MAY, 2018 VOLUME XXXV, # 5 Friday, May 18, 2018 - 6:00 PM THE MOST INTERESTING SHIP IN THE WORLD A FOUR-NIGHT PASSAGE ON THE HARSHA VARDHANA By Tom Rinaldi Community Church Assembly Room, 40 East 35th Street, Manhattan This past January, WSS PONY member Tom Rinaldi sailed out of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) aboard what in his view might well be the most interesting ship in the world: the Shipping Corporation of India's 9,700-gross-ton MV HARSHA VARDHANA, which entered service in 1974. If the HARSHA VARDHANA isn't quite everyone's idea of the world's most interesting ship, she is indisputably one of the world's very last true ocean liners, making line voyages carrying passengers and cargo across the Bay of Bengal. Please join us for an evening in which Tom Rinaldi will describe his four-night passage from Kolkata to the Andaman Islands for an unusual voyage aboard this very unusual ship. The HARSHA VARDHANA maintains liner service between Kolkata, India and the Andaman Islands. (Tom Rinaldi) NEXT EVENTS: Membership meetings: Friday June 22 (program TBA). Group cruise on the QUEEN MARY 2: September 23 or 30 (7 or 14 days) Group Cruise on the INSIGNIA: August 18, 2019 ADDRESS: PO Box 384, New York, NY 10185-0384 E-MAIL:
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[email protected] or via the PONY mailing address. MEMBER PHOTO OF THE MONTH RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS in the Western Caribbean, April 2018 (Tim Dacey) ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES SHIP FROM TO VOYAGE PASSENGER(S) DATE ROTTERDAM Tampa Tampa Western Caribbean Cruise Tim and Lisa Dacey 04/18 QUEEN MARY 2 Southampton New York Transatlantic crossing Alan and Janie Yorker 05/18 GRAND CLASSICA Palm Beach Palm Beach Bahamas Cruise Bob Allen 05/18 MUSEUMS, LECTURES AND HARBOR CRUISES CONTACT THESE INSTITUTIONS BY EMAIL OR PHONE FOR CURRENT EVENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM www.southstreetseaportmuseum.org or 212-748-8600.