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Editor: Rod Sullivan
Profession: Maritime Attorney

Category: Cruise Ship Injuries and Accidents

The bottom eleven ships on the CDC Sanitation Scores all tend to be specialized cruise vessels like sailing ships, diving ships, oceanographic research ships, and cruises to Alaska. Here they are in reverse order:

These ships "passed" their sanitation test, but just barely:

Explorer Of The Seas 10/11/2006 89 (Oceanographic Research Cruises to Caribbean)
Palm Beach Princess 08/02/2006 89 (Gambling Cruises of Palm Beach)
Island Adventure 07/06/2006 89 (Whale Watching vessel, Washington)
Spirit Of Endeavor 08/17/2006 89 (Cruise West, Alaska)
Prinsendam 12/20/2005 88 (Holland America, World Voyages)
Oosterdam 10/07/2006 88 (Holland America, Alaska)
Grande Caribe 09/03/2006 87 (Great Lakes, New England, Coast of Maine)
Yorktown Clipper 09/20/2006 87 (Cruise West to Alaska)

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These three ships got "failing scores" below 85:

Nautilus Explorer 06/25/2005 78 (Diving Vacations-Alaska, B.C.)
Legacy 05/26/2006 72 (Sailing ship in Virgin Islands)

And the lowest scoring is a sailing ship:

Stad Amsterdam 04/08/2006 62 (Sailing ship in Caribbean)

(Personally, I'd like to sail on the Stad Amsterdam or the Legacy, regardless of their CDC ratings. Sailing ships need to be "cut some slack" and it looks like a unique experience.)

NOTABLY, NONE OF THESE SHIPS HAS HAD A MAJOR OUTBREAK OF NOROVIRUS!!!