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Hi recently i posted a blog on Brighton from when we were on holiday at Hayling Island also while we were there we went to Southampton to see the Queen Mary2 and the Queen Elizabeth which were both in port together September 12th 2011
When we arrived we descorved that it was the boat show and we had trouble to park we managed to get on the jetty that over looks the ocean terminal and we saw the Costa Luminosa just going in to berth ,no small thing at 92,600tons,294mts long 32.3mts wide and with 11 decks speed 21.6 knots
Celebrity Eclipse 122,tons 314.80mts long 36.80 mts wide 17 decks speed 24 knottscould not get to close because of the boat show
Queen Elizabeth birthed behind the Eclipse 90,900 tons 964.5ft long 106ft wide speed 23.7 knotts
Queen Elizabeth getting ready to sail later on
Queen Mary 2 151,400 tons 1,132ft long 131ft wide speed 28knotts
Costa Luminosa with a old tug,lightship and the Waveraley in the for ground
Red funnel ferries redjet3 heading into Southampton terminal from the IOW
Calshot Castle after dinner we moved to calshot castle as you get better views and they are quite close to youalthough it was a beautifull day it was very windy and cold as we had got the back end of the storm in America
The Eclipse arrives just coming into view rounding the point
Eclipse again
Close up of the bridge
Eclipse
Queen Elizabeth missed her coming round the head as i was in the car because i had got so cold had to rest camera on the roof to stop shake
Queen Elizabeths bridge
Overtaking the IOW ferry and blowing its horn at this time very loud and stirring
Costa Luminosa all lite up
Queen Mary lite up disapointed that for some reason she had not sailed
on time as that was the main one i wanted to see still another time thats it hope you find this blog interesting Martin
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I love to cruise, and have been to many places. So this is a fantastic blog for me. So lucky to have seen all these beautiful ships, they are wonderful. I have never seen the new Queen Elizabeth, what beauty. She is on my list of ships to go on one day. I went on the QE2 and loved that ship.
Thank you for putting this together, I have really enjoyed it, Pam
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Know the area well as my son used to go to uni in Southampton but wild hores wouldn't drag me on a cruise ship
nive pics though 
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Just did a cruise on the P&O Pacific Dawn. These really brought back some nice memories of that - thanks for posting!
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Really cool, the shot titled: Queen Elizabeth missed her coming round the head as i was in the car because i had got so cold had to rest camera on the roof to stop shake is my favorite, it really gives a sense of scale to that mammoth of a ship!
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Hi Martin what a super blog they are huge Liners and great to look at and you have put together a great photoblog many thanks for posting BoB.
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Great to see the big ships. Thanks for posting.
Ray
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An interesting blog Martin, with smashing images and interesting narrative. These modern liners always look top heavy to me. Thanks for posting.
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Great blog martin. It's amazing that something so big and heavy floats.
I like the night time shots best.
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great blog Martin - thanks for freezing taking such good shots for us
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Very nice photos of the port with a historical gem.
Velmi pěkné přístavní fotky i s tím krásným historickým skvostem ....
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Hi Martin, I love this blog, I find it most interesting.
When we were docked in St Maartin, the Queen Elizabeth was there, but I was too sick to raise my head to look at her, I was so disappointed, and we were both in isolation in our cabin. Peter managed to take a photo through our cabin window!
These ships to me, are like gentle giants, they move so graciously, gliding in and out of ports, never a judder or jog, just so smooth.
Thank you so much for putting this blog together for us all to enjoy.
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