Cruise Reports Taking our yacht to Sweden for the summer - any 50m marinas?

sorabain said:
it looks like he's smudged out the name in MS paint, have you renamed her?
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Thought not showing the name before the pending re-naming ceremony took place was most appropriate ... and after that it looks like the crew aim to sail her to Greece for "improvement work"... (Norwegian yard did the dry-dock as part of the ownership change and at same time did a spruce up, as in clean bottom and hull colour change + removal of some pieces only relevant for her previous role...
 
henryf said:
I have no idea if CR exists, is in a lunatic asylum or indeed should be in a lunatic asylum but owns 400 tonnes of former supply tanker instead but there's enough meat on the bone to live in hope. Besides, if it all evaporates it was a bit of excitement before the boating season kicks in.


Henry :)
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I am starting to believe there just maybe also. I so hope to be proven wrong. :encouragement:
 
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Divemaster1 said:
Thought not showing the name before the pending re-naming ceremony took place was most appropriate ... and after that it looks like the crew aim to sail her to Greece for "improvement work"... (Norwegian yard did the dry-dock as part of the ownership change and at same time did a spruce up, as in clean bottom and hull colour change + removal of some pieces only relevant for her previous role...
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Hi Alf,

Maybe I don't want to know publicly, but for the record - it's perplexing me how you're getting these images about as fast as I am. I'm impressed, and keen to know how....!

(Maybe in person)...!
 
Most fascinating thing about this thread second to the actual project from a human nature side of things ,is watching the ' nay -say- do -as ' start to squirm .:)
Great people watching guys keep it up :encouragement:

Capital -R -well done you --so far - :encouragement:
 
sorabain said:
still wont convince everyone until you've thrown 100,000 tins of birds custard into the harbour and turned it yellow
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Moment of custard approaches.

As well as beer, everyone may have to bring their own custard tin for a group photo on the foredeck..... :-)
 
sorabain said:
How are you going to lift it on and off the ship? I couldn't see any obvious lifting points on the pic. I was thinking you might have picked up an old RN pacific 24 or something with a single-point lift system.
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Would have been good.

She has a huge 4.5 tonne crane, and a smaller 3.5 tonne crane.

The guys assured me that it would work.

I think the main boat is so big, that a manageable dinghy of under 4m seemed inadequate (after seeing the uselessness of assisted maneuvering in the yard with small 5m underpowered yard tugs.....)...

So an upgrade occurred....!!

:-)
 
Capital_R said:
Hi Alf,

Maybe I don't want to know publicly, but for the record - it's perplexing me how you're getting these images about as fast as I am. I'm impressed, and keen to know how....!

(Maybe in person)...!
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Capital_R ... I could say that I am working for one of the larger consulting companies you probably have not heard about ... www.leidos.com and as a company, we are pretty good at joining dots ...

As I cannot (nor would I), use company resources for something as trivial and simple as this, I probably should say that I am from Stavanger, know the business community there and have got extended family in the nice coastal community where she lies and have connections to the yard where she was re-painted etc., through my wife having worked for 10 years for a large shipping company there (head office where she .. "S_C" lies)...

.... we'll see where we end up ... if I am right in joining the dots, then I have sent you a message via social media ...

How about a couple of "before & after" pic at the dry-dock just to keep the story going ?? :) :)

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Kind regards,

Alf
 
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Divemaster1 said:
Capital_R ... I could say that I am working for one of the larger consulting companies you probably have not heard about ... www.leidos.com and as a company, we are pretty good at joining dots ...

As I cannot (nor would I), use company resources for something as trivial and simple as this, I probably should say that I am from Stavanger, know the business community there and have got extended family in the nice coastal community where she lies and have connections to the yard where she was re-painted etc., through my wife having worked for 10 years for a large shipping company there (head office where she .. "S_C" lies)...

.... we'll see where we end up ... if I am right in joining the dots, then I have sent you a message via social media ...

