{"id":16982,"date":"2013-04-03T03:00:52","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=16982"},"modified":"2013-04-03T03:00:52","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T10:00:52","slug":"norwegian-captains-a-special-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=16982","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Captains a Special Group"},"content":{"rendered":"

We've never met Hakan Svedung. Nor Evans Hoyt. But we hope to meet them. A lot of people who cruise clearly have, since together these two captains have spent 65 years at sea.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Their next assignment(s) is the Norwegian Breakaway<\/a>. They'll be co-captains of Norwegian's newest ship when it leaves New York Harbor next month on a series of <\/span>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>inaugural cruises. At the helm will be Capt. Svedung (left), who will be relieved by Capt. Hoyt (right) when it's time for a vacation.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you probably know that we have a soft spot for Norwegian<\/a> captains. It has been our good fortune to meet several of them…good fortune because we've enjoyed talking to all of them of their experiences at sea and their lives on land, both of which they've been willing to have us share with you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among them was one of the original captains of Norwegian's last new ship (the Epic<\/a>), the late Trygve Vorren, from Norway, and Roger Gustavsen, a Norwegian who's climbing the captains' ladder — might the Getaway be next for him? A couple of months ago, we spent time with one of the Epic's current captains, Frank Juliussen, who's also from Norway and who will be featured in this space later this month.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was not a candidate for the Breakaway, by choice.<\/span><\/p>\n

"I don't want more new ships," he said. "I just want to be here on the Epic. The young boys can take it now."<\/span><\/p>\n

Captain Svedung is from Sweden. He has been with Norwegian for almost seven years and before that with a company shareholder, Star Cruises. Captain Hoyt is from America, a Moroccan-born son of a U.S. diplomat and a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Says their boss, CEO Kevin Sheehan:<\/span><\/p>\n

“We carefully chose these seasoned veterans [because they] have a proven track record as successful leaders in our operations team and possess the dedication and passion that will make the Breakaway our most successful new ship launch.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Sounds like your typical Norwegian captain to us.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tWindstar Wind Surf<\/a>
\n\t7 nights
\n\tMay 28, 2013
\n\tNice<\/a>, Monte Carlo<\/a>, Calvi, Cannes<\/a>, Portofino<\/a>, Portovenere, Portoferraio, Rome<\/a>
\n\tOceanview: $2,799
\n\tCost per day: $399<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.windstarcruises.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We've never met Hakan Svedung. Nor Evans Hoyt. But we hope to meet them. A lot of people who cruise clearly have, since together these two captains have spent 65 years at sea. Their next assignment(s) is the Norwegian Breakaway. They'll be co-captains of Norwegian's newest ship when it leaves New York Harbor next month… Continue reading Norwegian Captains a Special Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,25,19,15],"tags":[1207,1208,1209,1210,912,72,1183,86,35,733,30,126,721,1139,432,762,1016],"class_list":["post-16982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-people","category-ships","category-stories","tag-captain-evans-hoyt","tag-captain-frank-juliussen","tag-captain-hakan-svedung","tag-captain-roger-gustavsen","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-ship-captains","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-kevin-sheehan","tag-mediterranean-cruise","tag-norwegian","tag-norwegian-breakaway","tag-norwegian-epic","tag-ship-captains","tag-wind-surf","tag-windstar-cruises","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}