The Assistant Cruise Directors
Born and raised in Canada’s beautiful capital, Ottawa, Benoit Gatien grew up on hockey rinks and baseball fields. Showing an early interest in archeology and travel, he left his first two years of university studies in accounting to complete a degree in Travel and Tourism. Working at sea has allowed him to fulfill several of his “must travel to” destinations. Traveling is now part of his lifestyle, much to the delight of his family and friends, who travel vicariously through him. Cynthia Corsine is from Brazil, where nuts come from! When she was 18, she moved to Seattle to study at the University of Washington, obtaining a certificate in Travel and Tourism and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. After living in Seattle for six years, she joined Holland America Line in 2004. Cynthia loves traveling, cooking for friends and takes immense pleasure in tasting the food from different countries. Sometime soon she hopes to live abroad and obtain her Master’s Degree. Johnny Iglehart, a native of Chicago, has been fascinated with cruise ships since the age of five. After three months of working on board the Ryndam in 1998 on a summer break from Denison University in Granville, Ohio, Johnny was hooked on shipboard life. Since graduating in 1999 with a degree in Communication and Spanish, he has worked on ten of the thirteen ships in the fleet and is extremely honored to be here for his second Grand World Voyage. When not working you might find Johnny vacationing on the high seas with his parents!
Navigation
Radar is used for precise navigation when ships are near land and to detect the presence and movement of vessels and objects for navigation and collision avoidance. A radar instrument sends out a radio pulse through a rotating antenna, called a scanner. When the pulse hits a target, it bounces back to the scanner. The instrument calculates the time difference between transmission and reception. It converts this information into a visual display on a monitor, which shows the object as a point of light. The monitor displays the bearing to the target and the distance to it. This information can be used to quickly produce accurate positions and fixes. Radar is especially effective for detecting land and to indicate the presence and movement of vessels when out of the range of vision, or during times of restricted visibility in fog or haze.
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