Month: February 2024
Book Review: The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria by Greg King and Penny Wilson
About the Book A glamorously splendid ship sails to New York with thousands of people aboard. She is one of the most modern ocean liners ever built, and her safety features are touted as being state-of-the-art. The ship is the pride of its home country. On the bridge is a master mariner with decades of…
Ocean Liners and Cruise Ships: What’s the Difference?
What’s the difference between an ocean liner and a cruise ship? It’s a question I frequently hear, and one I recall getting a lot when I worked aboard the Queen Mary. They’re pretty much the same, right? Not quite. There are definitely a lot of similarities, with both often being large passenger vessels. There are…
The Captain’s Table: Overhauled and Refitted
Greetings everyone! Over a decade ago, I started a blog called The Captain’s Table to tell the stories about the ships and people involved in the Golden Age of ocean liners. I was working as a tour guide aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA at the time and it was a way to…