Re: Mini-tankers,perhaps?
Just imagine come steaming in to the yacht club - in one of those -
just when happy hour was starting to wind down and many of the
skippers were starting to get a little bleary eyed. How many sets of
big binocs whould be trying to focus from the floating gin palaces?
Wonder if they ever show up for sale on the used frieghter lots?;-))
Nels
just when happy hour was starting to wind down and many of the
skippers were starting to get a little bleary eyed. How many sets of
big binocs whould be trying to focus from the floating gin palaces?
Wonder if they ever show up for sale on the used frieghter lots?;-))
Nels
--- In bolger@y..., "Paul Lefebvre" <paul@w...> wrote:
> Hey, I remember that too! I think it might have been in National
Geographic,
> after the Valdez spill.... great image though!
>
> Paul Lefebvre
>
> > From: ymaapub [mailto:tcomrie@y...]
> > I remember reading an article from the 1970's about supertankers
> > There was an amusing picture of these guys riding around with
> > their heads sticking up out of the cockpit rather like the
battleship
> > model over on www.duckworksmagazine.com.
> >
Hey, I remember that too! I think it might have been in National Geographic,
after the Valdez spill.... great image though!
Paul Lefebvre
after the Valdez spill.... great image though!
Paul Lefebvre
> From: ymaapub [mailto:tcomrie@...]
> I remember reading an article from the 1970's about supertankers
> There was an amusing picture of these guys riding around with
> their heads sticking up out of the cockpit rather like the battleship
> model over on www.duckworksmagazine.com.
>
They're still in business, as are one or two similar operations in the
States. Makes a world of sense to ding up the models instead of the
real liabilities. I'd rather fly with a pilot who's worn out the
simulator, myself....
David Romasco
-----Original Message-----
From: ymaapub [mailto:tcomrie@...]
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 1:01 PM
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [bolger] Re: Mini-tankers,perhaps?
I remember reading an article from the 1970's about supertankers (this I
remember, yet I forget where I left my car keys). There was
a training school at a lake in Switzerland (although that sounds
unlikely) for training supertanker pilots. They had scale model
tankers maybe 18 feet long loaded up with several tons of cement ballast
and not much more than a trolling motor to make it go.
There was an amusing picture of these guys riding around with their
heads sticking up out of the cockpit rather like the battleship
model over on www.duckworksmagazine.com.
Tim C
States. Makes a world of sense to ding up the models instead of the
real liabilities. I'd rather fly with a pilot who's worn out the
simulator, myself....
David Romasco
-----Original Message-----
From: ymaapub [mailto:tcomrie@...]
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 1:01 PM
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [bolger] Re: Mini-tankers,perhaps?
I remember reading an article from the 1970's about supertankers (this I
remember, yet I forget where I left my car keys). There was
a training school at a lake in Switzerland (although that sounds
unlikely) for training supertanker pilots. They had scale model
tankers maybe 18 feet long loaded up with several tons of cement ballast
and not much more than a trolling motor to make it go.
There was an amusing picture of these guys riding around with their
heads sticking up out of the cockpit rather like the battleship
model over on www.duckworksmagazine.com.
Tim C
--- In bolger@y..., "ellengaestboatbuildingcom" <ellengaest@b...> wrote:
>
> Lets face it,we all know how important it is to maintain health
> especially through the process of hydration! Out on the sunny sunny
> water,mother sun can suck the vital juices right out of ya,without
> you even becoming aware of it.
> Sooooo,never mind freighters,go for tankers! The aft castle could
> serve for the helm station,head and galley. The long deck,a
> wonderfull patio,with realistic pipes strategicaly placed and plumbed
> into various kegs bellow deck. The forcastle,a snug little cuddy for
> crashing at the end of a busy day of "off-loading the cargo"
> Kegs might even serve as a crude form of ballast or bouyancy tanks
> (depending on number of crew).
> Most breweries make their stuff available in nifty little aluminum
> kegs.......you might even get them to subsidize part of the costs by
> either flying their house flag or having their name/logo tastefully
> painter on the side....
>
> Sincerely,
> Peter Lenihan,with images of the S/V SLEEMANS PALE ALE anchored off a
> busy beach waiting for"lighters" to come by,from the shores of the
> sunny St.Lawrence...........
