some stunning pics of the car transporter in the solent ..

[CRB]

WOT NO ANTIROLL SANDBAR

 

[daleyd]

WOT NO ANTIROLL BAR

Yes, but it's just the crew all running to the inside when the skipper shouts!!

 

[daleyd]

That must have been some hangover-but then when Jack is on the P in Pompey...............................................

It was my reunion 22 years to the day of joining - I was a teensy bit worse for wear the next day!!

 

[normspanners]

Yes, but it's just the crew all running to the inside when the skipper shouts!!

HAHA that reminds me years ago pulling into a tiny greek island, going to rally cyprus , early in morning and the ship (not one of the newest BAM) had to dock itself, so there was this crew member winding down these massive set of steps with 3 x men stood at the bottom of them, easy going down !! BUT the steps were getting closer and closer to one of the big bollards the ropes go round, on the dock side , the steps needed to go back up to miss it, the captain (well he looked like one any way) was stood screaming at this guy to now wind up !! faster and faster, the windy handle was at least a two man jobby but instead of helping he just stood and shouted LOUDER and LOUDER, we where stood right by them watching and felt sorry for the guy, so my mate and I jumped to and helped wind the thing up well it missed but only just apparently and sort of clipped over the top of the bollard, any way we finished helping the guy who turned and said "AFERISTO" I turned to the captain guy as we walk away and said Ma'lakas.

 

[daleyd]

we walk away and said Ma'lakas.

Love the Wikipedia description!!

 

[colnerov]

"if you look to the starboard side you can see.....don't all look at once

 

[the snooper]

Yeah said it was 1400 jaguars

 

[Robotstar5]

Local news said 1200 JLR cars, 100 JCB products, don't know what the rest were.

If the JLR cars were damaged it means even more overtime for us as if we didn't have enough already to keep up with demand.

 

[Monkey Harris]

its apparently refloated on the high tide

 

[brightspark]

1400 landies stuck! No surprise there

well at least they didnt get wet with saltwater they rust fast enough as it is

 

[daleyd]

well at least they didnt get wet with saltwater they rust fast enough as it is

That's probably why it's refloated - they've rusted away making it lighter!!

 

[the snooper]

from the news

Engineers attempting to salvage the grounded vessel believe an excavator shifted, knocking a hole in the hull causing it to list

 

[dunk]

do you think they should rename her, ilean

 

[dannyp]

 

[daleyd]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-30768102

Sounds like this things jinxed -a tug that was part of the rescue effort has crashed into it now!

 

[octo0072000]

by all accounts it was re-floated towed 2 miles and beached again so they can pump out some 3000 tons of water
and the JCBS are leaking hydraulic oil already

 

[the snooper]

by all accounts it was re-floated towed 2 miles and beached again so they can pump out some 3000 tons of water
and the JCBS are leaking hydraulic oil already

they was lucky the tide came in and it simply floated unassisted

 

[brightspark]

svitzer salvage had a series done on telly a year ago, was well worth watching. they went all over the world doing recovery

 

[octo0072000]

very lucky they have been pumping it out now being held by two tugs it seems cant see that holding it in bad winds

 

[the snooper]

svitzer salvage had a series done on telly a year ago, was well worth watching. they went all over the world doing recovery

seem to remember watching something like that