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| It had been nineteen years since I had last seen Albatros, back then under her original name of Royal Viking Sea. I'd always had a soft spot for the Royal Viking Sisters and was looking forward to seeing her again in Southampton on the 31st July 2007. Her original arrival time on the Phoenix Reisen site was 8am but VTS had her as 10am. Typically things went awry and it was changed to 1pm then 12.45pm. The weather was glorious for once and there a few people at the marina with cameras, mainly taking photos of the QE2. One man even thought she was leaving for Dubai this year. At 11.35pm we sighted her off Calshot in the haze and as she came up to Fawley had to slow down to let a tanker dock before picking up speed again and heading our way. | |||||||||
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| Meanwhile the Jubilee Sailing Trust tall ship Tenacious was returning from another trip and passed the QE2 on the way to dock at 47. | |||||||||
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| (C) Copyright Patricia Dempsey 31st July 2007 Not to be reproduced without permission |
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