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Captain Rhone
First Class Passenger
Member # 3498

posted 02-05-2003 07:32 AM

The bridge of QM2 has just been put on along with the whole stern and the first half of the funnel is to be put on February 21 and the rest in mid March.

Click here for news about the ship and info... along with a great view of the stern,at Ouest France there is a photo of the bow and the bridge is being added.

[ 02-05-2003: Message edited by: joe at travelpage ]

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Onno
First Class Passenger
Member # 3071

posted 02-05-2003 08:33 AM

Wow!!!!!!

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Barryboat
First Class Passenger
Member # 33

posted 02-05-2003 01:41 PM

Another GREAT shot of the stern which is nearing it's completion. Now we can see the stern in all it's glory. I still think it looks a bit awkward, but who am I to second guess the designers.

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titanicsteve
First Class Passenger
Member # 2142

posted 02-05-2003 02:34 PM

Yippeeeeee love that ship keep up the work builder men and women!

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Onno
First Class Passenger
Member # 3071

posted 02-05-2003 03:30 PM

Tough I love what I see till now the stern “corners” still look strange. And what I expected the entire stern will be virtually a massive element. Don’t forget that although the proportions are the same this stern is quite huge compared to QM QE and QE2. So this will be a huge black behind. This afternoon I was standing in front of my house and realized that the black stern will be two times taller. Just incredible. I still think that if there was a lounge that had windows that followed the same curve as the stern would have been grate. If the lounge had dark tinted windows then you wouldn’t even notice it from an exterior view point More likely the curved area behind the stern is not suitable for interior decoration or something.

Best, Onno

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Fairsky
First Class Passenger
Member # 781

posted 02-05-2003 06:44 PM

Onno, I agree with you. I have always wanted a ship designed with an observation lounge low in the stern overlooking the wake of the ship. Diamond and Sapphire Princess have taken a crew lounge from the Grand Class design and converted into a passenger bar that overlooks the stern- but it is small and without many windows. It is a step.

Anyway- I like the way the QM2 is progressing. About her stern- I don't know exactly where the waterline will be, but if it is where the lowest scaffolding is the stern will look nice (with just the uppermost corners of the 'box' revealed). However, if the waterline is much lower it may look very odd. Thanks for the photos.

[ 02-05-2003: Message edited by: skyej ]

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Captain Rhone
First Class Passenger
Member # 3498

posted 02-05-2003 08:32 PM

I found a digital type picture of the ship and the waterline should be right by the bottom of the box and the white stripe should be right below the big round area.So it will look big in the back

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 02-06-2003 12:15 AM

I am excited to see this ship float out soon!

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rd77
First Class Passenger
Member # 2117

posted 02-06-2003 09:36 AM

Although might not be the most elegant "liner" ever built, I find the ship immensely interesting like you all and am looking forward to the float-out in March. What I like about the stern is the fact that there are no ugly big windows in it, like on ORIANA (which is otherwise a nice looking vessel). The squared off bit of the lower stern is probably a concession to prefab building. Ships from Chantiers always tend to be a bit more "chunky" than ships from other yards. To see what I mean, compare GRANDEUR OF THE SEAS (by Kvaerner-Masa) with near sister RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS (by Chantiers). You will not that lots of things (bow, stern, lifeboat deck, bridge front) are more "square" on RHAPSODY / VISION O.T. SEAS than on the K-M duo...

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Fairsky
First Class Passenger
Member # 781

posted 02-06-2003 11:20 AM

Here is the progression of the QM2 design:

Spring 1999

Fall 1999

Fall 2000

May 2001

[ 02-06-2003: Message edited by: joe at travelpage ]

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Vaccaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 465

posted 02-06-2003 12:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by rd77:
...The squared off bit of the lower stern is probably a concession to prefab building...

Sorry to not be agree with you here but this has nothing to do with prefab reasons this time.

For reading the reasons of this square waterline stern part (and assuming some of you didn't read it then), please see my recent post here.

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moodus2
First Class Passenger
Member # 2414

posted 02-06-2003 05:47 PM

my guess for the squareness of
the stern is a place to mount
the pod propulsion system.
being like a large outboard
lower unit they would need a
large flat surface unlike a
propeller shaft.

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 02-08-2003 01:40 AM

One more picture

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Ðraikar
First Class Passenger
Member # 1153

posted 02-08-2003 05:31 PM

WoW !!!!!

Seem's just yesterday they laid the keel

Ðraikar

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