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[eclaire]

Anglian Earl now shown as in at 12 but not bething, then out again at 1.30. Must have been a schedule blip earlier.  If its going out at 1.30 thats still before high tide so presumably it will hand over before the TERRC?
claire:-}

[andeedob]

Back on AIS - just off Filey as of this morning.

[Brian Cawkwell]

I think The river tugs will take over the tow and bring the carrier in as they have plenty of power on the Tees,also, I also think they have been switching the AIS off on the Tug.

[Nathan]

When the Anglian Earl came onto the Tees in 2007 with the barge S44. She was also down as 'River Only'. However she towed the barge upto the turning circle i think it was. It was the same with the Carlo Magno and Primus, on three occasions they brought the TERRC barges in and didnt berth. They towed them to the turning circle before turning themselves and departing.

We can but wait and see, again  :lol:.

Any of you Tyne lot going to pay a visit?

Regards

[buck rogers]

hi,
iv"e been following this story amongst other things on the website with interest.on sunday im taking my daughters down to watch her coming in.
could someone please tell me exactly what time she is due to be towed into the tees,and which frequency will the chatter be on,on my scanner(its digital).
i will hopefully get some photos too.
thanks to all on here for the informative info so far,especially the ais links.

[eclaire]

Channel 14 is usually Tees pilot. Should come into the river at 12.00 if it stays to ETA.

[Guest]

Hi All

Best of luck to those members going down to the Tees tomorrow to capture the events for posterity. May the weather be kind to you all and I for one look forward to seeing the fruits of your labour and possible frost bite  :-)

I wont be there unfortunately as I had a prior arrangement to buy my son and his partner 'baby equipment' and as a first time Grand Parent that has to come before my hobbies.

Regards

[Nathan]

Hi Steve,

Congratulations mate, shame you cant make it down.

Regards

[Kelvin Davies]

Cawky,
Well there you have it, bonny lad!
Now showing on AIS again at 23:10, Anglian Earl has just steamed right past Hartlepool.
As I right, the speed just came down from 6 to 2 knots.
Best of luck with the weather etc tomorrow.
Kelvin

[Brian Cawkwell]

see next post

[Brian Cawkwell]

Edited by Cawky-

Kelvin , I had my beer goggles on last night and  I thank you for the PM

I appologise to all .

[Roy Walters]

new member, first post, Hi

the Earl has not sailed past Hartlepool. The Earl is sitting straight out from the old lifeboat station at Redcar. I have a first floor living room window with a view from South Shields to Whitby. I've followed it up tonight, around the back of Alfa Britannica. A triangle of white lights sat on the horizon followed by a red light at maybe 6-700m to the stern. The light is not good enough to make out Clem. If my horizon calculation is correct, its 6 miles out? It came back on AIS at 23:10 but has been sat there since 22:45.

see you on the Gare.

[Brian Cawkwell]

Oh no my PC with the hiplotter on is acting up ,I will try and get it back on as soon as possible

[Guest]

cawky wrote:
Oh no my PC with the hiplotter on is acting up ,I will try and get it back on as soon as possible

Hi Brian

Always the case that when you REALLY need a PC they go on the blink!

Looking at AIS Live, the Tees Pilot Launch Greatham is on her way out to the Anglian Earl, so it looks good for the 12.00 arrival  :-)

Regards

[Kelvin Davies]

Steve,
I was just watching the antics on AIS and the Greatham is on its way out for the second time this morning. I wonder what that is about? Forgot the Blue Riband perhaps?
I also noticed the tug is apparently going round in circles.
The better news for the local enthusiasts is that the BBC web site is showing an outbreak of sunshine at 12:00.
Incidentally, it does seem to have sailed past Hartlepool; they are all currently 6.5 miles NE of Garrison Point. Alfa Britannia is a couple of miles due East of Redcar.