The Biggest Boat
Have you ever seen the big boat in the world? Passenger Boat or Cruise ship?
New boats are constantly being built, and boat makers are constantly pushing the envelope of size. For the time being, though, the largest seafaring vessel by size ever built is the MV Mont (formerly the Knock Nevis). At a massive 458.45 [...]
The AIS System
The AIS system (Automatic Identification System) helps boaters avoid collisions and assists commercial vessel traffic centers as they direct freighters, cargo ships, tankers, and passenger vessels through heavily-traveled commercial ports such as New York Harbor and Galveston Bay.
Cruise Ship
The original Love Boat could squeeze into the top-deck dining areas; a thousand harbor seals could dwell comfortably in the five swimming pools; a blue whale could curl up in the atrium; and I personally am convinced the thing’s got wheels on the bottom so it can skip the buoyancy issue altogether and just troll [...]
7 Small Cruise Ships
Alaska
JUNEAU TO PETERSBURG
American Safari Cruises’ Safari Spirit
The Route This itinerary makes its debut in May, cruising through quiet Auke Bay, past LeConte Glacier (where hundreds of seal pups are born each year), to the fishing village of Petersburg.
Highlight Passengers can ferry by sea kayak or tender into the Marble Grotto, a cave hidden at the [...]