Post Amazingly Cool Pictures Of Ships or Boats!

[AER]

Is that because ballast discharge is a bit regulated and they do the bulk of it further out at sea rather than when everyone's watching? Perhaps sometimes they tread too fine a line with their calcs...

[hidetheelephants]

AER said:

Is that because ballast discharge is a bit regulated and they do the bulk of it further out at sea rather than when everyone's watching? Perhaps sometimes they tread too fine a line with their calcs...

It's possible that the new-ish ballast water treatment rules mean pumping out is slower, but in the 'oh dear it's fallen over' cases the error is not getting enough into the tanks, which AFAIK doesn't go via the treatment gubbins so pumps faster. I suppose the drive for economy has induced 1st mates to err on the side of only just enough ballast, but that's pure supposition.

[chrismoose91]

Currently in dry dock in France.

Edited by chrismoose91 on Wednesday 9th October 01:47

[motomk]

The3rdDukeofB said:

another Ooops




(although I see a thread was started here in BP&T that was sunk in NP&E)

Oh dear, ship to be cut up.

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/golden-ray-ship-...

[XJSJohn]

Don’t know anything about this one, just appeared on an Instagram feed, but it’s definitely a cool picture of a boat !

[MartG]

XJSJohn said:

Don’t know anything about this one, just appeared on an Instagram feed, but it’s definitely a cool picture of a boat !

100% agree !

[Steve_D]

XJSJohn said:

Don’t know anything about this one, just appeared on an Instagram feed, but it’s definitely a cool picture of a boat !

Agreed very impressive...but, I think it's fake.
The spray pattern and exhaust are exact mirror image both sides so something is not right.
Still like it though.

Steve

[FourWheelDrift]

Steve_D said:

Agreed very impressive...but, I think it's fake.
The spray pattern and exhaust are exact mirror image both sides so something is not right.
Still like it though.

Steve

That's because it is a mirrored image, look at the number.

[Steve_D]

FourWheelDrift said:

Steve_D said:

Agreed very impressive...but, I think it's fake.
The spray pattern and exhaust are exact mirror image both sides so something is not right.
Still like it though.

Steve

That's because it is a mirrored image, look at the number.

So, as I said..fake

Steve

[Brother D]

Steve_D said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Steve_D said:

Agreed very impressive...but, I think it's fake.
The spray pattern and exhaust are exact mirror image both sides so something is not right.
Still like it though.

Steve

That's because it is a mirrored image, look at the number.

So, as I said..fake

Steve

I vote this one can stay

[MartG]

When changing homeports, USN aircraft carriers may be used as giant car ferries to transport the vehicles of the sailors. The Navy also operates the Opportune Lift program to help sailors move their cars from Hawaii to the mainland on ships that have available space

[FourWheelDrift]

USS Lexington, USS Ronald Reagan and USS Hancock.

[mylesmcd]

[quote=MartG]When changing homeports, USN aircraft carriers may be used as giant car ferries to transport the vehicles of the sailors. The Navy also operates the Opportune Lift program to help sailors move their cars from Hawaii to the mainland on ships that have available space

I have used comerical shipping route a few times from Port Huememe (spell check!) to Hawaii. Slow AND expensive!

[Captain Smerc]

MartG said:

When changing homeports, USN aircraft carriers may be used as giant car ferries to transport the vehicles of the sailors. The Navy also operates the Opportune Lift program to help sailors move their cars from Hawaii to the mainland on ships that have available space

I'd like to have seen the jet landing...

[FourWheelDrift]

The making of Tora Tora Tora with full size mock ups of the Japanese battleship Nagato and carrier built on land.

Click thumbnails for bigger.

[Athlon]

Hoylake lifeboat launching into big surf.

[MartG]

HMS Ark Royal, paying off pennant flying

[MartG]

[paulguitar]

This is the ship I was working on earlier this year. We had some issues and had to go get some work done... The drydock itself is a fascinating work of engineering, and the way you get to see the sheer size of the ship is breathtaking.

Mind you, it is a damn big ship. 225,000 GRT.

[Cyder]

I find the scale of the things incredible, especially when you get a person in frame for scale.

Are the props 360 degree swivelling in relation to the hull?