Notable everywhere was the dominance of gray hair. Even more important is the availability of medical care. On 24-hour call are Dr. Sture Tocksberg and two nurses. Their medical suite is equipped to deal with almost any emergency and care for the very ill in five hospital rooms. While most of the 25 to 30 patients a day have only runny noses or earaches, the staff can deal with almost any emergency from broken bones to strokes.
First aid is taught to the whole crew . . .
Taylor likes life aboard because she gets to interesting places but is able to hang up her clothes and stay in the same room. She's now been to 183 countries, but she likes at-sea days as much as those ashore. Dancing may have something to do with that. She not only enjoys it, but she also has taught it back home. Falconer says the sea became a big part of his life as a child, when his family sailed from Scotland to Australia.