SHIP OF THE MONTH (continued)

[Doc Vernon]

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A final memory is a New York-Southampton crossing in October 2009 on the renamed Saga Ruby. We were intended to have a Saturday afternoon departure, but earlier, upon arrival, the ship had rammed Pier 88 and so had a partially gashed bow. After inspections, the US Coast Guard refused to allow her to sail. Plans changed. And so we had an unexpected port of call: 2 nights at Cape Liberty, the Bayonne, New Jersey cruise terminal, and where crews from a nearby shipyard worked day and night to make the proper repairs. Finally finished and then meeting Coast Guard approval, we quietly sailed off on Monday morning. This and a subsequent whopping North Atlantic storm made us three days late into Southampton and inconveniently arriving well after

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[Fouro]

To Vernon,
"Better late than never, proved the repairs were first class".
She is a gracefull looking ship.

Regards from,
Fouro.

[happy daze john in oz]

A final memory is a New York-Southampton crossing in October 2009 on the renamed Saga Ruby. We were intended to have a Saturday afternoon departure, but earlier, upon arrival, the ship had rammed Pier 88 and so had a partially gashed bow. After inspections, the US Coast Guard refused to allow her to sail. Plans changed. And so we had an unexpected port of call: 2 nights at Cape Liberty, the Bayonne, New Jersey cruise terminal, and where crews from a nearby shipyard worked day and night to make the proper repairs. Finally finished and then meeting Coast Guard approval, we quietly sailed off on Monday morning. This and a subsequent whopping North Atlantic storm made us three days late into Southampton and inconveniently arriving well after

Thanks Vernon, you have done a great job getting all of that on, not easy I know but sure the members will appreciate your good work.

[Bryan Portwig]

the saga ruby was scrapped last april 2017 Attachment 27307