An explanation has been given for the listing of the Princess, the cruise ship docked in Red Hook: It was a junior officer’s fault. He made a really bad boo boo. This from ny1.

Reports say human error caused Tuesday’s frightening tilting of the Crown Princess cruise ship.

According to an Orlando TV news station, a junior officer
"panicked" while steering. In trying to disengage the autopilot, he
accidentally made the ship turn even further left, causing the
15-degree tilt.

The ship is now back at sea with new passengers, after being given
the all clear from the Coast Guard and the National Transportation
Safety Board.

It set sail from Red Hook, Brooklyn Saturday night.

Passengers who spoke with NY1 had mixed feelings about boarding,
including one man whose daughter was leaving for a honeymoon on the
Princess.

"We got a tour of the ship and if there was any damage on this
ship, you would never know," said Fred Smith. "The crew has done a
great job of cleaning it up, and we saw no evidence at all of damage to
the ship."

"To be honest I wouldn’t be afraid to go back on the boat if knew
whatever it was they figured it out and they corrected it, but I’m not
ready to get back on real quick," said former passenger Tony Brown.

The ship is now headed out to Grand Turk and Bermuda. It will return to New York in a week.