STATUS for AUGUST 27, 2009

Banannastand, NY, 8/26 production completed, waiting for Elektra 9/1 departure, destination New York VDC

Blouise, NY, paint shop

JcM1n1, SoCal, 8/19 production completed, waiting for Porgy 8/28 departure, destination Port Hueneme VDC

Kencwallace, VA, (no status report)

Maui Meg, NJ, 8/26 production completed, waiting for Elektra 9/1 departure, destination New York VDC

N666BK, NJ, aboard Undine, ETA NY 9/3

Neverfifty, VA, aboard Undine, ETA NY 9/3

Norcaltinkerbell, NorCal, 8/21 production completed, waiting for Porgy 8/28 departure, destination Port Hueneme VDC

Rayratt, WA, 8/27 "Twiggy" production completed, being transported to point of exit

UAL_Kingpin's friend, SoCal, 8/27 production completed, being transported to point of exit

Y2K Falcon, TX, body shop

SHIP TRACKING INFORMATION

Ship name - - - Callsign - - - -To where - - - - - -Who is aboard
Elektra - - - - - SIWB - - - - - New York, NY
Faust - - - - - SLKQ - - - - - Brunswick, GA
Porgy - - - - - 2EZS8 - - - - Port Hueneme, CA
Undine - - - - - SHJC - - - - - New York, NY - - -N666BK, Neverfifty

Use this site to track ship by NAME
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/dat...HIP&level1=220

Use this site to track ship by CALLSIGN
http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/index.html

 

Oh, happy day!!!

Customer relations just told me the news I've been hoping for: "Your vehicle is being transported to the port of exit." So, unless the train derails, or there is a wildcat strike, Twiggy ought to be loaded on the Porgy tomorrow. Wonderful!

This week has been so much easier to navigate through thanks to all of the input from people in this Week 34 Group and a couple other threads I monitor.

 

Here is a picture of Minis loaded onto a train. The sides do get covered up, so you don't have to worry about your precious Mini getting shot at.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1267925

 

RayRatt

Will you be watching the Porgy dock at 10:30pm PST? It docks just to the left of the So'ton webcam. I will most likely watch it dock with my lady friend in LA while we talk on webcam.

http://www.ais-live.co.uk/Webcams/so...tonwebcam.html

 

That's love, right there!


Now.... Will you be monitoring the radio chatter as well?

 

BTW... Who's got two thumbs, and entered the Paint Shop today?

Well, could be tomorrow technically, since I just called right before ASK-MINI closed just now and it's almost 2am there. I'm still showing a completion date of Saturday though. But I'm thinking early Saturday, and plenty of time to catch a train!

 

Good idea! this way I don't have to hear her talk.

 

Yeah - I may just do that. The real question is, are you going to stay up all night watching to see your MINI being loaded?

 

Cruiseship "Artemis" about to cross, and then the Porgy, at the first webcam, from right to left:

http://www.ais-live.co.uk/Webcams/solentwebcam.html

 

And there she goes....

 

The cruise ship had much better lighting.

 

I just confirmed my mini is loaded! So stoaked!

 

Norcaltinkerball
Great to know you will be on the ship.


I didn't know you guy were watching the Porgy come in as well!

When the cruise ship went by, my lady friend in LA was like, "oh wow, its lit up." Then when the Porgy went by, it only had a row of like five little lights.

 

Here guys... For your baby book:

 

Y2k Falcon

Great job on capturing the Porgy!!! Those little lights were a letdown

 

No problem...

As a comparison, here was the cruise ship a few minutes earlier.

 

Well UAL, now look what you've done... I may stay up half the night watching the Porgy as she docks - and then maybe awhile longer as she starts loading cars if I can find a link to a camera at the Southampton dock.

I am amazed at all the ships in that area. It was a little disappointing to find the Porgy was running with lights out - but tomorrow when she sets sail for America at 10:00 am PDT, we should be able to see her much better.

I wonder how many other production groups have as many people who are this hooked on the trials and tribulations of their MINIs?

 

I will not stay up late tonight to watch the "loading."

People here were wondering if I ever go to sleep. I woke up at like 1am last night to use the restroom. Getting back in bed, I decided to make a post on the forums. Then I woke up at 4:30am and made a post before I got ready to go to work. People looked at the time stamps on my post and think I don't go to sleep.

RayRatt or Y2k Falcon
If you guys get a chance, please make a screen capture of the webcam image of the Porgy going to its berth. The Porgy should approach on the left side of those tugs on the So'ton webcam

http://www.ais-live.co.uk/Webcams/so...tonwebcam.html

 

I doubt we even see the Porgy on that camera - it only takes a picture once every ten minutes.

 

Listening to the VTS radio chatter enhances the experience of watching the ships come in via the live map and webcams.

http://www.solentwaters.co.uk/Radio/radiopage.html

 

I'll try that.

If I click the manual refresh button on the Southampton webcam camera image, will that give me the current image? The note sounds like it only automatically updates the picture every 10 minutes.

In any case, I will get a screen shot when the Porgy gets in the area of the camera.

 

I hit that Manual Refresh button every couple of minutes to make sure I am getting the most recent image. The Porgy should slow down and allow the tugs to push it into place.

 

Yep. I can see that the picture will only change once per ten minutes no matter how often you hit the button. But, like you said, it will slow down as it gets close to the dock.

Sleep tight - and have lots of dreams of driving your girlfriend's new MINI.

 

She is just a really good friend of mine. I won't be driving her car, but I get to ride in it when she take me around Los Angeles.

 

Porgy has a sister ship, Bess. Each of them has a cargo capacity of 550 cars, or 150 cars and 510 trucks (I know, that doesn't add up - but that information is from the Wallenius website).

I hope Twiggy gets a window cabin.