Ship porn

Hotblack Desiato

Yeah looks a bit risky!

Cookie_Monster

oleras wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5YL7xSFNRM

:D My car is currently on that ship :D

Tabnabs

Cruise ship Azura passes a small island lighthouse

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CalMac ferries out in all sorts of weather.

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A birds-eye view from above.

Hotblack Desiato

Drone shot?

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City of Winchester, an image from a bygone era.

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Maersk Connector laying the cable to the East Anglia One offshore wind farm in the UK.

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Norwegian coastal steamer Spitsbergen steams though the northern winter twilight.

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Red sky in the morning...

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Dry Dock in Canada

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The mighty Queen Elizabeth entering Portsmouth harbour.

AndyBoBandy

Tabnabs wrote: »

The mighty Queen Elizabeth entering Portsmouth harbour.

Haslar Marina there with the Green Lightship bringing back some memories from a few months ago. Theres a lovely restaurant on that lightship.

lawred2

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Haslar Marina there with the Green Lightship bringing back some memories from a few months ago. Theres a lovely restaurant on that lightship.

OT for a second - Portsmouth worth a visit?

Tabnabs

Hotel ship Rotterdam. they certainly don't build them like this any more.

inforfun

https://ssrotterdam.com/discover/

In case you are looking for a place to sleep or just want to see how it looks inside.

thomil

inforfun wrote: »

https://ssrotterdam.com/discover/

In case you are looking for a place to sleep or just want to see how it looks inside.

It’s actually a pretty comfortable and stylish hotel. I stayed there for a weekend in 2016 and really liked it. There’s some more pictures in this blog post I wrote about my stay there:
http://thomil-english.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-other-dam-weekend-trip-report.html

Most of the actual pictures of the ship were taken by my late dad.

inforfun

Great pics of Rotterdam.
Thanks.. now i am homesick

Storm 10

Had the pleasure of seeing her anchored in Galway Bay when Holland American Liners used to call to Galway. It was usually the Maasdam and Ryndam that called but she came once.

AndyBoBandy

lawred2 wrote: »

OT for a second - Portsmouth worth a visit?

I was on the Gosport side and didn't visit Portsmouth, but in general, the entire area seemed really nice and an absolute hive of marine activity (sitting in the restaurant on that green lightship, and seeing ships pass by that were only about 70 metres away was cool.

I've been to Newport RI, which is a mecca for sailing, but I'd say the Gosport/Portsmouth areas are by far bigger and better in terms of sheer numbers of marinas/boats/chandlers/boat yards etc...

The submarine museum is close to Haslar marina where I sailed from, I didn't visit the museum, but they have a full size sub on display sitting parallel to the marina.

roundymac

Storm 10 wrote: »

Had the pleasure of seeing her anchored in Galway Bay when Holland American Liners used to call to Galway. It was usually the Maasdam and Ryndam that called but she came once.

Vaguely remember seeing her anchored off Cork harbour in the mid sixties, Nieuw Amsterdam was the regular visitor to Cork at that time.

roundymac

Muesum at Gosport very interesting, a A class sub IIRC on display, weel work a visit.

Tabnabs

Shuttle tanker sailing down the Scottish coastline.

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4 British men were rescued from a disabled sailboat last night, 250 nautical miles off Halifax. The 4 were hoisted off the sailboat, and flown to Halifax. The 45′ boat was in 21′ seas, with a 50knot wind (75KM/h) and looks to have a shredded Jib sail, and lost steering control.

The vessel is the Makena and was bound for Toronto, via the Canary Islands with an apparently professional delivery crew aboard. The owner had recently purchased the boat.

I have been told that the crew were under prepared, and lacked survival suits. Certainly others have questioned the wisdom of being in a sailboat, in the North Atlantic, In December. If the plan was to make Toronto, they would have encountered ice in the St. Lawrence river, and the pending closure of the locks above Montreal at the end of the Month.

CCGS Cape Roger, HMCS Summerside, HMCS Glace Bay, A USCG Aircraft and a vessel of Opportunity all responded.

https://blog.halifaxshippingnews.ca/2018/12/4-rescued-from-sailboat.html

Widdensushi

Wrong thread but they should have to pay for the rescue

Conchir

Widdensushi wrote: »

Wrong thread but they should have to pay for the rescue

Pretty sweet photo to go along with the story in fairness. Agreed though about the rescue.


A ferry near Molde, Norway.

dogmatix

Conchir wrote: »

Pretty sweet photo to go along with the story in fairness. Agreed though.


A ferry near Molde, Norway.

Doughnuts at sea, eh? Lucky for him there are no guards around - thats 3 penalty points right there!

Hotblack Desiato

Tabnabs wrote: »

Shuttle tanker sailing down the Scottish coastline.

Fantastic background to that shot.

The 'doughnutting' ferry is empty and looks brand new so likely a delivery publicity shot.

Conchir

stampydmonkey

Crap Pic but first time Ive come across her. Got a huge blast from her fog horn too...very impressive