Marine Traffic shows Pursuit heading to Glasgow

[oddjob16]

Had confirmation that Quest and Journey is heading for Glasgow. ETA for Journey in approx two weeks. Looks like a cold lay up. Quest and Pursuit have itineraries in northern Europe for september, but Journey is supposed to stay in the Med all summer. She is misplaced in Glasgow. 

[excitedofharpenden]

1 hour ago, oddjob16 said:

Had confirmation that Quest and Journey is heading for Glasgow. ETA for Journey in approx two weeks. Looks like a cold lay up. Quest and Pursuit have itineraries in northern Europe for september, but Journey is supposed to stay in the Med all summer. She is misplaced in Glasgow. 

I doubt they'll do a cold lay up if they can help it Odd. It just takes too much certification to get them back in service. Cold means switching everything off They'll keep them ticking over and making sure the air con and ventilation systems are cleaned out. Read Legionella and humidity. Warm lay up most like. 

 

Phil 

Edited June 11, 2020 by excitedofharpenden

[oddjob16]

13 hours ago, excitedofharpenden said:

I doubt they'll do a cold lay up if they can help it Odd. It just takes too much certification to get them back in service. Cold means switching everything off They'll keep them ticking over and making sure the air con and ventilation systems are cleaned out. Read Legionella and humidity. Warm lay up most like. 

 

Phil 

Maybe you are right. However Pullmantur puts all ships in cold until at least november 15. So it is a possible outcome. When all ships are docked Azamara will only keep one captain overseeing the lay up. 

 

[Bloodaxe]

They will obviously do everything they can to keep costs to the minimum during the lay up however long that may be.

[uktog]

It’s a tricky balance because they will want to be ready to go as soon as they can. 

[excitedofharpenden]

2 hours ago, oddjob16 said:

Maybe you are right. However Pullmantur puts all ships in cold until at least november 15. So it is a possible outcome. When all ships are docked Azamara will only keep one captain overseeing the lay up. 

 

Anything is possible within Royal at present, but believe Pullmantur is another proposition. Part of a Spanish market?  I was pointing out that a cold layup for Azamara certainly at the moment would not be in the plan AFAIK because of the restart time involved if they did that vs a warm lay up. Time will tell. Things are moving on. 

 

Phil 

[oddjob16]

13 minutes ago, excitedofharpenden said:

Anything is possible within Royal at present, but believe Pullmantur is another proposition. Part of a Spanish market?  I was pointing out that a cold layup for Azamara certainly at the moment would not be in the plan AFAIK because of the restart time involved if they did that vs a warm lay up. Time will tell. Things are moving on. 

 

Phil 

You are right. I would be more worried if Journey went straight to Cape Town 😁. 

[uktog]

Just now, oddjob16 said:

You are right. I would be more worried if Journey went straight to Cape Town 😁. 

I doubt she will head there this year 😞

 

[excitedofharpenden]

12 minutes ago, oddjob16 said:

You are right. I would be more worried if Journey went straight to Cape Town 😁. 

Or worse still Alang!

 

Phil

[audobon_tx]

MT now says Quest next call will be Southampton.  Is it possible Quest could lay up there pending it's scheduled Southampton to Barcelona sailing in September?

[uktog]

24 minutes ago, flyingshoes said:

MT now says Quest next call will be Southampton.  Is it possible Quest could lay up there pending it's scheduled Southampton to Barcelona sailing in September?

Nope Quest is going to Glasgow, well thats where the Captain thinks he is going - Southampton is full of ships anyway

[Bloodaxe]

26 minutes ago, flyingshoes said:

MT now says Quest next call will be Southampton.  Is it possible Quest could lay up there pending it's scheduled Southampton to Barcelona sailing in September?

Very unlikely.

[audobon_tx]

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:301248/mmsi:106/vessel:AZAMARA QUEST

[uktog]

29 minutes ago, flyingshoes said:

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:301248/mmsi:106/vessel:AZAMARA QUEST

Yes no one is doubting they are heading to Southampton first but thats not the final stop. On Saturday 20th June it picks up a Clyde pilot

[Ithikan]

I love this forum.  You can peel the passengers off of the ships but you cannot stop them sniffing the wind, checking the tides, or planning their next days at sea.

[Host Jazzbeau]

50 minutes ago, Ithikan said:

I love this forum.  You can peel the passengers off of the ships but you cannot stop them sniffing the wind, checking the tides, or planning their next days at sea.

 

I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,

To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;

And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,

And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54932/sea-fever-56d235e0d871e

[uktog]

Quest is now safely in the River Clyde 😀

[excitedofharpenden]

10 hours ago, uktog said:

Quest is now safely in the River Clyde 😀

I see Journey is just off the coast of Northern Spain so they'll all be together soon. Not what Azamara wanted for the Sisters Meet. 😕

 

Phil 

[uktog]

Miles just shared some pics. They have the Bay of Biscay like a millpond. So yes sisters meet beside Shieldhall Sewage works next weekend 😂😂

[excitedofharpenden]

37 minutes ago, uktog said:

Miles just shared some pics. They have the Bay of Biscay like a millpond. So yes sisters meet beside Shieldhall Sewage works next weekend 😂😂

Azamazing!😳

 

Phil

[uktog]

19 minutes ago, excitedofharpenden said:

Azamazing!😳

 

Phil

Azamazing evening will be at the Govan chippy 

[Mrs Miggins]

Lovely to see some lighthearted banter on this board again x

 

[Bloodaxe]

2 hours ago, uktog said:

Azamazing evening will be at the Govan chippy 

 

Count me in, will they have deep fried Mars Bars?.

[uktog]

5 hours ago, Bloodaxe said:

 

Count me in, will they have deep fried Mars Bars?.

Might be bringing the evening forward to Wednesday 🙂

 

[excitedofharpenden]

It is indeed time to get battered. 😃

 

Phil