Detour

Yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) a small, unmarked inflatable life raft was spotted by the bridge about 1/3 mile from our ship. They examined it with high powered binoculars and determined that it was empty. The crew also contacted both the Greek and Italian Coast Guards and determined that no ships had reported the launching of any rafts.

About an hour later, the Captain reported that a passenger onboard our ship 'thought they had seen something' in the raft in a photo they had taken. Due to this report, we turned our ship around, returned to the raft, launched a rescue boat which went over to the raft looked inside, took photos from all angles, and indeed confirmed it was an empty, unmarked life raft.

As a result, our entry into Venice will be delayed by three hours