After completing my summer season in Alaska I boarded the ms Volendam in Seattle, WA for a 15-day cruise across the Pacific Ocean to Japan. The Pacific is not a friendly place this time of year and despite the ship being 781 feet long and a few stories high, we could feel it. Seas, at times, reached 10-12 feet and it made ping pong and swimming a contact sport.It took us 7 days at an average of 17 knots to reach Japan. Along the way we passed the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and the Kuril Islands of Russia following the Kuril Trench. As we came closer to land we began to see more birds and even had some sea birds using the boats light at night to fish, what a sight!
Below are some facts about the ms Volendam.
Ship's Registry: The Netherlands
Passenger capacity: 1,432
Crew members: 615
Gross Tonnage: 61,214 grt.
Length: 781 feet
Beam: 105.8 feet
Maximum speed: 23 knots
Dedicated: November 1999, by tennis professional Chris Evert
When we reached Japan our first stop was the northernmost island of Hokkaido and the port of Hakodate.
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