Another tender port and once again tender problems. This time with two tenders out of action (there are only four in total) and the actual tendering time was 20 minutes. This meant a long wait. We met in Raffles at 9:00 and Barbara had already got the the tickets. We finally boarded our tender at 10:45. Rob was playing golf, so the rest of us went off together. The tender took us to Waitangi Wharf near the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. However, we boarded the f...

Didn't wake up until 9:15. There was a code Alpha (medical emergency), at 4:00 on my deck. Sea was a lot calmer and the wind was lighter too. Rob, Barbara and I tried a mile on the Promenade Deck, but part of it was cordoned off, so we went up to deck 13, where the morning quoits was being set up. So after a few laps B and I joined in and were both knocked out in the first round. Lost in the pm one, too. The weather improved a bit, then got cloudier, a ...

Slept quite well last night despite the weather. I think I have a cold coming though. The Captain told us this morning that some gusts yesterday were over 70 knots per hour. Also, some cabins on the port side had a bit of flooding through their balcony doors. The dance floor in Carmen's was also flooded (though this was because of a burst pipe in the galley), so the dance classes that would normally take place in there will be in Masquerades instead. I ...