How about a couple of "before & after" pic at the dry-dock just to keep the story going ?? :) :)

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Kind regards,

Alf
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A career in MI6 awaits
 
Portofino said:
Most fascinating thing about this thread second to the actual project from a human nature side of things ,is watching the ' nay -say- do -as ' start to squirm .:)
Great people watching guys keep it up :encouragement:

Capital -R -well done you --so far - :encouragement:
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Really? I must have missed that, who's 'starting to squirm', and why?

All I've seen is a few photos of a commercial freighter in dry dock taken from outside. (and Divemaster's come up with just as many of those) and a RIB that doesn't measure up to the claims made for it.

If this guy wanted to prove who he was he could do so in thirty seconds by posting a tin of custard on his official Facebook page and leaving it there (I seem to recall there is a verified page for whoever he's supposed to be?) and some photos from inside on board (he said earlier in the thread that he's been sent photos of 'made up beds', yards don't start making beds up on refitted boats until the boat is finished).

Posting photos of the outside of a ship doesn't prove anything, I can go and take some photos of Tower Bridge - it doesn't prove that I own it.
 
ari said:
....... and some photos from inside on board (he said earlier in the thread that he's been sent photos of 'made up beds', yards don't start making beds up on refitted boats until the boat is finished)......
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Think something is lost in the translation here ... The ship in question was owned by Tananger Offshore (latest owner of her in Stadby Vessel config). The vessel is now sold and does not show up in their fleet any more (still there on vessel details).

The dry-docking was made as part of the handover inspection and at the same time some essential maintenance was done which included paint etc when she already was on the dry. She now have a new name painted (which I understand have a special meaning for the owner) on and a new home port indicated on her stern.

Norway is a very expensive place to undertake full re-fitting, so would suspect her new owner is taking her to Greece (stated by other sources than owner in here) for what the crew state as "repairs and improvement". I do not know what "repair and improvement" mean, but it is clear to me that the vessel is being prepared for a longish journey by the crew (and presume this includes preparing cabins as in "making up beds").

C_R have also kindly shown me that he does have access to the Ship's Cross section drawings, which implies that he/she, does indeed have access to some details which only would be available through certifying authorities, ownership or yards, so would be a rather complex operation for a trolling exercise...

Whatever C_R's intentions are with her, I am pretty confident that the ship now have changed owners, name & home port, is changing function and will start a new venture which is very different from her past functions, which have seen significant changes since her original build as a bulk carrier in the early 1970's and significant re-build to standby vessel in the late '80's...
 
Well then I'm even more confused. At the beginning of the thread the suggestion seemed to be that the boat was finished.

Capital_R said:
I was getting fond of the idea of Spring in the Baltic, then a poodle over to Bermuda in May/June; and back to the Med for July and winter.


R.
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I shall continue to watch with interest, but as I say, I haven't actually seen anything yet that would make the "'nay -say- do -as ' start to squirm" as suggested.
 
stelican said:
Sailing date to be confirmed as !st April
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It may well be. The irony would be well placed inside this thread!

Removing myself from the absolute confidence I have that this forum now has a pretty much validated 163' project to follow (Alf has all the same pics I get), I don't see, as an observer, what the point of remaining in denial is.... in terms of energy.

Ari and co, I've ordered a can of dehydrated yellow sugar-fat to go up to Norway. Posted the evidence of the purchase.... amd in the mean time divemaster has literally asked the yard to semd him the same progress reports I get.. and they've then actually done it, which kind of shocks me, actually, but is still impressive from his perspective....

So, either, we've got someone who's got an epic project, that's prepared to over-share if privacy is respected, with possibly comical levels of shortcomings in expertise for such a job, or, we've got something of no interest to the forum. Because we think it's fake or it's just not interesting.

But I dont see the logic of wondering, until proven beyond all imaginable doubt, whether this is happening or not - those who have had access to non public information all seem to come down on the side of 'sh*t the story lines up".

