It's competition time!
For those new to the thread, I run a 'just for fun' competition for the UK/Zeebrugge bound vessels. It's free to enter and the prizes are virtually breathtaking, in that they are entirely virtual. There is absolutely nothing to win apart from unbridled respect from me and insane jealousy of your hidden talent from other readers of the thread. It's a bit like spot-the-ball (or battleships and cruisers) in that all you have to do is pick a box where you think the ship will located within at a certain time on a specified day. The entries are logged in a spreadsheet. After the closing date the entries are stripped of duplicate entries - you only get one chance (some folk find it funny to enter in my name, I don't know why) and the spreadsheet calculates the winners based on the ships actual position at the time and date specified. It's as simple as that!
The best advice I can give is not to delay in choosing your square. The winner will be the person who chooses the winning square first and so whilst you may think there is an advantage in delaying your entry, experience has shown that the winners almost invariably chose their square in the first few days of the competition - not always though!
So here we go with the first competition of Q2:
THEBEN COMPETITION
Where will THEBEN be at Midday UTC on 10 June 22?
She should be sailing between Suez and Zeebrugge.
All you have to do is choose a major square and then one of the 25 minor squares within it, that you think the ship will be located in.
(I realise they aren't actually square!)
Although a lot of likely major squares contain land, careful selection of the minor square will place your selection at sea eg Major Square P3 and Minor Square 23 is fine but P3 and 1 is almost certainly going to be a loser!
Only 1 entry per person. It's free to enter.
In the event of a tie, the person who chose the closest small square first will be declared the winner.
The competition will close for entries at Midday UTC on 04 Jun 22 .
There is no prize - it's just bit of fun!
Results will be announced on the shipping thread on 04 Jun 22, hopefully shortly after Midday UTC.
You don't need to sign in to Google or enter an email address to enter!
Enter by clicking this link
THEBEN Competition Good luck!