Ship porn

[pseudonarcissus]

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I had a day loading a ship with the first of the big modules

 

[HAL9000]

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I had a day loading a ship with the first of the big modules

what's the purpose of these modules ?

 

[pseudonarcissus]

what's the purpose of these modules ?

They will be part of an oil production platform

 

[T & P]

For a 1-year-old ship, HMS Queen Elizabeth is looking a bit rusty already...

 

[Supine]

Have we had Liberty Ships yet? Workhorse from WW2.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

For a 1-year-old ship, HMS Queen Elizabeth is looking a bit rusty already...

Missing one of those planes too.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

 

[Chz]

I'm actually surprised that an ICE connected to a prop can accelerate that fast in water. I'd have thought you needed a pumpjet.

 

[existentialist]

I'm actually surprised that an ICE connected to a prop can accelerate that fast in water. I'd have thought you needed a pumpjet.

You'd think it would cavitate like fuck...

 

[pseudonarcissus]

You'd think it would cavitate like fuck...

that's not necessarily a problem

 

[Chilli.s]

Spirit 111

 

[DownwardDog]

For a 1-year-old ship, HMS Queen Elizabeth is looking a bit rusty already...

It's been afloat since 2014. It'll be spending a long time in refit now.

 

[Chilli.s]

Canberra in dry dock

 

[High Voltage]

It's been afloat since 2014. It'll be spending a long time in refit now.

Hopefully a "rattle can" respray will feature

 

[dessiato]

The Akarana

 

[blossie33]

The return of sail cargo to London docks...the Gallant, built as a fishing boat in Holland in 1919 arrives in Greenwich.


Information here...

The Return Of Sail Cargo To The Thames | Spitalfields Life

spitalfieldslife.com

 

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1998 Wilbur 29' Downeast

 

[Chilli.s]

Wheeler 38, a recreation of Pilar

 

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[petee]

 

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This is currently abandoned in a local dry dock. Asking for offers around €6000, but it has no documentation. I think that I‘ll have a look at it. They have a total of five abandoned boats there, there’s no pics of the others.

 

[StoneRoad]

That reminds me, I think we need to have our floatyboaty out the water for a survey before the insurance comes up next year, just renewed for 2022 ...

 

[Sprocket.]

SS Empire Stevenson, built at South Shields in 1941.
An armed merchant ship, torpedoed and sunk with all 59 crew, including my dad’s eldest brother, it was part of Convoy PQ18 in September 1942 on its way to Murmansk.
It was carrying munitions and apparently the explosion caused major damage to a nearby escort destroyer as well.
The wreck is North of Bear Island.
My uncle was a Bombardier in the Royal Artillery and he and his mates were there as anti-aircraft gunners.
Hopefully they didn’t suffer too much.

 

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This is currently abandoned in a local dry dock. Asking for offers around €6000, but it has no documentation. I think that I‘ll have a look at it. They have a total of five abandoned boats there, there’s no pics of the others.

Apparently she’s been out of the water for 3 months, she’s fibreglass, so should be sound.

 

[StoneRoad]

Apparently she’s been out of the water for 3 months, she’s fibreglass, so should be sound.

Probably could do with the hull "clean & scrub" most marinas offer.

She may be sound, but I would check for stress cracks in the gelcoat, especially if she's more than a few years old - or has been blatting around at speed (eg water-skiing tug).

 

[Chilli.s]

That reminds me, I think we need to have our floatyboaty out the water for a survey before the insurance comes up next year, just renewed for 2022 ...

This pic of where I store my boat prompted me to check my insurance, it lapsed earlier in the year, hadn't used the boat for over a year. Paid up sharpish.

Mine is the one in the middle, tied down and weighted

 

[pseudonarcissus]

Apparently she’s been out of the water for 3 months, she’s fibreglass, so should be sound.

just be careful, depending on how warm your water is, osmosis can be a big problem on older hulls

fibreglass isn't maintenance-freee, it's just impossible to maintain

this is a friends new boat in Florida...

 

[StoneRoad]

just be careful, depending on how warm your water is, osmosis can be a big problem on older hulls

fibreglass isn't maintenance-freee, it's just impossible to maintain

this is a friends new boat in Florida...

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GRP maintenance is very different to wooden or steel boats ...
[I'm close friends with someone who used to look after & sell speedboats]

 

[HAL9000]

 

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