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      03-14-2012, 03:16 AM   #67
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So are they just "doing donuts" until their spot to enter the Panama canal opens up? Looks like they have a bunch of other waiting ships as company.
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It certainly looked like that.. I'm wondering what is happening right now.. from the looks of it, they gained speed (those donuts were done with a whopping speed of 1-3kts), they're currently doing 12 kts, and they seem to go towards the entrance of the canal...

Hmmm... would be cool if I catch the ship on the webcam =)


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ARRIVAL of ship: TORTUGAS
Port: PANAMA ANCH ATLANTIC
Time: Mar 14 2012 9:03AM (UTC)
Edit2: Still going steady with 10 kts to the canal... darn, it's still dark on the cams :/

Edit3: yep, we're at the canal:

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ARRIVAL of ship: TORTUGAS
Port: PANAMA CANAL
Time: Mar 14 2012 10:33AM (UTC)
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      03-14-2012, 06:53 AM   #69
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Here's a live webcam picture of our ship in the Panama Canal in the first locks:



Amazing to think our cars on it
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Hey that is great you were able to snag your ship on the webcam. I so want to call you a huge nerd for doing this, but truth be told I am just jealous.
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Hey that is great you were able to snag your ship on the webcam. I so want to call you a huge nerd for doing this, but truth be told I am just jealous.
lol it's actually pure luck.. I had it open while I was talking to my mother in Europe on the phone. It's 2 AM now, I wouldn't have seen without that phone call lol xD

Yeah, I kind of feel like a nerd indeed right now but at the same time it's a really awesome as well lol
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Superb work Svache!! Great spot.
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      03-14-2012, 01:38 PM   #73
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Awesome catch, Svachey Baby!
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Just checked MarineTraffic.com! Tortugas is almost to the Pacific Ocean...I would say another 45 minutes! Then on to the home stretch!

I already talked to my CA today and he is going to set me up with a loaner car until my new car arrives. My current E90 lease is up on the 23rd and I probably wont have my F30 until the 26th or 27th. Also I did the UltimateDrive app on my Droid and got the $300.00 voucher discount off of my first payment.

Full steam ahead Tortugas!
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My current E90 lease is up on the 23rd and I probably wont have my F30 until the 26th or 27th.
Don't they extend it for the time being until you have your new car? That is what my dealer offered me, if I get a new car, either financed, leased or paid in cash, they would extend the lease with a max of 3 months so I wouldn't have to be without car
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lmfao, you're not going to believe this... I am only just sitting behind a pc, just opened the webcam to see if there is anything going on at the other side of the canal but never thought there would... and.....



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even better.. last night the hi-res cam was not working for this lock, but it seems to be ok now:




edit, only just in time, I see it leaving now... come to papa baby!
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Noice! The mighty Tortugas beats the Asian King AGAIN!
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Noice! The mighty Tortugas beats the Asian King AGAIN!




btw, I noticed my window was still open so I was going to close it and it turned out they actually turned the camera for our viewing pleasure Hmmm.. I wonder if they're reading along here lol

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And we're in the Pacific, heading to Port Hueneme where we will arrive in about a week. it's the last stop for many, sadly enough I have yet another week on sea after that lol

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Port: PANAMA ANCH PACIFIC
Time: Mar 14 2012 11:04PM (UTC)
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Don't they extend it for the time being until you have your new car? That is what my dealer offered me, if I get a new car, either financed, leased or paid in cash, they would extend the lease with a max of 3 months so I wouldn't have to be without car
Yes they will allow me to exend but that also would mean I would have to renew my vehicle tags, approx $500.00. So I will take a complimentary loaner instead...
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Yes they will allow me to exend but that also would mean I would have to renew my vehicle tags, approx $500.00. So I will take a complimentary loaner instead...
lol sounds like the same problem as I have, only yours turned out to be a bit better then xD

I have to renew my registration ($452) March 31st while my lease ends April 7 so I decided I would return the car back before the end of the month. The car will be here around the same time, maybe a 6-7 day wait in total but I don't expect it to take much longer. But, unlike you, I have to figure this one out myself.. my dealership has a hard time doing loaners, serious down side imo.
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Thumbs up Thanks for all the "Turtles" info!

Hope you don't mind a 5-series interloper also currently hitchhiking a ride on the back of Turtles. (I did have a 325i once upon a time!) The banter in this thread is hysterical! I was obsessively tracking Turtles at 1am last night when I discovered this thread, and I started laughing so hard I awakened my hubby, ambien notwithstanding. Glad I'm to see there are others more obsessed than I am!

Ordered my 535GT on 12/10/11, but had to wait 2 months before it started production (there was an inexplicable 3-week delay, suspiciously knocking me out of the running for the $1000 December incentive). *UGH!* After my baby finally arrives in Port Hueneme, I'll have additional ~6 days' wait until it appears at my dealership in Scottsdale.

Thanks for the cool play-by-play (loved the webcam shots of the Panama Canal), not to mention the comic relief, during my interminable wait!

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Hope you don't mind a 5-series interloper also currently hitchhiking a ride on the back of Turtles. (I did have a 325i once upon a time!) The banter in this thread is hysterical! I was obsessively tracking Turtles at 1am last night when I discovered this thread, and I started laughing so hard I awakened my hubby, ambien notwithstanding. Glad I'm to see there are others more obsessed than I am!

Ordered my 535GT on 12/10/11, but had to wait 2 months before it started production (there was an inexplicable 3-week delay, suspiciously knocking me out of the running for the $1000 December incentive). *UGH!* After my baby finally arrives in Port Hueneme, I'll have additional ~6 days' wait until it appears at my dealership in Scottsdale.

Thanks for the cool play-by-play (loved the webcam shots of the Panama Canal), not to mention the comic relief, during my interminable wait!

No problem at all, the more the merrier Besides, your choice of car is pretty sweet imho! If my wife and I were not talking about moving to Europe at the time, I would've gotten myself a GT as well but seeing how gas prices and such were way too expensive over there, we decided not to do it. Oh well, turns out we don't move to Europe after all but rather stay in Hawaii with our F30 with cold weather package

That was a long wait for your GT btw, you must be glad the wait is almost over! But errr.. us obsessed? Naaaahhhhh haha
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Glad I'm to see there are others more obsessed than I am!
Ahem... we prefer the term "extremely focused."

Nice car you have on the way!
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She's off the radar again
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She's off the radar again
She probably submerged again, turtles seem to do that ever now and then

The Green Bay seems to keep their tracking on only so we have less risk for pirates
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She's off the radar again
She probably submerged again, turtles seem to do that ever now and then

The Green Bay seems to keep their tracking on only so we have less risk for pirates
Do you know where I can track the Green Bay in detail. Also of the stuff I know about is for WW
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