Ship spotting

[Captain Canada]

Here's a pic of the Skandi Inspector, the ship that is deploying the ROV for the work we are doing out here in Labrador. Been WOW last 2 days tho....

[Spey_Phantom]

i was on ostend this morning, and noticed a Danish Rescue ship, Esvagt Supporter in the harbour 
i couldnt take a picture, but this the ship 

[Captain Canada]

Nice. Looks like it's got a drone landing pad on the bow ;-)

[Captain Canada]

Back on the rock working.....this is the wreck of the SS Ethie, a sail/ steamship that foundered during the 'worst storm ever' in 1919. All 92 on board survived.




Old ferry or somat at Port au Choix



Cape Norman

[Captain Canada]

The sea was angry that day my friends.....

[NARSES2]

There's something about rough seas. I can sit and watch for hours, they are alive

[Rheged]

There's something about rough seas. I can sit and watch for hours, they are alive

AGREE!!!  But best watched from a seat inside  snug of  the "Arctic Whaler"  or the "Ferryman"  with a pint of "Doom Bar"  or Adnams "Broadside" to hand

[kerick]

I can watch moving water or a fire all day.
And stormy weather, like snow, is best seen while looking through a window.

[NARSES2]

There's something about rough seas. I can sit and watch for hours, they are alive

AGREE!!!  But best watched from a seat inside  snug of  the "Arctic Whaler"  or the "Ferryman"  with a pint of "Doom Bar"  or Adnams "Broadside" to hand

Yup but I have good sea legs so quite enjoy being at sea in fairly rough weather plus you tend to find the bar on ships becomes decidedly less busy once the sea gets a tad rough    Although I've done a lot of cruising around the world the roughest sea I experienced was crossing from Southampton to St Malo. One of the members of our group refused to sail back and her husband had to get them to Paris so they could fly back  Another guy in the group spent the crossing sitting on the loo in his life vest apparently  I slept like a baby, the 8 or so pints helped 

[PR19_Kit]

I used to 'commute' across the North Sea on the Hull - Rotterdam Europort route quite a bit in the 80-s90s and that could get rough at times.

The sailings were always timed overnight so you arrived at 6-7 am, so a good night's sleep was guaranteed if it wasn't THAT rough. On one westbound sailing the ship hit the lock gates at Hull THREE times, it was so rough, and Captain gave it best and we circled around off Spurn Head for 3-4 hrs till it gave up blowing.

I was the ONLY passenger aboard who turned up for breakfast that morning, out of 8-900, and the Head Chef looked at me as if I was barmy. 

[Mossie]

It's not so bad now Kit, the Rotterdam boats are super ferries and use the River terminal, saves half an hour getting through the lock.  The Zeebrugge ferries still use the lock though. 

There was a storm a few years ago where the Pride ofHull didn't dock until till about 5pm.  By the time the wind died down the tide had gone out.

[PR19_Kit]

Yes, I've been on the new, larger ships a few times, but not as regularly as I used to.

Back then my fave ship was the Norland, later to gain fame down in the Falklands. She was the one that battered the lock gates. 

[pyro-manic]

Waverley at Weymouth, back in September:


Waverley by pyro-manic, on Flickr

[Captain Canada]

I'd love to see and /or get on the Waverly !

[Hobbes]

I used a ferry from the Netherlands to the UK on only two occasions; I prefer the drive to Calais plus a short crossing to spending the night in a moving bed.
But I did get to ride on a high-speed ferry when they still ran. Quite astonishing to see such a large ship racing along at 70 km/h.