Shipspottingtrips 2011

[Galadriel]

Hi everybody,
That Sounds good Stevo, we are looking Vorwand very much for this Trip.
Last Weekend  we have done the bootstrip from Melbourne south gate to williamstown.
Was a very nice trip and we came along the car carrier port and some container bridges. Made some nice pictures of vessels evenna Maersk boat.
This week we will go down to the port of Melbourne one night to see more ships.
Any other advice for e area here?
Very best regards from the other side of our planet....
Ciao Galadriel

[Galadriel]

Good morning everybody.
Anything new on our planned trips for the 18th and 19th of June?
We finnished our planning around this trip now. We will first go over to England visiting our family and come to the meeting on our way back from England.
We look forward very much!
Greetings from Germany
Galdriel

[stevo]

Good evening all,


Still working on the planning.
Hope to have info for sundaytrip tomorrow.

18/06/2011
Meeting @ Rijndwarsweg 6, 3198 LK Europoort, harbournumber 5720
Start meeting 1300 hrs
Start trip 1400 hrs
Back 1700 hrs


19/06/2011
Reverting with timings


Registration open for both trips http://www.stevo.be/events/

[Dave van Spronsen]

Hi Steve,

The boattrip on Saturday this boat stays at the Europoort ??
There is one E class in the port and leave around 15.00
And the Maersk Edmonton arrives at 15.30
Do we see these vessels ??
Or else i will go to the Maasvlakte

Regards,

Dave

[stevo]

Dave,

We will sail to Maasvlakte and stay there for 3 hrs.
We will see these vessels.

Hi Steve,

The boattrip on Saturday this boat stays at the Europoort ??
There is one E class in the port and leave around 15.00
And the Maersk Edmonton arrives at 15.30
Do we see these vessels ??
Or else i will go to the Maasvlakte

Regards,

Dave

[stevo]

Dave,

If you like to join the saturday trip also, please register on the website.


Stevo

[stevo]

Good evening,

Saturday trip is full 24/24
We still have some places free for sunday trip (20)


Hope to see you all next week

[Galadriel]

Hi All,
Just a question about the Sunday Trip, as its a full day!
Whats planned about food/drinks? Do we bring our own things? Or is there  catering on board? Whats about chairs, is it wise to bring folding chairs or are there seats on the boat?
We are on the way to England now and looking forward to the trips.
See you than!
Galadriel

[stevo]

18/06/11: Rotterdam Ports: 1 place available
19/06/11: Flushing Roads: 25 places available


Everybody should receive the last emails today.

[stevo]

18/06/11: Rotterdam Ports: 2 places available
19/06/11: Flushing Roads: 23 places available

[Pieter_Inpijn]

Do not forget to take a rain coat!
It is going to be a very rainy and windy weekend in the Netherlands............

[Galadriel]

No Raincoat needed...both trips cancelled.... such a pitty.
But understandable.
We are since three days up here in the Europort now, since we came back from England and the weather is quite...lets say "not amusing"....
Last night we thought we fly away in our RV...today its at least dry so far...this morning it was a bit sunny with some nice clouds for photograhing but now its totally grey in grey again!
We are standing on the Maasflakte car park at present and just received Stevos phonecall. I can understand it, the forecast for the next days is terrible.

We will wait for Elly Maersk now, the schedule for her arrivale here in Rotterdam just changed to tomorrow morning 7.00 O clock and hopefully its dry enough to make some nice photos of her.

After this we will turn homewards...
Have a nice day everybody and we hope the trips will take place one other day this year!
Ciao Galadriel

[Galadriel]

Ron, I dont think its a possible cancellation.
Its definately cancelled for both days!
 
Stevo called us and we got an email in the meantime as well.
Its now raining again up here...and just gray and horrible...would not nice to be on a boat in this weather..
Nevertheless, its a pity, we looked forward very much to this trips...very sad.
But we cant make our own weather yet, can we?
Cio Galadriel

[Galadriel]

just a short update....

As the weather became absolutely horrible up at the Maasflakte in the afternoon we decided to pack up and go home.
Well see an E class Ship another time again... its not worth waiting another night and when youre maybe unlucky  and the weather is so bad when the ship arrives, that you cant even get out of the car with your cameras to make some nice shots...
A pity this trip, we had such a good weather in  Bavaria this spring...but the waether we had the last ten days in England and now in the Netherlands was absolutely crap!!!!
See you soon!
Galadriel

[Peter S. aus N]

I was also there in maasflakte. The weather got a 4 pm a little bit rainy, but only small problems to make fotos now I'm in the Delta Hotel.
Are someweher other spotters in Rotterdam?
When will the Maersks come tomorrow? what will be the best places where are the other spotters?
 It would be nice to get some feedback
Peter Xylad