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jamesdiver · 27-06-2013 02:59PM

3 french naval ships due into Galway Friday (28th) morning 0800h

vulcan57 · 29-06-2013 12:18PM

jamesdiver wrote: »

3 french naval ships due into Galway Friday (28th) morning 0800h

Schoolship Lynx (A751) and two Navigational training ships Glycine (A770) and Eglantine (A771)

vulcan57 · 03-07-2013 08:02PM

The World, the largest residential liner in the world will be in Galway Bay on Monday afternoon and leave again Tuesday night. She is in Belfast at the moment and is also set to visit Derry before heading down the west coast.

pedroeibar1 · 03-07-2013 10:34PM

Cannot understand the economics of that concept. About $20k p.a in service fees, plus an inital outlay of a million + to buy in, a ship promoted as spending more time in port than at sea and all in the company of people who have an average age of 90? Even if I were 90 I would not want that!

dvcireland · 03-07-2013 10:37PM

26 nautical miles off Kerry

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=311013700&header=true

26 nautical miles off Wexford

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=477831600&header=true

Cookie_Monster · 03-07-2013 11:49PM

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

Cannot understand the economics of that concept. About $20k p.a in service fees, plus an inital outlay of a million + to buy in, a ship promoted as spending more time in port than at sea and all in the company of people who have an average age of 90? Even if I were 90 I would not want that!

20k a month according to wikipedia!!! but only 600k to buy

DownBeaten · 04-07-2013 10:23AM

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

Cannot understand the economics of that concept. About $20k p.a in service fees, plus an inital outlay of a million + to buy in, a ship promoted as spending more time in port than at sea and all in the company of people who have an average age of 90? Even if I were 90 I would not want that!

Isn't the idea to remain non-resident anywhere to avoid paying any income tax?

murphym7 · 04-07-2013 02:36PM

pedroeibar1 wrote: »

Cannot understand the economics of that concept. About $20k p.a in service fees, plus an inital outlay of a million + to buy in, a ship promoted as spending more time in port than at sea and all in the company of people who have an average age of 90? Even if I were 90 I would not want that!

Economics doesn’t really enter in to it for folks like this. It is about exclusivity and keeping the great unwashed away. Luxury costs. If I won that 97 million last week I would entertain the idea maybe.

goldie fish · 04-07-2013 07:37PM

Heard a wonderful description of the average cruise liner clientele recently..

Newly wed, over fed or nearly dead!

Daibheid · 09-07-2013 09:51AM

This is a great thread! Hopefully someone can help identify a very large vessel I saw last Sunday. I was just off Mizzen abiout 15.00 and what must have been a cruise ship passed by on the horizon on a Northerly course. I tried to get on marinetraffic with my little smartphone but no surprise no data signal there or even back on land hours later.

I could see enough to tell it had a continuos high superstructure wasn't a tanker or bulk carrier and it seemed to have two aft funnels and one forward. It might also have been a car carrier like that big Grimaldi.
Maybe someone could identify it or was tracking marine traffic Sunday and noticed somethig big running up the West Coast?

http://www.connachttribune.ie/galway-news/item/817-world-s-most-luxurious-cruise-ship-for-galway-visit
http://galwayindependent.com/20130703/news/the-world-comes-to-galway-S20701.html

Tabnabs · 09-07-2013 09:57AM

Anchored off Dun Laoghaire today.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=310459000&header=true

Larbre34 · 11-07-2013 10:12AM

You may not be able to pass a camel through eye of a needle, but The World just passed through Dublin bay!

Conditions far too hazy for a pic from this distance but she's due on berth at Ocean Pier 18 shortly, should be fantastic weather for a few pics for anyone in the vicinity later, or who wish to call in to enquire about buying a $13 million suite!

Tabnabs · 11-07-2013 10:24AM

A stunning ship inside, a very mediocre cruise ship outside

HeidiHeidi · 11-07-2013 11:00AM

Tabnabs wrote: »

A stunning ship inside, a very mediocre cruise ship outside

This.

