Queen Mary in port

[webbie]

I was dropping of my sailboat in the yard of the sailing place - when I noticed this ship in Newport harbor which looked pretty big. I immediately thought "must be the Queen Mary".

Well, I looked up the schedule and sure enough....there it is........quite a nice ship!

 

[Mrs. Krabappel]

Is that King's park? Looks like Rochambeau.

 

[Shari]

Your title caught my eye: A little different "Queen Mary" than the QM my father sailed on (military transport) on his way to England during WWII.

Shari

 

[webbie]

Is that King's park? Looks like Rochambeau.

That is kings park.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochambeau_Monument_(Newport,_RI)

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Gee Craig. One would need a compass to find his way around that thing. It is huge!

 

[Pagey]

No wonder X number of people going missing on cruises every year! That's a lot of boat.

 

[SolarAndWood]

Nice ship but what caught my eye was the size of the daggerboard on that catamaran. That must be fun to pull up.

 

[billb3]

RMS Queen Mary is rather permanently berthed in Long Beach.


That would be QM2.


I've done a transatlantic and the Fall cruise to Canada on her.
When they fire up all the engines and both gas turbines she can MOVE.
Dining in a tux watching the water go by the window at almost 35mph is unique.

There are larger cruise ships, but none are like the QM2, even her sister ships pale.

 

[maplewood]

What size is the smoke stack on that sucker?!

 

[Flatbedford]

I read that the QM2 is actually a modern "ocean liner" and not a cruise ship. It was built and designed for fast passage making and not to be a floating resort like the modern cruise ships.

 

[YZF1R]

Yes. And it doesn't "have" to run and hide from storms like cruise ships. It's built for north atlantic seas.

Steve