Jacob Lyngsøe
Cruise Chronicle 1843 - 1880
It’s been 180 years, people! That’s almost three lifetimes .. in current average life spans, that is. Or about 7-8 generations ago. Do...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- May 24
- 16 min
Wreck of a Co-Op
As a self-professed cruise history geek, I often lament the lack of tangible artefacts from cruise history. Cruise ships never get turned...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- May 7
- 5 min
Mardi Gras on the Rocks
0,1oz (0,3cl) lemon juice 2oz (6cl) dark rum 6oz (18cl) Hawaiian Punch 1tsp sugar Dip rim of hurricane glass first in lemon juice, then...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- Feb 16
- 15 min
End of Line(rs)
Friday, 2 May, 1952 At London Airport (as Heathrow was once called) it is a cool and drizzly afternoon, but by 3pm the rain has let up...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- Dec 19, 2022
- 16 min
Atomic Dreams
Tuesday 25 August, 1964 Off the coast of Copenhagen, Denmark: A sleek, snow-white cargoliner makes its way South down the Øresund – the...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- Nov 5, 2022
- 16 min
The Norwegian Connection II
‘Hello? .. Yes, good evening! My name is Ted Arison and I’m calling from Miami, USA. We’ve never met but boy, do I have a great business...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- Oct 9, 2022
- 28 min
The Norwegian Connection I
Look around the twentieth century Western cruisescape and what do you see? Norwegians, right?! Norwegians everywhere! You may not have...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- May 6, 2022
- 16 min
Murder Mystery
Some pages in cruise history beg to be read not for their satisfying resolution or long-lasting contributions to the evolution of the...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- Jun 12, 2021
- 17 min
Poly at Sea
The British auxiliary steamer SS Ceylon made cruising history in 1881 by being the first ship in history to not only take on a full-time...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- May 8, 2021
- 5 min
Sweet Sixteen
Hip hip Hooray! My blog has come of age! Only one year in and sixteen colorful stories from cruise history down already. That only goes...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- Feb 16, 2021
- 16 min
Genesis Miami
Miami, Florida – June 1950 It is a Friday afternoon in Miami Old Port. At Pier 2 sailaway festivities are in full swing for an 88m /...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- Jan 12, 2021
- 16 min
Under Sail
Cruising under sail is not a new thing. When the commercial leisure cruise phenomenon was born in the 1840’s, ocean shipping was in the...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- Dec 11, 2020
- 14 min
Soviet Leisure II
It was like American cruising but the buffets had a lot more borscht and cabbage in them. It was like American cruising but the bars had...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- Oct 19, 2020
- 13 min
Soviet Leisure I
For more than 40 years a 'covert' cruise operation was running on the border of Europe and Asia Minor – a large one with a substantial...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- Oct 12, 2020
- 11 min
School Afloat
Imagine a school where you learn French one day and the next you are in downtown Marseille putting your new skills to the test. Learn...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- Sep 26, 2020
- 14 min
Hitler's Holidays
In the 1930’s arose a cruise company – literally out of nowhere – that went on to dominate the European cruise market in terms of volume....
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- Sep 12, 2020
- 11 min
Booze Cruises
If you are a contemporary cruiser you probably think that ‘booze cruise’ describes that time you took the Fiesta party boat in Cozumel...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- Aug 17, 2020
- 9 min
The Age of Yachts
The yacht! – the word itself is elitist and exclusive. If you saw it in print for the first time, how would you even know to pronounce it...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- May 12, 2020
- 7 min
The White Princess
In the sparsely documented realm of cruising history there is no shortage of ships claiming the title of world’s first cruise ship for...
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Jacob Lyngsøe
- May 12, 2020
- 9 min
Ballin's Gamble
The first real luxury cruise in history. The first leisure cruises in history were spartan affairs by today’s standards – the only...
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