The Ship Enthusiast thread

[Salty seadog]

Oh, Jetfoils! Those are real fun Lots of Dover / Ramsgate - Oostende crossings on those, mainly the Stephanie, sometimes the Clementine. The engineering principles are cool too.

Trouble being that just like the cats and the hovercraft you couldn't hear the person next to you shout. Especially the hovers.

 

[Reynard]

Calmer waters?

Different geography more like, as the North Sea can throw some fair temper tantrums.

If the weather was good, they'd head straight to Oostende. If the weather was not so good, they'd sprint across the channel at its narrowest point and then continue on along the coast. If the weather was really bad, they didn't run, but there were always foot passenger spaces on the ferry.

 

[Reynard]

Trouble being that just like the cats and the hovercraft you couldn't hear the person next to you shout. Especially the hovers.

Inside, the jetfoils and seacats weren't too bad inside the passenger cabins - much the same as aircraft really. The hovercraft were just noisy full stop. But they sure were an exhilarating ride.

 

[Salty seadog]

Inside, the jetfoils and seacats weren't too bad inside the passenger cabins - much the same as aircraft really. The hovercraft were just noisy full stop. But they sure were an exhilarating ride.

Not just noisy but you couldn't see out of the windows because of the spray. Still, only a 35 minute crossing which was the obvious draw..

 

[Piemaster]

Cripes, she's mahoooooosive!!! That's twice the size of the Filp...

I first read that as Flip, which is something completely different (linky)

 

[Reynard]

I first read that as Flip, which is something completely different (linky)

Now that really *IS* a bizarre piece of kit...

Should have been FILIP btw - my excuse was it was getting late last night and the connection between brain and fingers had called it a day

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Anyone following HMS Queen Elizabeth as she sets off for sea trials? I thought she was sailing on the low tide this morning so I was on the Road Bridge waiting but she never moved. Then the bridge was cleared by the police and the footway and cycle path closed. Low tide is at 11.26 tonight so I expect she'll be going under the bridges then.

http://www.cruisin.me/cruise-port-tracker/europe/edinburgh-(rosyth)-scotland.php

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Anyone following HMS Queen Elizabeth as she sets off for sea trials? I thought she was sailing on the low tide this morning so I was on the Road Bridge waiting but she never moved. Then the bridge was cleared by the police and the footway and cycle path closed. Low tide is at 11.26 tonight so I expect she'll be going under the bridges then.

http://www.cruisin.me/cruise-port-tracker/europe/edinburgh-(rosyth)-scotland.php

Yes I diverted through South Queensferry on my way home. Easy on the bike but motor traffic was backed up for miles around. I posted my pics here -
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/my-picture-of-the-day-wheres-yours.117414/page-422

There's loads of far better pics from proper photographers on Twitter #QNLZatsea, including this one

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Here she is with her accompanying pilot's accommodation vessel -

 

[snorri]

Here she is with her accompanying pilot's accommodation vessel

Yes indeed.
After the big build up the QE has rather failed to impress locally, hidden as it is behind a shed at the Supply Base.

 

[gbb]

A painting from my late dad...oooh, maybe 30 years ago.

 

[Profpointy]

How's about this one I saw last week on my holidays:

 

[snorri]

How's about this one I saw last week on my holidays:

Looks like the one that passed my window yesterday morning close enough to see the rows of aircraft on the deck, or was that my imagination?
The crew are having a bit of shore leave just now.

 

[Profpointy]

Looks like the one that passed my window yesterday morning close enough to see the rows of aircraft on the deck, or was that my imagination?
The crew are having a bit of shore leave just now.

There was supposed to be the first deck landing on her, 100 years to the day after the first ever aeroplane landing on a moving ship by a certain Sqaudron Commander Edwin Dunning. Sadly Dunning was killed a few days later when his Sopwith overshot and by the time they'd fished him out he had drowned.

The intended centenery landing didn't happen and they made do with a flypast. Bloody big ship though