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Oscar's dad

  • aka Septimus Fitzwilliam Beauregard Partridge
Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #225 on: 10 November, 2015, 12:17:23 pm »
^^^ Holy 5hit!

How can that be safe?  I trust they didn't encounter any blowy weather along the way.
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hatler

Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #226 on: 10 November, 2015, 12:19:50 pm »
They should have rigged some square sails on them !
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Cudzoziemiec

  • Ride adventurously and stop for a brew.
Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #227 on: 10 November, 2015, 12:25:13 pm »
Something nicely recursive about that. A huge ship from China arrives with cranes to unload... huge ships from China! (perhaps products of the Beijing Perpetual Motion Works?)
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Jurek

Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #228 on: 10 November, 2015, 12:28:23 pm »
1st thought: Stupidly, I thought the cranes are on the dockside.
2nd thought: How are they going to get them off the boat?
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #229 on: 10 November, 2015, 12:30:07 pm »
First they have to wait for another huge ship to dock, that's carrying huge crane-unloading cranes from China. But they can't unload that one until...  ;D
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clarion

  • Tyke
Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #230 on: 10 November, 2015, 01:06:47 pm »
Conversation to wind up Scouse mate:

Me: Oooh, look at all them cranes!

Tommy: They're not cranes, they're derricks

Me: I don't care whose they are! ;)
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PeteB99

Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #231 on: 10 November, 2015, 01:14:39 pm »
How is it safe?

I guess there must be a lot of ship under water that we can't see.

Blowy weather?

I was routed via the Cape of Good Hope rather than the Suez canal so they probably hit one or two storms on the way

How are they going to unload it?

Yeah I wondered about that as well which is why I waited 3 days between the ship arriving and going down to take the pictures. I couldn't see any visible progress though.

If you want to keep an eye on it the wirralcams site has a camera on the "Dome of Home" church pointing at Seaforth docks

http://www.wirralcam.org/dome.shtml
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Vince

  • Can't climb; won't climb
Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #232 on: 10 November, 2015, 01:19:16 pm »
They have to wait until the tide is the right height, then push them off really quickly.
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mrcharly-YHT

Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #233 on: 10 November, 2015, 01:22:43 pm »
Quote from: PeteB99 on 10 November, 2015, 12:13:05 pm

That boat looks to be very lightly loaded. I wonder if it travelled ballasted down and they've removed the ballast?
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Vince

  • Can't climb; won't climb
Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #234 on: 10 November, 2015, 01:27:19 pm »


DFDS ferry in the mist somewhere off Calais.
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trekker12

Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #235 on: 10 November, 2015, 01:37:46 pm »
Quote from: Jurek on 10 November, 2015, 12:28:23 pm
1st thought: Stupidly, I thought the cranes are on the dockside.
2nd thought: How are they going to get them off the boat?

Similar units being delivered to Washington - you wheel them off apparently

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgfPoReE-G8
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Jurek

Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #236 on: 10 November, 2015, 01:54:12 pm »
That Youtube link links to some very *ahem* interesting footage....
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PeteB99

Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #237 on: 10 November, 2015, 02:07:56 pm »
Quote from: Jurek on 10 November, 2015, 01:54:12 pm
That Youtube link links to some very *ahem* interesting footage....

Doesn't youtube tailor links according to things you've viewed recently?

My selection was a 1955 Grand Prix and a couple of films of electric bicycles  ;D
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mrcharly-YHT

Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #238 on: 10 November, 2015, 02:18:08 pm »
Quote from: PeteB99 on 10 November, 2015, 02:07:56 pm
Quote from: Jurek on 10 November, 2015, 01:54:12 pm
That Youtube link links to some very *ahem* interesting footage....

Doesn't youtube tailor links according to things you've viewed recently?

My selection was a 1955 Grand Prix and a couple of films of electric bicycles  ;D
All I get is more footage of cranes.

Jurek, what have you been looking at recently?
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Jurek

Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #239 on: 10 November, 2015, 02:48:31 pm »
Big cranes being unloaded off a big Chinese boat  ;)
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Jurek

Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #240 on: 10 November, 2015, 03:59:47 pm »
http://www.wirralcam.org/dome.shtml

Looks like they're starting to unload a couple of them.....
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PeteB99

Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #241 on: 10 November, 2015, 04:13:30 pm »
Local papers photos of it arriving last week

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/recap-zhen-hua-transporter-brings-10372778

The views from ahead are a bit scary.
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Andrij

  • Андрій
  • Ερασιτεχνικός μισάνθρωπος
Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #242 on: 13 December, 2015, 05:45:24 pm »
Derelict London Boats

I've seen (and photographed) a few.  Come better weather, I think I shall track down the rest.
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LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #243 on: 13 December, 2015, 06:55:08 pm »
A large part of my job is designing and building the container ports where those big container cranes are used. The ships generally need more than 10m water depth (sometimes noticeably more than that), so they are reasonably stable in transit, despite looking quite odd.

ZPMC deliver not far shy of a crane a day, about 75% of the world container crane market.
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PeteB99

Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #244 on: 14 December, 2015, 10:53:30 am »
Quote from: Andrij on 13 December, 2015, 05:45:24 pm
Derelict London Boats

I've seen (and photographed) a few.  Come better weather, I think I shall track down the rest.

I knew the Royal Iris was rotting somewhere down by the Thames barrier but it's a bit sad to see her in such a state.
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phil653

Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #245 on: 12 January, 2016, 07:19:17 pm »
Michael rowed dis boat ashore a very long time ago

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The French Tandem

Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #246 on: 01 February, 2016, 07:58:15 pm »
The thing looks neither modern, nor express, and I'm wondering how can it be still afloat!

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hatler

Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #247 on: 01 February, 2016, 08:09:39 pm »
One has to presume that it's centre of buoyancy is still higher than its centre of gravity.
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billplumtree

  • Plumbing the well of gitness
Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #248 on: 02 February, 2016, 04:29:42 pm »
She had to make an appearance in this thread, obvs:


MS Lofoten in Honningsvåg by billplumtree, on Flickr
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Wombat

  • Is it supposed to hurt this much?
Re: Interesting and unusual boaty type things.
« Reply #249 on: 03 February, 2016, 08:46:28 am »
Git!

Maybe next year....
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