Ferry Lift in the Docks Today

Chicken1

Great new pictures here of the ferries lashed to the deck

http://www.galwayships.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=11

Goodgolfer

Looks like high tide is at 10.46....http://www.irishtimes.com/weather/tides.html and I'll be in the middle of my Sunday morning golf...shucks

vulcan57

just heard she is sailing at 8.45, in 15 mins. Never make it !

Mollie Breathna

She cleared the Dock Gate at 9:10am. She's just going past Mutton Island now.

BornToBe?

Just re Gantry cranes, There used to be one in Galway docks, The rail is still there (on the middle dock) They used the docks as a set for some film with Roger Moore in it, (can't remember the name, but there was a thread on here about it) you can see the gantry crane from the pictures.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_Hijack

http://img297.imageshack.us/i/spreng00aaw6.jpg/


After seeing the pic, its was a container crane not a gantry.

thesandeman

^
Film was called Raise The Titanic I think.
I remember wandering around the set as a young lad and getting kicked out lol.

Edit: actually called North Sea Hijack.

gbee

vulcan57 wrote: »

just heard she is sailing at 8.45, in 15 mins. Never make it !

Thanks for the headsup, I got up when I saw this post and captured the harbour webcam of her departure.

joeKel73

Spent an hour waiting for it at the end of Nimmo's Pier last night with the camera, then ended up sleeping in this morning! Noooo

Chicken1

I thought thery were going from Galway to Mauritius but they are going to La Rochelle in France where they will be overhauled before going to their new home, Thor Gitta is currently off the Clare coast and when you click on her it says her destination is indeed La Rochelle.

You can track Thor Gitta and her progress here http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/

vulcan57

Chicken1 wrote: »

I thought thery were going from Galway to Mauritius but they are going to La Rochelle in France where they will be overhauled before going to their new home, Thor Gitta is currently off the Clare coast and when you click on her it says her destination is indeed La Rochelle.

You can track Thor Gitta and her progress here http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/

Maybe they're not taking any chances after the events of the last three weeks or so.

Chicken1

I see on Marine Traffic that the Thor Gitta has just arrived in La Rochelle France

Link: http://marinetraffic.com/ais/

rubywoo

The comments about the 'thrillseekers' who apparently decided to stay on board for the 'ride' are uncalled for. They are local crew who attempted to get off before the lifting started. They were told to stay where they were and not able to get off. It's a miracle no-one was more seriously injured

Mrs OBumble

Told by who? It's very hard to believe that anyone in charge would be THAT stupid.

JohnCleary

JustMary wrote: »

Told by who? It's very hard to believe that anyone in charge would be THAT stupid.

I'd well believe it. A friend of mine has just had his brand new €7+ million boat moved to the med via cargo ship. When loading onto the cradle, the boat was very nearly badly damaged as the person in charge was busy having a conversation (with his back turned) as the boat was being lowered on to the cradle. Thankfully, the owner was there at the time and put a halt to the lowering which avoided damage.


It was idiotic for those people to be on-board the boats when loading, but I doubt they were 'thrill seekers' and didn't stay on the boat by choice... I would be completely wrong though, who knows

rubywoo

JustMary wrote: »

Told by who? It's very hard to believe that anyone in charge would be THAT stupid.

Trust me, I agree! But there were many 'official' people there; who turned a blind eye. Scary in this age of Health & Safety regulations.