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The ship Chipolbrok Star left Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania yesterday and is on its way to Port Everglades, currently offshore from Ocean City, New Jersey! I'm now tracking the ship in real time, no longer relying solely on what the shipping agent tells me.
Weather in the Atlantic looks good for the ship's voyage and ETA here is currently on Sunday afternoon. If all goes well, I'm hoping to load on Monday or Tuesday.
What a relief. I am finally feeling like my long wait is coming to an end.
My previous post may have been a bit dramatic. I expressed my despondency over what was only a one- to two-day delay, for goodness sake. Yet, the pain was real. It's like I've been mentally kicked in the same spot over and over.
Here is the list of ship arrival dates provided the shipping agent, Peters & May, since I signed the transport contract with them in January:
- March 20-25
- March 1-15
- March 15-30
- March 10-15
- April 5-20
- April 19
- April 19-20
- April 19-25
- May 8
- May 17
- May 25
- June 9-13
- June 14-15
- June 17-18
- June 18-19
- June 20
That's a lot of kicks to the head! Three months of being repeatedly disappointed, having to change plans and wait, not knowing. And if I consider that I could have gone back to continue exploring the Bahamas in April and May, well....ugh. But that's 20-20 hindsight, not useful thinking
In any case, with the ship on its way, at least something is really happening now. Uncertainty is decreasing as the ship gets closer.
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| Chipolbrok Star's route to Port Everglades (Got to miss that Gulf Stream current!) |
