QA revised arrival Southampton

[buchanan101]

1 minute ago, sogne said:

Rounded St Catherine's. Offshorebetween Shanklin and Sandown

 

Is she a bit ahead of revised schedule?

[exlondoner]

1 minute ago, buchanan101 said:

Is she a bit ahead of revised schedule?

She may be delayed by meeting her flotilla. And do you see dear St. Helena anchored there?

[buchanan101]

3 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

She may be delayed by meeting her flotilla. And do you see dear St. Helena anchored there?

Has she got the welcoming committee on board?

[bluemarble]

4 minutes ago, buchanan101 said:

Is she a bit ahead of revised schedule?

She'll also be slowing some to meet the pilot boat. I see PILOT V L MAYFLOWER is heading her way now.

[exlondoner]

6 minutes ago, bluemarble said:

She'll also be slowing some to meet the pilot boat. I see PILOT V L MAYFLOWER is heading her way now.

All hoping to avoid the ultimate indignity of impaling her on the Brambles Bank on her first arrival, as QE2 did on her last. 🙂

[bluemarble]

Here's a webcam capture showing QA approaching Ryde. This is from the Solent View stream on the "Isle of Wight Webcams" YouTube channel. It's been a while since I've visited their webcams. This seemed like a great occasion for that. Looks like she's running about 5-10 minutes ahead of schedule.

 

[Splice the mainbrace]

 

[NE John]

I feel like am listening to a golf tournament with the two commentators going on…

QA looks pretty darn good!

[cpc3639]

I wish they were a little clearer on their facts. I think a little bit more research would not have been a bad idea. 

[Host Hattie]

I think most of us could have done a better job !

[D&N]

A bit like tennis commentators.

Many of them witter on about all sorts of things that have nothing to do with the match you are watching. Would be better if they just kept quiet and let the umpire announce the scores.

[Splice the mainbrace]

The commentary is normally better and factual when the 'captain' is on his own and he reads the posted comments, they're always more annoying chatter when they are both on.

Edited April 30 by Splice the mainbrace

[TowandaUK]

38 minutes ago, cpc3639 said:

I wish they were a little clearer on their facts. I think a little bit more research would not have been a bad idea. 

Some of the commentary is decidedly painful. 🤣🤣

[buchanan101]

1 hour ago, NE John said:

I feel like am listening to a golf tournament with the two commentators going on…

QA looks pretty darn good!

The bridge looks too low, or the front superstructure is too high…

[richard_london]

Well, when he said "Britannia Grill", I realised the same as you, that any of us would have been better. 

[richard_london]

5 minutes ago, buchanan101 said:

The bridge looks too low, or the front superstructure is too high…

The three Fincantieri ships all have the bridge on 8 deck, but where the QV and QE have the spa on 9 dk and Commodore Club on 10 dk above the bridge, the QA has three decks of cabins and then the Commodore Club on dk 12, so an extra two decks of suites.  I noticed when the deck plans were first released that the spa had been consigned to the bottom of the ship so that Cunard would have more space for balcony cabins.

[NE John]

Is that rust I see already? 😇

[2BACRUISER]

Thought she looked fab  loved 😍 the pirouette 🍾🥂⛴️

[NE John]

59 minutes ago, buchanan101 said:

The bridge looks too low, or the front superstructure is too high…

The front profile does look a bit busy but the overall look is classy. I like the profile, it looks sleek while not looking like a mega-ship. Thank goodness we don’t see an amusement park on top or swirly things hanging from the side either. 

[buchanan101]

14 minutes ago, NE John said:

The front profile does look a bit busy but the overall look is classy. I like the profile, it looks sleek while not looking like a mega-ship. Thank goodness we don’t see an amusement park on top or swirly things hanging from the side either. 

Being longer than other Pinnacles helps.