Cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 sailed away from New York for the final time last week, followed by its younger sister the Queen Mary 2. A traditional 39-foot-long paying-off pennant flowed from the mast, a foot for every year of the QE2’s service. After this final transatlantic crossing, the QE2 will cruise Europe one more time and in November come to rest in Dubai where investors have acquired the ship for $100 million and will transform her into a hotel at the Palm Jemeirah. Cunard plans to launch the next Queen Elizabeth in 2010.