Old Boats Photography project

Donal 1957

I'm doing a photography project based on old boats, If anyone knows the location where there are boats, in unusual places or just unusual boats in the Northwest area especially for me to take photos of, condition of boats unimportant ( Rusty, broke in 2, Rotten,Whatever, would you please let me know.

oscarBravo

There's a rusty old hulk tied up alongside the quay in Westport, down by the derelict warehouse. It looks to have been partially scrapped, but it's still afloat.

Ilovelucy

What about the SS Creteboom at the Quay in Ballina. It's an old concrete ship best accessed through Belleek Woods.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_ss_creteboom_side_view.jpg

finisklin

Ilovelucy wrote: »

What about the SS Creteboom at the Quay in Ballina. It's an old concrete ship best accessed through Belleek Woods.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_ss_creteboom_side_view.jpg

This was the subject of a recent thread.....more here with photo.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=74163470

artyeva

maybe not as initially striking as the others posted, but theres a lovely sad wee red rowboat in the estuary at Barnatrá here in erris. because it's a boggy estuary it looks like it's being swallowed up into the land, iykwim. there's probably a few more round here once you go onto the mullet peninsula.

there also used to be one as you drive along the road towards Rosses Point in sligo - on the left opposite where the shop is. is that still there i wonder?

Donal 1957

artyeva wrote: »

maybe not as initially striking as the others posted, but theres a lovely sad wee red rowboat in the estuary at Barnatrá here in erris. because it's a boggy estuary it looks like it's being swallowed up into the land, iykwim. there's probably a few more round here once you go onto the mullet peninsula.

there also used to be one as you drive along the road towards Rosses Point in sligo - on the left opposite where the shop is. is that still there i wonder?

Yes got that one this evening, this is a 52 week project, one photo per week so have a lot of boat's to get yet so all help is appreciated, this is this weeks photo from the boat in rosses point http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150532400609495&set=a.10150532400349495.385565.534154494&type=1&theater

finisklin

I hope you don't run out of boats!

Makes for a smashing project all the same. Best of luck with it.

Ascii

Don't know if your ever near Sligo, but there is a very unusual boat scrapped on the shores of lough arrow, half way between Sligo and Boyle on the main Dublin road. It was originally built to move cattle between the islands on the lake, something like a giant cattle crush that floats. Don't think it ever got much use before it was decomissioned. Let me know if its an area you might go to and I will ask the relations the exact way to get to it. Its on the Northern Shore, just back from Ballindoon Abbey as you go towards the now closed up Rock House Hotel

TopTec

What a brilliant project. I wish I had the time to do something similar but I don't so I hope you wont mind if I do it vicariously through yours. Please post the pics you take.

TT

Donal 1957

TopTec wrote: »

What a brilliant project. I wish I had the time to do something similar but I don't so I hope you wont mind if I do it vicariously through yours. Please post the pics you take.

TT

No problem, will be putting them up on flicker and will post a link starting fri, but here is the first one http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150532400609495&set=a.10150532400349495.385565.534154494&type=1&theater for now. You might want to have a look at other Photographs I have http://www.flickr.com/photos/donalhackett/collections/

Donal 1957

Had to change the theme from boats to nautacal because i may not get enough boats and it will give me a wider choice so still looking for boats ect. this weeks photograph for you to see http://www.flickr.com/photos/donalhackett/6808824605/in/photostream

Donal 1957

Ascii wrote: »

Don't know if your ever near Sligo, but there is a very unusual boat scrapped on the shores of lough arrow, half way between Sligo and Boyle on the main Dublin road. It was originally built to move cattle between the islands on the lake, something like a giant cattle crush that floats. Don't think it ever got much use before it was decomissioned. Let me know if its an area you might go to and I will ask the relations the exact way to get to it. Its on the Northern Shore, just back from Ballindoon Abbey as you go towards the now closed up Rock House Hotel

Yes, not so far from there and will be checking it out. Thanks for detailed responce. Will keep you posted when i get to see it

yop

Donal;
As per the PM you received there from Muffler and multi-forum posting re the same thread.

I am closing this and will ask you to continue this on the photograph forum.

Apologises about this;

Regards