Day at Sea, off the coast of Panama, Day 17

Ride and Shine
I jumped out of bed…ready to go for an other day. My feet hit the carpet. ….SPLASH…our cabin was flooded…..a quick check out the window…..no we are not sinking…..but everything on the floor was wet….sounds familiar.

After some frantic phone calls the crew arrived to assess the damage….turns out that several cabins were affected by a leak in the fire suppression system a couple of cabins down the hall. We were exiled from our cabin for the day while they tried to clean up the mess. This is not the fun part of the trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was not successful however and we were invited to change cabins. Moving was also stressful as we had to pack….. not easy as our suitcases were also wet….. then unpack….we brought way to much stuff!!!!
The Captain is also having a bad day due to the heavy swells (big..#@&%... waves in layman’s language) we have not been able to refuel in the last few ports. The alternate plan was to refuel in Aruba but they are short of fuel now. So the captain decided to speed up the ship (lots of motion with out the stabilizers). This will give us extra time in Balboa, (near Panama City) Panama to bring a fuel barge along side to refuel tonight.

Otherwise we indulged in normal sea day activities:
• Eating
• Golf
• Eating
• Sun bathing
• Trivia
• Eating
• Stage show
• Drinking
• Etc…..