Staff and students of the ship science and maritime engineering courses were joined by researchers and PhD students of fluid structure interactions to celebrate the end of a busy week 1 by cruising Southampton water. The weather for the early evening was a perfect crisp autumnal one with barely a cloud in site.
The ferry departed at 16:00 from the Blue Funnel Terminal at Ocean Village and sailed around Southampton Waters, the convergence of rivers Itchen and Test, and further on to the Container Terminal.
People aboard had a vantage point for viewing Cruise Ships, and also managed to take in container ships being loaded/unloaded and sail past the point where the Titanic was once anchored. It was an opportunity for the new students to meet the whole group. In all 170 people attended.
