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 Another view of the sunset, this time seen from the top deck. It was unusually peaceful up here. There was nobody else on the deck, including the large clear section which is marked on the model downstairs as a helipad, and virtually no breeze despite the fact that the ship was still ploughing on at 24 knots. The wind must have been moving with us temporarily. The original Queen Mary used to be able to go about 50% faster than this ship. At 1930s speeds, we would have been in New York by now. It seems that since air transport came along, the ocean liners have stopped competing on speed. On his television show, the cruise director referred to this ship earlier as Cunard's flagship transatlantic liner. It seems a bit of a shame that as far as I recall, even though they will have three ships for a while, Cunard have scheduled only one westbound crossing for next year. He did mention that when tickets for the QE2's final tour went on sale the other day, they sold out in 36 minutes. UTC Time: 23:49, Saturday 30 June 2007 Local Time: 21:49, Saturday 30 June 2007 Estimate of longitude: 56° 15' 57.61" W = -56.266002° Estimate of latitude: 41° 52' 30.71" N = 41.875197° Possible error on position estimate: 5000 metres | |