The Crown Princess, a cruise ship based in Red Hook, Brooklyn, experienced some massive difficulties in the high seas yesterday. This from the NY Times.

In an instant, passengers aboard The Crown Princess cruise ship went
from sunbathing to clutching whatever they could as the massive ship
rolled heavily to its side, throwing everything not nailed down against
the deck and walls.

”Another 20 degrees and I would have been in
the water,” said Alfred Caproni, of North Adams, Mass., who was on his
balcony on the ninth deck. ”All the water from the pools was coming
right over the edge. It was like Niagara Falls. There were dozens of
people with bleeding noses.”

The Crown Princess was 11 1/2 miles
southeast of Port Canaveral en route to New York late Tuesday afternoon
when its crew reported problems with the steering equipment and the
113,000-ton ship listed hard to one side, Coast Guard Petty Officer
James Judge said.

It slowly came back up, leaving a scene of
terrified passengers scattered across its decks, halls and casino, then
headed for the port.