Post Amazingly Cool Pictures Of Ships or Boats!

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Wonder how much that cost, you can only imagine the call to the boss!

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MartG said:

Animation of the recovery is here

http://gcaptain.com/watch-ais-animation-shows-cscl...

Go straight to dry dock. Do not pass go. Do not collect wages

[FourWheelDrift]

db said:

MartG said:

Animation of the recovery is here

http://gcaptain.com/watch-ais-animation-shows-cscl...

Go straight to dry dock. Do not pass go. Do not collect wages

It's like one those David Attenborough sped up nature films of ants gathering around a caterpillar as they try and work out how to carry it back to their nest.

[Brother D]

The Chicago air and water show. Great free show all weekend with the jets running in between the buildings and along the lake shore.

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FourWheelDrift said:

It's like one those David Attenborough sped up nature films of ants gathering around a caterpillar as they try and work out how to carry it back to their nest.

I thought that too.

[motomk]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

The retired SSCV Hermod / Heerema on board the Dockwise Vanguard 170917.
Huge preparations - for her long voyage.

I remember Helicopters going out to that one a few years ago when it was helping to build stuff on the Northwest Shelf.
What is happening to it?
At the moment they go out to various "Floatels" or they did until this one arrived.
http://ostensjo.no/fleet/eddafides/

Edited by motomk on Tuesday 19th September 17:40

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Paddy_N_Murphy said:

I'm led to believe, but can't believe, she is being 'Retired'

That's one way of getting the dayrate up!

[Athlon]

Oops...

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Cornwall somewhere?

Wonder what happened?

[Athlon]

Moelfre on Anglesey, not sure of the events leading up to it bumping into the old lifeboat station but they ended up having to beach it after pulling it clear as the salvage pumps could not keep up with the flooding, expensive day out..

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Athlon said:

Moelfre on Anglesey, not sure of the events leading up to it bumping into the old lifeboat station but they ended up having to beach it after pulling it clear as the salvage pumps could not keep up with the flooding, expensive day out..

apparently rudders damaged and had to "foamed" to stop leaks whilst it is going to coast £4k to get it lifted out.

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Huntsman said:

Huntsman said:

She was a radar training ship used by the college of navigation over at Warsash.

IIRC she's a Fred Parker design and was a yacht to start with.

More here

http://www.sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk/details/557/...

I trained with navigational aids / radar, on that vessel in the early 80's. Glad to see its still around and being saved.

[Huntsman]

bomb said:

I trained with navigational aids / radar, on that vessel in the early 80's. Glad to see its still around and being saved.

Its tied up against the Quay in Newport, IOW, looking very sorry for itself. I think someone is living onboard.

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johnxjsc1985 said:

Athlon said:

Moelfre on Anglesey, not sure of the events leading up to it bumping into the old lifeboat station but they ended up having to beach it after pulling it clear as the salvage pumps could not keep up with the flooding, expensive day out..

apparently rudders damaged and had to "foamed" to stop leaks whilst it is going to coast £4k to get it lifted out.

Other than having had a RIB for a while, I know very little about boats. Are they really so fragile that a bump nearly destroys them? The answer is obviously yes.

[Athlon]

NDA said:

Other than having had a RIB for a while, I know very little about boats. Are they really so fragile that a bump nearly destroys them? The answer is obviously yes.

Pointy hard rocks and fiberglass do not make good friends! that's a lot of weight and momentum pushing into the rocks, never going to end well

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Huntsman said:

Its tied up against the Quay in Newport, IOW, looking very sorry for itself. I think someone is living onboard.

That's my mates boat, he's slowly restoring her. I had a good look over her and its a big job!

[johnxjsc1985]

This turned up again recently Sarinda a 1942 70 ft monster in need of a total refurb back to her original configuration

[XJSJohn]

johnxjsc1985 said:

This turned up again recently Sarinda a 1942 70 ft monster in need of a total refurb back to her original configuration

That's going to need more than some polish and paint !!!

edit - is that an old MGB / MTB hull??

Edit again - answered my own question, close, she was a Harbor Defense Launch

http://www.shipspottersteve.com/blog/sarinda-harbo...

Edited by XJSJohn on Friday 3rd November 02:56

[Huntsman]

topsparks said:

That's my mates boat, he's slowly restoring her. I had a good look over her and its a big job!

Now there's an understatement! She's timber on steel frames, evidence that she needs to be re-fastened, I'd be interested to hear his plan. Could he be encouraged to start a thread?

[MartG]

The crankshaft shop at Doxford's in Sunderland, probably about 1957