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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 20, 2019 19:19:25 GMT -8
What ships will they replace? It's a bit complicated: 1 new ship will replace the Quadra Queen II, but the Quadra Queen II will become a spare relief vessel. - this also allowed the Howe Sound Queen to be retired (she is already retired) 1 new ship will replace the North Island Princess directly.
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Post by tak22 on Nov 21, 2019 12:00:08 GMT -8
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Post by Thor's Echo on Nov 21, 2019 13:06:08 GMT -8
CTV (VI) had done a segment the ships last night awesome drone footageππ.
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Post by timmyc on Nov 22, 2019 14:13:02 GMT -8
Four great photos taken in Istanbul of the two Islands being ferried out of the Black Sea:
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Post by Thor's Echo on Nov 30, 2019 12:45:34 GMT -8
Heads up!!!!
As of early Saturday afternoon BC time the Sun Rise is closing in on Alboran Sea towards the Strait of Gibraltar.
Her ETA for Cristobal is on Dec 21.
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Post by Thor's Echo on Dec 1, 2019 15:39:45 GMT -8
Is it just me, but it seems like it is taking the Sun Rise forever getting out of the Mediterranean area and out to the Atlantic. I have been tracking her on Vessel Finder all morning and she is only doing about 8.6 Knots and is currently just south of Granada Spain as of 3:40 pm PST today, www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9623219
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Post by timmyc on Dec 1, 2019 15:50:29 GMT -8
Could be waiting for favourable sea state and weather before entering the Atlantic.
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Post by Thor's Echo on Dec 1, 2019 15:52:36 GMT -8
That is possible.
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Post by Thor's Echo on Dec 2, 2019 18:53:41 GMT -8
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Post by Thor's Echo on Dec 6, 2019 12:06:23 GMT -8
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Post by Starsteward on Dec 10, 2019 15:15:30 GMT -8
"Water, water everywhere and nary a drop to drink", Day 20 sees the Sun Rise is smack dab in mid-Atlantic enjoying a wonderful 'following-sea' enroute to Cristobal, Panama. I am always in awe of how todays' technology allows us to track just about everything that transits the air, land and sea in real time. I suppose we shouldn't forget how technology also allows us to track all the satellites and everything else whirling miles above us in space. Whenever I watch a story or documentary of the early voyages of the ancient and not-so-ancient explorers that set off on journeys that took months and years to 'hopefully' get to their intended destinations or perhaps it was just to survive to find landfall, 'somewhere', I try to imagine what those travelers of yesteryear would think of all our 21st century gadgetry. Today, we can now plot a route to a destination, calculate how much time it will take to get there and God-willing, complete a voyage across all spheres of the globe and the space above it. The fact that early voyagers didn't have todays' technology however may have meant that some of their 'chance-discoveries' may have occurred much sooner or later than actually occurred, or maybe never. 'Location, location, location', isn't a term created by real-estate agents, for if one is in doubt, just ask a seagoing mariner that looks out upon rolling seas as far as the eye can see, what the term 'location' really means to them. God-speed Sun Rise.
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Post by Thor's Echo on Dec 10, 2019 16:24:59 GMT -8
Yes, gadgets that is why I love my GPS, even on the ferry I take it with me, Gotta always see where I am.πππ³
Btw Sun Rise has adjusted her ETA to Cristobal to Dec 19, a couple days ahead of her original ETA.π€
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Post by Neil on Dec 10, 2019 18:29:01 GMT -8
Yes, gadgets that is why I love my GPS, even on the ferry I take it with me, Gotta always see where I am.πππ³ Btw Sun Rise has adjusted her ETA to Cristobal to Dec 19, a couple days ahead of her original ETA.π€ ...and looking at the forecast for the next ten days or so, I don't see anything particularly difficult for her to contend with. Those ferries should remain securely on deck. www.windy.com/?2019-12-17-18,15.792,-54.668,4
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Post by yak on Dec 10, 2019 20:54:05 GMT -8
Today, we can now plot a route to a destination, calculate how much time it will take to get there and God-willing, complete a voyage across all spheres of the globe and the space above it. The fact that early voyagers didn't have todays' technology however may have meant that some of their 'chance-discoveries' may have occurred much sooner or later than actually occurred, or maybe never. "There's an App for that" This reminds me of the number of times I tracked vessels on my phone to make sure I'd meet them before they reached my joining-on location (including Cristobal for the Orca). I am spending the week in the Departure Bay simulator with several bridge crew who are expected to be among the first trained on the Island Class. It is good to see how the company is laying the groundwork for some of these mariners who have been working on 60 year old "conventional" vessels before the new ships even make it to Canada. Getting valuable time wrapping their heads around azipods vs. twin screws will help shorten the adjustment period when the boats are here.
