MS Eurodam Visits Gloucester !

The largest cruiseship ever to enter Gloucester harbor! To give you an idea of her 935' length, she is 135' longer than the Jodrey Fish Pier! 2104 of her passengers were seen all over downtown while many went on whale watch cruises and other tours throughout the Cape Ann area. After I finished a fishing vessel offload early in the morning I headed out in my boat to get a close-up view. I felt like a guppy puppy looking up at this majestic behemoth!


Class and type: Signature class cruise ship
Tonnage: 86,700 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 935 ft (285.0 m)
Beam: 105.8 ft (32.2 m)
Decks: 11 passenger decks
Installed power: 64 MW MaK M43C diesel-electric
Propulsion: Azipod
Speed: 23.9 kn (44.3 km/h; 27.5 mph) (max)
(22 kn (40.7 km/h; 25.3 mph) (service)
Capacity: 2,104 passengers
Crew: 929 crew


Bow on.

MS Eurodam and City Hall.

MS Eurodam dwarfs lobster boat.

Ten Pound Island

Shuttle boat...I counted 8 of them!

Starboard bow.

I see one person!

Port bow.

Paint Factory

Starboard aft.

Stern view.

Fishing poles

From the end of the Breakwater.

From Eastern Point.

Eastern Point Yacht Club

From the Breakwater.

Onlookers

MS Eurodam in my wake.