Saturday, April 27, 2024 – Photo of the Day – At Sea En Route to Kanazawa, Japan

Where in the World Are We?

Sailing from Busan, South Korea, to Kanazawa, Japan.

Today’s Activities Include:

Bridge Lessons
Dance Lessons
Enrichment Lecture with Lecturer Scott Bornstein: Master Your Memory Power – How the mind and memory work

Destination Lecture with Michael DiSpezio: Kanazawa and More Things Japanese

Learn what to expect as we visit Kanazawa and extend our understanding of Japanese culture, history, and interactions beyond the main island.

Enrichment Lecture with Lecturer Sir Alistair MacDuff: The Nuremberg Trial 1945-6

A look at the trial of Nazi War Criminals with an up-to-date judicial perspective on the jurisprudence underpinning a significant development of international law

MEET ENRICHMENT LECTURER – BILL BURGEL
Bill retired in 2010 after a successful 40-year career in the railroad industry. Bill worked for several railroads in both the engineering and operating departments. After departing from Union Pacific Railroad in 1989, he assisted the Surface Transportation Board as their rail operations manager for two major mergers, once in Washington, DC, and the second in Chicago. While working for the railroad, his interest and training in geology were often called upon to resolve landslide issues and rerouting studies, implement early earthquake warning strategies, and conduct numerous long railroad tunnel analyses.

In addition to his many talks regarding the rail industry, Bill has given numerous presentations on earthquake preparedness and topics about regional geology to local audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest and, more recently, to the cruise ship industry.

BOAT BUILDING COMPETITION
YOUR CHANCE TO GET CREATIVE AND CRAFTING
THE OFFICIAL START WAS ON 23 APRIL, AND THE JUDGING ON 8 MAY
A renowned and highly anticipated World Cruise tradition is our annual boat-building
competition. In this entertaining contest, we call all our guests to put their brains and creativity to the test in building a ‘Sea-Worthy’ boat. The boats must undergo specific trials and challenges to be crowned the Silver Shadow champion. You are invited to work alone or in teams. The boat will be tested on overall creativity of design and presentation,
ability to float un-assisted in the pool, and how much it can hold (the weights used will be 12oz. cans, so the ship needs to be designed to hold those types of weights).

You may use any materials you can find around the ship to construct your boat, provided that you will not cause damage to any property of the Silver Shadow. We also want you to ‘create’ your ship, so there is no use of large materials such as life jackets, trash cans, etc., and the ship’s total length can be no longer than 40 inches (100cm). We will set up a table with materials available for you to use in your ship’s construction. Be as creative as you want in your presentation and design, and most importantly, HAVE FUN!