We anchored off the island of Capri and they have local laws that only their tenders can transfer passengers between ships & the island. The tenders are open boats that hold 20 to 30 people and, with 4 ft swells, the loading took considerable time. We didn't have a tour scheduled so we decided to wait. After 2 1/2 hours they were still loading tenders and,suddenly, an announcement came from the shore staff that a local ferry had come in fast, couldn't stop, rammed into the pier and damaged some small boats. Fortunately none of our passengers were involved, but the port was shut down for a while. We decided that, if we did go ashore, there would be long waits to get a tender back, so we stayed on the ship and had a sea day. Those who went ashore said it was very crowded in the town.
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