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Day 12 – Thursday 9 May I woke at the more conventional time of 0650 and threw back the curtains to reveal a calm blue sea, sunshine, and white fluffy clouds.  You wouldn’t think we were on the same ocean as two days ago.  Our position at 0715 was 45deg 51N, 36deg 36W or veryContinue reading “Blog 34. Passage from New York”

Day 9 – Monday 7 May Another grey day.  Position at 0700 ship’s time was 40deg 27.4N, 68deg 36W – roughly 100 Nm south east of Cape Cod.  Rain. Wind Force 8 from NE, Full Gale. Course 084, speed 21 knots.  Sea state ‘Moderate/Rough’.  There was a bit of a chop on, and it wasContinue reading “Blog 33. Passage from New York”

Day 8 – Sunday 6 May 2019. New York City, United States of America New York, New York: the self-proclaimed capital of the world, the most highly populated city in the USA with a population 8.4 million, spectacular sights, excellent museums, Broadway shows, cosmopolitan inhabitants, the city of literature, film and TV.  And we areContinue reading “Blog 32. New York in RMS QUEEN MARY 2”

Day 6 – Friday 3 May 2019 Well, here we are on Day 6, about 300 miles due south of Newfoundland and on a westerly course for the final leg.  Position at 0710 ship’s time was 41deg N, 52deg 41W; speed 19 knots, course 266, air temperature 8C, overcast, sea Moderate, wind Force 6 fromContinue reading “Blog 31. Passage to New York”

Day 4 – Wednesday 1 May 2019 “You’re determined to wake me up, aren’t you?”, said a a cold disembodied voice. So dawned the First of May in this bit of the Atlantic at 0550 ship’s time.  Clocks were retarded yet again last night and we are now at GMT – 2, or three hoursContinue reading “Blog 30. Passage to New York”

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” Day 1 – Sunday 28 April 2019 Aha!  I bet that surprised you.  We’re back.  Here we are again on QUEEN MARY 2, this time heading for New York and back on a two week round trip, that takes in seven hoursContinue reading “Blog 29. Passage to New York”