After 3 weeks of anxiously waiting, we got a call today from the sales manager at Otto's to inform us that our car made it on the Oberon!!

 

Congrats! Thrilled to say that our car has made it on board as well! Let's hope for smooth sailing and an on-time or better arrival in NY.

 

My car finally got to the port today. Now if we can just get it delivered before the end of the year!

 

Lots of good news today so it seems!

 

VIN's are starting to get posted for the Oberon. Found my wife's car on the list.

 

Falstaff should be pulling up to wait its turning going through the ditch. How long did does it normally take. I boat mine had been following has been on the hook 18 hours now. Shouold be showing up on the detail map in next hour. Then wait for passage. MINI did send me an e-mail yesterday to get my preprogram preferences seetings. Door luck unluck, radio stations, etc. Pretty cool.

 

We are not on the Oberon list yet even though our ALL4 has been at the port for more than a week. I hope the updating is not complete.

 

No, it will keep updating all day and more likely tomorrow too.

 

I just watched a special on the ditch last week and they said boats can sometimes be waiting for weeks depending on where they are in line. I told my wife about Tunaball waiting for his to go through the other day and how long their RORO remained anchored.

 

I am hoping we have a reservation or like when your tip equals the magic number in Vegas and they walk you past everyone to the front row. Fingers crossed. I hope that time in penciled into the transit time already.

 

Just showed up on the detailed map coming into port in Panama.

 

I'm sure this has been posted already, but I can't seem to find out how to check VIN on the Oberon.

 

click on this site

https://att.2wglobal.com/gstattweb/o...uickSearchPage


In the Cargo ID box, enter in a partial VIN (WMWZC5) then hit the TRACK button, this will give you the current VIN list or you can just enter your VIN.
You may need to page through to find the Oberon. Just look for CA050-OBE

Good luck.

 

Thanks for the linK!!!!!! JUMBOSHRIMP is on the Oberon

 

So I managed to track the ship when it was close to land on one site (cant recall which) and then once out to sea I have been tracking it on sailwx.info but 12-19 was the last report

Is there another site I can try? - I also registered at digital seas and this only had info when it was still close to the UK shore (though did find out that it supposedly docked for one hour 15 miles from where I grew up which was cool)

So to reiterate the question any good ideas/links on other tracking sites?

really close now I hope .....

 

currently listening to marine traffic radio and the Oberon preparing to dock shortly in Southampton. This is cool!

 

Via internet? Got a link?

 

Sailwx is the other site but it normally updates every 6 hours and you go to the faster map when close to shore. It fun tracking them. Falstaff has gone through the first set of locks. Projected for 11PM arrive in CA on the 29th which is only a half a day late. Unload on the 30th and the untrackable wait begins.

 

http://www.ais-live.co.uk/aismap/AIS%20Maps/solent.html

 

Oberon ETA to NY just changed to 1/2/11. First noticed when looking at my VIN on the Track and Trace screen then confirmed with online published WW schedule.

Oberon is a fast vessel (I "watched" it overtake other RoRos that left port hours earlier) so I guess it could make up some time at sea. Not sure if the port physically closes over the New Year holiday or not.

 

Our dealer said it may possibly get in on the 2nd.

 

The Oberon just departed from it's berth in Southampton and is now en route to Halifax. ETA is 12/29.

 

Not sure why it didn't take the shortcut, right turn on its way out, instead of going around the Isle of Wight.

 

Large shipping vessels can not cut the corners. They have to stay in the shipping lanes iun deep water. If they did make a short cut and hit something or ran a ground it woudl be there last trip. They all stay pretty much on the same course. Also these ships have a lot more speed tjhey just donn't use it to save fuel. Crossing today are sometimes slower than when the sailed across because they were all about speed and time. Now it is money because fuel costs money. Wind was free.

 

The Oberon is cruising through the English Channel at a very nice clip! Astounding how many other cargo vessels are simultaneously in that shipping lane!