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Topic: JW Ems transfer postponed

recab
First Class Passenger
Member # 1677

posted 04-01-2004 10:06 AM

Due to easterly winds the River Ems transfer of the Jewel of the Seas is postponed 24 hours.

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Globaliser
First Class Passenger
Member # 4153

posted 04-01-2004 11:46 AM

AAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Oh well, not the only air ticket I will have to eat this year ...

Thank you for the warning!

[ 04-01-2004: Message edited by: Globaliser ]

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rccldesign
First Class Passenger
Member # 4318

posted 04-02-2004 12:38 PM

Is this my computer or is the Meyer Werft website permanently unavailable, since yesterday? (it's telling me it's another victim of Microsoft...)

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 04-02-2004 01:21 PM

Working fine here. here's the latest schedule:-
"Papenburg, April 2, 2004 ? ?Jewel of the Seas,? the new 90,090 gt cruise liner for Royal Caribbean International (RCI), will leave Meyer Werft for the North Sea on the night of 3rd April 2004. The postponed passage of the vessel down the River Ems will take place in one go with no stop on the way, supported by operation of the Ems river barrier.

Still the passage of the vessel is dependent on the tides. The following postponed schedule is valid for the transit, which may vary in accordance with the weather conditions:

Sunday, 3rd April 2004
abt. 02.00 h Passage of harbour lock (Papenburg)
abt. 04.35 h Passage of ?Friesenbrücke? (Weener)
abt. 07.30 h Passage of ?J.-Berghaus-Brücke? (Leer)
abt. 13.00 h Passage of Ems river barrier (Gandersum)
abt. 14.55 h Passage of Emden
abt. 18.00 h Arrival at Eemshaven

The schedule is subject to wind and weather conditions and hence without engagement. Postponements may occur.

The ship leaving the pier in Papenburg and passing through the harbour lock will be presented live on the Internet. The web cam can be found on the Meyer Werft homepage: www.meyerwerft.de

Moreover, the Town of Papenburg?s tourist information is of-fering a bus shuttle service from the market place to the har-bour, and is also accepting short-term reservations for yard tours. More information on phone: +49-4961-83960 ?
Fax: +49-4961-839696"

Pam

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Karsten
First Class Passenger
Member # 1509

posted 04-02-2004 01:47 PM

03.04.04 is not a Sunday ... ?!?

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RobHolland
First Class Passenger
Member # 3779

posted 04-02-2004 01:59 PM

quote:
abt. 18.00 h Arrival at Eemshaven

What are the plans after this schedule? Will she dock at Eemshaven?

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 04-02-2004 02:28 PM

They mean the night of 3rd April going into Sunday 4th.. they should have changed it.
Rob from the site:- "The new luxury liner will leave Papenburg almost completed and will undertake final seatrials in the North Sea. The ship will be delivered to the owners Royal Caribbean International in the Dutch port of Eemshaven by the end of April 2004."
Pam

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harborman
First Class Passenger
Member # 1248

posted 04-02-2004 03:57 PM

rccldesign,
Yes there seems to be something different with the site, the web cam picture is back to march 22, 2004 and I get and error message at the top.
The rest of it seems OK.

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seabourndt
First Class Passenger
Member # 2154

posted 04-02-2004 04:24 PM

again delayed. the other year the dawn was out of ems i went all the wayu there to thew bartrier stood on poring rain ansd wind broke my umbrekla and saw nothing. never again

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Karsten
First Class Passenger
Member # 1509

posted 04-02-2004 04:32 PM

Jewel of the Seas will be delivered in April (mid?) and will go to Hamburg where she is expected 23.04. or (other source) 25.04.04.

The some short one and two night trips from Hamburg to the North Sea and to Olso.

The ship is booked for Northern Europe in 2005 again.

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harborman
First Class Passenger
Member # 1248

posted 04-02-2004 05:30 PM

Rccldesign,
I'm getting error message AD00B Recordset
Fehler '800a0bb9' but the web cam pictures come in and the rest of the site works ok.

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recab
First Class Passenger
Member # 1677

posted 04-03-2004 05:51 AM

The tug boats have just arrived to JLM, so hopefully we will sail tonight.

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jsea
First Class Passenger
Member # 3816

posted 04-04-2004 06:16 PM

Photos of the Ems passage courtesy of madforcruising from Germany:

Jewel Ems Passage

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Captain Rhone
First Class Passenger
Member # 3498

posted 04-04-2004 06:58 PM

Here is a picture of Jewel Of The Seas. Jewel Of The Seas

[ 04-04-2004: Message edited by: Captain Rhone ]

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recab
First Class Passenger
Member # 1677

posted 04-05-2004 06:06 AM

Nice pic Captain Rhone,
It was a nice sailing although we had steady winds of 40 kts with gusts up to 60 kts!

