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Cruising The Mexican
Riviera and the Sea of Cortez
Ten days aboard the ms
Ryndam of Holland America Line with Bill and Susan.
This site was published to the World
Wide Web while the ms Ryndam was at sea, April 13-23, 2004. A
Sony digital camera
was used with a
Sony laptop computer
and Wi-Fi card. The vessel has
a satellite link.
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Digital Seas, a division of Maritime
Telecommunication Network, provides internet service
from ships at sea.
Signals are transmitted to a satellite in
geostationary orbit at an
altitude of approximately 22,236 miles above the earth.
At that altitude the satellite will appear fixed above the surface of the earth,
completing one orbit revolution every 24 hours, so that it is 'synchronized'
with the rotation period of the earth. In providing internet service to vessels
around the world Digital Seas may use as many as seven satellites.
Signals are downloaded to teleports located in California, Georgia, New Jersey,
Texas, and The Netherlands.
The antenna is located is housed in a protective dome atop the Ryndam.
Below is the interior of the dome, showing the
antenna.
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 Photo courtesy of Maritime Telecommunications Network |
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|Log of Captain Pieter Visser
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Day
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Nautical
Miles
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Links
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The day's highlights |
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Tues |
0 |
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San Diego
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Lifeboat drill.
Departure |
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Wed |
1 |
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At sea |
Aboard ship.
Galley tour |
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Thurs |
2 |
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At sea |
Internet aboard.
Shops, offices |
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Fri |
3 |
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1,039 |
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Puerto Vallarta
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Town views.
Malecon, beaches |
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Sat |
4 |
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186 |
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Mazatlan
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Entering port. The
cathedral, Mercado |
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Sun |
5 |
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266 |
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La Paz
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Pichilingue.
La Paz Church, condos |
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Mon |
6 |
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226 |
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Santa Rosalia
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Old French smelter,
Eiffel Church |
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Tues |
7 |
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107 |
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Loreto
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Ship BBQ.
Town scenes, Iguana Inn |
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Wed |
8 |
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254 |
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Cabo
San Lucas |
Last of Baja.
World yachts, streets |
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Thurs |
9 |
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At sea |
A tour of the ship's infirmary |
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Fri |
10 |
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743 |
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San Diego |
A tour of the bridge and docking |
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Total 2,821 |
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thoughts on this voyage
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