Ship porn
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DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Swan Hunter at Wallsend.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Soviet battleship Parizhkaya Kommuna blowing the shit out of Nazis. Having matching funnels is counter-revolutionary decadence.
dessiato
🇪🇸 españa te quiero
I love Dieppe, it’s one of the places I’d like to live. That looks like it is just outside 5he old ferry terminal area.
I like how it is moored to a buoy. It gives the impression they were not in a hurry to leave
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
The housemates “new” boat in the harbour full of water with big holes in the hull after they decided to tie it down “really tight” not considering the tide would rise and it would need to float
boats full of water and sand are a nightmare to move/lift/trailer
Green paint on boats is frowned upon
it’s gone from a fun summer runaround to a moneypit project
boats full of water and sand are a nightmare to move/lift/trailer
Green paint on boats is frowned upon
it’s gone from a fun summer runaround to a moneypit project
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
tbf, if all your previous boating experience is on a lake or similar then tides are a new factor to consider.
Port Penrhyn in Nth Wales dries with a decent tidal range and if your lines aren't right they can get in a right mess !
Very pleased we moor in a sea-locked marina. They warn us when planning to do a water change (ie let out loads of water at low tide and refill around high tide - sometimes done if the treams coming in have dumped loads of fine silt in the way, but usually done a bit at a time. The marina team also walk the boats several times a day when the weather is foul to check lines etc. They even fetched a catamaran out of the water that was in danger of sinking year before last, salvage pumps are also available if needed. During lockdown they noted our boat needed a top up of electric, so they emailed to remind us.
Port Penrhyn in Nth Wales dries with a decent tidal range and if your lines aren't right they can get in a right mess !
Very pleased we moor in a sea-locked marina. They warn us when planning to do a water change (ie let out loads of water at low tide and refill around high tide - sometimes done if the treams coming in have dumped loads of fine silt in the way, but usually done a bit at a time. The marina team also walk the boats several times a day when the weather is foul to check lines etc. They even fetched a catamaran out of the water that was in danger of sinking year before last, salvage pumps are also available if needed. During lockdown they noted our boat needed a top up of electric, so they emailed to remind us.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
My dad's cat is moored at Bucklers Hard marina on pontoons that go up and down with the tide, so no need to care about the tides with regards to the lines...surely only if you tie up to the land it becomes troublesome?
Supine
Newt Member
T & P
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StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
if the pontoon turns out to be a harbour wall it’s a problem
our pontoons are retained by some knarly big piles (ie the white tops), but some attachment to the harbour walls is needed ...
MFW - berthed 22oct16 par StoneRoad2013, on ipernity
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
it's a fascinating subject. I am on a committee to rewrite BS6349-6 "Maritime structures. Design of inshore moorings and floating structures". It's all top secret at the moment, but as soon as we publish it I hope you will all help push it up the best sellers listsour pontoons are retained by some knarly big piles (ie the white tops), but some attachment to the harbour walls is needed ...
MFW - berthed 22oct16 par StoneRoad2013, on ipernity
For marina pontoons and link spans, you try to keep the connection to the land to a minimum, so the system in the picture is held in place by the piles, and there will be a ramp to the shore that will have a rolling or sliding bearing to account for the rise and fall of the tide. The design of the hinges between everything is difficult, as there is a lot of fatigue loading. Also the failure of a single component can lead to the loss of a large part of the system and a lot of boats getting damaged.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Tell me about it !
Somethimes, especially at night, when on free flow (ie the sea lock is open to change the water) we can hear the links to the bridgeheads "groaning" if the water is slightly rough ...
The two only places I know in the UK that have had trouble recently with these things was a) Holyhead, but that was 'cos a storm ripped the mooring pontoons apart and b) Maryport, when the "flap" gave way during a peak tide and a "tsunami" rolled across the dock. Some boats were damaged when the piles / pontoons did or didn't give way ... very complex case.
Somethimes, especially at night, when on free flow (ie the sea lock is open to change the water) we can hear the links to the bridgeheads "groaning" if the water is slightly rough ...
The two only places I know in the UK that have had trouble recently with these things was a) Holyhead, but that was 'cos a storm ripped the mooring pontoons apart and b) Maryport, when the "flap" gave way during a peak tide and a "tsunami" rolled across the dock. Some boats were damaged when the piles / pontoons did or didn't give way ... very complex case.
My eldest sister’s first husband, now long dead lived in Wallsend and signed up and did his engineering apprenticeships on merchant ships purely because he saw sights like this everyday.Swan Hunter at Wallsend.
He couldn’t return home to Newcastle because he took all his dad’s clothes to a pawn shop before leaving for the last time.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
It’s a ships life for me.
lean on the bridge railings and deeply inhale that tangy ionised ocean breeze
Does a man good
lean on the bridge railings and deeply inhale that tangy ionised ocean breeze
Does a man good
Lancman
Well-Known Member
Queen Berengaria, the only Queen of England to have got married in Limassol, Cyprus.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I've always liked wind turbines - they look very graceful.
dessiato
🇪🇸 españa te quiero
Occasionally we see the blades being transported along the nearby motorway. They're massive.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Given I'm not a small boat I reckon they pose no danger to me.
