The Queen Mary 2 Crossing
Here's a link to more photos of the Queen Mary 2 Man, it was cold as we boarded the Queen Mary 2 on Wednesday afternoon. The fuel barge pulled up late delaying our departure and the bomb cyclone storm blew up the coast to block our path to the sea so we waited in port in Brooklyn overnight and sailed promptly at 7am into the teeth of a fierce snowstorm. We followed slowly behind the storm as it moved north, finally slipping around it on Thursday morning as the captain put the hammer down and shot our ship across the Atlantic. To say the sea was angry that day would be an understatement. The waves were ferocious! Storm force 11 was in effect! Many passengers were down for the count as we rocked hard for about 36 hours. I felt it queasy for a while, but an afternoon nap managed to improve my disposition. Couple of things... the Queen Mary is a great sailing vessel. Despite extraordinarily rough seas, the ship held her own and really maintaine...