Calmante, I haven't heard ANYTHING from my dealer yet! When purchasing they did ask our favorite radio stations.. gee, I just scribbled a couple because I just thought they would set a couple up - nice touch!

I was reading that a lot of people don't care to the interior door pulls.. they are plastic. I didn't recall that when I looked, but my old car as Madza Tribute was plastic and they broke! I have looked for a metal replacement - but haven't found any.. so if anyone knows where they are - I am interested!

 

Fidelio off the coast of northern Canada:
Last reported at 2008-Aug-18 00:00 UTC. Time now 2008-Aug-18 02:29 UTC.
Position N 47°12', W 050°42'.

 

No kidding...I've been keeping my eye on that thing. Western Highway has to reach Charleston before my baby can get on the road to me!

 

NameWESTERN HIGHWAYLatitude38°57.473'N (38.957883) MMSI372548000Longitude76°24.069'W (-76.401150) IMO9325776Speed0.0 Knt Call Sign3EJK5Course2.0° Type and CargoCargo shipHeading178° DimensionLength:188m, Beam:43mRate of Turn0°/min Draught8.2mDestinationAMOTI Nav. StatusAt anchorEst. Time of Arrival1/22/2008 6:49:00 PM Last Seen UTC Time8/18/2008 3:01:11 AMPosition AccuracyLow (>10m) Last Seen Local Time8/17/2008 11:01:11 PMPosition Fixing DeviceUndefined

 

I was kind of hopeing it would stay over the island mountains and stay weak, but it appears to have stayed south of the islands. Hopefully the storm heads inland and weakens fast.

Tinker keep safe and dry! Are you on the east or west coast? We just had a near miss here Houston, so I know what you must be thinking looking at that storm approaching.

 

Thanks Calmante. That's pretty close to the coast!

 

Finally, OL MINI just changed to EN ROUTE - however WW doesn't have any tracking information so I guess that means K-Line on the Caribbean Highway which left on the 15th. She's on her way.
Yeah
Now maybe I can become a sea track master like sikamini....ok not that good. You do realize the Navy could use your skills sika?

 

Perhaps the same for me. My OL switched to En Route as of this morning. I'm either Patriot (arriving around 8/30) and the tracking info hasn't registered yet, or I'm Caribbean Highway (arriving around 8/27).

 

Feidelio heading south along north american coast. Maersk Wind making a beeline to Galveston!!

Fidelio:
Last reported at 2008-Aug-18 06:00 UTC. Time now 2008-Aug-18 11:03 UTC.
Position N 46°12', W 052°30'.

Maersk Wind:
Last reported at 2008-Aug-18 06:00 UTC. Time now 2008-Aug-18 11:02 UTC.
Position N 41°54', W 031°18'.

 

Congrats, get that baby room ready!!!
Caribbean Highway (H9ZW) is being very stealth in its activities, even more than Maersk Wind. We'll just have to see where she surfaces, she should be about the same location as Westrn Highay on the 11th: position N 41°48', W 021°18'.

 

mr wickham and racetripper, call your MA and they should know what boat you are on. It's nice to know then you can track her!

Sikamini - do you think Fidelio is arriving early!!?

I am on the WEST coast, Sarasota County - just south of Tampa Bay. I really use to shrug off the hurricane warnings - they gave way too many and they never hit in the 16 years I lived here.. until Charlie hit our neighboring county 4 years ago!! Seeing the destruction it caused... in person, has made me not shrug the storms off. The forecasters are FINALLY not giving warnings a week in advance and now admit - they are unsure, but just be 'be prepared'. much better approach - and I am 'pretty prepared'.

 

Hmm, no updates from I-II in a few days, but nothing on the front page of the news about "SHIPWRECK" so I'll assume it's still chugging along or has docked already.

Think the WW tracking page will be the best way to find out when it's docked?

 

I think it will be a day early, but she may not necessarily go to port. She may sit and wait for a day. If she goes to port in Halifax today and leaves the same day she will be a day ahead.

Yes, these storms even a tropical level are nothing to snear at. They can cause a lot of serious damage just with water. Stay safe and lets' hope the storm does not get a chance to strenghthen.

 

NYC dock and approach sites were not sending information Sunday. She either fell off the map at "there be dragons here" or she is safely at port right now. For some reason, and I can guess why the AIS on this side of the pond is less active and not in as many ports as in the European side.

 

Congrats, most likely Caribbean Highway, since WW does not list your MINI!!!

 

Patriot only departed yesterday. Doesn't it take a day or two before VINs show up in tracking?

 

My MINI showed up on WW before the ship had even arrived.

 

Then if I'm on Caribbean Highway that's better since it's 3 days ahead of Patriot. My JCW will still have to hang out at the VDC a bit for driving light install.

 

Anyone have any guesses as to how long it might take for my MINI to go from the VDC (docks today) in NYC to my Boston-area dealer if the only VDC options I have are bonnet stripes?

Trying to plan out the rest of my week/weekend/next week.

 

No idea, but probably a couple of days minimum, they have a lot of MINIs to check.

 

Yes! It should also give us an idea of its' current schedule when it leaves port!

 

For anyone wondering about the Western Highway, Calamante pointed out this site is showing her location (sailx site hasn't updated since Aug 16th).

http://ais3.siitech.net/VTSLite/AView.aspx

In the --select location-- drop down, select 0-, then scroll /page through the ship listings and find Western Highway, click and her position will be displayed below.

She made it to Baltimore yesterday, 2 days early! Hoping she leaves for Charleston soon ...

 

Tu13es, do you have bonnet stripes or sport stripes? Because bonnet stripes are applied before shipping at the factory... Only Sport stripes are applied at the VDC.

 

RaceTripper, I'd say you are NOt on the Patriot, as we all showed up before the ship left port. Good chance you are on the Caribbean Highway!!

Tu13es, I have read posts here on the forum - where it takes only a couple days - to over 2 weeks!!! guess it depends on the port, dealer, and other issues - like installations.

So Western Highway made it 2 days sooner.. does the ships arriving sooner just wait? I wonder if they have to because they are scheduled to pick-up cargo/auto's at the same port..?

 

Thanks Calmante and twieland!


Update!!!! Maersk Wind look out for the Black Pearl and Capt'n Jack!!

Maersk Wind:
Last reported at 2008-Aug-18 12:00 UTC. Time now 2008-Aug-18 12:49 UTC.
Position N 41°12', W 033°24'.

Patriot:
Last reported at 2008-Aug-18 12:00 UTC. Time now 2008-Aug-18 12:52 UTC.
Position N 50°00', W 007°12'.