Oct 1988 QE2 near miss on the Solent

[Lynda Bradford]

The Southern Evening Echo of 7 October 1988 praised the skill of Captain Bennell for avoiding an accident when a freak 72 knot gust of wind caught the ship as she made a sharp turn to port off Cowes. 

Cunardqueen, who was onboard ship at the time of the incident kept these newspaper clippings.

[BlueSparky]

My first night on board. Remember the ship shuddering then the phone going in the radio room. I heard “this is the BBC, we hear you nearly ran in to the Isle of Wight, can we speak to the bridge please…” 😂😂

[cunardqueen]

Other than a slightly windy departure , and seeing a small bird on deck "resting" we didn't realise anything was a miss.
The last phrase , summed up how the Bay was for us , giving us value for money