Queen Mary 2 The Atlantic run

[Kapitan]

Ok so yet another challenge has arrived and a new test for me.

I shall take command of the Queen Mary 2, and take her from manhattan to Southampton it should take just one week, i plan to leave at noon monday the 1st of may and i should be able to end on saturday the 6th.

Some spec's.

Queen Mary 2 displaces 150,000 tonnes and is 1,135 feet long 147 feet wide with top speed of 30 knots.

Pictures and what not coming soon follow on the journey!

[GreyOctober]

First vote..Dont know you man but obviouslly youre a nutter :P Good luck sir! :up:

[Takeda Shingen]

I have not checked for about a month, but I do not believe there is a North Atlantic map for VS.

[Oberon]

Just remember Kap...if you get a warning about icebergs drifting a little further south than usual...LISTEN TO IT!!

http://www.offthemark.com/Images/titanic/titanic03.gif

[Kapitan]

There is its a download called VSWORLD theres also a scenary files that include two sides of the atlantic coupled to the manhatten scenary i also have the England scenary so the entire route is coverd.

[STEED]

I hope your passengers have life insurance Kapitan, with you at the helm tanked up on alcohol. My bet you will loose a dust up with an iceberg, well all I can say is rest in peace. Opps sorry I meant to say good luck you crazy Ivan you. :ping: :lol:

[Kapitan]

Im not that bad plus ive had to cut down on the drink, ever since i bought that crate of cobra beer.

Anyway she will be roughly fully loaded and a small sprint at 27 knots so 6 days should be fine.

[Oberon]

Im not that bad plus ive had to cut down on the drink, ever since i bought that crate of cobra beer.

Anyway she will be roughly fully loaded and a small sprint at 27 knots so 6 days should be fine.

http://www.therealtitanic.cwc.net/E.J.Sm2.gif

:huh: :o :huh:

[STEED]

HA HA HA HA :D :D go for it ;)

[Kapitan]

If this was a real ship i wouldnt drink at all im not a bad skipper i just take too many risk's.

[Oberon]

If this was a real ship i wouldnt drink at all im not a bad skipper i just take too many risk's.

That's the Akula skipper in you :up:

[Kapitan]

Yes thats when im commanding 10,000 tonnes of war machine thats tanked up with missiles torpedos and nuclear fuel, not a 150,000 tonne liner with 2,000+ passengers.

Ive had a few accident not alot a few we all have them.

[STEED]

CRASH What happen? :-j

[Oberon]

CRASH What happen? :-j

"Someone set up us the Nimitz!" :know:

[Kapitan]

I was in the med monitering a task force when i was run over by the USS John C Stennis.

I had been shadowing the fleet for a few days when i decided to get in close so i raced ahead and waited only when i poped up to get a visual i found the nimitz heading straight for me.

I dived just not quick enough and my rear end was hit by the bow which forced my sub upwards till i hit the sail on her hull, i broke left at full speed managing to get out of the way before the screws ripped through my hull.

Severly damaged i headed back to the black sea home base.

[GunnersMate]

CRASH What happen? :-j

"Someone set up us the Nimitz!" :know:

All your base :rotfl:

[Oberon]

Oberon: In A.D. 2005, collision was beginning.
Kapitan: What happen ?
Michman: Someone set up us the Nimitz.
Starshini: We get signal.
Kapitan: What !
Starshini: Main gertrude turn on.
Kapitan: It's you !!
NIMITZ: How are you gentlemen !!
NIMITZ: All your sail are belong to us.
NIMITZ: You are on the way to destruction.
Kapitan: What you say !!
NIMITZ: You have no chance to surface make your time.
NIMITZ: Ha Ha Ha ....
Starshini: Captain !!
Kapitan: Take off every 'Akula' !!
Kapitan: You know what you doing.
Kapitan: Move 'Akula'.
Kapitan: For great repairs.

[joea]

:lol: :-j :-j

Good luck Kap, keep us posted with your trip.

