Well for all of you who are being currently shipped via the ELEKTRA, here is a link to the ship's current status. it displays all of the info including ship speed aka SOA. It is updated every six hours judging by the different plot points on the map.

http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shi...html?call=SIWB

I though we needed our own Thread.

 

zak! This is really cool that you can track the location of your MINI as it crosses the pond!

Kudos to you for figuring out how to do this and adding a whole new level of insanity to the waiting game for future MINI owners. You have broken new ground (or should I say water?) here and I know that this ship tracking website will be a future MINI owner's best friend in the future!

Looks like folks with MINI's on other transport vessels can easily find the location of their MINI at sea by entering the ship's name into the search box on this page:

http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/index.html#search

And thanks for helping me to learn a new nautical term! SOA means Speed Of Advance.

 

Hurray! Wanda's evil twin, Vader, edges her way toward the States, and to Zak!

Who else is aboaard the ELEKTRA with Vader?


Clover

 

My Mom's "Stealth" Cabrio is on-board keeping Vader company

 

Wait, your mom is going,"stealth" like me?

 

Well, it looks like the Elektra has slowed down a bit due to some heavy winds and seas in the area, but she is steaming along at 16 knots with her precious cargo intact!

 

Now there is some rough seas! I know she will make it on time or before schedule! well SHE BETTER! I am tracking her every six hours. Now come one people! WHO ELSE IS ON THE ELEKTRA?!? For all those lurkers, just post and say Hi, it's ok, we don't bite!

 

Now that the elektra is through the storms, she is full speed ahead and has traveled 173 nautical miles in 6 hours! Yowza! Cool, now the waiting game should be quicker! C'mon people, we need to see where our MINI's are nearly 24/7 when shipping. Or am I just Paranoid?

 

Wow, the Elektra did pick up the pace between the last 2 updates!

How long does such a trip take? I am guessing that she is about 1/4 to 1/3 of the way across. . . .

 

Ok, I am giggling for the next update to come along in 7 minutes. It's like the countdown to a new year for me! Who'se counting with me?

 

Well they were late in updating, but I got up in the middle of the night and decided to check how the Elektra is doing on her voyage.

Looks like the storms have passed and she is picking up speed!

 

w00t! C'mon people, Chime in! She's getting closer and no one wants to share the excitement?

 

Mine's on Elektra, headed for Charleston, should be there on the 23rd or 24th.
Still the end of April before I get to go pick it up, though.

NAMeLess is a JB/B MC, Wanda's friendly cousin.

 

Coolio! I'm wanda's evil twin sister. JB/B MCS going stealth. I'll be picking mine up the first or second week of april.

w00t!