Ship porn
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pseudonarcissus
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pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
the round ones are cute
They were used in the Norwegian and Dutch sectors but I don't think they were ever certified for UK-sector use? Think they might have been superseded though?
Here's a guy local to me who deals in used UK-sector craft - His yard is always busy, so there must be quite a market, as well as a rolling-replacement system as he is never short of boats:
Boats for sale UK, boats for sale, used boat sales, Commercial For Sale LIFEBOATS-LIFEBOATS-LIFEBOATS, ALL IN UK - Apollo Duck
World's largest cruise ship has just started sea trials
How many pools and jacuzzis?!?
How many pools and jacuzzis?!?
TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
World's largest cruise ship has just started sea trials
How many pools and jacuzzis?!?
I *know* why ships like this are stable, but I can never shake the feeling that they are just one hard turn away from capsizing.
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
In 1980 The Athina B ran aground right on Brighton beach near the West Pier. The scale of it was amazing to my 10 year old self, we loved it and went down to see it loads. Couldn't fathom how it could have happened, but was glad it did. My Dad did a great oil painting of it which I haven't seen for a few years, I'll have to ask him where it is.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
In both of those pictures the ship looks out of scale, i.e. too small compared with the people on the beach.In 1980 The Athina B ran aground right on Brighton beach near the West Pier. The scale of it was amazing to my 10 year old self, we loved it and went down to see it loads. Couldn't fathom how it could have happened, but was glad it did. My Dad did a great oil painting of it which I haven't seen for a few years, I'll have to ask him where it is.
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
In my head it was the size of a huge container ship, I can't believe how small it looks now. I was 10 though.
stockwelljonny
Wait here I have gone to get help
Great thread. Books that I've enjoyed about ships, couldn't see them mentioned already - Down to the Sea in Ships - Horatio Clare - Good read about container ships includes account of travelling on a Maersk and history implications of containerisation. Nice cover too. The Last Great Grain Race - young Eric Newby on last tall ship taking grain from Australia to the UK, atmospheric.
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
this one was refloated eventually and sent on its way
Crispy
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SikhWarrioR
And the Worms ate into his brain
World's largest cruise ship has just started sea trials
How many pools and jacuzzis?!?
Not a good line anywhere and must be close to the stability limits ??
SikhWarrioR
And the Worms ate into his brain
I remember that I was listening to Radio Caroline broadcasting from the Mi Amigo when it ran aground and sank back in 1980
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
I would love to have a go on an AC72...... They're the class the America's Cup Tour uses now. Were in development up until about 2 or 3 years ago I think, and the class until the was the AC45 which are also pretty
One's been clocked at about 50 mph iirc, they're faster than the wind both into and downwind. Fuck having a pitchpole on one though.
I have to say I consider them more a yacht, than a ship though.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
I don't think anyone has mentioned the Ady Gil
It was designed to circumnavigate the globe non stop, had too many problems on the first try, and on the second try had a collision and had to cease the attempt.
It then became involved in anti whaling activities (with sea shepherd), where it was purposely rammed by the Shonan Maru 2. I think it was towed back to land and then scrapped.
It was designed to circumnavigate the globe non stop, had too many problems on the first try, and on the second try had a collision and had to cease the attempt.
It then became involved in anti whaling activities (with sea shepherd), where it was purposely rammed by the Shonan Maru 2. I think it was towed back to land and then scrapped.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Royal Australian Navy blamed for 'maritime hoonery'
Royal Australian Navy blamed for 'maritime hoonery'
Royal Australian Navy blamed for 'maritime hoonery'
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
APL Panama is the ship mentioned as being refloated in Mexico. Unfortunately Rich Habib died in a skiing accident a few weeks ago
Great thread. Books that I've enjoyed about ships, couldn't see them mentioned already - Down to the Sea in Ships - Horatio Clare - Good read about container ships includes account of travelling on a Maersk and history implications of containerisation. Nice cover too. The Last Great Grain Race - young Eric Newby on last tall ship taking grain from Australia to the UK, atmospheric.
I second The Last Grain Race. It's a wonderful book.
This is the ship Newby sailed on, the four-masted barque Moshulu:
*e2a* Looking at the date on the photo I think Newby would have been on board when it was taken. He could even be one of the blokes you can see furling the mizzen royal. He ends the book saying 'I never saw her again,' but I wonder if he has since then, because these days she's a floating restaurant in Philadelphia:
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Some lovely video footage of the last of the deep-sea sailing ships here:
The ship in both of them looks to be the Passat. She and the Pamir were the last two ships to make a grain run from Australia to the UK, in 1948-9 (when some of the video above was shot) and were then repurposed as cargo-cadet ships. That lasted until 1957, when Pamir capsized in a storm after her cargo shifted and drowned 80 people, after which they decided sailing ships were just too dangerous and took her out of service. These days she's a museum and venue in Travemunde, in Germany.
The ship in both of them looks to be the Passat. She and the Pamir were the last two ships to make a grain run from Australia to the UK, in 1948-9 (when some of the video above was shot) and were then repurposed as cargo-cadet ships. That lasted until 1957, when Pamir capsized in a storm after her cargo shifted and drowned 80 people, after which they decided sailing ships were just too dangerous and took her out of service. These days she's a museum and venue in Travemunde, in Germany.
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Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
Thanks will try themGreat thread. Books that I've enjoyed about ships, couldn't see them mentioned already - Down to the Sea in Ships - Horatio Clare - Good read about container ships includes account of travelling on a Maersk and history implications of containerisation. Nice cover too. The Last Great Grain Race - young Eric Newby on last tall ship taking grain from Australia to the UK, atmospheric.
I am reading The Cruel Sea and find great it gripping
I now want to resist the maritime museum in Merseyside to see their exhibition on the war in the western aporoaches
Which is handy as I'm in Merseyside today and have just gone psst Seaforth docks
Alas no blue star line ship but have a grainy vague shot of containers
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
They are less than a hard turn away from all the barware and crockery ending up on the floor!
We went on a cruise a few years ago, and we had a man overboard, which involved the ship having to make a "tight" turn to return to the point the passenger went in. Talking to the crew afterwards, they reckon that somewhere between a mile and two miles' radius is as tight as they can go before they risk decanting passengers and kit around the ship. One officer said that they can do a crash turn in much, much less than that, but there'd be quite a lot of searching questions asked later.
Crispy
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I'm amazed they don't have a high-speed pilot boat for such events.
