GR Yaris Ooooo! An update!

[Gerard Harris]

Apparently I’m on the transporter from Derby to dealership on Monday. Just the one purchase for this weekend.

 

[mackie]

Any fellow Grand Pearl people… what do you make of this? Tracking malfunction or is it actually drifting east broadside to the wind?

 

[Ecsrobin]

Any fellow Grand Pearl people… what do you make of this? Tracking malfunction or is it actually drifting east broadside to the wind?View attachment 9800

Just had a check this morning suspect they’ve got a technical issue with the vessel. It’s still underway using engine on AIS but has been drifting at under 2hrs for hours in a shipping lane so would expect to see something like not under command.

 

[Burger]

24hours earlier.......

 

[GRWoody]

It probably waiting for clearence to pass through the Gibralter Straight I did wonder why the ETA slipped to next Saturday when its only 3-4 days from there to UK!

 

[GRWoody]

Looks like its back up to speed and hopefully heading our way !

 

[GRWoody]

Looks like its back up to speed and hopefully heading our way !

Oh it's going backwards again this must be some sort of wind up !

 

[GRgrampa]

Oh it's going backwards again this must be some sort of wind up !

Strong headwind.

 

[Madcat]

I pick mine up Wednesday afternoon. Exciting!

 

[GRWoody]

I pick mine up Wednesday afternoon. Exciting!

Enjoy the day Madcat luckily for me I picked up a new one last year so have been lucky enough to own one prior to this one arriving feel for all those that have waited so long!

 

[Burger]

It probably waiting for clearence to pass through the Gibralter Straight I did wonder why the ETA slipped to next Saturday when its only 3-4 days from there to UK!

slipped again, according to this tracker its not due into Portbury until the 7th

 

[GRWoody]

slipped again, according to this tracker its not due into Portbury until the 7th

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Could row there quicker that that Marrine Traffic still saying 26th the Morning Charlotte is due in on the 1st and that left Nagoya 7 days after the Pearl

 

[Ecsrobin]

Could row there quicker that that Marrine Traffic still saying 26th the Morning Charlotte is due in on the 1st and that left Nagoya 7 days after the Pearl

Portbury dock have it as arriving 0045 on 28th.

I’m going with a technical snag, no other vessel is drifting in that area.

https://www.bristolport.co.uk/shipping/forward-movements

 

[GRWoody]

Portbury dock have it as arriving 0045 on 28th.

I’m going with a technical snag, no other vessel is drifting in that area.

https://www.bristolport.co.uk/shipping/forward-movements

Its just strange how it drifted for quite a few hours and then raced at 14Knotts back to where it started drifting yesterday and then started drifting again today all very strange!

 

[Bat out of Hell]

Uncle Albert is the skipper

 

[KevinA]

It will probably sink knowing GR progress

 

[Burger]

i'll have paid the bastard off by the time it gets here

 

[mackie]

It's still pinging back and forth east of Gibraltar but given the ETA at Portbury has slipped by 4 days (to Monday) I guess it can loiter for a good while yet and still be on time. Maybe they just need to kill time if their original slot got missed and this is the safest/calmest place to do it vs the north Atlantic.

 

[Bat out of Hell]

I blame Del, Rodney and Uncle Albert "to hull and back"

 

[GRWoody]

It's still pinging back and forth east of Gibraltar but given the ETA at Portbury has slipped by 4 days (to Monday) I guess it can loiter for a good while yet and still be on time. Maybe they just need to kill time if their original slot got missed and this is the safest/calmest place to do it vs the north Atlantic.

I think you are spot on makes sense there is no slot to unload at Portbury and easier to float around there than the Atlantic