Help....Man overboard, are you sure?

We all know from being on board ship that the crew do practice various drill whilst in port or on sea days, and whilst in Bergen a couple of months ago I watch while the crew used one of the inflatable lifeboats to 'save' a man in the drink!

But reports are out that Princess Cruises' Ruby Princess  changed course briefly the other day off the coast of Mykonos to search for a possible man overboard -- but it turns out that the man in question may have been a blue sun lounger!

It appears that a passenger reported seeing a blue sun lounger in the water, but could be sire if there was a sunbather with it! The bridge was advised and the Captain decided that the ship should undertake a search, while at the same time notifying the Greek Coast Guard.

The final decision when darkness fell was that it could not have come from the ship, so Ruby Princess steamed onwards and the itinerary will not be affected.

The serious point here is that the training is important, and even though they did not need to save anybody this time it could have been a real emergency.

But how did a blue sun lounger get out to sea!