Cheers all :sunny:

Just spoken to young Buna on the phone, his ship is in Warnemunde today :cool:

Yesterday you told me he was in Kiel.

Make up your mind. :O:

Must have misunderstood me....


Cruise Schedule: Copenhagen, Denmark (13 Jun d1600); Kiel, Germany (14 Jun 0700-1700); Tallinn, Estonia (16 Jun 0800-1600); St Petersburg, Russia (17 Jun 0700(+1)1800); Helsinki, Finland (19 Jun 0800-1700); Stockholm, Sweden (20 Jun 1000(+1)1600); Warnemunde, Germany (23 Jun 0600-2000); Copenhagen, Denmark (24 Jun a1100(+1)disembark)

Kiel was just over a week ago.

Coming to the Tyne on the fifth though :sunny:

Cruise Schedule: Copenhagen, Denmark (25 Jun d1600); Oslo, Norway (26 Jun 1000-1800); Kristiansand, Norway (27 Jun 0800-1700); Stavanger, Norway (28 Jun 0800-1700); Lerwick, Shetland Isles (29 Jun 0800-1700); Greenock (Glasgow), Scotland (01 Jul 0700-1600); Portree, Isle of Skye (02 Jul 1000-1800); Invergordon, Scotland (03 Jul 0800-1700); Edinburgh, Scotland (04 Jul 1000-2300); Newcastle, England (05 Jul 0800-1700); Copenhagen, Denmark (07 Jul 0700-1600); Kiel, Germany (08 Jul 0700-1700); Tallinn, Estonia (10 Jul 0800-1600); St Petersburg, Russia (11 Jul 0700(+1)1800); Helsinki, Finland (13 Jul 0800-1700); Stockholm, Sweden (14 Jul 1000(+1)1600); Warnemunde, Germany (17 Jul 0600-2000); Copenhagen, Denmark (18 Jul a1100(+1)disembark)

Either that or I'm as confused as is normal for me these days :88)

Jim..... Confused ????????? Must be Pimms o'clock ;)

Great news mate, I'll bet there'll be more than Pimms on the wine list :up:

:Kaleun_Salute::Kaleun_Periskop::Kaleun_Binocular:Both my folks had dementia as U know: It's normal and heriditary!!!!:nope:
: I play more chess and re-started playing bridge games to keep it all in motion...:nope:
KISS: 'one picture worth thousand words': updated every 30 seconds!: 2104 Passengers http://www.sea-scanner.com/schiffsposition.php?schiff=eurodam The report was made 15 minutes ago, at 16:20 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 4,1 meters per second (9,2 miles per hour) from northwest (320°). The atmospheric pressure was 1007 hPa (29.74 inHg). The relative humidity was 59,0 %. There were a few clouds at a height of 1067 meters (3500 feet) and scattered clouds at a height of 3048 meters (10000 feet). The overall visibility was greater than 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).

Doesn't lok like the parents will get aboard her in July seeing as she isn't staying overnight :shifty:

One of the sites I track him on, the other being:

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:287007/zoom:10

Never heard of a boarding party me hearty :arrgh!:

The problem being it takes at least four hours after berthing for immigration to clear off the passenger list and as was the case a few years ago, I doubt the skipper will give him the day off this time for the sake of a few hours.

Damn shame Jim, give young Buna my best:salute:

Sure will matey....sure will :up:

Boy brings his ship into the Tyne tomorrow and the weather forecast is 20C with scattered showers but the main thing is the skipper is allowing him four hours off so I'll be collecting him and bringing him home to suffer some of his mams cooking :)

Sent me a couple of photos of the voyage/navigation plan he has prepared for entering the Tyne.

http://i.imgur.com/G4vLbvz.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ljoicDO.jpg

Yowser, I bet he could master the SH3 manual TDC and DW fire control plotting with his eyes closed.

What a great day for you. I would love to hear what he has to say about his typical day, what challenges he has to deal with, etc. I know his job has a lot of responsibility. Not just anyone can fill those shoes and get it done.

How many tugs?

IIRC she is fitted with the Voith Schneider system:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voith_Schneider_Propeller

....meaning she can turn on her own axis, so she will head up river for a mile or so to the rivers widest point before turning 180 degrees, going alongside her berth ready facing the exit direction to the port and have the assistance of a tug fore and aft if the currents are overly strong, otherwise they are on slack lines eg. standby mode.

Famous last words ;)


@Jim

Bloody great news, you and Mrs. Buna have a ball mate and give the youngun my best. I'll raise a glass for you all, ( Yeah any excuse, I know ;) ).

:Kaleun_Cheers: