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Some photos from last night: https://www.facebook.com/Eremita85/posts/24112611855004217

She is safely back at the shipyard

Meyer Turku wrote: "Icon of the Seas' first sea trials have progressed excellently! The ship will return to the Meyer Turku shipyard on Thursday 22 June. See from the video below what Icon looks like in motion when she left for her sea trials earlier this week! According to current information, all the tests of the sea trial program can be completed as outlined in the original schedule, despite the fact that the departure for the sea trial was slightly delayed due to wind conditions. Icon will return to dock on Thursday 22.6. as planned, after which work on Icon will resume. Food portions left over from the sea trial will be donated to charity." https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=213984164880498&id=100088067473066

Icon is heading back to the shipyard 🙂

There's always tugs helping when they leave or arrive at the shipyard 🙂 https://www.facebook.com/Eremita85/posts/8775826085776043

I was there taking photos of those pieces but without the drone because I thought there were flight restrictions when it arrived.

Here's some photos from me from the departure for the sea trials... not sure if you can see it if you aren't logged in FB, they are public photos tho 🙂 https://www.facebook.com/Eremita85/posts/24097941276471275

😄 they showed only the pretty side of the ship... the one I saw, well, not so pretty.

The estimate is 21-22 local time today due to strong winds.

😄 where's the chairs? Are they going to stand there whole week? PS. oh I see at least one chair! Maybe that's enough.

Quite a lot of people pass by to look at the ships either from the Raisio Marina or from the nature trail that runs along the opposite shore. Of course, not everyone likes the look of the Icon but the size of the ship alone is something that many people come to see.

Noup, the painting on the starboard side is a bit unfinished anyway as you can see from the webcam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PaNCSVZ5Pc

Icon of the S... 13.6.2023

The painting of the name is progressing on the portside of the ship. Lifeboats for the sea trials on the starboard side are installed, portside is still missing them. 12.6.2023

There are four lifeboats waiting at the shipyard and if I understood correctly, four of them will be taken to the sea trials. One is already waiting in the water near the bow, the other is on the other side sitting on the dock. They have also started painting the BIG name on the port side of the ship. Bonus photo: The mystery ball #2 for the upcoming Icon 2 have made an appearance. 10.6.2023

This area? I don't think I have a closer photo of the aft since I can't fly over the shipyard area.

One more photo of that area from tonight.

This is from yesterday evening

The pontoon cranes were moved from the shipyard to the port of Turku in the morning. You can see them from the Port of Turku web camera on the left dock:

Well I don't have any closer than this at this point 😄 need to remember next time when I go to take some photos.

Can you put a deck plan of that forward suite cabin area? I'm not that familiar with the area. Not sure about Finki but at least I wasn't there today 😄 something is happening at the shipyard in a few days because one of our tugs will need a pilot. Maybe they're going to move the pontoon cranes on the side of the Icon out of the way before the sea trials. Also they can lift some of the lifeboats on the starboard side then as well. https://pilotonline.fi/traffic-info/pilotages?vessel=dunker

My friend Finki added some more photos, to me it actually looks like they have painted the middle of the bow blue as well: https://www.instagram.com/p/CtB_40lIWeO/

Some photos from tonight. 29-30.5.2023

Yep, me and Finki were both there