QM2 changed course/destination last night?

[cunardaddict]

AIS shows today a nightly course set to Geiranger and just at the beginning of the fjord a 180 degree change going further north for Andalsnes where she is now. Looks very irritating to me.

[BlueRiband]

Maybe she had to back up for some reason? AIS will show the ship's movement and not the direction where her bow points. (The track of her docking in Brooklyn appears like she is being steered by a drunken sailor.)

[cunardaddict]

Certainly not for several miles?

[Colin_Cameron]

I was confused by this as well until I looked at the brochure and saw that she is supposed to be in Andalsnes today.

 

Could it be something as simple as going closer inshore to drop-off/pick-up the pilot from Alesund?

 

Either that or somebody took a wrong turn:eek: Those fjords all look the same.:D

 

Regards, Colin.

[cunardaddict]

...somebody took a wrong turn:eek: Those fjords all look the same.:D

 

Regards, Colin.

 

 

Maybe Commodore Warwick's set of historical maps got into use again ;-)

[Yoshikitty]

Maybe this sounds like a stupid question for you guys. But how can you find out the QM2 has changed its route?

[Scrapnana]

Maybe this sounds like a stupid question for you guys. But how can you find out the QM2 has changed its route?

 

This is what I use but there are probably others.

[pmb1]

This is what I use but there are probably others.

sailwx is another one. AIS has better graphics.

[Yoshikitty]

Thanks for your quick replies. :)

[BlueRiband]

Here is her track as of 23:35 on 13 June.

 

Maybe she had to make fresh water? If I remember correctly she needs to do 15-16 knots for her desalination plant to be effective. Shoreside water is not taken on if it doesn't pass quality tests.

 

Somebody goofed and thought they were heading back to Southampton? :eek:

[lannp]

Not a large distance between ports. Maybe they are killing time?

[c-legs]

We've experienced something similar 2 years ago on Celebrity, and it appears to be standard procedure in that area. When going from ''fjord to fjord'' with a short distance in between, ships will go at least 15 NM at sea and execute their ''grey water discharge ''(per rules ) and loop around back towards their next ''entrance'' into the next Fjord.

The sailing in between two such ports in close distance is also always slow....no need to burn fuel unecessarily.

Cheers

[cunardaddict]

Here is her track as of 23:35 on 13 June.

 

Maybe she had to make fresh water? If I remember correctly she needs to do 15-16 knots for her desalination plant to be effective. Shoreside water is not taken on if it doesn't pass quality tests. Somebody goofed and thought they were heading back to Southampton? :eek:

 

This is the afternoon course. I mentioned the early mornig course directing straight to the shores: http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7384/es97.jpg

[Scrapnana]

This is the afternoon course. I mentioned the early mornig course directing straight to the shores: http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7384/es97.jpg

 

I trust that was not a Schettino-style sail-by.:eek:

[glojo]

Questions

I have no idea of the scale on that plot but here are a few questions which may or may not throw light on this issue.

 

What are the gambling laws in Norway and do cruise ships close their casinos whilst in port?

 

If the answer to the above questions confirm what I am suggesting then could this cruise ship be heading off shore to allow the casinos to be opened and allow gamblers to give their money over to Cunard?

 

If the casino remains open whilst the ship is in harbour then my suggestion joins all the other incorrect assumptions :)

[Pennbank]

Most likely that she was collecting the pilot, It could have been a mistake as usually Geiranger is on the itinerary and Andalsnes only used when there are too many ships calling at Geranger. However Andalsnes was shown as a maiden call and anchor point in their brochure for this voyage. Only those on the bridge at the time will be able to inform us.

[goose30]

What difference does this course change make? did the ship get where it was supposed to be going?

[glojo]

What difference does this course change make? did the ship get where it was supposed to be going?

I think curiosity is a good thing and hopefully long may it continue. I suppose I might not agree if it started to get silly.

 

I would be bery surprised if a ship were to put out to sea to pick up a pilot (unless they wanted to make the poor devil suffer an uncomfortable journey!) :eek: (humour)

[cunardaddict]

What difference does this course change make? did the ship get where it was supposed to be going?

 

Well, in comparison with the easyness of guiding a car this maneuvre of such a huge ships takes a lot of preparation. So we do assume that there was either a purpose or a serious error behind this. And -Yes, eventually the ship got where it was supposed to go to in time.

 

Curiosity is only one of men's useful faults. Bigotery is les useful, but not rare...