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PJDavis
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A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's!
« on: Jan 17th, 2012, 11:31am » |
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We have a house on the Southside of Malta, and are there regularly. There is also other regular visitors to The Grand Harbour in Valletta, the Gal is pictured texting! A quick pic for those that haven't seen the famous Ship Upright! I hope this doesn't offend anyone, it's not my intention.
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Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's!
« Reply #1 on: Jan 17th, 2012, 1:18pm » |
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Standing alongside a ship of that size really does put things into perspective doesn't it, I stood at the side of the QEII some years ago when it was docked in Southampton, needless to say I was gob-smacked.
The biggest ships I have ever been on are the IOM Ferry 'Lady of Mann' during the mid to late 70's and more recently the Ben-my-Chree and the 'Sea Cat' aka as the vomit comet by the locals.
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Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's!
« Reply #2 on: Jan 17th, 2012, 7:58pm » |
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I think this accident brings into question the basic issue of design safety of these vessels - it was fortunate that it happened in shallow water and the loss of life appears to be very low. If this has been in deep water and the ship had hit an iceberg I can't help thinking we would be looking at something a lot worse than the Titanic disaster 
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Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's!
« Reply #3 on: Jan 17th, 2012, 8:30pm » |
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They are very obviously too bloody tall with insufficient draught  it all comes down to the old pecuniar !
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« Reply #4 on: Jan 19th, 2012, 1:31am » |
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It's like a big floating hotel ~ what would happen to a big hotel on land in an earthquake, for example? Much the same I imagine
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Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's!
« Reply #5 on: Jan 19th, 2012, 9:44am » |
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Yea its a big ship, but no means the biggest, even by cruise ship standards
Biggest ive seen was one of the cargo ships out in the channel, the shipping containers looked like lego blocks
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Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's!
« Reply #6 on: Jan 20th, 2012, 4:44am » |
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on Jan 17th, 2012, 8:30pm, gozz wrote:They are very obviously too bloody tall with insufficient draught it all comes down to the old pecuniar !
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They have a very low centre of gravity....in the bottom are engines, machinery, water/fuel tanks & a very thick hull to weigh the boat down, a bit like a Double Decker bus 
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Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's!
« Reply #7 on: Jan 20th, 2012, 7:58am » |
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Quote:| a bit like a Double Decker bus Wink |
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The Boat is Nothing like a bus, it hasn't got wheels for a start! 
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Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's!
« Reply #8 on: Jan 22nd, 2012, 1:57am » |
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on Jan 20th, 2012, 7:58am, Snoopy wrote:
The Boat is Nothing like a bus, it hasn't got wheels for a start! |
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For anyone that is wondering......I meant that it's a bit like a double decker bus, in that it's centre of gravity is very low down & it's difficult to roll. But y'all knew that anyway.....right ?
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Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's!
« Reply #9 on: Jan 22nd, 2012, 4:06pm » |
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on Jan 22nd, 2012, 1:57am, Jonnycab wrote:
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For anyone that is wondering......I meant that it's a bit like a double decker bus, in that it's centre of gravity is very low down & it's difficult to roll. But y'all knew that anyway.....right ? |
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Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's!
« Reply #10 on: Jan 23rd, 2012, 1:30pm » |
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Lol .......not impossible to roll though
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« Reply #11 on: Jan 23rd, 2012, 11:20pm » |
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Re: A Couple of 'Upright' Photo's!
« Reply #12 on: Feb 26th, 2012, 2:55pm » |
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I hope that isn't Andrews Bus!!
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