Fourteen cruise ships visited South Georgia Island during December, eight of which visited during the Christmas week from the 23rd to the 29th December, according to the latest release from South Georgia’s News and Events.
Though cruise ship “Hanseatic” managed a landing in the evening on the 24th to hold a Christmas service at Grytviken church, it was prevented from doing its main Grytviken landing on Christmas Day by winds with gusts well in excess of 100mph.
The several ships around South Georgia mainly sought shelter in the bays of the north-eastern coast during the worst of the storms and one ship reported a gust of 150 knots (165mph) at the head of Cumberland East Bay.
The BAS ship “RRS James Clark Ross” called in to KEP on December 17th to collect passengers and cargo. It later had problems freeing itself from two fouled anchors after sheltering from the storms in Stromness Bay.
Six yachts were visiting the Island in December, four private yachts and two on charter.
The yacht “Kiwiroa” arrived at Grytviken with a broken boom on December 23rd. An hour out from the port the yacht had suffered a sudden jibe, probably as a result of malfunctioning self-steering gear, which snapped the boom in half. They have been able to make temporary repairs and are now sightseeing around the Island.
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