This could be a tad "off topic", sorry Julian. :-) http://www.revoh.org:1234/towboat/ Interesting though, huh? Tom W. [Non-text portions of this message have...
Sorry to pay much attention to something so off topic, but I just have too! ;) That maniac should have his master's certificate yanked immediately if it hasn't...
I have read in several books that the Queen Mary was docked in New York on several occasions sans tugboats, apparently due to the tugboat people being on...
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Normandie1935@...
Mar 5, 2002 5:38 pm
Tom, On the Debris Field and Liners List we were just talking about that incident! I'm stil amazed myself, seems impossible to me! Phillip [Non-text portions...
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Bill Cwiklo
cyclops@...
Mar 5, 2002 11:14 pm
Sop they did it on purpose? Bill ... From: <Normandie1935@...> To: <queenmary@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 1:06 PM Subject: [queenmary]...
There are such things as unsinkable lifeboats which right themselves if swamped or capsized. Maybe the tug uses some of that know-how. The page seems to have...
... Yes, this is true. Can't exactly say how it was done, but the late Comm. Marr's book has photos of the QE being docked like this. As it is such a rare book...
... They would never have tackled it without these two fellows standing by in the row boat for an emergency.:-) I joined the ship the previous month, after a...
Forgive my ignorance, but what were those two guys in the rowboat expected to do? Did they have two-way radios with which to communicate with the ship? Did...
Hi list I was just wondering if anybody knows if there are still any members of the Cunard family that are still active with the company or have they all been ...
Forgive my ignorance, but what were those two guys in the rowboat expected to do? I was just wondering if anybody knows if there are still any members of the ...
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Bill Cwiklo
cyclops@...
Mar 10, 2002 4:28 pm
Tom W. The Cunarder company has been re-organized several times since the QM left service. I suspect few if any people remain in the company since then. I ...
... That's the spirit Julian, and that's how I found the group the first time around, on your other web site. Tom W. [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Jhnnny@...
Mar 10, 2002 10:56 pm
Call me one of the lurkers but I do enjoy this web site and read every email that comes in. I do not always respond unless I have something of importance to...
When will the suites,and the cabins photos be posted at the site?...
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Bill Cwiklo
cyclops@...
Mar 11, 2002 12:42 am
Good question. I need to write the article and take pictures of the renovations -- that are I believe still on hold. Bill ... From: "oldiesgirl99"...
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Tracy
TL97@...
Mar 11, 2002 2:43 am
ok...nobody laugh. When I went to NY I wanted to watch the QE2 dock I told the lady driving me to go to the dock the QM use to dock at. ( I can't remember the...
Hi list Today I was just surfing around the net for Queen Mary stuff and I found something. In my searching I came across these to link that have some very ...
Okay, take your time. Bill Cwiklo <cyclops@...> wrote: Good question. I need to write the article and take pictures of the renovations -- that are I...
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Seitz Mark N Contr AM...
Mark.Seitz@...
Mar 11, 2002 2:01 pm
There's an SS US Group? Cool! Seriously, I haven't posted because I haven't anything to add. In most cases, I don't know the answer to the question, in...
Mark, If you are interested in finding out what the view from the foremast is like, I think Diane Rush once had a picture on her website that was taken in the...
... I believe you're right Matt, in Engineer's Gallery. Also there's a link to one of the many SS United States web sites. There are hundreds/thousands of ...
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Normandie1935@...
Mar 11, 2002 9:56 pm
The Mary docked at Pier 90 in New York. The Piers are still there, but they've gotten a facelift..or two, since the Mary's days. The Normandie docked one...
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Jhnnny@...
Mar 11, 2002 10:24 pm
Thanks for the info Phillip, I always see pictures of the Mary sailing down the Hudson but never in her dock. Also , is the QE2 as close as it gets to actually...
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Tracy
TL97@...
Mar 12, 2002 2:07 am
the door in the mast can be seen at one of the display areas. I think it was on B deck. They have plexi glass over the opening, but you can see the ladder...
Mark and Matt, I have uploaded the picture looking down inside the foremast from the crow's nest. As Tracy mentioned, the access was from B-Deck. This is now...
... Actually, as the drop is without obstruction, getting down from there is the easiest thing to do. I have been up there too, and thought very much at the...
