Sea Princess (II), Queen Mary 2 & Navigator of the Seas
	On the 16th June 2007 two of the largest ships in the world were in Southampton as well as Sea Princess.  Queen Mary 2 had unusually docked starboard on arrival but that had already been listed two days earlier.  Navigator of the Seas was docked the same way (nothing new) while Sea Princess was port.  The weather forecast had been rain but it was the opposite.  Despite the occasional thick cloud cover and slight chill in the wind it was actually very nice and the marina was packed.
All three were listed to sail at 5pm which we knew just wouldn't happen with two of them needing to turn around.  Although they had slackened one of Mary's stern ropes, it was Sea Princess which cast off first at around 5.05pm as we'd suspected.  She blasted but then was silent as she passed Navigator.
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				(C) Copyright Patricia Dempsey 16th June 2007 Not to be reproduced without permission