traveler claims in a new essay.

Carolyne Jasinski, an Australian media specialist who often writes about travel, says passengers also went through drills to prepare for a plausible ambush at sea.

Travelers started to notice something odd when all night activities were banned as the Sea Princess made her way through the Indian Ocean and the Suez Canal in early June, Jasinski wrote in an essay for news.com.au.

Curtains were drawn once the sun went down, and there weren’t any moonlit festivities on the deck.

“She was a ghost ship,” wrote Jasinski, who was on the cruise’s first leg of the trip. “What on earth was going on?”

After rumors about a terror attack started to spread throughout the vessel, its captain told the 1,900 passengers that a pirate attack could be near.

“This was really serious — and now the night-time ban on outdoor entertainment did not seem like such a hardship,” she wrote. “The captain announced that as well as the dusk-til-dawn blockout, as part of the preparations, we would have a compulsory pirate drill.”

The 856-foot Sea Princess, operated by Princess Cruises, departed New Zealand in May for a worldwide trip that finishes in September.

Once the crew notified the travelers — some of whom paid a reported $50,000 for the whole trip — they immediately began to take it seriously, Jasinski claimed.

“It was made very clear on the Sea Princess, very quickly, that this pirate threat was not something to be joked about,” Jasinski wrote in the essay published Monday. “Any remaining smirks soon disappeared as the pirate drill alarm sounded and the crew was instructed to move to their designated muster stations.”

Sirens would go off, which sent passengers into the ship’s 1,008 cabins where crewmembers could do a headcount.

“They were advised to sit on the floor and to hang on to hand rails in case the ship had to manoeuvre away from pirate ships,” she wrote. “In the case of a real threat, those passengers in outside cabins were told to close and lock their balcony doors, then lock their entrance door to their cabin and take shelter in the corridors.”

Only a few passengers resisted taking part, she said.

Somali pirates often approach cruise ships on small skiffs, armed with rifles and ladders to scale the towering hull of a high-seas vessel.

Water hoses were set up on Deck Seven, which Jasinski said was a common walking spot for cruisers but vulnerable to an attack. Detergent was put in the water to force would-be attackers off their ladders.

“If all else failed, there was the sonic boom — we were told it can knock pirates off their feet (or ladders if they get too close),” wrote Jasinski, who added she was assigned to a watch station during drills.

While no attack ever took place, the travelers remained vigilant for the rest of Jasinski’s stay.

“Many calls were made to the bridge to report suspicious boats,” she wrote. “(The captain) had to ask passengers to stop calling and to trust in the officers who were on watch.”

Princess Cruises didn’t immediately return a request for comment.

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There was a thread yesterday on this news article. Carolyne Jasinski is an Australian free-lance journalist who was travelling on the first leg of the Sea Princess world cruise - Sydney to Dubai. In one version of the article she mentions that she was a lecturer on the cruise and showed a photograph of herself on board.

Unfortunately (in my opinion) she wrote this rather sensationalist article, not realising the full facts. Since the peak on Somali piracy in 2009, the number of attacks has reduced dramatically and there is virtually no risk to a cruise ship. However, it is prudent for the cruise line to take precautions. On our Princess cruises through this region we have been given a letter outlining the precautions that would be taken and there was absolutely no concern among the passengers - even first-time cruisers. We are all used to muster drills where we are told what to do in the unlikely event of a serious emergency on board and the crew regularly do drills on how to handle a fire or man overboard. It does not mean that these events are going to happen, but for everyone's safety, the crew and the passengers need to know how to respond.

The author has over-stated events by making it sound like the ship is in total darkness from dusk to dawn. Ridiculous statement. We have cruised through these waters on Princess on several occasions over the last 6 years, with two of these in 2016. Outside flood-lights on the ship are not used and passengers are asked to keep their curtains drawn. They do not have to sit in the dark. Normal entertainment continues in the ship, but passengers are asked not to do on the promenade deck or the top outside deck at night. Security patrols 24/7.

