Should be Interesting Watching the Miracle sail OUT

[MrPete]

The Explorer of the Seas is heading out first:

 

http://nyharborwebcam.com/

[BABSIER]

I am watching now. Also watching Mayor Bloomberg who is saying all cruise ships due to arrive for Monday and Tuesday have been diverted.

[loubetti]

Hmmm... surprised their giving it a shot, but captain knows best, and pax will be in for a bit of a rough ride.

[MrPete]

Here comes another ship now.

 

NCL maybe?

[KirkNC]

Quite the sail away.

[colliercruiser]

Here comes another ship now.

 

NCL maybe?

 

Norwegian Jewel on the way. QE2 has just left dock and is next.

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Hmmm... surprised their giving it a shot, but captain knows best, and pax will be in for a bit of a rough ride.

 

Captain "Jack" is great and I'd trust him to get the ship anywhere safely

[colliercruiser]

Norwegian Jewel on the way. QE2 has just left dock and is next.

 

Sorry, meant to say QM2 (Queen Mary 2).

[MrPete]

Norwegian Jewel on the way. QE2 has just left dock and is next.

 

LOL. I was going to say that must be SOME lens.

[nybumpkin]

Getting out of the harbor is one thing - but where is she going to go after that?

[MrPete]

Getting out of the harbor is one thing - but where is she going to go after that?

 

Someone on board posted that the captain said they were going to snug the coast.

[fridaythe13th]

The Explorer of the Seas is heading out first:

 

http://nyharborwebcam.com/

 

Cool, thanks for posting.

[kjunea]

Jewel is going out alongside a freighter. Interesting.

[MrPete]

Could anyone tell which of those 2 side by side ships was the Jewel? :cool:

 

 

Here comes the QM2 next.

[FLCruiser001]

:confused: I guess I don't underdstand what is so "interesting", grand, or special about watching ships sail away under cloudy skies. :confused:

[MrPete]

:confused: I guess I don't underdstand what is so "interesting", grand, or special about watching ships sail away under cloudy skies. :confused:

 

If you're looking at the skies, you missing the meat.

[FLCruiser001]

If you're looking at the skies, you missing the meat.

 

I see a few small whitecaps here and there. Just watched the NCL ship go out. Smooth as glass.

[kjunea]

:confused: I guess I don't underdstand what is so "interesting", grand, or special about watching ships sail away under cloudy skies. :confused:

 

Well, first, I'm in a landlocked state, so I like looking at ships sail out all the time. Second, two ships sailing side by side in bad weather isn't that usual, I think.

[jolyn928]

Well, first, I'm in a landlocked state, so I like looking at ships sail out all the time. Second, two ships sailing side by side in bad weather isn't that usual, I think.

 

It was beautiful watching them sail out together, synchronized sailing :)

[nybumpkin]

Someone on board posted that the captain said they were going to snug the coast.

Okay, that makes sense. I noticed on Marine Traffic that when Pride was sailing back to Baltimore she was closer to shore than I've ever seen her sail. And when we returned to NYC on Glory after Hurricane Earl in 2010 we sailed 6 miles off Cape Cod - never sailed that close to land before.

[janm8144]

This is cool, thanks for posting the link!

[FLCruiser001]

Well, first, I'm in a landlocked state, so I like looking at ships sail out all the time. Second, two ships sailing side by side in bad weather isn't that usual, I think.

 

Well, the title of this thread induces one to believe that footage the likes of which has never been seen before will be witnessed by all, thanks to the OP. Looks like ordinary, everyday, run-of-the-mill footage to me.

[MrPete]

Well, the title of this thread induces one to believe that footage the likes of which has never been seen before will be witnessed by all, thanks to the OP. Looks like ordinary, everyday, run-of-the-mill footage to me.

 

Perhaps the point your missing is this is Miracle vs. Sandy. In Pride vs. Sandy, Sandy won. In Glory vs Sandy, Sandy won. This is the last of the triple crown.

 

But if watching cruise ships sail out of NY is ordinary, everyday, run-of-the-mill to you, close the window. GO find a baby in the hot tub thread.

 

And bless your heart.

[sccindy]

Thanks for posting and the link!!!!! Very interesting :)

[MrPete]

It's amazing that the funnel of that ship was built "shortened" to fit under that bridge.