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 04-05-2004 07:15 AM

Excellent photo.. glad all went well recab. There are a few pics on Meyer Werft's page, but not as good as those on the
Schiffsphoto site.
Pam

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Globaliser
First Class Passenger
Member # 4153

posted 04-06-2004 07:19 PM

Brush up your German! As you can imagine, the transfer of the Jewelcaused a lot of press interest and comment. If you can persevere with the translation tool, there are some interesting nuggets in here, plus a few photos of varying qualities. The best nugget is at the end. Most links run through tinyurl.com. I've tried to keep out duplications, and all these translations of titles are very approximate!

Press articles etc.

East Friesland looks different from deck 13
Larger version of photo

Easterly wind delays transfer of the Jewel
Larger version of photo

Papenburg: the "Jewel of the Seas" transferred

Smooth transfer of "Jewel of the Seas"

Ahoy, "Jewel of the Seas"!

Larger version of photo in both of the above stories

East Friesland looks different from deck 13
Larger version of photo 1 (page with caption)
Larger version of photo 2 (page with caption)

In slow motion down the Ems

Auch der sechste Pott meistert die Tücken der Ems
Larger version of photo

First journey of the "Jewel of the Seas"

Impressions before and during the transfer (from the Papenburg tourist site)

Photos on their own

A newspaper's photo of the day

Photo by Carsten Borrmann (complete page with credits)
Another photo by Carsten Borrmann (complete page with credits)

Video

Page with transcript of voiceover (choose player and connection speed)
Direct URL to broadband/Windows Media player version

Enjoy!

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jsea
First Class Passenger
Member # 3816

posted 04-06-2004 07:35 PM

Globaliser, thanks for the exhaustive list of Jewel links. Much appreciated.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 04-07-2004 03:23 AM

Great, thanks for those, must have taken some time to dig out.
Love this one:-

It looks so tight.. until one gets to

Larger pic
.. where it seems there is quite a bit more room either side.
Pam

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Globaliser
First Class Passenger
Member # 4153

posted 04-07-2004 03:50 AM

It was certainly a fun evening's entertainment! My only regret is that I don't know how to hack the video to save it onto my computer - anyone know?

That bridge that she was squeezing through wasn't the tightest fit. That honour goes to the Jann Berghaus bridge at Leer - the one where the bridge flips up to the vertical - where there's less than 2 metres on either side, apparently. But there don't seem to be any pictures that really show that.

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recab
First Class Passenger
Member # 1677

posted 04-07-2004 10:38 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Globaliser:
But there don't seem to be any pictures that really show that.[/QB]

It was too dark and besides it was raining, so no good pics from the passing this time.

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Globaliser
First Class Passenger
Member # 4153

posted 04-07-2004 10:49 AM

quote:
Originally posted by recab:
It was too dark and besides it was raining, so no good pics from the passing this time.

Pity. The first part of the video was shot there, but it doesn't really show it either.

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recab
First Class Passenger
Member # 1677

posted 04-07-2004 12:05 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Globaliser:
Pity. The first part of the video was shot there, but it doesn't really show it either.

Yapp. I did some video taping from my balcony, but it did not turn out good either!

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Globaliser
First Class Passenger
Member # 4153

posted 04-13-2004 11:02 AM

Ever dissatisfied, I've collected a few more Jewel links.

Photos from the Ems passage:-
http://home.hccnet.nl/jh.dijkema/jewel%20of%20the%20seas.htm
http://home.hccnet.nl/jh.dijkema/jewel%20of%20the%20seas%2010.htm
http://home.hccnet.nl/jh.dijkema/jewel%20of%20the%20seas%2015.htm

Photos from the Ems passage and docked at Eemshaven:-
http://home.uwnet.nl/~prummel/Jewel%20of%20the%20Seas/Jewel%20of%20the%20Seas.html

A page containing some lower resolution photos of the ship docked at Meyer Werft, but also (at the bottom) links to four webcam pictures from the very beginning of the Ems passage (see separate links below):-
http://members.home.nl/thomaspronk/werf_papenburg.htm
http://members.home.nl/thomaspronk/images/webcambeeld_1.bmp
http://members.home.nl/thomaspronk/images/webcambeeld_4.bmp
http://members.home.nl/thomaspronk/images/webcambeeld_5.bmp
http://members.home.nl/thomaspronk/images/webcambeeld_10.bmp

These pages are Dutch, as the URLs show. As the Google tool doesn't have Dutch, you might find http://babelfish.altavista.com to be a more useful translation tool.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 04-13-2004 06:20 PM

Thanks..thought it amusing in the middle link that the tags say 'Liberia Registered' when it quite cleary says Nassau on the stern.
Pam

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