[Kapitan]

LMAO will do 20 mins and i depart

[Kapitan]

Time Narrative

1200 Pulled slowly away from the pier, then reved up for 23 knots.

1217 Passed the statue of liberty and MS Bremen cruise ship

1249 Passed under the Brooklyn Bridge no problem

http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/803/pullingaway1is.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
This is me on the bridge wing leaving port slowly.

http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/5017/downtownmanhatten4lm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Down town manhatten from the bridge wing

http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/7266/pullawayandwave1ca.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Picture from a motor boat i passed, giving us a honk on the horn :D

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/4639/qm2passing9md.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Queen Mary 2 passing a sail boat showing off her sheer size

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/2852/underthebridge5tn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Just scraping under the Brooklyn Bridge mind you i was doing 14 knots at the time :D

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/9041/fourazipods9hb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The four huge azi pods that power QM2 up to 28 knots

[STEED]

12.55 Got drunk in celebration

13.30 Out cold

16.55 Woke up “ARRRREEEEEEEE no one at the helm”

21.09 Back on course

00.00 Fell asleep, auto pilot on

05.00 Woke up and had corn flakes in beer

Just spicing it up a bit Kap. :-j

[Kapitan]

lol i like it :D

However there is always some one at the helm isnt there Mr Monkey

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/3347/monkeycaptain1zo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Just got to be careful he doesnt roll a reefer :up:

[Oberon]

lol i like it :D

However there is always some one at the helm isnt there Mr Monkey



http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/2796/statue9xd.jpg

[Kapitan]

Sorry to spoil it oberon but i passed the statue of liberty 3 hours ago and got under the brroklyn bridge without a scratch now its just wide open atlantic ocean.

[STEED]

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/344/antarcticaicebergpointy18le.jpg

Kap - "WHAT THE HECK IS THAT"

CREW - And iceberg sir"

Kap - "Ramming speed"


CRASH, THUD, BOOM........................?

[Oberon]

Kap - "WHAT THE HECK IS THAT"

CREW - And iceberg sir"

Kap - "Ramming speed"


CRASH, THUD, BOOM........................?

Funny you should have written that, I just put the finishing touches to this:

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6631/kapice6wv.jpg

[Kapitan]

Well i never i cant believe you guys think im like that sheesh come on im not that bad am i ?

[STEED]

Yes you are. ;) :-j

[Oberon]

http://www.military.cz/usa/navy/uss/carriers/nimitz/nimitz.jpg

[Kapitan]

Yes admitedly the stennis accident was my fault and i did cause several million dollars worth of damage to a submarine, but thats not the point accidents happen.

Even the jahre viking incident wasnt entirly my ffault computer error made me run aground :D

[STEED]

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/2029/ship7qt.png

oberon - "Hey kap I got a faster boat"

Kap - "WHAT, Full speed ahead"

oberon -" Bye bye sucker"

[Oberon]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Actually, I have a dirty little secret....this screenie was taken some time ago, while I was still on my learning curve...and that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/6715/tooclose6pc.jpg

[Kapitan]

When was that taken and also what sim if you have DW id play ya ASAP.

[Oberon]

Sub Command. Don't have DW yet, should hopefully get it on the 12th. Then (once I've figured out the differences between it and SC with the 688i) you're on! :up:

As for when...oooh, must have been about five years ago now, back before SCX came out, I'm still using the stock 688i with the daisy screw by the looks of it.

[STEED]

http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/833/12ip.jpg

Kap, taking time out to do battle with a sea monster.

[Kapitan]

Well its now nearly 6 hours after i left new york and im making pretty goo progress at 29 knots wind is about5 knots sea is roughly 3 feet so not bad weather.

Hope to arrive in england around 6pm saturday.

[joea]

Wait you're playing this in real time Kapitan? What do you do when you sleep? Can you save the game?

[Kapitan]

No switch on the autopilot and then sleep, i save every few hours incase i crash.

i can play and run other items while still using it.

[diver]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Actually, I have a dirty little secret....this screenie was taken some time ago, while I was still on my learning curve...and that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/6715/tooclose6pc.jpg

My first ever kill in SHIII was a British Destroyer, but not with the torpedoes.

I accidently rammed the sucker from below, she went down and I limped away, I maintain it was the perfect battle plan :yep:

[Kapitan]

Nice kill

its now a day after i left new york and speed has slowed to only 28 knots fuel is at 87% so all is going well.

[Oberon]

Bravo Zulu. I'll ring up the train boards and get a special train laid on for you at Southampton...will 312701 do?

;)

[Kapitan]

Clever very clever oberon it will very much.