Ship porn

Yawlboy · 18-12-2014 11:32am

Thargor wrote: »

What's a beach club in the features list on that super yacht?

If you have to ask then you probably can't afford it :-)

Tabnabs · 18-12-2014 11:36am

Not boring, but it can be very monotonous.

The Filipinos love this kind of thing. If you ever get dragged into the crew bar on a Saturday night with the karaoke machine in full force, it's a night to remember.

Tabnabs · 22-12-2014 10:33am

Cruise ship Marco Polo showing her age.

From the excellent London Port Authority @LondonPortAuth twitter account

Poor Uncle Tom · 22-12-2014 3:17pm

Tabnabs wrote: »

Cruise ship Marco Polo showing her age.

From the excellent London Port Authority @LondonPortAuth twitter account

Jaysus, the Costa Concordia looks better than that......

Tabnabs · 13-01-2015 1:26pm

A little rough in the North Sea last weekend :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2dv57CpT-s

Tabnabs · 14-01-2015 3:31pm

Goddamnit that's ugly

Calmac's Caledonian Isles

cruizer101 · 20-01-2015 11:04am

Question about the video of the oil rig. Is the oil rig itself actually listing/tilting over as much as it appears or is it that the viewpoint of the camera is being moved that much that it is giving that appearance. I know some oil rigs are floating but I thought there would be enough mass deep enough below the water or that the anchor cables would restrict the movement. I always thought of these as very stable or is it just a case that in this bad weather they do list a fair bit.

cookie.monster · 20-01-2015 3:27pm

cruizer101 wrote: »

Question about the video of the oil rig. Is the oil rig itself actually listing/tilting over as much as it appears or is it that the viewpoint of the camera is being moved that much that it is giving that appearance. I know some oil rigs are floating but I thought there would be enough mass deep enough below the water or that the anchor cables would restrict the movement. I always thought of these as very stable or is it just a case that in this bad weather they do list a fair bit.

nothing is too big for the mighty ocean to move, never underestimate mother nature

Tabnabs · 20-01-2015 5:38pm

Iowa Class Battleship transiting the Panama Canal (Panamax warship!)

BeardySi · 22-01-2015 2:13pm

Were they deliberately designed to be the maximum size those locks could accommodate?

Yawlboy · 22-01-2015 2:28pm

Treadhead wrote: »

Were they deliberately designed to be the maximum size those locks could accommodate?

Apparently they were designed to Panamax capabilites - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa-class_battleship

Design Division section of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, was a "cruiser-killer." Beginning on 17 January 1938 under Captain A.J. Chantry, the group drew up plans for ships with twelve 16-inch and twenty 5-inch guns, Panamax capability but otherwise unlimited displacement, a top speed of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) and a range of 20,000 nautical miles (37,000 km;

and they were the widest ships to ever traverse the panama canal http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/iowa-class-battleships-are-the-widest-ships-to-ever-use-1680273877

knucklehead6 · 22-01-2015 2:31pm

Treadhead wrote: »

Were they deliberately designed to be the maximum size those locks could accommodate?

Not meaning to sound pedantic, but they were designed with the canal locks and widths as an upper limit rather than designed to be as big as the canal can allow.

They were designed initially to be able to keep up with the fast fleet carrier groups in World War 2

Yawlboy · 22-01-2015 2:34pm

USS New Jersey was the only US warship to go to war with two swimming pools :

Yawlboy · 22-01-2015 2:37pm

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/this-us-navy-battleship-sported-two-swimming-pools-1637390515

http://www.ussnewjersey.org/thejerseyman/2008-2q.pdf
more info on the swimming pools

Markcheese · 22-01-2015 2:50pm

Were they the first Panamax vessels ??

Tabnabs · 22-01-2015 3:56pm

Ever see a tanker do a 'hand-brake' turn?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9lBnfkXGLU

knucklehead6 · 22-01-2015 4:09pm

Tabnabs wrote: »

Ever see a tanker do a 'hand-brake' turn?

Pffffft....

Tabnabs · 26-01-2015 10:45am

3-masted ship 'Penang' in Millwall docks (London) looms over Totnes Cottages on the Barnfield Estate. 1932

pedroeibar1 · 26-01-2015 11:13am

Great photo. She was built in 1905 and torpedoed in 1940; a sister ship of the "Peking" moored at South Street Seaport.

Markcheese · 26-01-2015 12:54pm

Tabnabs wrote: »

Ever see a tanker do a 'hand-brake' turn?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9lBnfkXGLU

They do it in bantry bay all the time , (apparently )

Tabnabs · 30-01-2015 10:41am

Beauty or beast, you decide

HeidiHeidi · 30-01-2015 10:52am

Tabnabs wrote: »

Ever see a tanker do a 'hand-brake' turn?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9lBnfkXGLU

Never mind the tanker - those pilot boats/crew are seriously hardy bucks :eek:

What was the video-taker thinking, cutting off at the most interesting bit - how on earth did the pilot get off the ship and onto his cutter

Cedrus · 30-01-2015 11:05pm

Tabnabs wrote: »

Beauty or beast, you decide

Gorgeous lines from the bow back, just about get away with the first deck above, but after that it reminds me of a shopping centre or a public library.

Tabnabs · 05-02-2015 5:24pm

The Dockwise Vanguard lifts the Goliat FPSO, ready to transport it from Korea to Norway.

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