mountainhouse Posted June 11, 2012 #1 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Friends boarded the Uniworld Antonette yesterday in Breisach am Rhein (48.025822,7.579681 on his GPS - put these numbers in Google maps to see exact location). Ships are not making it to Basel due to high water. They where picked up in Basel, and bused north (35 miles or so). He said there was a Viking ship there also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare YoungDubFan Posted June 11, 2012 #2 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I'm so happy that I finished my cruise last Sunday. We had no water or weather problems. In fact, we only had about 2 hours of rain the entire trip. It's amazing how quickly the water situation can change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainhouse Posted June 11, 2012 Author #3 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I'm so happy that I finished my cruise last Sunday. We had no water or weather problems. In fact, we only had about 2 hours of rain the entire trip. It's amazing how quickly the water situation can change. Yes. My fingers are crossed. Flying to Zurich in 22 days. :D By the way, still rereading your review. Again, thanks for all the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare YoungDubFan Posted June 11, 2012 #4 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I'm so glad that other people enjoyed my posts. I know when I was doing my research, it was difficult to get a real sense of how long we would be in each port, how long we would be sailing between cities, etc. I really tried to give details so that other cruisers would have some idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbiegator Posted June 12, 2012 #5 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Friends boarded the Uniworld Antonette yesterday in Breisach am Rhein (48.025822,7.579681 on his GPS - put these numbers in Google maps to see exact location). Ships are not making it to Basel due to high water. They where picked up in Basel, and bused north (35 miles or so). He said there was a Viking ship there also. any news on Basel rhine river level? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RvrCrzr Posted June 12, 2012 #6 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Its really low near Basel then gets better around Strasbourg. Its on the high side a bit north from there then back to normal as you head downstream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainhouse Posted June 13, 2012 Author #7 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Friend of mine on the Antonette sent me a note 20 minutes ago that the "Rhine is now closed to traffic from Basel to Strasbourg. It is still open from Speyer down stream." I found a webcam, but I don't know what's considered "high". http://www.webcam-basel.ch/de/live.jsp Some additional info: http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/wrsnews/soggy-week-in-switzerland.shtml?31096 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbiegator Posted June 13, 2012 #8 Share Posted June 13, 2012 My travel agent called Viking and they said no problems at Basal. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainhouse Posted June 13, 2012 Author #9 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Strange. I considered watching the webcam a while and seeing if anything goes by. :) Added later... I finally found some info.... The Port of Basel's site is only in German, so this is using Google to translate.... Link to translation I hope that translation link works. If not.... Link to German site Based on the translation the maximum navigable water level at "BASEL-RHEINHALLE" is 790 cm. Today's level at 13:06:12 CET is 801 cm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainhouse Posted June 13, 2012 Author #10 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Wow. Looking at the chart more closely, the levels vary a lot. Odd that my friend said Uniworld Antonette couldn't leave from Basel on Sunday, since the numbers on the website don't look at high. Maybe this is something to ask the crew about in a few weeks. Link to Rhine levels (multiple cities) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RvrCrzr Posted June 13, 2012 #11 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Its really low near Basel then gets better around Strasbourg. Its on the high side a bit north from there then back to normal as you head downstream. LoL...HIGH I mean. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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