(quote)In the case of a real threat, those passengers in outside cabins were told to close and lock their balcony doors, then lock their entrance door to their cabin and take shelter in the corridors.” (end quote) That had to be written by someone who had not researched the issue. How would you lock your cabin door from the outside? Presumably this would be to stop someone who entered through the balcony from getting access to the rest of the ship. I don't believe the passengers would be asked to do this because authorities on the ship know that the door locks do not work like that.

Sonic boom knocking pirates off their feet??? No. Maybe she is referring to the Long Range Acoustic Device that emits a beam of sound to disorient or ultimately deafen any attackers. It doesn't knock them off their feet. Cruise ships have carried these LRADs for many years.

Unfortunately her article has gone world-wide and created unwarranted concern about cruising. In my opinion it is irresponsible and badly researched journalism.

 

Unfortunately her article has gone world-wide and created unwarranted concern about cruising. In my opinion it is irresponsible journalism.

So it's pretty much in line with all the other journalistic sensationalism garbage we read about everyday.

double post. sorry.

There was a thread yesterday on this news article. Carolyne Jasinski is an Australian free-lance journalist who was travelling on the first leg of the Sea Princess world cruise - Sydney to Dubai as a lecturer. That is how she described herself.

 

Unfortunately (in my opinion) she wrote this rather sensationalist article, not realising the full facts. Since the peak of Somali piracy in 2009, the number of attacks has reduced dramatically and currently there is virtually no risk to a cruise ship. However, it is prudent for the cruise line to take precautions. She has over-stated these by making it sound like the ship is in total darkness from dusk to dawn. Ridiculous statement. We have cruised through these waters on Princess on several occasions over the last 6 years, with two of these in 2016. Outside flood-lights on the ship are not used and passengers are asked to keep their curtains drawn. They do not have to sit in the dark. Normal entertainment continue in the ship, but passengers are asked not to go on the promenade deck or the top outside deck at night. Security patrols 24/7.

 

(quote)In the case of a real threat, those passengers in outside cabins were told to close and lock their balcony doors, then lock their entrance door to their cabin and take shelter in the corridors.” (end quote) How would you lock your cabin door from the outside? I do not believe it is possible to do this while you are in the corridor. Authorities on the ship would know how the locks work and not ask passengers to do it. This is just one example of the inaccurate reporting.

 

Sonic boom knocking pirates off their feet??? No. Maybe she is referring to the Long Range Acoustic Device that emits a beam of sound to disorient or ultimately deafen any attackers. It doesn't knock them off their feet. Cruise ships have carried these LRADs for many years.

 

Unfortunately her article has gone world-wide and created unwarranted concern about cruising. In my opinion it is irresponsible and inaccurate journalism.

So it's pretty much in line with all the other journalistic sensationalism garbage we read about everyday.

Never heard of her until that piece of over-sensationalized nonsense was spattered all over the media!

Hopefully Carnival Corporation will ban her from setting foot on any of their cruise ships ever again!

So it's pretty much in line with all the other journalistic sensationalism garbage we read about everyday.

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Keith, you're on fire today :)

Srpilo

Sounds very extreme. On the Norwegian Star between Rome and Dubai last year we did have a "Pirate Drill". We were on the "Round the World" Princess cruise between Dover and New York and there was some talk about "Pirates" but no one was making those extreme claims.

Some journalists (using the term loosely) will say anything to sell an article. Facts seem to be a thing of the past. :(

Some journalists (using the term loosely) will say anything to sell an article. Facts seem to be a thing of the past. :(

That is what I feel it is - sensationalizing the 'facts' to sell an article. She has now had her 15 minutes of fame.

That is what I feel it is - sensationalizing the 'facts' to sell an article. She has now had her 15 minutes of fame.

I totally agree with you.

Tony

Some journalists (using the term loosely) will say anything to sell an article. Facts seem to be a thing of the past. :(

Oh, but you have to realize she is a MEDIA SPECIALIST, not just a journalist, so OF COURSE you have to believe every word she writes! ;p

The mind boggles! :D :rolleyes:

So it's pretty much in line with all the other journalistic sensationalism garbage we read about everyday.

Yes - sounds like more internet "clickbait". -EBC

Saw her post on an Australia news website a couple of days ago - she lost me right at the start when she said that the whole thing was completely unexpected by all of the passengers. "Fake News" is not exclusive to the US!

