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#577
Aye Matey, smooth sailing under the Jolly Roger!
Through all of this, I've learned that the MINI timelines are consistently inconsistent (aka unpredictable). I'm still hoping to make the Talisman on 9/6, but the 8th would be okay too. According to the WWL site, the Talisman is a bright red color (chili red?) It matches may JCW's top, so I'm assuming that gives me some priority. Makes sense to me. I'm sure MINI is taking that into account for their shipping scheduling.
Through all of this, I've learned that the MINI timelines are consistently inconsistent (aka unpredictable). I'm still hoping to make the Talisman on 9/6, but the 8th would be okay too. According to the WWL site, the Talisman is a bright red color (chili red?) It matches may JCW's top, so I'm assuming that gives me some priority. Makes sense to me. I'm sure MINI is taking that into account for their shipping scheduling.
Hope they checked my boot for Jack Sparrow pirate stow-a-ways Keep us posted! All loaded with @darex today and then depart for one last pick-up in Southhampton. The journey across the "Big Pond" begins
#578
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#581
Use http://www.marinetraffic.com to track vessels in real time
#582
Luckily I saw the vessel which Rocky was loaded on passed through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge via the traffic Webcam and took a snapshot just after waking up
#589
www.shipfinder.co is another live app you can use as well
#590
Just checked the scheduled route for Tortugas this morning. ETA in New York bumped to Thursday, 9/14 now. That's okay with me since forecasting Irma's path right now, it could possibly hit the East Coast Carolina's with 5-day projecting from the European Hurricane model tracking. Will have to keep a close eye on it and hope that the US coastline doesn't get hit with another monster storm.
#591
Originally Posted by Islandbluemini
Just checked the scheduled route for Tortugas this morning. ETA in New York bumped to Thursday, 9/14 now. That's okay with me since forecasting Irma's path right now, it could possibly hit the East Coast Carolina's with 5-day projecting from the European Hurricane model tracking. Will have to keep a close eye on it and hope that the US coastline doesn't get hit with another monster storm.
#592
Hope this part of the journey isn't going to be a "nail biter"!!!
#593
Latest Irma update about 40 minutes ago:
"Hurricane Irma regained strength Sunday to a Category 3 storm, with winds at 115 mph and an unpredictable path that might strike the United States next week anywhere between Florida and Nova Scotia." Also said, they didn't want anyone freaking out yet but be prepared and on alert! Sure....I'm already starting to freak out!!
"Hurricane Irma regained strength Sunday to a Category 3 storm, with winds at 115 mph and an unpredictable path that might strike the United States next week anywhere between Florida and Nova Scotia." Also said, they didn't want anyone freaking out yet but be prepared and on alert! Sure....I'm already starting to freak out!!
#594
Still no records of my VIN in the WWL system, which seems to align with my assumptions that it will most likely be booked on the Freedom - which after checking today was pushed back to 9/9 for departure.
Lucikly according to the WWL website their port in Galveston suffered no damage from Harvey and will be fully operational tomorrow.
Lucikly according to the WWL website their port in Galveston suffered no damage from Harvey and will be fully operational tomorrow.
#595
Still no records of my VIN in the WWL system, which seems to align with my assumptions that it will most likely be booked on the Freedom - which after checking today was pushed back to 9/9 for departure.
Lucikly according to the WWL website their port in Galveston suffered no damage from Harvey and will be fully operational tomorrow.
Lucikly according to the WWL website their port in Galveston suffered no damage from Harvey and will be fully operational tomorrow.
Keep us posted
#596
Here's the UK site in case others want to look at various combinations.
https://www.mini.co.uk/en_GB/home/ra...ountryman.html
#597
#598
You and me both! It is interesting that the colors on the screen on the miniusa site are quite different than the colors on the UK site. To my eye the colors on the UK site is closer to reality. The little JCW in my signature was from that site.
Here's the UK site in case others want to look at various combinations.
https://www.mini.co.uk/en_GB/home/ra...ountryman.html
Here's the UK site in case others want to look at various combinations.
https://www.mini.co.uk/en_GB/home/ra...ountryman.html
I may see your CM at the dealership or in MD in the near future
#600
Watching on http://shipfinder.co/ is pretty cool viewing realtime Satellite image of Tortugas in channel. Click on ship image and gives details and destination of port. Halifax 1st, arriving 9/12 at 9:30:-)