[Gatte]

If anyone is waiting on their cars and know that their cars are on the Cygnus Leader, this is the thread to track the vessel all the way from Bremerhaven to Port Hueneme, CA. The boat is scheduled to depart from Bremerhaven on 03/13 and dock at port Hueneme on the 10th of April. Attached is a picture of the boat docked at Bremerhaven getting all of our cars loaded onto it.

You can track the progress made by the vessel on the following URL:
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/.../shipid:463387

This particular ship is one of the slow ones which has an average speed of 14.2 knots so the wait will indeed be a long and particularly painful one. Once the boat is properly at sea and away from the coast, we can track the vessel using the following URL:
http://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9381249

The NYK Line Schedule for the Cygnus Leader and all the other ships from the NYK Line can be found here and is attached:
http://www.nykroro.com/documents/RTW-AFCON/RTWwk10.pdf

[Supernaut]

Welcome the addiction of tracking!

[Inline_Six]

Good stuff, Gatte ! Bon Voyage and happy tracking !

[Gatte]

I don't think there is anyone else who's obsessively tracking their car on the Cygnus Leader. Where are all the crazy people when you need them ???

[Inline_Six]

Originally Posted by Gatte

I don't think there is anyone else who's obsessively tracking their car on the Cygnus Leader. Where are all the crazy people when you need them ???

Don't worry, brother, I'll pop my head in here once in a while. I'll keep you company

I've got enough crazy in me for a pack of people. Many can and will attest to that

[Gatte]

Originally Posted by InlineSixTwinScroll

Don't worry, brother, I'll pop my head in here once in a while.

I've got enough crazy in me for a pack of people. Many can and will attest to that

[Gatte]

Cygnus Leader is finally leaving the Dock. Only time when refreshing the screen actually showed movement.

[Supernaut]

And so it begins....

[Inline_Six]

Originally Posted by Supernaut

And so it begins....

[Supernaut]

Originally Posted by InlineSixTwinScroll

^^already having tracking withdrawls.

^^Will be buying another car to track in 6 months.

[lloydaustin]

I know my car has been sitting at the port all week waiting, I am wondering if it got on that ship. I called in and they still say it is waiting.

[Inline_Six]

Originally Posted by Supernaut

^^already having tracking withdrawls.

^^Will be buying another car to track in 6 months.

Only if I get promoted two levels up

Besides, I think this M235i is a keeper

[Gatte]

Originally Posted by Supernaut

^^already having tracking withdrawls.

^^Will be buying another car to track in 6 months.

Inline's gonna start tracking all sorts of vessels in the seas. He doesn't need it to have his car on it.

[Supernaut]

Originally Posted by Gatte

Inline's gonna start tracking all sorts of vessels in the seas. He doesn't need it to have his car on it.

Guilty of that myself. The Metis Leader is on its way to Japan after coming from Germany and through the Panama Canal to the West Coast. My car's boat, the Oregon Highway is headed back to Zeebrugge to repeat her route. I found a cluster of NATO ships on exercise near where the Cygnus Leader is. I'm finding these ship trackers pretty entertaining.

I'm supposed to be installing a ceiling fan for the wife, though.

[Gatte]

Originally Posted by Supernaut

My car's boat, the Oregon Highway is headed back to Zeebrugge to repeat her route. I found a cluster of NATO ships on exercise near where the Cygnus Leader is. I'm finding these ship trackers pretty entertaining.

I'm supposed to be installing a ceiling fan for the wife, though.

I was not able to find the NATO ships but maybe I was too late. It's not very good if the whole world can see where all the defense vessels are.

We should probably track the Oregon Highway and the Metis Leader to see if they do the same trips or different ones. Metis Leader I think went across the pacific ocean to pick up Hondas, Toyotas, Nissans and Kias and it probably does a whole round the world trip which is kinda cool.

You better get on that ceiling fan. Don't wanna make the boss too angry.

