Welcome aboard!!!

 

I've got all my bags packed and am ready to go. First ones on board get the oceanview luxury suites.

 

For your convenience, here is a few links

To see if your MINI is booked for any WW ship, punch in your VIN, and hold your breath!
http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppTrac...trackType=Auto

For real time tracking of the ship at the dock and the vicinity:
http://www.ais-live.co.uk/AIS%20Live...uthampton.html

Credits to zonedguy, who started the marvelous "how to track your Mini" super thread!

 

Sparky takes a glass of champagne and waves to his sibblings. Bon Voyage!!!

Let's hope it's smooth sailing across the pond.

I'm curious to know how much we can actually track the ship across the ocean. I wonder if we'll be able to see on webcam as it crosses the panama canal.

 

I think the schedule had them in Panama around 9/21, right?

 

I'm thinking pick up at east bay will be the week of 10/6, since arrival at port is 9/29, then one week at VDC, one week of travel to Pleasanton.

 

A lot, kewlby! The AIDA thread is tons of fun, with many maps and pix. Page 3 gets really interesting, as they spent the better part of one day watching the Panama Canal webcam. There's apparently a hawk who has designated himself the guardian of the locks. You can see him in a QuickTime movie of the Topeka in 2007 and in AvidMINI's stunning sunset movie.

 

Glad to be aboard! We are picking her up at Rasmussen MINI in Portland, OR. The lease on my 325xi wagon end on 9/24. Hopefully they will allow me a generous grace period so I can turn it in when I pick up the new MINI.

 

We're booked! Just plopped my VIN in the link Dinlaka provided (thank you!) and it's more real than ever! Now I get to update my signature. Hi everyone!

 

Wow, thanks tancred! This makes the waiting fun. My husband thinks that's a Peregrine Falcon.

 

Your husband is right. I tend to confuse falcons and hawks. But then, I also refer to any small brightly colored bird as "uhhh, some kind of finch".

AvidMINI also made a movie of the Gatun Locks.

 

Thanks Tancred! Great info. It's going to be exciting following the ship through the panama canal.

 

Pics of Elektra here
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Gall...a-9176577.html

Ain's she a beaut?

 

The Elektra has just been docked 19 min.ago.....YAY!

 

Loaded on to Vessel! Almost ready to roll out of Southampton

 

sweet, mine is loaded and ready to go. this wait is killing me.

 

Of 314 VIN's booked under our booking number, all but 21 are loaded on the vessel.

Given that the ones not loaded just got there, I wonder if they will have to wait for the next ship.

Anyway, my vehicle was loaded, so let's sail!

 

My little MINI is loaded and ready to go too! Ready to track her trip.

 

The Elektra is now sailing!

Name: ELEKTRA
Callsign:SIWB
MMSI:265490000
IMO:9176577
Status:Underway
Dest:MANZANILLO
ETA:Sep21 06:00
Type:Cargo
Speed/Dir:12.6 kts / 111.8
Size:227m x 33m x 8.9m
Received:2008-09-08 19:04:56UTC

 

I was almost too afraid to look since I still wasn't booked as of Sunday at 2200 even though it was completed on 9/2 according to ASK-MINI, but I maganged to squeek by. I have visions of Scout racing up the ramp and jumping over the water, landing in the last available spot as the ship starts pulling away from the doc.

And because I apparently have too much time on my hands, here's a little info I found about our trusted wessel.

 

nice

 

Ok, I found our ship: http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shi...html?call=SIWB


For future reference....
The call number for the Elektra is SIWB.
You can track ships from this site: http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/index.html#search

 

Wicked! Nice find Kewlby . I last checked the sailwx.info at 3 this afternoon to no avail. I guess it just popped up in the last few hours.

Now I'll probably be checking Elektra's position every chance I got....and that's probably more than 10 times a day!

 

I'e been checking all day, during meetings, after meetings, after I got home from work. The Elektra is cruising through the English Channel. I love it. I can't wait to track her on the open Atlantic. Right with you there, Dinlaka.

 

Cool, snowcap_millie.

It's going to be a nice journey for Elektra.

Now, I'm getting back to follow her voyage.