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Oh yeah, That reminds me of the mini assualt ships, LST, etc that the
US Navy uses to train for amphibiuos operations in a school at Little
Creek, VA, near Norfolk. I saw them in a National Geographic article
on the area. They'd be about 20-30 feet, two trainees and an
instructor in the cockpit, but the mini-ship had the same hull shape
and side profile as their full size couzins.
Bruce
www.brucesboats.com
US Navy uses to train for amphibiuos operations in a school at Little
Creek, VA, near Norfolk. I saw them in a National Geographic article
on the area. They'd be about 20-30 feet, two trainees and an
instructor in the cockpit, but the mini-ship had the same hull shape
and side profile as their full size couzins.
Bruce
www.brucesboats.com
I remember reading an article from the 1970's about supertankers (this I remember, yet I forget where I left my car keys). There was
a training school at a lake in Switzerland (although that sounds unlikely) for training supertanker pilots. They had scale model
tankers maybe 18 feet long loaded up with several tons of cement ballast and not much more than a trolling motor to make it go.
There was an amusing picture of these guys riding around with their heads sticking up out of the cockpit rather like the battleship
model over on www.duckworksmagazine.com.
Tim C
a training school at a lake in Switzerland (although that sounds unlikely) for training supertanker pilots. They had scale model
tankers maybe 18 feet long loaded up with several tons of cement ballast and not much more than a trolling motor to make it go.
There was an amusing picture of these guys riding around with their heads sticking up out of the cockpit rather like the battleship
model over on www.duckworksmagazine.com.
Tim C
--- In bolger@y..., "ellengaestboatbuildingcom" <ellengaest@b...> wrote:
>
> Lets face it,we all know how important it is to maintain health
> especially through the process of hydration! Out on the sunny sunny
> water,mother sun can suck the vital juices right out of ya,without
> you even becoming aware of it.
> Sooooo,never mind freighters,go for tankers! The aft castle could
> serve for the helm station,head and galley. The long deck,a
> wonderfull patio,with realistic pipes strategicaly placed and plumbed
> into various kegs bellow deck. The forcastle,a snug little cuddy for
> crashing at the end of a busy day of "off-loading the cargo"
> Kegs might even serve as a crude form of ballast or bouyancy tanks
> (depending on number of crew).
> Most breweries make their stuff available in nifty little aluminum
> kegs.......you might even get them to subsidize part of the costs by
> either flying their house flag or having their name/logo tastefully
> painter on the side....
>
> Sincerely,
> Peter Lenihan,with images of the S/V SLEEMANS PALE ALE anchored off a
> busy beach waiting for"lighters" to come by,from the shores of the
> sunny St.Lawrence...........
Lets face it,we all know how important it is to maintain health
especially through the process of hydration! Out on the sunny sunny
water,mother sun can suck the vital juices right out of ya,without
you even becoming aware of it.
Sooooo,never mind freighters,go for tankers! The aft castle could
serve for the helm station,head and galley. The long deck,a
wonderfull patio,with realistic pipes strategicaly placed and plumbed
into various kegs bellow deck. The forcastle,a snug little cuddy for
crashing at the end of a busy day of "off-loading the cargo"
Kegs might even serve as a crude form of ballast or bouyancy tanks
(depending on number of crew).
Most breweries make their stuff available in nifty little aluminum
kegs.......you might even get them to subsidize part of the costs by
either flying their house flag or having their name/logo tastefully
painter on the side....
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan,with images of the S/V SLEEMANS PALE ALE anchored off a
busy beach waiting for"lighters" to come by,from the shores of the
sunny St.Lawrence...........
especially through the process of hydration! Out on the sunny sunny
water,mother sun can suck the vital juices right out of ya,without
you even becoming aware of it.
Sooooo,never mind freighters,go for tankers! The aft castle could
serve for the helm station,head and galley. The long deck,a
wonderfull patio,with realistic pipes strategicaly placed and plumbed
into various kegs bellow deck. The forcastle,a snug little cuddy for
crashing at the end of a busy day of "off-loading the cargo"
Kegs might even serve as a crude form of ballast or bouyancy tanks
(depending on number of crew).
Most breweries make their stuff available in nifty little aluminum
kegs.......you might even get them to subsidize part of the costs by
either flying their house flag or having their name/logo tastefully
painter on the side....
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan,with images of the S/V SLEEMANS PALE ALE anchored off a
busy beach waiting for"lighters" to come by,from the shores of the
sunny St.Lawrence...........