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Post by Thor's Echo on Dec 17, 2019 17:05:01 GMT -8
Sun Rise updated location as of 5pm pst Dec 17, 2019 source Vessel finder. The vessel has made it to the Americas and is currently just north east of Santa Maria Colombia. www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9623219
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Post by Thor's Echo on Dec 19, 2019 12:10:06 GMT -8
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Post by tak22 on Dec 19, 2019 12:42:40 GMT -8
I've been pleased to be able to add Satellite AIS for the trip so far! It's quite different from Terrestial AIS in that there is only a couple updates per hour. Hopefully you've enjoyed getting the extra tracking updates. I've set the trigger for capturing images for a timelapse video of Sun Rise going through the Panama Canal. As usual, hoping for a daylight passage ... patbaywebcam.com/sunriseHere are my timelapse videos of the last BC Ferry (Spirit of VI) going through the Panama Canal. edit: I've been asked, "what's with the little sailboat at the end?" I created my first Panama timelapse video for some dear friends many years ago that were coming home to BC through the canal after a dreadful stretch of bad luck on their sailboat, and I was trying to cheer them up from a distance. It worked, and seeing the sailboat trailing SoVI I had to leave it in .... Previously I've tracked the Salish ships (Orca, Eagle, and Raven), The Northern Seawolf, the Spirit of BC, and the Spirit of Vancouver. These transits are on the tracking archive page at patbaywebcam.com/tracking_archive.phptak
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Post by yvr on Dec 19, 2019 18:31:53 GMT -8
The Sunrise is 40M wide, which negates it going through the original canal. Are there cameras set up for the new canal locks?
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Post by tak22 on Dec 20, 2019 8:30:31 GMT -8
The Sunrise is 40M wide, which negates it going through the original canal. Are there cameras set up for the new canal locks? Thank you for pointing out what I hadn't even considered! Good news is that they have finally added webcams for the expansion locks: Panama Canal Webcams
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Post by Starsteward on Dec 20, 2019 9:56:46 GMT -8
The Sunrise is 40M wide, which negates it going through the original canal. Are there cameras set up for the new canal locks? Thank you for pointing out what I hadn't even considered! Good news is that they have finally added webcams for the expansion locks: Panama Canal Webcams
The webcam position at the 'Agua Clara' (Atlantic side) will offer a really neat view of the 'Sun Rise' as she makes her way through this part of the canal system! Thanks for posting the link to the new cams!
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Post by Thor's Echo on Dec 20, 2019 15:12:48 GMT -8
I've been pleased to be able to add Satellite AIS for the trip so far! It's quite different from Terrestial AIS in that there is only a couple updates per hour. Hopefully you've enjoyed getting the extra tracking updates. I've set the trigger for capturing images for a timelapse video of Sun Rise going through the Panama Canal. As usual, hoping for a daylight passage ... patbaywebcam.com/sunriseHere are my timelapse videos of the last BC Ferry (Spirit of VI) going through the Panama Canal. edit: I've been asked, "what's with the little sailboat at the end?" I created my first Panama timelapse video for some dear friends many years ago that were coming home to BC through the canal after a dreadful stretch of bad luck on their sailboat, and I was trying to cheer them up from a distance. It worked, and seeing the sailboat trailing SoVI I had to leave it in .... Previously I've tracked the Salish ships (Orca, Eagle, and Raven), The Northern Seawolf, the Spirit of BC, and the Spirit of Vancouver. These transits are on the tracking archive page at patbaywebcam.com/tracking_archive.phptakThat sailboat at the end adds to the video, It proves that Large vessels are not the only one to use the canal, Not saying the Spirit ship is large compared to say a Panamax ship, but it is cool. There are accounts of people swimming the canal, so that gives you a picture of all types of vessels and the odd human to transit the Canal.
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Post by paddlehardercafe on Dec 22, 2019 21:52:17 GMT -8
Is it normal for a delivery ship like the MV Sun Rise to arrive out side the port of colon to a mooring point for a day/+night, and now spend 4 days at anchor holding to transit the canal. Did she arrive too early, I can't seem to find a transit schedule site. Kinda expensive sitting or does anyone think it's a crew change point too. Haven't seen a mini taker along side her either.
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Post by Starsteward on Dec 23, 2019 13:24:29 GMT -8
Is it normal for a delivery ship like the MV Sun Rise to arrive out side the port of colon to a mooring point for a day/+night, and now spend 4 days at anchor holding to transit the canal. Did she arrive too early, I can't seem to find a transit schedule site. Kinda expensive sitting or does anyone think it's a crew change point too. Haven't seen a mini taker along side her either. The transit schedules are basically 'classified' information and available only to industry personnel, ship owners, and clients of the Panama Canal System Authority. The 'Sun Rise' operators would have booked a transit request prior to their arrival on the Atlantic side of the canal and one should just keep the live screen of the Agua Clara locks open and keep a vigil. The 'Sun Rise' will appear at some point, for us looking on, it's just a waiting game.
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Post by tak22 on Dec 24, 2019 8:43:44 GMT -8
I got about 250 images of the transit through the Agua Clara locks, fewer than usual as that webcam is on a 15 second cycle. I'll do some image processing and make a time lapse video later today. =============================
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Post by tak22 on Dec 24, 2019 12:51:55 GMT -8
Sun Rise has now transited the Cocoli locks into the Pacific ocean. I'll do some image processing with the 300+ images and make a time lapse video later today, along with the Agua Clara transit. =============================
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