The statement that on our ship is no Covid-19 Virus prevention is not true.
1. All ship, seating places, handrails, toilets, livejackets, hand contact surfaces are strictly desinfected with certified approved disinfectants before the boarding of passengers.
2. Every passenger is obligate to wear a face mask by boarding.
3. Every passenger is required to disinfect his hands when enter the boat. 8 alcohol gel dispensers are installed on board.
4. Before the boat, starts the captain gives safty and security briefing relatet to Covid-19 Virus protection rules and the use of life vests and toilets in english, german, portuguese and french.
5. The crew members disinfect the contact surfaces, , handrails and toilets all 30 minutes.
6. All crew members wear constantly face mask and disinfect their hands all 10 minutes by alcohol gel.
7. When our passengers drink or smoke in the determined area, its normal that them lower the face mask a bit to do so.
8. In time of crises it happens every day again that passengers bring them own drinks on board.
9. We are not able to controle the drinks, the passengers bring with them on board.
10. Unfortunately, on this day my crew members have let in another 12 passenger who were not booked before, because another ship they booked them and this had an engine problem and could not go out.
11. That is the reason why the lotation came up to 80%.
12. In Portugal is no law to limit the lotation on boats because of Covid-19 Virus.
13. The group of persons refered was isolated on the front deck , about 20 meters away from me, the capitain.
14. This deck is not allowed for children and was only occupied by this marriage group.
15. I had no signals of anomality behaviour of this group, them had a small music box with them.
16. I had no notice of whisky or other spirits consumed by this group, nothing was reported to me by the crew members or any other passenger on board.
17. It can happen to any person to become seasick, even when the sea is calm.
18. It was a very rare situation that passengers are so overdoing on board.
19.I recommend to all passengers to listen to the opening speech and briefing made by the captain in portuguese, english, german and french. He does not speak spanish.
20. Please comnuicate immediately the crew or the captain, in case you registrate anomalities, so we can correct undisired or dangerous situations.
With kind regards
Captain Bernardo