rstately Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Told you they were going to stop for lunch at the floating McDonalds..........moored 3 miles off the coast of Panama.I think it's a Taco Bell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magish01 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Docked in Colon, Panama. Must have a flat tire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydave Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I don't think I'll ever understand what those guys are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Fischer Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Last year failure rate was a BIG 0 percent for me and my friends when we used Jacobs lights. So stop getting worried and just finish everything that's needed until they arrive.....I had one failure out of a few dozen strings. I'm hoping that the replacement is on this ship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techster Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I dunno.. they have about 1700 miles more to go... at 20 kts thats about 23mph or 552 miles per day..... so 1700 miles should take a little over 3 daysso i am guessing it will be arriving in port Thursday Afternoon.I think you are close if you are talking about Thursday the 27th.No longer seems to be moving in the right direction, maybe they know they are being watched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvc92 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I had one failure out of a few dozen strings. I'm hoping that the replacement is on this ship After all of the delays, any failures could be devistating because there will be so little time to find a replacement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magish01 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 (edited) They are now out of range of AIS. Last "mark" was docked at 12 noon Pacific time, so sometime after that they headed out.....hopefully to Houston. If so and a straight shot at 20 knots, with docking and unloading time, Jacob could be starting to get our lights around 24th or 25th. Save for any other detours or delays. Edited September 19, 2012 by magish01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioguy1007 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 CMA-CGM site now saying Saturday arrival in Houston: CMAU8102174 (40ST): Loaded on board at terminal of XIAMEN ETA: 22 Sep 2012 07:00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imawlkr2 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 That's because they stopped in Colon for two days worth of Taco Bell and McDonalds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvc92 Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 The ship is pulling into Houston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave H1 Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 SOOOOOOOOoooooooooowould a safe estimation of receipt (at the front door) be around the 1st week of October ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvc92 Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 I hope it is sooner than that, I am out of town on business that week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobJDell Posted September 22, 2012 Author Share Posted September 22, 2012 Status update: The ship has official docked in Houston and the container is being offloaded to Customs. We have received a notice from customs that the container has been flagged for inspection and our customs broker is working with Homeland Security to get it cleared quickly. Once it is released we will be trucking to our warehouse and shipped out to you. You will receive an email from FedEx with your tracking number(s). Thanks again to everyone for being so understanding as we worked through this.Jacob J Dell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron1414 Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Thank You for the updates Jacob, I for one can't hardly wait to finalize the propa and fixtures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSelph Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Thanks Jacob. Please keep us posted on the customs holdup. Hopefully everything will move along quickly. <fingers crossed> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hall Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Makes a person (like myself) wonder if all status checks that were made on line for that container got it flagged by homeland security.DrewI thought the same thing too and thought I was just being paranoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friskybri Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I looked at it about 20 times myself. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydave Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Any update on our lights? Did it clear customs?Are they on the way to your shop?Have you received them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hall Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 If anything, the DHS doesn't move very fast. Have patience, the gov't got involved, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioguy1007 Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I just received a Google Wallet email from Jacob saying he is expecting the lights tomorrow (9/27). Fingers crossed that they put the right lights in the container this time around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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