Silver Muse set to anchor on Monday

Next to visit in the cruise ship season will be the Silver Muse, due to go to anchor in the Bay on Monday with nearly 600 passengers on board and with a crew of just over 400. The ship is pictured on a visit to Gisborne last year. Picture by Liam Clayton

The Silver Muse will be the next cruise ship to visit Gisborne and, weather permitting, the Silversea Cruises ship will go to anchor in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay at about 10am on Monday.

The ship arrives from Tauranga and will sail for Napier at around 7pm on Monday night.

She has been here before.

Silver Muse was built by the Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa and joined the Silversea Cruises fleet in April 2017.

The ship weighs 40,791 gross tonnes, and measures 212.8 metres in length, 27 metres at the beam.

The ship can accommodate 596 guests in 298 cabins and carries a crew of just over 400.

Silver Muse is powered by four diesel 6.525 MW engines, with a cruising speed of 19.8 knots, and 21 knots maximum.

In a review of the ship a cruise expert and critic said, “The biggest in the Silversea fleet provides a blueprint for how the Italian luxury cruise line plans to evolve.

“With a monochromatic yet elegant colour palette in brown, tan, beige and cream, Silver Muse personifies European luxury, which whispers rather than screams, and you’ll see the same materials — rich fabrics and gleaming marble — used in the passenger suites, as you’ll find in many of the lounges and restaurants. It’s beautiful in its simplicity.”

Silver Muse passengers are spoilt for choice when it comes to dining, with eight restaurants on board.

After departing Fincantieri’s yard, the ship set off on an eight-day Easter voyage in April 2017 that started and ended at Monaco, visiting Porto Mahon, Livorno and Portofino.

Two days later, it started its official 13-day maiden voyage from Monaco to Nice between April and May 2017, stopping at ports in Barcelona, Valletta, Amalfi and Sorrento.

The cruise ship then embarked on a series of voyages in Europe, Canada, North and South America, as well as the Caribbean, covering 130 destinations in 34 countries.

She sails out of Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Bali, Tanah Ampo, Yokohama, Tokyo, Seward, Vancouver, Brisbane, Singapore, Doha, Piraeus, Piraeus, Laviron, Mahe and Cape Town.