Unusual Ft. Lauderdale sailaway

[Lizzie68]

15 minutes ago I heard "as soon as the captain gets here we'll start singling up". Where the heck would the captain be?

Edited January 20, 2016 by Lizzie68

[Krazy Kruizers]

What -- the captain isn't on the ship?

Now I could understand if Burt & Jack's restaurant was still at the end of the dock area that he went there for dinner.

Edited January 21, 2016 by Krazy Kruizers

[Randyk47]

The gangway is pulled away so maybe we'll get some movement shortly.

[Boytjie]

Checking in between making dinner...

 

Is that a truck I saw drive away and the lines are dropped?

[Lizzie68]

Checking in between making dinner...

 

Is that a truck I saw drive away and the lines are dropped?

 

Yes, I think she's finally about to move. The captain must have finished dinner.;)

[St Pete Cruiser]

Do you think it is too late for the horn?

[Randyk47]

Now she's moving.

[Boytjie]

There she goes... I wonder if we will hear that big TOOT.

[Krazy Kruizers]

She is pushing away and backing up.

[Krazy Kruizers]

I don't know if we will hear any toots.

When we were on the Westerdam in 2013 and left at 7 PM -- no toots.

[St Pete Cruiser]

My sound is back on. Cargo ship moving out first.

Will we hear QM2?

[Vict0riann]

Here comes QM2 - but she probably won't toot after dark, will she?

[Lizzie68]

Here comes QM2 - but she probably won't toot after dark, will she?

 

I don't think so going by previous late departures. But hopefully we are wrong.:D

[Scrapnana]

It seems to me recently we had a ship sail after dark that did toot. Anybody remember that?

[Krazy Kruizers]

She is now heading towards the channel.

[Vict0riann]

I don't think so going by previous late departures. But hopefully we are wrong.:D

 

Because she's so speshul!:D

[Krazy Kruizers]

Well -- we will soon know if she toots.

[Lizzie68]

Because she's so speshul!:D

 

LOL I wonder where that came from.:D:D:D

 

 

Ooooooooh great toots!

 

Cowbells and airhorns too! The condo dwellers were all waiting as well.

Edited January 21, 2016 by Lizzie68

[Boytjie]

Yes!

[Scrapnana]

Toots!

[Krazy Kruizers]

She gave 3 toots.

They sounded a little strange to me.

Condos responded.

[Vict0riann]

That was a funny noise!:eek:

[St Pete Cruiser]

Three toots. Not much different from here.

[Boytjie]

And the best place to hear that horn is on the top deck midships... best toot ever!

 

Queen Mother of toots!

 

"Queen Mary 2 has an extremely powerful whistle. Of her three whistles, one is actually an original taken from Queen Mary of 1936. If you look carefully at the video, you can identify this whistle as the one with steam being expelled when sounded (it's on the funnel).

QM2's horn is an A, two octaves below middle-A. It can be heard 10 miles away."

 

Those are very deep toots, believe me they sound a lot different in person.

Edited January 21, 2016 by Boytjie

[Scrapnana]

Three more toots!