Paneled with silky mahogany veneers and decorated with flocked draperies and gilt-framed beveled mirrors, the cabin feels every bit like one on a luxury yacht. One closet, lots of shelves and even a storage drawer tucked away under the bed provide ample space for an appropriately casual wardrobe. Even cabin-deck corridors curve and slant upward, following the graceful lines of the ship s shape. And passengers crawl all over this vessel as if it were a biological entity. The top deck sports three pools and row after row of marine-blue lounge chairs.
Passengers flock here during the day to soak up sun, pore over novels or watch the sails unfurl.
You might even glimpse the tailor on board, who, with perhaps the world s sturdiest sewing machine, stands ever ready to mend the sails. And Oh, Those Ports While the weather on our journey was mostly calm and sunny, we experienced rough seas on our second night. The ship rolled to and fro, causing cocktail bars on board to be shut down and soup summarily deleted from the menu. It s actually rather exciting to see the sea slosh as the ship makes for another port. For most passengers, the ship s rocking and rolling was a sheer delight.