We agree heartily with Olivia and Ngaire (we always agree with our dear Mother Superior) that RSSC has a group of excellent captains. We are not, however, members of the Cult of Captain Dag, because that mindset seems to reduce the stature of the other captains. We found Dag to be perfectly pleasant and correct on our Norwegian fjords cruise. On our other two Voyager cruises, we've had the great pleasure of the command of Captain Knute, who is less glamorous than Dag, but very amiable (and entirely delighted to talk to anyone about nautical matters). We think that it is a bit sad that Knute (and perhaps other captains) are so much in the shadow of Dag that some passengers think that they are not getting a "real captain" (we actually heard this absurd comment from a couple of people on WAVE) if they don't have Dag. Maybe some people spend too much time on these boards...

Cheers, Fred