From our 1st day to the last they were working non stop, and seem to know what they are doing, shame it's taken so long. Before we went out this year there was info coming back from Goa via phones, internet news, that shacks were to come down, roads to be built and the scrap to be placed on the beach, there is no way they could have done this - that thing is massive and would have shut Candolim down for years.
We saw the last of the bow removed and then the cutting of the side panels (facing Aguada) then they move on the inner supports and back to the side panels. While the crane lifted off the panels and supports, cutting then moved to the cabin area near the funnel.
Good progress being made and they say they will stop at the end of May but if weather permits then also work the 1st 3 weeks of June.
The way they are working they should be down to 2 meters above the water as planned, and then in September start to remove the belly of the beast - so things are looking good.
I will agree with papa that erosion problems will persist due to climate change, but maybe once it's gone the beach could level out more.
Taking a walk down Sinquerim the beach looked wider than last season and easier to walk on, but you can still see where the high seas and strong winds have 'eaten' away around the Taj resort.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61316029@N08/
A few more recent ones.
Cant say i'm sorry to see it go, the novelty wore off long ago.
Let's hope the beach can recover in the near future.
(pics courtesy of Ian once again)

Thanks again Eddie for the link,great pics,and cant belive how they have got on with the

Thanks for the photo's Eddie!! I get quite upset seeing it being took apart. It was stranded the 1st. year we went to Goa and it has always "been there". Still, i know it's for the best!! I'm the same when i change cars, and have to say goodbye to the old one!!

Thanks for posting the pics Eddie, and tell Ian he is doing a good job with the camera. Was reading the local news and they say at least 10% of it has been removed - looks a hell of a lot more than that.

Spike,

We are not taking in to account just how much of her is below the waterline and indeed underneath the sand.

Papa

Great photos, Eddie. Thanks for posting.

It's hard to believe that when we go next year, the old RP won't be sat rusting away at the end of the beach.....or am I being over optimistic?

Went for a look a couple of hours ago. It doesn't look much different today than when Eddie took his photos.

Think they still have problems offloading the scrap, so could be running out of barges to put it on ?

KatieP wrote:

Went for a look a couple of hours ago. It doesn't look much different today than when Eddie took his photos.

Was the funnel still laying down on the front deck Katiep or had that gone

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61316029@N08/

It goes on and on and on and on.......don't stop believing :-)

(Again, thanks to Ian)

Excellent stuff !! Cheers Eddie

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61316029@N08/
A few latest pics, again, thanks to Ian.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61316029@N08/
Again, thanks to Ian for keeping us up to date.
Pics from the 28th.

Thanks for posting Ians upto date pics-link Eddie,really getting interesting now

Thank for the posting the pictures please keep taking them,
They seem to be the only pictures out there on the internet recording the cutting up of the River Princess
It will seem strange her not being there next year
But for the people of Candolim who rely on that stretch of beach down to the fort for their livelihoods
its a necessity

GM06
Ian

Thanks to Eddie for the photo's! Looks so different!

Great photos, many thanks, following this with great interest. Has anyone any idea how long they are going to keep on working before the monsoon weather puts a halt to proceedings. It usually arrive in Goa about the middle of June I think, but whether the seas will allow them to work up till then, I just dont know.
Alan

I read one news report that claimed they were planning to continue until the 3rd week in June....... weather permitting!