article_snippet: Or will I disappear overboard, laden with food, the heavyweight victim of some marine disaster?
article_snippet: Coming back for more: A high percentage of people on the Seabourn Odyssey are returning passengers . '
article_snippet: My cruising worries begin to evaporate when I meet the crew of the Seabourn Odyssey. '
article_snippet: Welcome home,' the crew of Seabourn Odyssey say as the crew of Seabourn Odyssey embark - a curious choice of words, until you realise more than half the passengers are returnees.
article_snippet: No danger of that on the Seabourn Odyssey.
article_snippet: That night the whoosh of waves against the hull lulls me to sleep.
article_snippet: we get lost driving back and nearly miss the sailing.
article_snippet: As we cruise through Queen Charlotte Sound, said to be Captain Cook's favourite anchorage, peace envelops me.
article_snippet: and I think of Captain Scott and Scott companions as the red ball in the sky disappears, leaving behind a trail of light, first pink, then orange, then burgundy, until finally blackness falls.
article_snippet: But I come to realise how a big ship like the Odyssey can cope with such seas.
article_snippet: I relax into the camaraderie that develops on board, and at long last we're cruising into Melbourne and then along the coast to Sydney.
article_snippet: That afternoon, I watch from my hotel window as the Seabourn Odyssey sets sail once more, back to Auckland.