It says that the Georgia Highway can transport over 6000 vehicles. Amazing, I can't imagine what 6000 cars would look like. how many football fields would that cover with 6000 parking spaces...

 

Well, my Clubman is about 13 ft long and about 5.5 ft wide (your milage may vary)
A football field is about 300 ft long and about 160 ft wide.

I figure about 29 cars across and about 23 cars lengthwise.
29x23 is 667 and 6000 divided by 667 is 8.99.

So about 9 football fields.

My head hurts.

 

Any word on da boat?

 

I can't find an in/out log for Baltimore....as it was supposed to be there today....argh.

 

My MA emailed saying Georgia Highway is still ETA Charleston 24th; VDC 25th; Nashville dealer ready for pickup 28th.

 

that sounds promising, maybe mine will get to willoughby (cleveland), Oh that quick. Woo Hoo!

 

Nice, a day before it lands I find it being tracked:

http://marinetraffic.com/ais/default...ntery=38.74911

AND it says it won't be in Charleston until 12:30 tomorrow NIGHT....so basically 12:30 Thursday morning. :-(

 

No, I don't think that's right. The site says 6-25 00:30 UTC. That should be 8:30pm on 6-24. They should get a nice dinner buffet before they get off the ship!

 

Right you are! Nice buffet, relaxing drive off the boat and to the VDC, before it opens at 6:00am the next morning :-)

 

Ga. Hwy is currently listed as being at Hampton Roads, VA (37N 76W)

 

It's roughly 450nm from Hampton Roads to Charleston. At 13kts, that's about 35 hours. Assuming they speed up to 16kts, which is listed as their avg, that's about 28 hrs. Say 30 total, because they have to slow and negotiate harbor traffic, tie-up, etc.

It's 0130Z now. That should mean 0730 on the 25th. Where am I going wrong. Will they make 19kts (max speed) down the coast or is my time conversion/addition wrong?

Did another measure and found I could get close to 400nm, so that would add up to 25 hours.

 

You must be right, because according to the Charleston Port Schedule
http://www.scspa.com/vessel_schedule.asp
The Georgia Highway is now due in on the 25th.

 

I think that's because it's coming in late in the evening, and thus won't be unloaded til the morning of the 25th. :-(

 

It must be coming in late in the evening, because as of now, it is showing up as the 24th again on the Port Charleston schedule site.

 

Wed evening and I've lost track of GH. Would expect her into port in the next 3 to 4 hours is the 25hr est was right.

After looking closely at AIS, it appears that Charleston is not a covered area. So, I looked at Oregon Highway's off-shore distance. It had not reached the 32d latitude where coverage appears to end. Assuming GH had dropped below that line and assuming it ran the same distance from the coast, it should be within 146nm of Charleston.

That means a maximum time of about 15 hours. Now, we know that is too far. All our estimates project no more than 60nm out of port (about 4 hrs). Personally, I am betting on 1-2 hrs.

 

how will we know? The port of charleston says which pier it will be moored to.

 

Here is the link to the webpage.
http://www.port-of-charleston.com/vessel_schedule.asp
It says it updates every 30 min.

 

Well, maybe we should admit it was closer to 4 hrs out.

 

OUR MINI'S ARE HERE!

 

The FAUST should also be docking and unloading today in NY. BTW, it's a boy. His room is ready and so is my right foot.

 

Hey! Someone else on the Faust! I know it was scheduled to be in NYC today, but do you have any confirmation? It looked like it was running late into Halifax.

 

I saw it earlier on one of the websites as being moored in NYC. Can't seem to find the sight again.

 

I found it:
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/

 

Left my MINI dealer a few hours ago and my wife's car was on a train to the VDC.... :-)

 

Anyone hear how many Minis were unloaded in charleston and would be sent through the VDC?