She was parked up beside the East Link last year (or maybe the year before) and I was really surprise how small it was. But I suppose if you're inside looking out, it wouldn't matter

Shame they didn't delay their entry to the bay until this afternoon, when there will be 400+ boats out racing.

zagmund · 11-07-2013 11:30AM

Agree - it's far from awesome on the outside. I saw it last time, beside the Point and it looked like one of the smaller cruise ships to visit Dublin port. I saw it (from Blackrock) coming in this morning, but didn't realise it was "the world". It reminds me of the scene from Men In Black where an entire universe is stored in a little container stored on a dog collar. Not quite the same, but that's what comes to mind.

As mentioned above, the bay (or the Dun Laoghaire end of it) should be full of boats today and for the next few days due to a regatta in the RIYC. Given the light, the skies, etc . . . it should make for some good photos. As long as the haze lifts, but I'm sure it will.

By the way, what ever happened to the promised cruise ships for DL this Summer? There was the Queen Mary 2 and then one the other day, but I thought they were expecting ~20 or something.

z

mp22 · 12-07-2013 09:23AM

There is a tanker on the SPM in Bantry bay I have no idea what ship she is see here from the road last evening.

vulcan57 · 13-07-2013 12:13PM

The brand spanking new cruise ship Le Soleal is on her maiden voyage and wll call into Galway on Wed/Thurs.

who the fug · 13-07-2013 01:48PM

mp22 wrote: »

There is a tanker on the SPM in Bantry bay I have no idea what ship she is see here from the road last evening.

ALFA GERMANIA

goldie fish · 13-07-2013 01:52PM

3 Bourbons together at anchor in Cork Harbour this morning.

(from Bourbon Calm facebook page).

Conmaicne Mara · 13-07-2013 04:48PM

They really are a class design.

ex_infantry · 13-07-2013 08:02PM

bet ya there aint any irish personnel on them either????

ex_infantry · 13-07-2013 08:27PM

who the fug wrote: »

ALFA GERMANIA

she's still anchored outside cork harbour

goldie fish · 14-07-2013 12:02AM

ex_infantry wrote: »

bet ya there aint any irish personnel on them either????

Why would there be? They are Norwegian Ships, working for a Norwegian company, supporting a Norwegian Owned, Bahamian registered exploration rig, drilling for Oil 150 miles off the Irish coast that Ireland does not have the capability to drill for.

ex_infantry · 14-07-2013 11:59AM

goldie fish wrote: »

Why would there be? They are Norwegian Ships, working for a Norwegian company, supporting a Norwegian Owned, Bahamian registered exploration rig, drilling for Oil 150 miles off the Irish coast that Ireland does not have the capability to drill for.

in ghana there government made sure that any exploration company that wanted to take anything from there land or from there coast that 20% of the crew would be made up of locals

who the fug · 14-07-2013 12:59PM

ex_infantry wrote: »

she's still anchored outside cork harbour

position on the 12-7-13

ex_infantry · 14-07-2013 09:04PM

who the fug wrote: »

position on the 12-7-13

she must have hyperdrive then!!! to be able to get back to her current position in a short space of time and anchor again

ex_infantry · 14-07-2013 09:36PM

it seems marine traffic is throwing up vessels in two place's at once!! i discovered just a min ago the vessel "south" a tug under way at the old head of kinsale but also in cork harbour beside the vessel "joy" which is anchored just off spike island

goldie fish · 14-07-2013 09:47PM

ex_infantry wrote: »

in ghana there government made sure that any exploration company that wanted to take anything from there land or from there coast that 20% of the crew would be made up of locals

I'm sure the same will happen here when the oil companies actually start extracting oil or gas..

Until then they are better off using their own experienced crews.

murphym7 · 15-07-2013 11:06AM

Sexy Picture there Goldie, thanks for posting.

goldie fish · 15-07-2013 11:46AM

Thanks, but I didn't take it.

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