Archive for October, 2008
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If I haven’t already told you, I frickin’ love Radiohead. This is one of my favorites from In Rainbows, Reckoner with animation by a winner of their Aniboom contest.
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XIN HONG KONG
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The Xin Hong Kong (IMO: 9314222, Port of Registry: Hong Kong) is one of the largest containervessels currently sailing with her length of 336.7 metres, width of 45.6 metres and a maximum draught of 15 metres. She can carry a [...]
Sailing Photo of The Day - Les Voiles de St Tropez Part Deux
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Sailing Photo of The Day - Les Voiles de St Tropez
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Magnifique!
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COSCO GUANGZHOU
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Today’s Ship of the Day is the Cosco Guangzhou (IMO: 9305570, Port of Registry: Piraeus, Greece) which was one of the largest container vessels in gross tonnage about two years ago, together with her sisters: Cosco Hellas, Cosco Ningbo, Cosco [...]
Kazimah III
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The Kazimah III (IMO: 9329693, Port of Registry: Safat, Kuwait) is a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) with a length of 333 metres, width of 60 metres, draught of 22 metres and a deadweight tonnage of 317,000. She was the first tanker of this type within the fleet renewal [...]
Sailing Photo of The Day - Les Voiles de St Tropez
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Magnifique!
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Sailing Photo of The Day - Wooden Ships in Port Townsend, Washington
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Thanks to Dan Bessmer for this one, taken at a Wooden Ships Festival in Port Townsend, Washington. Captures the Northwest where Dan hails from.
Dan finishes his email with a great quote:
“Greatness is not in where we stand, but in the direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes [...]
Oban B
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Today we have the semi-submersible drilling rig Oban B (Port of Registry: Nassau, Bahama’s) entering the port of Rotterdam. The Oban B was built at Sevmash Shipyard this year and will be outfitted at Keppel Verolme Shipyard, Rotterdam. The rig is capable of operating in water depths of up [...]
Theodora
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The Theodora (IMO: 9005338, Port of Registry: Rotterdam) is a bitumen tanker, operated by Theodora Shipping, The Netherlands which operates the most modern and sophisticated fleet of high-heat tankers with cargo capacities ranging from 3.600 to 8.000 tdw and services customers throughout Europe, Mediterranean, Black Sea, West Africa and [...]
Song For Friday: Billy Joel - The Downeaster Alexa
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You have to click this link to see the video. Because of some stupid copyright issue, it’s not embeddable.
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EASTERN BAY
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The Eastern Bay (IMO: 9143752, Port of Registry: Monrovia, Liberia) is a refrigerated cargo ship of 143 meters long, 22 meters wide and a deadweight tonnage of 9,638. The vessel was built in 1997 at Kitanihon Shipbuilding, Japan and is currently operated by Triton Schiffahrts GmbH, Germany and owned [...]
SailingPhoto Of The Day - Racing sloop Vencedor
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Racing sloop Vencedor, originally uploaded by amphalon.
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COSCO BEIJING
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The Cosco Beijing (IMO: 9308508, Port of Registry: Piraeus) is still one of the largest container vessels measuring in gross tonnage nowadays, together with her sisters: Cosco Hellas, Cosco Ningbo, Cosco Yantian and Cosco Guangzhou. However since the launch in 2006 and 2007 of Maersk PS-class vessels (amongst [...]
Mike Golding on Gipsy Moth IV
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One of the world’s greatest sailors on the of the most famous boats. People in Britain go misty-eyed talking about Gipsy Moth IV but from what I could tell from Sir Francis Chichester’s account of his solo circumnavigation, she was a bit of a nightmare - very tippy [...]
TOISA PEGASUS
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Source: Merwede Shipyard
Today we have the offshore support vessel Toisa Pegasus (IMO: 9392509, Port of Registry: London) featuring as the Ship of the Day. The Toisa Pegasus was built this year at Merwede Shipyard, The Netherlands and is especially designed for diving operations as well as subsea construction, installation [...]
EUGEN MAERSK
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The Eugen Maersk (IMO: 9321550, Port of Registry: Randers, Denmark) is, together with her sisters (amongst others) ‘Emma Maersk‘, ‘Estelle Maersk‘, ‘Evelyn Maersk‘ and ‘Ebba Maersk‘, the largest containership ever with a total teu capacity 11,000 teu (of which 1,000 forty foot reefer containers) according to the A.P. Moller [...]
Haul-out Day at Raritan Yacht Club
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Saturday was our annual haul-out day. For those of you on the West Coast or Florida that means we take the boats out of the water and store them till April or May. This sucks on so many dimensions. Firstly, it marks the end of sailing for six [...]
COSCO CHINA
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Today’s Ship of the Day is the Cosco China (IMO: 9305465, Port of Registry: Monrovia, Liberia), which is a container vessel of 335 meters long, 43 meters wide, and a teu capacity of 8,200. These dimensions give the vessel a deadweight tonnage of 100,800. She is currently sailing [...]
Song For Friday: Warren Zevon - Mutineer
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c/o of Michael Alex.
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BERGE STAHL
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The Berge Stahl seen moored at Ponta da Madeira, Brasil.
Today’s SOTD is the Berge Stahl (IMO:8420804, Port of registry: Stavanger, Norway) which is the largest bulk carrier currently sailing with her deadweight of 364,767 tons. The vessel is owned by Bergesen Worldwide Shipping, was built in 1992 by Hyundai [...]
ALEXANDRA
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Today we have a ‘golden oldie’ as the SOTD. It is the, in 1963 built, tug Alexandra (IMO: 5418630, flag: United Kingdom). The Alexandra is with its gross tonnage of 164 only small amongst all the large ships on this page, but since it’s 43 years old, it is [...]
Sailng Photo of The Day - September Sail One
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September Sail One, originally uploaded by Walkabout Wolf.
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Sailing Photo Of The Day - IACC yacht
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IACC yacht, originally uploaded by tomzinnphoto.
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Sailing Photo Of The Day - Pendennis
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Posted by Adam Turinas on October 13, 2008 at 05:58 AM in Sailing Photos | Permalink |
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