The 2024 cruise season in Boston kicked off yesterday as NORWEGIAN GEM boarded passengers for a 7-night round-trip voyage to Bermuda.

As it was a rainy and windy afternoon, I opted to photograph her departure from indoors. Here’s how she appeared through 125-year-old wavy glass and 50-year-old storm windows. That’s Graves Light in the distance.

NORWEGIAN GEM is scheduled for Bermuda cruises every Friday through August 23 (with Bar Harbor added starting April 24). She’ll then do a variety of Canada cruises that depart weekly or bi-weekly through October 18.

The Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) ship is one of 8 cruise ships that will home port in Boston this year. I’ll try to catch as many as I can.

For the full schedule, visit https://www.massport.com/flynn-cruiseport/cruise-directory/cruise-schedule.