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Hurricane Igor forces Boston cruise ship to change course

Posted by Mike Bello  September 17, 2010 12:46 PM
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By L. Finch, Globe correspondent

A cruise ship set to depart Boston today for Bermuda will instead set its course for Florida and the Bahamas ahead of Hurricane Igor, company officials announced today.

As weather forecasters predicted Igor will slam into Bermuda this weekend, The Norwegian Cruise Line ship “Norwegian Spirit,” set to leave at 4 p.m. from Black Falcon Avenue port for the small island country, will instead hug the eastern seaboard, stopping in Port Canaveral, Fla. and Nassau, Bahamas.

Other cruise lines, including Royal Caribbean and MSC Cruises, have also rearranged some of their itineraries amid concerns about the Category 3 storm.

The hurricane, crawling northwest at 9 miles per hour, is predicted to pass over Bermuda late Sunday into early Monday, bringing with it winds in excess of 120 miles per hour and rough seas, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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