Another bright, sunny, smooth sea day. We did our usual walk around the narrow passage on the main deck and looked over the bow. We finally got to see a couple of individual flying fish. Malcolm took a 16 minute video of a tour around the ship. The third officer was in charge on the bridge as we took the movie.
As we came back along the starboard side we noticed water gushing out of a hole just below the main deck. Was it pumping out of the hold? Then we saw there were three holes on each side of the ship disgorging water at a tremendous rate. When we enquire the officers explained that they needed to change over the ballast water that is used to balance the ship. They discharge it back near the same area where they take it on board to avoid contamination. It has to be recycled to prevent it going stale.
We watched our DVD "The Last Emperor of China" which was very meaningful because we had visited the Forbidden City where much of it was filmed. It filled in a lot of gaps in our understanding of China in the Twentieth Century.
As we came back along the starboard side we noticed water gushing out of a hole just below the main deck. Was it pumping out of the hold? Then we saw there were three holes on each side of the ship disgorging water at a tremendous rate. When we enquire the officers explained that they needed to change over the ballast water that is used to balance the ship. They discharge it back near the same area where they take it on board to avoid contamination. It has to be recycled to prevent it going stale.
We watched our DVD "The Last Emperor of China" which was very meaningful because we had visited the Forbidden City where much of it was filmed. It filled in a lot of gaps in our understanding of China in the Twentieth Century.
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