QM2 backing in



So apparently I'm still on London time, as I was up around 4 a.m. getting work done, then decided to go for a jog. I got out the front around 5:30 a.m. and ... Hello, Queen Mary 2. We've been living here more than a year, but I hadn't yet timed it right to head out and see her do the 180-degree turn to back into the Buttermilk Channel.

It was so early that the gate was still locked to the Waterfront Museum park so I jogged over to the Valentino Pier. Man, what an awesome view. All I had was my camera phone, but I totally want to go back again with video.

Indeed the ship comes pretty close to the mouth of the channel, and then seemingly on a dime, pivots 180 degrees and then backs in. I think the whole thing's done in about 20 minutes.

There's a chance you may be able to see part of it on the Statue of Liberty webcam.

Here's the schedule of the QM2's upcoming cruise ship visits to Brooklyn:
August 7 and 19
September 4, 16 and 27
October 4, 16 and 28
November 1

Update: I think I'm probably wrong about the webcam view for the morning turn. Just now the QM2 pulled out and her bow appeared on the webcab while out my window I could still see her backside in the Buttermilk.

Here's the screengrab:



And by the way, that SOL webcam is adjacent to Pier 41, which is where the MTV "Real World" kids are reportedly moving in soon.

Labels: brooklyn, pictures, red hook

- posted by Amy @ 7/22/2008 07:34:00 AM