Back to the ship at 2pm, just in time for the life boat drill at 3:30. We went up to the Crow's Nest at 4 to watch sail away. It was way too crowded to get a good seat. We needed to arrive at 3. The view from the back of the ship is almost as good as the view from the Crow’s Nest. We skipped our normal lunch time and we are starving.
At about 4:40pm we backed away from the pier and swung 180 degrees, then headed west for the 20 mile run back to the North Sea. With bow thrusters and azipods in the stern, the maneuverability of these large ships is simply amazing. No tugs required, thank you (unless the wind is strong enough to overpower the thrusters, in which case tugs are called for).
Along the channel, and especially at the exit to the blustery North Sea, are hundreds of modern windmills.
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