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Offline Isabelle Prondzynski

QE2 (Jigsaw No. 736C) has embarked on her maiden voyage and is currently headed to Isabelle's house, where I believe the dredging is completed at QE2's dock. 

Excellent news, June! Dredging has been completed and all dockers have been notified that she is underway, arrival time as yet unknown.

Jigsaw crew are standing by and camera batteries being recharged.

Greatly looking forward to this new adventure! Thank you, June, for allowing me to provide her first port of call :) .


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Hi Isabelle -

Thank you very much for your post.  I am glad to hear that dredging has been completed and glad to hear the dockers are awaiting her arrival, as well as the jigsaw crew.  She was very anxious to begin her voyage so I think she will be making good time.  Her arrival should be between 22 July and 26 July.

Thank you, Isabelle, for allowing QE2's (Jigsaw No. 736C) maiden voyage destination to be at your house.  I hope you will be pleased with her as well as all who follow in fitting her together at their respective houses. 

June  :)
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QE2 (Jigsaw No.736C) voyage status -

She departed the USPS Sort Facility in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, this morning, Thursday, 17 July at 5:01 AM.

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QE2 (Jigsaw No. 736C) voyage status --

Our beloved QE2 (in jigsaw form) cleared ISC New York NY at 3:58 PM EDT yesterday 17 July 2014.

She is currently en route to Ireland.

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Thanks for providing the virtual AIS for us June. ;)
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Hi Adam -

She is adding more miles to our beloved QE2's record by proxy as Peter had mentioned regarding one of the other jigsaws !

June   ;D
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Offline Lynda Bradford

Good to know that the QE2 jigsaw No. 736C is making good progress on her journey. 
I was proud to be involved with planning QE2's 50 year conference in September 2017 in Clydebank

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Hi Lynda - Thank you very much for your post.  Since she only covered 147 miles from the Shipyard (manufacturer) to her dock at my house, she is taking if off to an easy start and bringing herself up to speed gradually.  Now that she is actually away and at sea, her progress will be quite fast.  June   ;D
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No virtual AIS reading so far today, so our QE2 (Jigsaw No. 736C) must still be in transit over the Atlantic or perhaps waiting to go through customs. 

There is a log sheet inside her box logging the first 147 miles covered.

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Hi Isabelle -

Be sure to have your docking crew and your puzzle crew ready !

Virtual AIS gives the following information --

21 July processed through sort facility in Ireland at 4:08 PM.

22 July arrival at post office in Ireland at 6:24 AM.

22 July delivered in Ireland at 8:30 AM.

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Offline Isabelle Prondzynski

Hello June,

Amazing what the virtual AIS can tell us!

Despite the early hour, the dockers were ready as they always have been for QE2, and she has landed safely.

The puzzle crew are now being assembled, and are expected to be fully operational by the week-end.

More reports to follow! :)

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Hi Isabelle -

Thank you very much for your post and I am so excited that our QE2 (jigsaw) has docked at your house.  I knew that your dock workers would be ready !

Glad to hear that the puzzle crew is being assembled and will soon be at work.

Have an awesome day ! 

June   :)
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Offline Isabelle Prondzynski

The big day has dawned, and the jigsaw crew have got down to work. Here is a little progress report in picture form :







By this evening, when daylight had faded, we had assembled most of the frame and sorted some of the pieces into areas of the same colour. This picture is excellent for a jigsaw, with sufficient variety to allow for some progress, and sufficient difficulty to keep us interested. Thank you all -- Alan Kirby, Alan Snelson and of course June Ingram!

It is a good thing, by the way, that the jigsaw is safe in its metal box. This has already received its first few dents during a stormy transatlantic...

I have created a new album in the QE2Story Gallery for jigsaw pictures -- this is here :

https://www.theqe2story.com/forum/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=122

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Great news Isabelle. I'm looking forward to seeing it finished.
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Hi Isabelle -

Thank you very much for your progress report and pictures and to see our QE2 (jigsaw) during her refit.  I do hope you and the puzzle crew are enjoying her.  You have made great progress already, and yes, the metal box will serve well as protection.  Thank you very much for creating a jigsaw gallery - marvelous idea !

Have a wonderful day and continued enjoyment !

June   :)
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