Queen Mary II

[Gulliver]

Tut!Tut!....They're so much Faster theseDays!.........

Just a bit of Fun: The QM2 caught speeding in San Francisco-Oops! Hard a Cardboard!



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Davey

[Doc Vernon]

Hi Davey,
Fast mate! Gee wouldnt that have been wonderfull if we could have gone at that speed! haha! Would have seen the World in a few minutes!
Looks like a lot of Piharana after he mate! No wonder she was full speed ahead haha!
This time lapse thing is really quite funny with certain things!
Good one mate!
Cheers

[happy daze john in oz]

Interesting bit of info yesterday about her. She has no rudders and is steered by thruster pods.

[happy daze john in oz]

Depends on the ship Les, most of them have some form of open deck area, some more than others. She is a lot better looking than some out there such as 'The World'. Now for $995 per person per night you can have a suite with all that opens and closes and as much grog as you want. But for me I think I will take my chances by going steerage.

[happy daze john in oz]

G'day Cpt. Kong, have to agree with you about sea worthiness, some of the 'modern' cruise ships have been designed to sail only in certain parts of the world. Was on one in South Pacific last year when we hit a 35 knot wind, mate this ship would have rolled on wet grass. I enjoyed it but many of the bloods, and some crew, were in strife.