Tracking Progress on your Polo and Polo GTI

[gavs]

Yeah, looks like Tombarra is a day behind schedule, held up in Port Elizabeth.

Has anyone heard what's happening on the docks in Melbourne?

The strike went ahead, it is now being reported that the workers at the docks in Freo will strike too as of yesterday, if demands are not met....

[ian.perry]

Bit hard to get off the Internet when you work in IT unfortunately.

I'm a bit peeved about the whole thing mostly because I don't actually have a car right now; the payout from my last car being written off has gone to the Polo. I needed to know roughly when I could expect the car to help me decide what to do in the meantime, which I made pretty clear to the dealer when I signed.

[gavs]

check with a few rural NSW dealers maybe, see what kind of stock they have and if they can help you out

[gavs]

Tombarra is docked in Durban guys

[Frostee]

Good stuff! Where's yours?

[GTI JOE]

Must be nearing Cape Town now...surely, it's been out of range for nearly five days. Last known position was Dakar

[Ohmang]

Must be nearing Cape Town now...surely, it's been out of range for nearly five days. Last known position was Dakar

She will turn up again.

Here is the site where you can see what is coming and going from Durban. It is updated daily. I found this site looking for Port elizabeth data for the Tombarra. Although the Tombarra has been and gone it didn't show up on the AIS marine tracking site but did show a record on this site for port elizabeth movements.

Shipping Movements and Ships in Port at Durban

The Tombarra only appeared again on the AIS as it went past Margate - A city south of Durban about 6 hours prior to docking.

See pic below - Morning Carol should be the same I suppose.

Also, from this pic you can see the distance it took Tombarra to travel over a 6 hour period. You can probably extrapolate this and predict where the Morning Carol will be..

However, you must factor in that as I have said before, Tombarra is a red ship and goes faster


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[GTI JOE]

The Tombarra has just left Durban for all you lucky b@stards. Due in Freo on 15/5/11....1 Day Late.

Morning Carol is also running 1 day late, due in Durban now on 8/5/11

[gavs]

Morning carol is right on schedule GTI Joe, was always intended to dock in Durban on the 8th

Based on an average of 16 knots, the Morning carol would take 6 days to get from Dakar to Durban, with an estimated 4450kms ( ~2250NM) so that means 141 Nm a day, 4 days left, 564NM from Durban would put it passing port elizabeth sometime late today I would think...

[GTI JOE]

According to the WW site, MC was due in Durban on the 7th (4 days ago) then changed to the 8th soon after, but the arrival to Melb. has not changed, still on 25th. Still, a bridge too far
I hope you are right with your calculations...are they NASA approved