sogne Posted February 2 #1 Share Posted February 2 Unless AIS is playing games QA seems to approaching the southern of the Venetian Lagoon at 9 knots. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sogne Posted February 2 Author #2 Share Posted February 2 4 minutes ago, sogne said: Unless AIS is playing games QA seems to approaching the southern of the Venetian Lagoon at 9 knots. Destination now reported as Palermo no eta given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sogne Posted February 2 Author #3 Share Posted February 2 according to MT AIS QA is under sail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted February 2 #4 Share Posted February 2 1 hour ago, sogne said: Destination now reported as Palermo no eta given. It says 9.55 Jan 11 on Vesselfinder. Part of that may be true.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted February 2 #5 Share Posted February 2 4 minutes ago, sogne said: according to MT AIS QA is under sail. That would be a sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted February 2 #6 Share Posted February 2 11 minutes ago, exlondoner said: That would be a sight. Certainly would. I was rather hoping for engines rather than sails. ☹️...😅 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted February 2 #7 Share Posted February 2 Just now, Victoria2 said: Certainly would. I was rather hoping for engines rather than sails. ☹️...😅 Both? Belt and braces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted February 2 #8 Share Posted February 2 She seems to have turned back. Perhaps they forgot the coffee? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted February 2 #9 Share Posted February 2 13 minutes ago, exlondoner said: She seems to have turned back. Perhaps they forgot the coffee? More likely the milk was UHT and fresh was required. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sogne Posted February 2 Author #10 Share Posted February 2 Presumably ancor drill now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare D&N Posted February 2 #11 Share Posted February 2 5 hours ago, sogne said: according to MT AIS QA is under sail. 4 hours ago, exlondoner said: She seems to have turned back. Perhaps they forgot the coffee? Not that unusual. There was a Newhaven-Dieppe ferry that was under sail for months. Perhaps the wind changed and they didn't know how to tack and gybe. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MylesS Posted February 2 #12 Share Posted February 2 5 hours ago, exlondoner said: She seems to have turned back. Perhaps they forgot the coffee? I'd hazard a guess that they're doing basic propulsion tests before sailing out into (what seems to be) a decently populated shipping lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted February 2 #13 Share Posted February 2 Here's QA's track from earlier today. Some low speed maneuvers at that time. 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Mareblu Posted February 2 #14 Share Posted February 2 This is very exciting news. I do wish we had a visual image. Cue Delusions of Grandeur Naysayers😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowandaUK Posted February 3 #15 Share Posted February 3 Looks like she’s now making her way down the Adriatic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sogne Posted February 3 Author #16 Share Posted February 3 currently doing 21.5 knots abeam of Hvar to port. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted February 3 #17 Share Posted February 3 24 minutes ago, sogne said: currently doing 21.5 knots abeam of Hvar to port. Is that supposed to be about her max? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted February 3 #18 Share Posted February 3 3 hours ago, exlondoner said: Is that supposed to be about her max? I'm seeing elsewhere that QA's maximum design speed is 22 knots. There are several spots on her past track around 3:15 UTC and a few more around 9:30 UTC where marinetraffic is showing her speed made it up to 22 knots. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alc13 Posted February 3 #19 Share Posted February 3 21 hours ago, bluemarble said: Here's QA's track from earlier today. Some low speed maneuvers at that time. Oh, they definitely forgot the coffee... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted February 3 #20 Share Posted February 3 6 minutes ago, alc13 said: Oh, they definitely forgot the coffee... Or had far far too much? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted February 3 #21 Share Posted February 3 QA was back to the same area to add some more low speed maneuvers during the early evening yesterday. Here is the combined track from both of those sets of maneuvers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted February 4 #22 Share Posted February 4 Here's an Italian news article about QA's departure from Fincantieri Marghera for her sea trials. https://www.chioggiaazzurra.it/web/site/dettaglio?art=3649 Quoting from the English translation: "The ship is now headed to Palermo and is expected to return to Fincantieri for completion on 16 February." 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sogne Posted February 4 Author #23 Share Posted February 4 eta Palermo given as 1500 5th FEB whether local or GMT not stated https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/italia/sicilia/messina/messina.html this may catch her through the Messini strait https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/italia/calabria/reggio-calabria/stretto-messina-reggio-calabria.html https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/italia/sicilia/palermo/porto-palermo.html 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sogne Posted February 4 Author #24 Share Posted February 4 arrival Palermo now given as 1500 LT (GMT +1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sucramdi Posted February 4 #25 Share Posted February 4 Cunard has "exciting news", maybe related to ship setting sail for the first time? https://x.com/cunardline/status/1754127853367533889?s=20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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