Crystal Endeavor accidents and incidents

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2020 - delayed delivery due to shipyard closure (Coronavirus), the yacht's 2020-2021 program (through August) was cancelled

Date

Accident

January 2021

Other Incidents

In December 2020 were cancelled all scheduled for 2021 (January 6 through/including May 1) departures, or a total of 8 itineraries in Australia-New Zealand, and also repositioning cruises, all priced from USD 36950 pp. The list included:

22-day from Hobart to Lyttelton-Christchurch (Jan 6)
22-day from Lyttelton-Christchurch to Hobart (Jan 28)
17-day from Hobart to Lyttelton-Christchurch (Feb 19)
15-day from Lyttelton-Christchurch to Melbourne (March 8)
10-day from Melbourne to Fremantle (March 24)
12-day relocation from Fremantle to Singapore (April 3)
15-day from Singapore to Hong Kong China (April 16)
14-day from Hong Kong to Tokyo Japan (May 1)

The Endeavor yacht's Maiden Voyage was rescheduled fo May 15, 2021 (13-day from Tokyo to Kobe) and priced from USD 16540 pp.

Date / Time	Port
15 May 19:00	Departing from Tokyo, Japan
17 May	Muroran, Japan
18 May	Hakodate, Japan
19 May	Sado Island, Ryotsu, Japan
20 May - 21 May	Kanazawa, Japan
22 May	Sakaiminato, Japan
23 May	Pohang, South Korea
24 May	Hamada, Japan
24 May	Nagato, Senzaki, Japan
25 May	Itsukushima Island, Miyajima, Japan
25 May - 26 May	Hiroshima, Japan
27 May	Okayama, Japan
28 May	Arriving in Kobe, Osaka-Kyoto, Japan

In late-January 2021 were cancelled all Crystal Endeavor cruises in March through August 2021. These cancellations included the ship's Alaska 2021 mini-season (4x departures from Seward and Vancouver BC) and Japan 2021 program.

All affected/cancelled bookings were provided with full monetary refund or 125% refund in FCC (future cruise credit) with rebooking on any Crystal Cruises ship and itinerary through 2023.

09 April 2020

Structural and Technical Issues

On April 9, 2020, Crystal Yacht Cruises announced that the new ship's delivery will be delayed due to the temporary shutdown of the shipbuilding yard Lloyd Werft in Germany (MV Werften Stralsund). The closure was due to the global Coronavirus pandemic and halted shipyard's operations.

As result, all planned for Crystal Endeavor cruises in 2020 (August 10 through October 31) were cancelled. The Inaugural Cruise (Aug 10-26, 16-day itinerary "Russian Far East Maiden Expedition Cruise", roundtrip from Yokohama Japan) was rescheduled for November 14 (14-day itinerary "Tasmania and Fjords of New Zealand", Nov 14-28, from Sydney NSW to Lyttelton-Christchurch NZ).

Next tables shows the initially planned maiden voyage from Japan.

Date / Time	Port
10 Aug 19:00	Departing from Yokohama, Japan
12 Aug	Hakodate, Japan
13 Aug	Rishiri Island (Kutsugata) and Wakkanai, Japan
14 Aug	Korsakov, Sakhalin Island, Russia
15 Aug	Tyuleny Island, Russia
16-17 Aug	Kuril Islands, Russia
18 Aug	Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
22 Aug	Kuril Islands, Russia
23 Aug	Korsakov, Sakhalin Island, Russia
24 Aug	Otaru, Japan
26 Aug	Arriving in Yokohama, Japan

Next table shows the rescheduled maiden voyage from Australia.

Date / Time	Port
14 Nov 18:00	Departing from Sydney, NSW Australia
16 Nov	King Island, Tasmania
17 Nov	Flinders Island, Tasmania
18 Nov - 19 Nov	Freycinet National Park, Tasmania
19 Nov	Maria Island, Tasmania
20 Nov	Bruny Island, Tasmania
20 Nov - 21 Nov	Hobart, Tasmania
24 Nov	Fiordland NP, New Zealand
25 Nov	Bluff, New Zealand
25 Nov - 26 Nov	Stewart Island, Oban, New Zealand
27 Nov	Dunedin, Port Chalmers, New Zealand
28 Nov	Arriving in Lyttelton-Christchurch, New Zealand

Prices started from ~USD 14450 pp. The cancelled itineraries also included:

Aug 28- 16-day "Japans Cultural and Coastal Discovery Cruise" (roundtrip Yokohama)
Sept 13 - 15-day from Yokohama to Keelung Taiwan
Sept 29 - 16-day from Keelung to Benoa (Bali Indonesia)
Oct 15 - 16-day from Benoa to Cairns (Queensland Australia)
Oct 31 - 13-day from Cairns to Sydney (NSW Australia)

In early-June 2020, Crystal Yacht Cruises cancelled the remainder of Crystal Endeavor's 2020 program. The decision was based on international travel restrictions, including Australia's and New Zealand's bans for cruise ships.

The last planned for 2020 and cancelled itineraries included:

(Nov 14) 14-day from Sydney NSW to Lyttelton-Christchurch NZ (USD 14450)
(Nov 28) 12-day from Lyttelton-Christchurch to Auckland NZ (USD 12700)
(Dec 10) 12-day from Auckland to Lyttelton-Christchurch (USD 12200)
(Dec 22) 14-day from Lyttelton-Christchurch to Hobart Tasmania (USD 18750)

All affected/cancelled bookings were provided with full monetary refund or 125% refund in FCC (future cruise credit) with rebooking on any Crystal Cruises ship and itinerary through 2023.

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