[conspire] Off to elsewhere; see you Oct. 29th

[Nick Moffitt]

The ancestry of the Eurostar stock is a bit confusing, being the result
of an international partnership.  It is tagged with TOPS 373 in the UK,
and TGV 373000 in France.

Personally I was excited for the ICE trials they did through the tunnel
and HS1, but with the unmitigated disaster of "Brexit" I expect we'll
be detonating the charges to cut off the continent any time soon.

Tony Godshall:
> What a trip. We got to ride the Eurostar last year, which I think is a TGV
> variant, as well as the Italian Freccia Rossa. 200 mph and 200 kph
> respectively IIRC. The Italian one was more nicely appointed and cleaner,
> but the French British one was faster.  And had airport-level security.
> 
> On Oct 12, 2016 9:52 PM, "Rick Moen" <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> 
> > I wrote:
> >
> > > The October CABAL meeting will _not_ occur this Saturday, Oct. 8th,
> > > because Deirdre and I will be in the Sierra Nevada[1] and then off to
> > > the Mediterranean.[2]  (We'll finally get to ride the TGV!)
> >
> > And we did, indeed.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGV
> >
> >
> > > [2] http://www.seadream.com/voyages/11642
> >
> > Above is actually the _second_ (7 day) leg of our cruise, the longer leg
> > from Cannes to Civitavecchia.  First leg (3 days), which was supposed to
> > leave yesterday from Nice (to Cannes), was
> > http://www.seadream.com/voyages/11641B
> >
> > And, funny thing that, just as we were waiting at SFO for our flight, we
> > heard from our travel agent that the Nice to Cannes leg of our cruise had
> > (just then) been cancelled -- because of engine fire at 2am on Sept. 1
> > off the Calabrian coast (the 'toe' of Italy) en-route from Amalfi to
> > Palinuro, the damage from which they've been frantically repairing in
> > Naples's shipyards, while cancelling subsequent cruises incrementally
> > through (so far) our Nice-to-Cannes first-leg cruise.
> >
> > http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2016/09/articles/fires-1/fire-
> > breaks-out-on-seadream-i-in-italy/
> > http://www.maritimeherald.com/2016/cruise-ship-seadream-i-
> > with-105-passengers-caught-fire-off-naples/
> > http://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/news-headlines/
> > seadream-i-fire-repairs-are-being-evaluated-in-naples.html
> >
> >
> > Ye olde vessel is currently here in Naples:
> > https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=8203438
> >
> > ...And we're here, in Nice:
> > https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Hyatt+Regency+Nice+
> > Palais+de+la+Méditerranée/@43.6950466,7.2630642,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:
> > 0x68db894d7d179001!8m2!3d43.6950466!4d7.2630642
> > <https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Hyatt+Regency+Nice+Palais+de+la+M%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9e/@43.6950466,7.2630642,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x68db894d7d179001!8m2!3d43.6950466!4d7.2630642>
> >
> > Cannes is about 30 km southwest of Nice (where we are now), no problem
> > to reach _if_ M/V SeaDream I finishes repairs in time to haul ass across
> > the Mediterranean to Cannes by Saturday's early evening sailing time.
> > If not, our second leg must, too, be cancelled.[1]  We expect to have
> > final word about this from SeaDream HQ in Oslo on Thursday.
> >
> > Meantime, we'll just have to put up with being in the south of France.
> >
> > (We have a Danube river cruise lined up, as alternative.
> > http://www.amawaterways.com/gems-of-southeastern-europe-2016 )
> >
> > [1] Ship's normal cruising speed is 28 km/h (15 knots, 17 mph).  Online
> > sources say its maximum speed is 18 knots (33km/h).  Port of Napoli to
> > the Port of Cannes is 398 nautical miles = 737 km via normal sea lanes
> > along the Italian coast and then rounding Corsica's north tip, according to
> > http://ports.com/sea-route/#/?a=3426&b=3381&c=Port%20of%
> > 20Napoli,%20Italy&d=Port%20of%20Cannes,%20France
> > So, I estimate 22 hours' ship transit time from Naples to Cannes.  So,
> > theoretically, SeaDream _could_ defer decision to as late as Friday
> > afternoon, October 14th -- but reportedly will decide a day earlier.  Of
> > course, the company must also weigh cost and revenue considerations, in
> > deciding which cruises to cancel.
> >
> >
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