QM II - Tight Fit ?

[Divemaster1]

QM II visits Stavanger, Norway ... quite impressive ship actually.....

another one....

 

[ccscott49]

Bloody hell!! That is a tight fit, spent many happy hours in the bars/restaurants on the quayside opposite!

 

[Nick_H]

looks like the boat is superimposed on a photo of a nice little harbour, totally out of scale.

 

[ccscott49]

May well be superimposed, but it's not out of scale!! You should see the size of oilfield type boats and ferries that come in there!

 

[Divemaster1]

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looks like the boat is superimposed on a photo of a nice little harbour, totally out of scale.

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yup ... but real .... webcam feed...from a slightly different angle..

http://www.robin.no/vaagenl.html

 

[tome]

Great photos- I know Stavanger well and she looks truly enormous.

 

[Divemaster1]

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May well be superimposed, but it's not out of scale!! You should see the size of oilfield type boats and ferries that come in there!

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Not superimposed and also plenty of water in there as you know.... so in principle no problem in my home town for this "small" vessel

 

[tome]

You know Dickens bar then? Spent a few winters days alongside sheltering from N Sea on seismic ships.

 

[Divemaster1]

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You know Dickens bar then? ....

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Dickens, Sørensen, Nåløyet, Hansenhjørnet, Cardinal, Kontoret, .... and several others.....

 

[ccscott49]

Me too!!! In the early days there was only the dickens bar, a hotel with a bar and the esso motel, with a bar!! There was also one round the back, oldest bar in stavanger! Had many good nights around town!!

 

[nedmin]

Went on it in september,too big to enjoy,but pleased when we hit hurricane force winds off Nova Scotia! Never seen waves like it,fortunately we were going into it, didnt bother the ship at all.thought about Ellen M in waves like that, they were horrendous.a very brave lady.

 

[spannerman]

But what a Bloody Eyesore it is, obviously Hackney Council had a block of flats going spare and a ship yard had a bow and stern section left over so they cobbled them together and flogged it to Cunard. I work right across the harbour from it and if you study it the lines they don't work, it doesn't flow. Give me the QE II or old SS France now the 'Norway' any day, a lot more elegant and aesthetic IMHO.
Still not as impressive as when we had three cruise ships in the same harbour several years ago, or when they squeeze an oil tanker in and flood the bow tanks to get the prop clear of the water for maintainance, looks like she's going down by the bows! But yes we definitely have some good bars along the waterfront, especially now they all have outside tables so you can watch the boatlife.

 

[Perry]

Wow - looks good, going there on the Arcadia in august. Please to see the bars so close by. Would hate to waste time walking round town.

Perry

 

[landaftaf]

I guess you know the price of a few beers in stavanger ?

ouch ouch ouch

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[spannerman]

Yep, you need a bank loan for a good weekend on the town.