Jewel

All eyes peeled . . . rumbling means something approaches from outside the Narrows

carrying passengers.

It’s Norwegian Jewel.  An insider’s view was featured here on this blog a few months back.

Seeing the flashy scene around this lifeboat puzzled my naked eyes.

Any week now, Norwegian Breakaway will be replacing Jewel.

All fotos earlier this month by Will Van Dorp.

Other People’s Fotos 21

Here was 20.  And this first foto is in fact mine:  16 m pilot boat America eastbound in the KVK last week.  But the rest of these fotos come thanks to G. Justin Zizes Jr, who earlier this weekend

had a berth on Norwegian Jewel on a “cruise to nowhere,” aka a large ship gallivant on the high seas.  Justin caught these fotos from a balcony at an hour that I’m guessing most on board were asleep.   Arrival,

beginning the climb,

and departure of the pilot boat, soon just a few lights

in the wee hours of this morning.

Connect the dots . . . er . . .. lights and what do you get?

Two more fotos from Justin:  Friday night departure, and

Sunday morning return.

Many thanks to Justin for these fotos.