Saw her post on an Australia news website a couple of days ago - she lost me right at the start when she said that the whole thing was completely unexpected by all of the passengers.

I wonder why good she is as a journalist when apparently she did not realise that there had been serious threats from pirates in Somalian waters and that the threat has virtually passed for large ships such as cruise ships. I cannot get over the countless factual errors in her report, let alone the sensationalizing of routine safety measures.

I wonder why good she is as a journalist when apparently she did not realise that there had been serious threats from pirates in Somalian waters and that the threat has virtually passed for large ships such as cruise ships. I cannot get over the countless factual errors in her report, let alone the sensationalizing of routine safety measures.

Money! Money! Money!

Sensationalism sells, and she may have realised that no-one had written much about that topic so cashed in on it. :rolleyes:

Have you ever seen any other articles written by her? I certainly don't recall anything in the Sydney papers that I read, nor on FB.

Money! Money! Money!

 

Sensationalism sells, and she may have realised that no-one had written much about that topic so cashed in on it. :rolleyes:

 

Have you ever seen any other articles written by her? I certainly don't recall anything in the Sydney papers that I read, nor on FB.

Exactly!

I think its about time international laws were introduced to ban, prevent and exclude journalists who write opinion pieces, fabricated articles, sensationalised stories, lies and other news stories designed to stir up emotions, fear and controversy. It is about time laws were introduced to make news factual and to the point minus opinions of the author.

The article was nothing more than babbliing BS based on probably a handful of "facts" that are somewhere buried in the article about the precautions taken on the cruise.

Always ticks me off big time to come across fabricated news stories. I refuse to use the other word a certain celebrity come politician uses simply because I am not a fan and avoid and not read any news article that contains his name of that of his family to save me from the monotony of the media circus publishing inconsequential BS to my daily life.

I think its about time international laws were introduced to ban, prevent and exclude journalists who write opinion pieces, fabricated articles, sensationalised stories, lies and other news stories designed to stir up emotions, fear and controversy. It is about time laws were introduced to make news factual and to the point minus opinions of the author.

 

The article was nothing more than babbliing BS based on probably a handful of "facts" that are somewhere buried in the article about the precautions taken on the cruise.

 

Always ticks me off big time to come across fabricated news stories. I refuse to use the other word a certain celebrity come politician uses simply because I am not a fan and avoid and not read any news article that contains his name of that of his family to save me from the monotony of the media circus publishing inconsequential BS to my daily life.

How would you do that? Isn't your list of complaints subjective?

Thankfully in the US freedom of the press is a Constitutional right - so even Fox News and Breitbart are protected.

"Somali pirates often approach cruise ships on small skiffs, armed with rifles and ladders to scale the towering hull of a high-seas vessel."

Hmmm, wouldn't this be in the news if it happens often?

"Somali pirates often approach cruise ships on small skiffs, armed with rifles and ladders to scale the towering hull of a high-seas vessel."

Hmmm, wouldn't this be in the news if it happens often?

Her comment was totally misinformed and alarmist. Several years ago Somali pirates were a real risk to cargo vessels and fishing boats, and this was reported in the news. However, there has been little risk to cruise ships.

They wouldn't need the Long Range Acoustic Device to defend the ship. The sound of all the passengers and crew laughing at the ridiculous attempts by the pirates would do the job just as well! Naturally, the ship's CCTVs would broadcast the pirates attempts throughout the ship so that everyone remained safe from being shot. ;p :D

Who is Caroline Jasinski? Good question. I read lots of travel articles and magazines here in Aus. and I've never heard of her.

We sailed from Sydney to Cape Town on little Ocean Princess in 2014 and we did have a pirate drill when we sailed from Dubai down the east coast of Africa. Yes, the external ship lights were off at night but inside the ship it was business as normal. Passengers just took it their stride the same as you do for the muster drill.

As mentioned by others, none of the bloggers on the WC have made any comments so it can't have been anything out of the ordinary as there are many on board who have done several WC.

Sounds like sensationalist garbage. Just the same when a ship returns to port when there has been a GI outbreak.