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Oct 18 2011 4:20PM

Rust and Rocks: LA JENELLE’s Wreck 41 Years On

Tweet Keep up to date with MaritimeMatters’ Peter Knego on Twitter by clicking here Forty one years ago, Channel Islands Harbor in Ventura County, California came close to hosting a retired ocean liner as a floating hotel and restaurant. Instead, a much different fate awaited the steamer LA JENELLE, which perished on Silver Strand Beach [...]

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Oct 16 2011 11:55PM

AEGEAN ODYSSEY To Antiquity, Part Three

Tweet It is a pleasure to re-post this final installment (with enlarged images) of a triple Sea Treks aboard Voyages To Antiquity’s AEGEAN ODYSSEY that was originally written last year as the recently renovated vessel made her way from Stromboli to the shores of Sicily. All of the start up issues mentioned herein have since [...]

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Oct 16 2011 1:25AM

AEGEAN ODYSSEY To Antiquity, Part Two

Tweet From Sorrento to Agropoli, Voyages to Antiquity’s AEGEAN ODYSSEY continued her trek along the Italian coast.  Although there were a number of teething issues when this blog was first posted, the cruise line has since honed the product and addressed some of the points mentioned in this report, including the elimination of lips around [...]

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Oct 15 2011 4:20AM

AEGEAN ODYSSEY To Antiquity, Part One

Tweet In the sixteen months since this AEGEAN ODYSSEY report was first posted, many of the start up issues (lips on stairways, lack of hotel manager and cruise director, etc.) mentioned in this post have been corrected. Today, the ship and overall Voyages to Antiquity experience are enjoying strongly favorable feedback from cruise enthusiasts who [...]

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Oct 13 2011 2:23PM

WIND SURFing The Croatian Coast, Part Six

Tweet Wrap up WIND SURFing The Croatian Coast with Peter Knego in part six of his latest Sea Trek with a final day at sea. WindStar Cruises website Keep up to date with MaritimeMatters’ Peter Knego on Twitter by clicking here All photos by and copyright Peter Knego 2011 unless otherwise noted. Please click on [...]

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Oct 7 2011 8:14PM

WIND SURFing The Croatian Coast, Part Five

Tweet Continue WIND SURFing The Croatian Coast with Peter Knego in part five of his latest Sea Trek with a wander through Dubrovnik in search of his “roots”. WindStar Cruises website Keep up to date with MaritimeMatters’ Peter Knego on Twitter by clicking here All photos by and copyright Peter Knego 2011 unless otherwise noted. [...]

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Oct 3 2011 2:26AM

WIND SURFing The Croatian Coast, Part Four

Tweet Continue WIND SURFing The Croatian Coast with Peter Knego in part four of his latest Sea Trek with a visit to the scenic Dalmatian town of Korcula aboard Windstar Cruises handsome, yacht-like cruise ship. WindStar Cruises website Keep up to date with MaritimeMatters’ Peter Knego on Twitter by clicking here All photos by and [...]

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Sep 28 2011 7:25PM

WIND SURFing The Croatian Coast, Part Three

Tweet Continue WIND SURFing The Croatian Coast with Peter Knego in part three of his Sea Trek with a visit to the scenic Dalmatian town of Trogir and and a before and after look at the accommodation aboard Windstar Cruises handsome, yacht-like cruise ship prior to a major make-over in November. WindStar Cruises website Keep [...]

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Sep 23 2011 3:26PM

BALMORAL Blog

Tweet As MaritimeMatters continues to update prior blogs by enlarging photos to fit the new format, we stumbled across this early Sea Trek from Peter Knego from aboard Fred. Olsen Cruise Line’s MV BALMORAL, the former CROWN ODYSSEY/NORWEGIAN CROWN, originally posted in March of 2008. Anthony Cooke’s Fred. Olsen opus, “The Fred. Olsen Line And [...]

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Sep 20 2011 10:20AM

WIND SURFing The Croatian Coast, Part Two

Tweet Continue with Peter Knego for part two of his WIND SURFing the Croatian Coast Sea Trek with more images of the handsome WindStar Cruises vessel and a visit to the beautiful town of Rovinj, Croatia. WindStar Cruises website Keep up to date with MaritimeMatters’ Peter Knego on Twitter by clicking here All photos by [...]

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Sep 15 2011 2:01AM

WIND SURFing The Croatian Coast, Part One

Tweet Since my first and only prior sailing with Windstar Cruises aboard the WIND SPIRIT from Istanbul to Piraeus last fall, the line has been sold to new investors who have made a long term commitment towards expanding and improving an already excellent boutique cruise brand. My much-anticipated return to Windstar would be aboard the [...]

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Sep 9 2011 1:42AM

Trek Of The CENTURY, Part Three

Tweet Continue with Peter Knego aboard Celebrity Cruises recently refurbished CELEBRITY CENTURY on the southbound leg of a recent Alaska cruise for a visit to Ketchikan and a final day at sea in the Inside Passage. Friday, August 26, 2011 Although it is the fifth largest town in Alaska, Ketchikan’s official population of almost 7,500 [...]

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Sep 3 2011 1:55AM

Trek Of The CENTURY, Part Two

Tweet Continue with part two of Peter Knego’s latest trek aboard Celebrity Cruises recently refurbished CELEBRITY CENTURY as the ship visits Alaska’s Icy Strait Passage, the spectacular Hubbard Glacier and Juneau. Tuesday, August 23, 2011 In what would become our morning routine for the next six days, the phone rang before a procession that included [...]

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