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To make matters worse, these intimidating beasts always have very cutesy names.

Like... Sapphire Princess.

Like 12 September at 21:31 | Open on merveilles.town

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R E K

I drew these on our way to Alaska this summer, in my handwritten logbook, which I hope to share online very soon ^__^

12 September at 21:32 | Open on merveilles.town

planeth

@rek big cruiseship and container carrier ships are the scariest. Not only they go fast but it's like a mountain on the water that is coming at you. Must have been deeply saddening to see these in remote Alaska :/

13 September at 13:34 | Open on mastodon.xyz

R E K

@planeth I knew there were a lot of them there, but I wasn’t prepared to see that many, per day, on the water. At least 7 per day go to Ketchikan. That is outrageous for a small city.

13 September at 16:11 | Open on merveilles.town

planeth

@rek That's... heartbreaking. They're everywhere. We have them too in Brittany. I saw 2 anchoring at the same time in Belle Ile. Can't imagine thousand of people landing in so small a place

13 September at 17:16 | Open on mastodon.xyz

R E K

@planeth They affect cities. A lot of the stores in Ketchikan exist solely for the cruiseships(we saw 6 jewelry stores on the same street). Such businesses belong to people who don't live in Ketchikan, they employ people who don't live there either... it doesn't benefit locals at all, it destroys the culture of a place.
Have you noticed such an effect in Brittany?

13 September at 18:44 | Open on merveilles.town

planeth

@rek in Brittany, not yet. But I know it affects a lot of place in mediterrannée. And don't get me started about the massive pollution and destruction they generate. In Venise the council has put a ban on massive cruise ship as their wake wave is distroying the old buildings.
Loosely related, is Ketchikan the farthest north you went ? I stopped following your trip when we sailed off in june.

13 September at 18:54 | Open on mastodon.xyz

Miredly

@rek Like a floating city block but somehow going 20 miles an hour

12 September at 21:36 | Open on raru.re

Daruma

@rek they are massive! Had to pass one in the fog once off the coast of Portland Maine. Absolutely intimidating to see a city try to float past (or into) you! The thing ghost stories are written of

13 September at 7:03 | Open on mstdn.party

R E K

@ZhangBenKong ooh yea in the fog is definitely not fun. We had that happen this year, when near Sitka, a bit disconcerting when you see it emerge from a fog bank near you *___*

13 September at 16:07 | Open on merveilles.town

Daruma

@rek “Terror of *The Pink Daffodil*”

14 September at 6:46 | Open on mstdn.party