Shih-tzu Posted April 28, 2019 #1 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Just looked at next Sunday's weather (5 May) and it's showing winds of 48 kph (approx. 30 mph) and gusts of 71 kph (45 mph). Will the Gem still be able to get into port and dock or will it have to anchor outside of Bermuda and wait for the winds to go down (and I suspect based on that it might be a rough crossing....). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesea777 Posted April 28, 2019 #2 Share Posted April 28, 2019 May 5th is a whole week away ... you can’t rely on the weather forecast that far ahead. We don’t! Anyway, the ships will not go to Bermuda if there are high winds and/or strong currents. They need to enter via a cut off east of Bermuda and go through the North channel westward and then turn south to the Dockyard. Bermuda is surrounded with reefs so marine must go in between buoys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budget Queen Posted April 28, 2019 #3 Share Posted April 28, 2019 No there isn't going to be any "anchoring". Who knows what the weather will be. Decisions will be made by the professionals- at the time. Whats the concern now? No way to predict the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shih-tzu Posted April 28, 2019 Author #4 Share Posted April 28, 2019 7 hours ago, Budget Queen said: No there isn't going to be any "anchoring". Who knows what the weather will be. Decisions will be made by the professionals- at the time. Whats the concern now? No way to predict the future. I know it's a whole week ahead but just trying to plan. Guess looking way ahead at weather and sea state comes from being brought up my mariners..... weather was # 1 concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shih-tzu Posted April 28, 2019 Author #5 Share Posted April 28, 2019 8 hours ago, bluesea777 said: May 5th is a whole week away ... you can’t rely on the weather forecast that far ahead. We don’t! Anyway, the ships will not go to Bermuda if there are high winds and/or strong currents. They need to enter via a cut off east of Bermuda and go through the North channel westward and then turn south to the Dockyard. Bermuda is surrounded with reefs so marine must go in between buoys. Yes, I was fascinated looking at the reefs both coming in by air and by sea and thought at that time that wind and waves would very much affect a ship getting in. My fear is that we will go to Saint John NB … wouldn't be too much fun paying all that $$ for a cruise and ending up close enough to home to zip over and do laundry and check e-mails 😞 on the port day. On the up-side - on a cruise at least I don't have to cook and do the dishes. I love Bermuda - but hubby has never been there - trying to "sell" him on a two week trip next spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shof515 Posted April 28, 2019 #6 Share Posted April 28, 2019 (edited) if both the harbor master and pilot agree the winds is too rough to dock. the ship will mostly likely do circles in the ocean until the winds down die to something that is manageable. This might be delay your arrive to port and you might lose like a few hours to a whole day. this is similar to what they do when fog affects a port. Edited April 28, 2019 by shof515 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean2065 Posted April 28, 2019 #7 Share Posted April 28, 2019 I live in Florida and it has been windy for two months. We are going in June on Sky and it's the start of hurricane season so I'm planning different things we can do on the ship just in case we can't dock. The harbor master will make the call. When your at sea nature takes over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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