Mark and Carolyn's Excellent Eclipse Cruise

Our ship, the m/s Statendam. It would become like a second home over the next 10 days. It's 55,451 tons, 719 feet (219.3 meters) long, 101.6 feet (30.8 meters) wide. One lap around the lower promenade deck was a quarter-mile. 1299 passengers occupied 13 decks serviced by more than 600 crew members and officers. In addition to the usual ship's complement, we carried a number of entertainers, and a Fox film crew from Washington, D.C.

Leaving Port Everglades. Another panorama mosaic, made from three individual video frames. Four cruise liners were leaving port that day (see the one on the right?); we were the second out the chute.

Carolyn, Laurie and Greg Redfern
(our dinner partners and friends).

Geoff Chester, Bob and Heidi Haag.