Boats

Diaphone Jim · 11-01-2019, 05:57 PM

When I first saw photos of these auto barges, I thought of The Golden Ray which half-capsized some months back and has disappeared from the news if you don't live in coastal Georgia.
It carried thousands of vehicles and the plan to right the ship has been abandoned.
What will happen is probably similar to the dismantling of the Tricolor in the English Channel five years ago. It was an auto carrier of about the same size, also tipped halfway over on its port side in just a little bit deeper water.

If you have a spare half-hour or so, this video is a simply astounding account of the operation. Saws and pulleys, imagination and guts!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ENOJBLVgjw

xoxoxoBruce · 11-02-2019, 03:24 AM

That was amazing, the pictures of the cut section showed all those cars cross sectioned at different points of the cars.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-07-2020, 12:37 AM

Wearing out one hull at a time...

xoxoxoBruce · 02-16-2020, 11:26 AM

Boats for most people are toys unlike pro fishermen and such.
Since they are usually Dad's toy many of the names a basically Dad Jokes.
Over 5000 yachts registered under “Carpe Diem,” sometimes translated as Seas the Day.

sexobon · 02-16-2020, 11:58 AM

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Larry Ellison spent $10 million on this boat...

I think he stole the design from the Klingons:

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11-02-2019, 03:24 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That was amazing, the pictures of the cut section showed all those cars cross sectioned at different points of the cars. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-07-2020, 12:37 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wearing out one hull at a time... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-16-2020, 11:26 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Boats for most people are toys unlike pro fishermen and such. Since they are usually Dad's toy many of the names a basically Dad Jokes. Over 5000 yachts registered under “Carpe Diem,” sometimes translated as Seas the Day. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-01-2019, 05:57 PM	#1
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	When I first saw photos of these auto barges, I thought of The Golden Ray which half-capsized some months back and has disappeared from the news if you don't live in coastal Georgia. It carried thousands of vehicles and the plan to right the ship has been abandoned. What will happen is probably similar to the dismantling of the Tricolor in the English Channel five years ago. It was an auto carrier of about the same size, also tipped halfway over on its port side in just a little bit deeper water. If you have a spare half-hour or so, this video is a simply astounding account of the operation. Saws and pulleys, imagination and guts! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ENOJBLVgjw

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