[Gatte]

Originally Posted by lloydaustin

I know my car has been sitting at the port all week waiting, I am wondering if it got on that ship. I called in and they still say it is waiting.

When did you call them ??
They would usually know that it's on the boat after it gets on and some people have reported that BMW NA can sometimes have a lag of a day or 2.

If yours is a ED, request the customer relations representative to connect you the the ED Sales Specialist and they will know if it's on the boat. They knew which boat my car would go on 2 days before it got loaded onto the boat.

[Supernaut]

Originally Posted by Gatte

I was not able to find the NATO ships but maybe I was too late. It's not very good if the whole world can see where all the defense vessels are.

We should probably track the Oregon Highway and the Metis Leader to see if they do the same trips or different ones. Metis Leader I think went across the pacific ocean to pick up Hondas, Toyotas, Nissans and Kias and it probably does a whole round the world trip which is kinda cool.

You better get on that ceiling fan. Don't wanna make the boss too angry.

Got the fan done.

Oregon Highway seems to be on repeat run as are several of the sister ships.

I can't find a schedule for Metis Leader past Port Hueneme on the NYK site. I'm curious if it's on a Round the World run or if she reverses course.

There are a few warships off Ostend, Belgium: the Mewa, Willemstad and Donau that look to be operating together. A few English ships show up just south of Weymouth as well. Around here, which is the US biggest naval base, the ships only show up when underway, so I'm guessing it's so civilian navigation can see them in crowded waters. I'll bet they "disappear" off the coast.

[M2BMW]

I believe the next port for Metis Leader was a port in Japan.

[Gatte]

Originally Posted by Supernaut

Got the fan done.

Oregon Highway seems to be on repeat run as are several of the sister ships.

I can't find a schedule for Metis Leader past Port Hueneme on the NYK site. I'm curious if it's on a Round the World run or if she reverses course.

There are a few warships off Ostend, Belgium: the Mewa, Willemstad and Donau that look to be operating together. A few English ships show up just south of Weymouth as well. Around here, which is the US biggest naval base, the ships only show up when underway, so I'm guessing it's so civilian navigation can see them in crowded waters. I'll bet they "disappear" off the coast.

I could not find a schedule for the Metis Leader too but inline had it going towards Japan in the Pacific Ocean. Hondas and Toyotas for sure.

I was able to find some of these naval ships. I was searching for them wrong. Obviously not very experienced at this tracking thing YET.

If you observe all the ships even off the coast of England, they all appear to be driving (Sailing) on the right side of the road (Ocean, waterway). I wonder how the English feel about that.

[Gatte]

Originally Posted by m235i

I believe the next port for Metis Leader was a port in Japan.

Yep, that's what it looks like.

[Supernaut]

Originally Posted by Gatte

I could not find a schedule for the Metis Leader too but inline had it going towards Japan in the Pacific Ocean. Hondas and Toyotas for sure.

I was able to find some of these naval ships. I was searching for them wrong. Obviously not very experienced at this tracking thing YET.

If you observe all the ships even off the coast of England, they all appear to be driving (Sailing) on the right side of the road (Ocean, waterway). I wonder how the English feel about that.

Isn't it impressive how in-line they are in the narrower spots of the channel? It's busy in there.

I'll be following the Metis Leader to see just for jollies. The destination currently listed looks like a nav point outside the port of Nagoya. I'm really wondering where she goes from there.

Looks like the Cygnus Leader is heading in to Southampton right on schedule.

[Inline_Six]

Originally Posted by Gatte

Inline's gonna start tracking all sorts of vessels in the seas. He doesn't need it to have his car on it.

Actually, no, guys. If the ship means something to one of you, my Bimmer brothers, then, I might want to track it. I don't track ships for pleasure So, Supernaut actually wins that one

After receiving this car, I couldn't care less about ships (in general) or whatever. When you get yours, Gatte, you'll know what I mean Supernaut might not change

I will say this ... the whole process taught me a lot I didn't know before, so, in a way, it was more rewarding than just a simple car buying process.