Anyway. Back to my confident self:

We're now in a situation where we've got the boat, got the crew, got it in a perfectly workable state, (reactivated from laid up) certainly enough for a forum cruise, and ready to go south for the rest of the work, so it can begin to look like one of the finger paintings already shared.

Tonnes of questions to come, for sure; but it's honestly not that fun to share, if most of the feedback is criticism.... so i could (take a forum vote?), start a new post to let this one, full of doubt, fade of natrual causes, or possibly move this project over to a facebook page where I can share a bit more freely and also maintain a little more privacy.

(Thanks to everyone who's already friended me on fB, btw - it's nice to meet you and know who you are too)...!

Hmm.. i lost the point of this post...

Anyway, looking forward to seeing some custard soon enough. But really cant understand why it comes to that.

On another topic. For a wooden boat, does this seem realistic in Italy?

€3,840.00 propshaft service
€1,312.00 propshaft seal
€225.00 propshaft cooling bushing
€390.00 through hulls
€390.00 through hulls
€450.00 through hulls
€464.00 through hulls
€450.00 through hulls
€450.00 through hulls
€4,320.00 antifoul
€4,640.00 rudder service
€1,500.00 hual out
€280.00 chocking
€1,200.00 safey paperwork
€19,911.00 total
 
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Capital_R said:
It may well be. The irony would be well placed inside this thread!

Removing myself from the absolute confidence I have that this forum now has a pretty much validated 163' project to follow (Alf has all the same pics I get), I don't see, as an observer, what the point of remaining in denial is.... in terms of energy.

Ari and co, I've ordered a can of dehydrated yellow sugar-fat to go up to Norway. Posted the evidence of the purchase.... amd in the mean time divemaster has literally asked the yard to semd him the same progress reports I get.. and they've then actually done it, which kind of shocks me, actually, but is still impressive from his perspective....

So, either, we've got someone who's got an epic project, that's prepared to over-share if privacy is respected, with possibly comical levels of shortcomings in expertise for such a job, or, we've got something of no interest to the forum. Because we think it's fake or it's just not interesting.

But I dont see the logic of wondering, until proven beyond all imaginable doubt, whether this is happening or not - those who have had access to non public information all seem to come down on the side of 'sh*t the story lines up".

Anyway. Back to my confident self:

We're now in a situation where we've got the boat, got the crew, got it in a perfectly workable state, (reactivated from laid up) certainly enough for a forum cruise, and ready to go south for the rest of the work, so it can begin to look like one of the finger paintings already shared.

Hmm.. i lost the point of this post...

Looking forward to seeing some custard soon enough. But really cant understand why it comes to that.

On another topic. For a wooden boat, does this seem realistic?

€3,840.00 propshaft service
€1,312.00 propshaft seal
€225.00 propshaft cooling bushing
€390.00 through hulls
€390.00 through hulls
€450.00 through hulls
€464.00 through hulls
€450.00 through hulls
€450.00 through hulls
€4,320.00 antifoul
€4,640.00 rudder service
€1,500.00 hual out
€280.00 chocking
€1,200.00 safey paperwork
€19,911.00 total
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Did you decide on a route? I'm hoping you'll end up near my home port (Portsmouth) so I can drop by. Hope you can share AIS info at some point, I had added the ship's previous AIS to my "fleet" on marinetraffic so i could have a chance of seeing if you're passing nearby, but i'm guessing you're going to have a new code now.
 
On another topic. For a wooden boat, does this seem realistic in Italy?

€3,840.00 propshaft service
€1,312.00 propshaft seal
€225.00 propshaft cooling bushing
€390.00 through hulls
€390.00 through hulls
€450.00 through hulls
€464.00 through hulls
€450.00 through hulls
€450.00 through hulls
€4,320.00 antifoul
€4,640.00 rudder service
€1,500.00 hual out
€280.00 chocking
€1,200.00 safey paperwork
€19,911.00 total
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Cheap as chips I would say by boating standards
 
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