Interesting and unusual boaty type things.

[Jurek]

I should point out he's not a mate!
Four of us just pitched up one day and thought it was a good idea to go onna barge.
I wasn't planning a trip - but the guy is there throughout the summer months - presumably not so much when the weather is not so good.
You just turn up, and when he has enough on board, he sets sail.

I'm not sure if this is him...
April to November   01227 366 712   www.wildlifesailing.com - but I think someone has hacked the website...
Might be worth giving the number a call (it is a Herne Bay number), find out what's the minimum number on board and then see what interest there is here.
Oh. And find out if the boat is a Thames barge - if it is not, then it's not him.

[nicknack]

There's the Greta based in Whitstable too.

[Blodwyn Pig]

Sad end, I bet many a happy day was spent on this.

[Vince]

Isn't that the boat that Asterix bought?

[Pingu]

Roskilde shtuff:


IMG_5916 by The Pingus, on Flickr


IMG_5917 by The Pingus, on Flickr


IMG_5927 by The Pingus, on Flickr


IMG_5931 by The Pingus, on Flickr


IMG_5934 by The Pingus, on Flickr

[Blodwyn Pig]

just leaving Tilbury

[Mr Larrington]

P9090375 by Mr Larrington, on Flickr

I'm sure there's a generic name for these things but I'm damned if I know what it is.  They're basically a device to stop an ice chest from sinking.  Fair Isle Resort, Babine Lake, BC (hence the puddles).

[Cudzoziemiec]

Isn't the generic name for those "floating gin palace"?

[Andrij]

Castle Park, Colchester

DSC_0631.NEF by Andrij, on Flickr

[scott]

Roskilde shtuff:

Oh, man -- the Viking Ship Museum is one of the places I most want to go in Europe.

I'm sure there's a generic name for these things but I'm damned if I know what it is.

Generically, "pontoon boat." More recently and flippantly, "party barge."

[phil653]

Interesting ex-boaty thing?

[scott]

R/V Rachel Carson by Scott Clark, on Flickr

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's research vessel _Rachel Carson_, at dock in Moss Landing harbor, just north of Monterey, California.

[Pingu]

This has just arrived in the harbour.

[hatler]

"This" ?

[matthew]

This is a link to the Wiki for a UK naval craft, I suspect they might be a little sensitive to people walking up and taking pictures, or more likely Pingu doesn't have a camera to hand.

[Pingu]

"This" ?

No, that.

Click on the link.

[Pingu]

This is a link to the Wiki for a UK naval craft, I suspect they might be a little sensitive to people walking up and taking pictures, or more likely Pingu doesn't have a camera to hand.

The latter as I was watching from my office window.

[Cudzoziemiec]

I find this amazing, from the Wiki:

She was launched in 2007, completed her contractor's sea trials in July 2010 and arrived at her base port on 22 September 2010. Diamond was commissioned in a traditional ceremony on 6 May 2011, and formally entered service on 12 July 2011.

Four years from launch to entering service! I suppose that's normal and my ghasted flabbers are simply a sign of my unfamiliarity with naval procedures...

[Jurek]

This is a link to the Wiki for a UK naval craft, I suspect they might be a little sensitive to people walking up and taking pictures, or more likely Pingu doesn't have a camera to hand.

The latter as I was watching from my office window.

I saw that parked up in Greenwich earlier this year. It is one very weird looking ship. Very stealth.

[David Martin]

Roskilde shtuff:

Oh, man -- the Viking Ship Museum is one of the places I most want to go in Europe.

The one in Oslo (on Bygdøy) is fantastic. An architecture that really sets off the three boats therin.

[trekker12]

I find this amazing, from the Wiki:

She was launched in 2007, completed her contractor's sea trials in July 2010 and arrived at her base port on 22 September 2010. Diamond was commissioned in a traditional ceremony on 6 May 2011, and formally entered service on 12 July 2011.

Four years from launch to entering service! I suppose that's normal and my ghasted flabbers are simply a sign of my unfamiliarity with naval procedures...

I seem to think (although I'm not a naval type) that 'launch' pretty much consists of throwing a fairly bare hull with an engine and propellers (all the underwater bits) into the water. All the fitting out of military equipment and associated electronics plus testing and sea trails are done once the boat is afloat.

[Pingu]

...Bygdøy...

Trying to pronounce that  Boogderoo 

[David Martin]

...Bygdøy...

Trying to pronounce that  Boogderoo 

buigdeuy would be closer but there are two non English(scots)  sounds in there.

[Wombat]

This is a link to the Wiki for a UK naval craft, I suspect they might be a little sensitive to people walking up and taking pictures, or more likely Pingu doesn't have a camera to hand.

The latter as I was watching from my office window.

I saw that parked up in Greenwich earlier this year. It is one very weird looking ship. Very stealth.

Yeah, yeah.  Common as muck!  Well, they are to those of us near Portsmuff, who've had the joy of seeing a replica of its upper works parked in the defence research establishment on top of Portsdown hill for the last ten years.  Seen 'em all, I think, Duncan, Dragon, Daring, Diamond, Dippy, Dozey and Droopy, or something like that.

[PeteB99]

Arrived in the Mersey last week from China. The Zhen Hua 23 with 5 cranes for Liverpool's new container berths

For scale each of the crane frames is 93 metres tall.