Triva - ??????

[MR NW GUY]

The names of our four Vista-class ships – Noordam, Zuiderdam, Oosterdam, Westerdam – have something in common, besides the 'dam!

 

What naming anomaly do the Vista ships share?

[itzmered]

Directions in Dutch?

[jtl513]

Why are the compass directions an anomaly?

[PathfinderEss]

East - North - West - South

[KNOT2L82SAIL]

Taken from the Holland America Line Facebook page. :)

[MR NW GUY]

Taken from the Holland America Line Facebook page. :)

Shhhhh.... it is a secret between me and 618,308 of my nearest and dearest!:):):)

[sail7seas]

Shhhhh.... it is a secret between me and 618,308 of my nearest and dearest!:):):)

 

 

Actually it could be about 6,000,000,000 of your nearest and dearest.......

all being living HAL Mariners. :)

 

[fsdj1097]

Yeah, saw the post on FB yesterday. I figured someone would repost here. Love the Vista class ships.

[sail7seas]

Actually it could be about 6,000,000,000 of your nearest and dearest.......

all being living HAL Mariners. :)

 

 

:o Ooops,

Meant to say 6 Million. :D

 

I guess I'm just so used to seeing all those zeros it doesn't even regisger anymore. :eek:

 

[the2ofus]

Just to clarify, in the order the OP listed, it is north, south, east and west. The compass directions in the language of the Netherlands.

[Typhoon1]

Just to clarify, in the order the OP listed, it is north, south, east and west. The compass directions in the language of the Netherlands.

 

This subject was hotly debated during the naming discussions.

[sail7seas]

This subject was hotly debated during the naming discussions.

 

 

I remember the debate regarding name as to Eurodam.

 

I don't remember hot debate about names for the Vista Sisters. :confused:

 

Please,,,, refresh my memory what the hot debate was.

 

[YubaSutter]

The CD tells you this when you sail these ships. :rolleyes:

[TTFromSommersTown]

Following on from the existing four compass directions, you could name the next 28 in the following order, after translation into Dutch of course:-

 

North by east Dam

North-northeast Dam

Northeast by north Dam

Northeast Dam

Northeast by east Dam

East-northeast Dam

East by north Dam

East by south Dam

East-southeast Dam

Southeast by east Dam

Southeast Dam

Southeast by south Dam

South-southeast Dam

South by east Dam

South by west Dam

South-southwest Dam

Southwest by south Dam

Southwest Dam

Southwest by west Dam

West-southwest Dam

West by south Dam

West by north Dam

West-northwest Dam

Northwest by west Dam

Northwest Dam

Northwest by north Dam

North-northwest Dam

North by west Dam

[sail7seas]

Fun but I wouldn't count on seeing any of them written on the side of a HAL ship. :D

 

[solocanadian]

The CD tells you this when you sail these ships. :rolleyes:

The 2 different CD's I had on the Oosterdam never mentioned this. Will have to wait until next year to see if the CD on the Zuiderdam does.

[jpihota]

If you play Trivia in the Crow's Nest, the CD's invariably use that as a trivia question. Both times we sailed the O-dam in the last year this popped up in trivia. I