October 20 - Sailaway from Venice

The Moses Project - These are a series of huge floodgates being built to protect Venice from the sea. Over the years we have seen the progress being made and it looks like they may soon be completed.
From our vantage point on Deck 12 we towered over everything in Venice as we sailed past.

This morning we awoke to very overcast skies and rain. The wind was blowing above 30 knots which made leaving impossible. The Ruby is a very large ship and the channel out past Piazza San Marco is small so with wind it is difficult. We had friends up to our cabin for sailaway which was scheduled for 1:00 PM. The captain came over the PA system to announce that until the wind dropped below 30 knots we would not be leaving. We didn’t mind since we were having a good time with our friends.


At 3:00 PM we had the obligatory muster drill and as we were making our way back to our cabin, the captain announced that the wind had dropped sufficiently to sail. Shortly thereafter a tug came to manage our stern and we were off. We transited the Giudecca Channel and turned just past San Marco and the Doge’s Palace to head to the Adriatic. This was our 4th sailaway from Venice and I must say it was not as memorable because the views were not as good. But, the company was great and even a small glimpse of Venice is wonderful!