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exlondoner

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9 minutes ago, buchanan101 said:

Wales is the usual measure in the UK. How many IoWs to a Wales?

 

(Answer, 1 Wales  = 54.5 Isle of Wights)

 

I have heard "Belgium" used some times, but that's not quite so useful for a Brit (about 1.5 Wales to a Belgium)

Singapore is approximately equal to one IOW, I believe. Honestly, the IOW is used quite a lot for smaller things.

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MAK61462

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On 4/22/2020 at 11:18 AM, speedwell said:

According to the internet, the QM2 is heading west out of the English Channel. Does anyone know where she is going?

According to Marinetraffic QM2 sails to Liverpool

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1 minute ago, MAK61462 said:

According to Marinetraffic QM2 sails to Liverpool

Correct.  It's the replacement 5 day Coronation Cruise that sold out in a couple of hours last week (as per night per person rates were about 25% of normal prices)

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GonzoWCS

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38 minutes ago, Altrincham Charter said:

On the horizon heading due east to Liverpool (seen here passing the most northerly village in Wales).

 

 

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Back up and running.  Brilliant!

 

Cheers

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D&N "Live from...." Rare

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I've been looking at where QM2 (and others) are on Marine Traffic from time to time....

I've found one of the ferries on the Newhaven<->Dieppe route quite intriguing.

When at sea it always shows: "Navigational Status: Underway by Sail"

Here it  is:

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:181201/mmsi:228233600/imo:9320128/vessel:COTE_D_ALBATRE

I'm not sure where the sails are hidden.

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Mercruiser

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QM2 is sailing in circles in the English Channel, waiting for the proper time to head for Southampton. Kind of reminds me of every flight I've been on arriving at Heathrow! 😁

 

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D&N

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Unless there is some other practical reason, like a ship in distress?

Or maybe they wanted a closer look at the sailing ship, Tres Hombres.

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I only just noticed. The sister ship of the ferry that claims to be under sail is named Seven Sisters. The overview photo (from June 25, 2007) on MarineTraffic just happens to include another ship with a very distinctive profile:

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:842/shipname:SEVEN SISTERS?order=date_uploaded

You need to look at the small photo at top left or go to the first photo published.

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