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Trim50 · 04-02-2007, 14:40

Keep an eye on web cam for the historic event...
Webcam : Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco

Trim50 · 04-02-2007, 15:40

Apparently running VERY late...maybe she ran into our new West Coast Bermuda Triangle ;-)

Trim50 · 04-02-2007, 15:51

Even better, the Web Cam from the bridge of the QMII!
Cunard: The Most Famous Ocean Liners in the World (sm)

Here she come...1 hour late.

**Paul Elliott** · 04-02-2007, 22:34

We sailed out beyond the Golden Gate Bridge to meet Queen Mary II, and had a great time. The bay was as easily as crowded as it can be for Fleet Week, etc -- which was surprising on Super Bowl Sunday. The weather was warm, seas relatively calm, winds moderate.

Lately, I've been capturing the NMEA data from my nav-system, as well as the output from my AIS receiver, and post-processing them to create a GoogleEarth file of VALIS' track and the tracks of the AIS-equipped ships. You can see the QM2 track as she approached the bay and passed under the G.G. bridge (which she only cleared by about 30 ft!).

I have posted the GoogleEarth ".KMZ" file on the VALIS blog: SAIL VALIS (see the attachment at the bottom of the blog posting). It appears that the QM2 AIS static data for length and beam have not been programmed -- which may be a bug in my software. I plan to look into this.