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The Luxurious World of Seabourn

The Luxurious World of Seabourn

AFTER A FEW YEARS OF ABSENCE, I have joyfully returned to one of my perennially favourite cruise lines and its newest ship, the fabulous Seabourn Ovation. I first sailed the 600-guest Ovation during her inaugural year in 2018 and now...

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Great Explorers: Ponant’s Le Champlain

Great Explorers: Ponant’s Le Champlain

RELAXING IN MY STATEROOM, post-lunch, during a long, lazy sea day, teetering on the edge of a nap the realization comes all at once. We had made good, fast progress since our departure from the tiny, lovely Spanish island of...

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Dispatches from the Galapagos

Dispatches from the Galapagos

I AM HELD CAPTIVE by the beauty of the Galápagos Islands and the wildlife that inhabits them. It reminds me that one of the reasons to travel far and wide is to see and experience remarkable events, life-changing moments, and...

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A Day in the Life of a Cunard Captain

A Day in the Life of a Cunard Captain

Reprint of original articleInger Klein Thorhauge is one of a few female captains in the cruise industry. As a native of the Faroe Islands, a cluster of rocky outcrops almost equidistant between Iceland, Norway and the UK, seafaring is in...

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Sailing Beyond the Edge

Sailing Beyond the Edge

I MUST ADMIT that I am an unabashed Celebrity Cruises fan. I’ve always felt this way about this premium cruise company but never more so than since the launch of their fantastic Edge series in 2018. These ships are simply...

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Revisiting The Idyllic Adriatic By Yacht

Revisiting The Idyllic Adriatic By Yacht

ANTICIPATION IS running at full throttle for the day that I can return to cruising. Not just because of a fabulous super yacht being custom designed to sail the warm waters of the Adriatic, the Red and Mediterranean Seas. Not...

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