Tender boats

Day 13 - Grand Cayman – To Hell and back literally.

March 28th 2017
We were in Grand Cayman in 2014, so are happy this time to do our own thing, rather than doing something organised by the ship. Grand Cayman has strong connections with Britain / UK. There are six big cruise ships in dock today and ours is the last to arrive. It is 11.00am by the time we get off the boat. We head off to the public bus station and are soon on our way to a little village we ha ... read more

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Theresa Edwards

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We are George & Theresa. We took early retirement at the end of 2010 and intended to spend an extended time travelling. First we visited our favourite location of Tenerife where we intended on staying for three or four months and possibly buying a property ready for our finally settling down. We have enjoyed our time here in Tenerife so much we have bought a property and have decided to change our travelling plans. We still plan to travel the world, but will now be doing so over a longer period of time with regular stays in Tenerife in between. We are keeping this blog as simpl... full info

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4th May 2017

Simon
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Double deckers?
I've not seen double decker tender boats before. All the ones I've been on were the ships life boats being put out to earn their keep. I'm guessing these double decker tenders must have been provided by the port or a handling agent.

5th May 2017

gandt2000
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Tenders
re Tenders - Yes all correct - Norwegian Epic of course has many lifeboats for the 4500 & 1500 crew at maximum occupancy - These are deployed by Epic at non tender ports albeit rarely.

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