Wasn't like this in my day!
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sierraone44
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Re: Wasn\'t like this in my day!
I'll have a guess...Harrisons of Liverpool?
Alright ... Smiths of Cardiff?
o.k give up.. who owns that block of flats? /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
I'll have a guess...Harrisons of Liverpool?
Alright ... Smiths of Cardiff?
o.k give up.. who owns that block of flats? /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
BrendanS
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Re: Wasn\'t like this in my day!
Can someone tell me how the stability of these things work. With all that weight up top, and a decent breeze, why don't they capsize. It can't be iceberg principle, or draft would be too great, and even with lots of weight down low as possible, that's still a huge weight and windage to have so high?
Can someone tell me how the stability of these things work. With all that weight up top, and a decent breeze, why don't they capsize. It can't be iceberg principle, or draft would be too great, and even with lots of weight down low as possible, that's still a huge weight and windage to have so high?
Sixpence
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Block of flats ? , tis a bleedin sky scratcher /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Block of flats ? , tis a bleedin sky scratcher /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
philip_stevens
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Looks like an Aussie to Mid-East sheep carrier!
Looks like an Aussie to Mid-East sheep carrier!
landaftaf
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you have hit the nail on the head already, weight below is adaquate to compensate for the top weight plus windage. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
you have hit the nail on the head already, weight below is adaquate to compensate for the top weight plus windage. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
tome
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Jeez 9 decks above weather, 3 below and then the machinery and tankage. Bet a run round the monkey island isn't for the feint hearted. Just read there are 15 passenger decks, not sure they're all stacked though
Saw QM2 Bergen and she made the dockside cranes look tiny
Wow, not sure I'd want to sail on her all the same. Anyone counted the mooring lines?
Jeez 9 decks above weather, 3 below and then the machinery and tankage. Bet a run round the monkey island isn't for the feint hearted. Just read there are 15 passenger decks, not sure they're all stacked though
Saw QM2 Bergen and she made the dockside cranes look tiny
Wow, not sure I'd want to sail on her all the same. Anyone counted the mooring lines?
philip_stevens
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Re: Wasn\'t like this in my day!
Deck plans
Ship facts
and yes, they are all stacked 2 to 15, but you get free breathing apparatus for decks above 10.
Deck plans
Ship facts
and yes, they are all stacked 2 to 15, but you get free breathing apparatus for decks above 10.
tugboat
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Looks like an Aussie to Mid-East sheep carrier!
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Nah - it's taking them to the Caribbean!
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Looks like an Aussie to Mid-East sheep carrier!
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Nah - it's taking them to the Caribbean!
sierraone44
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Re: Wasn\'t like this in my day!
Jedda or Kingston they're still gonna get 'fleeced' !!!
Bet prices ashore shoot up 200% as soon as she gets alongside /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Jedda or Kingston they're still gonna get 'fleeced' !!!
Bet prices ashore shoot up 200% as soon as she gets alongside /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Alastairdent
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She drafts 28ft - diddly squat considering the air draft.
Do ships like this use extendable stabilizers? Someone told me that some of the ro-ro ferries have these.
She drafts 28ft - diddly squat considering the air draft.
Do ships like this use extendable stabilizers? Someone told me that some of the ro-ro ferries have these.
Dyflin
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petehoehill
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I did the mini cruise on Pride of Rotterdam,a definite mini compared to this, but suppossedly one of the biggest ferries.
On the way back we where into a NW 7/8 we ate in the A la Carte restuarant, long stem wine glasses stacked everywhere, nothing lashed down. incredible, apart from a couple of thumps, (she must have pounded) nothing felt, and she was doing around 18 knots into it, as no delay getting back.
She has computerised stabilisers, I would hate to see the mess if they went down.
I did the mini cruise on Pride of Rotterdam,a definite mini compared to this, but suppossedly one of the biggest ferries.
On the way back we where into a NW 7/8 we ate in the A la Carte restuarant, long stem wine glasses stacked everywhere, nothing lashed down. incredible, apart from a couple of thumps, (she must have pounded) nothing felt, and she was doing around 18 knots into it, as no delay getting back.
She has computerised stabilisers, I would hate to see the mess if they went down.
