Archive for January, 2009
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Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
Terrible quality but it Elvis’s first TV appearance. He was soooo young then.
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CHICAGO EXPRESS
Submitted by Ship of the Day Blog
The Chicago Express (IMO: 9295268, Port of Registry: Hamburg) is 336 metres long, 43 metres wide, has a maximum draught of 14.5 metres, a deadweight tonnage of 104,000 and a teu capacity of 8750. The containership was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Korea in 2006 and is currently owned [...]
BELUGA SKYSAILS
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The Beluga Skysails (IMO: 9399129, Port of Registry: Hamburg, Germany) is quite a remarkable ship with her giant computer-controlled kite of 160 square metres. The kite, designed by the German based Skysails GmbH, should reduce fuel consumption by 20%. This kite is connected to the ship by a rope, [...]
Sailing Photo Of The Day - Sydney-Hobart Pre-start
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c/o of Carlo Borlenghi
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MINERVA ELLIE
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The Minerva Ellie (IMO: 9297321, Port of Registry: Piraeus, Greece) is a 244 metres long, 42 metres wide crude oil tanker with a deadweight tonnage of 103,500 built in 2005 by Samsung Shipyard, Korea. She is capable of transporting 113,316 m3 of crude oil in three segregations. The ship’s [...]
Winter Sailing Clinics for SailTime Members
Submitted by Sail Southern California - Sailing Blog
During the Winter months here at Channel Islands Harbor we offer our SailTime club Members a variety of seamanship and sailing clinics. In the Summer everyone is too busy and the boats go out most days. But in the Winter, the pace is slower and we don’t get [...]
Mystery Photo - Anyone know what this is?
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
This is not a quiz, as I genuinely have no clue what this photo is. I received a batch of great photos from Carlo Borlenghi taken at Acura Key West. This one is a mystery to me. Does anyone have a clue? I will give a shout-out to [...]
Amazing Sailing Photos
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Check out these stunning photos from boston.com. 29 spectacular sailing photos.
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AXEL MAERSK
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Today’s SOTD is the Axel Maersk (IMO:9260419, Port of Registry: Bagenkop, Denmark). This ‘Series S’ container vessel was built in 2003 by Lindo Shipyards, Denmark and can carry a total number of containers of 9000. She is powered by a HDS Sulzer 12RTA96C 76,200 BHP engine. The Axel Maersk [...]
EDITH MAERSK
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The Edith Maersk (IMO: 9321548, Port of Registry: Roskilde, Denmark) is, together with her sisters (amongst which are the ‘Emma Maersk‘ and ‘Eleonora 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 - Maersk [...]
PACIFIC BLADE
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The Pacific Blade (IMO: 9169366, Port of Registry: Singapore) is a Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel with an overall length of 66 metres. The vessel is operated by Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO), which operates across the globe from the Far East and Australasia through India and the Middle East [...]
Vendee Globe Videos
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
Jonny Malbon walks us around Artemis
A gutted Mike Golding after his demasting
Sam on Roxy having fun in the big waves. She sounds like she is having a laugh mucking about in the Solent not facing the Southern Ocean on her own
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Sailing Photo Of The Day - Acura Key West
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
c/o Carlo Borlenghi
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Song For Friday: New Order - Temptation
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
My favorite New Order song. Not sure about the shorts
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Sailing Photo Of The Day - Ice Sailing
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GUNVOR MAERSK
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Although she’s not as large as the new PS-series Maersk vessel (amongst which are the Emma Maersk and Eleonora Maersk) the Gunvor Maersk (IMO: 9302891, Port of Registry: Aalborg, Denmark) is still one of the larger containerships owned by Maersk with its length of 367 meters, width of 43 [...]
MINERAL BELGIUM
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The Mineral Belgium (IMO: 9309021, Port of Registry: Antwerp, Belgium) is a 174,000 deadweight tonnes capesize bulk carrier with a length of 289 metres. The ship is 45 metres wide and has a maximum draught of 18.2 metres. She was built in 2005 by Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding, China and [...]
Sailing Photo Of The Day - Sailing the Gate
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AOKA MIZU
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The Aoka Mizu (IMO: 9190028, Port of Registry: Willemstad, Dutch Antilles is a so-called ‘FPSO’ (floating production and storage offloading system) which are used as floating platforms to gather oil from relatively small oil fields at sea. The Aoka Mizu is 248 meters long, 42 meters wide and has [...]
Sailing Photo For The Inauguration - Sailing With Pride
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Sailing With Pride, originally uploaded by tperry111(Thom).
The day is here.
I find myself getting choked with conflicting emotions. Pride and happiness conflicted by a fear of disappointment. After 8 years of mediocrity we deserve better.
Never in my lifetime has the expectation for one man been so high. The challenges [...]
Gonna Miss Him - Not
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
How can you not miss this c/o David Letterman?
And these, c/o the BBC
The ‘misunderestimated’ president?
All politicians are prone to make slips of the tongue in the heat of the moment - and President George W Bush has made more than most.
The word “Bushism” has been coined to label [...]
EVELYN MAERSK
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The Evelyn Maersk (IMO: 9321512, Port of Registry: Copanhagen, Denmark) is, together with her sisters (amongst which are the ‘Emma Maersk‘ and ‘Eleonora 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 - Maersk [...]
MSC MARIA ELENA
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The MSC Maria Elena (IMO: 9304423, Port of Registry: Panama) was built in 2006 by Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries and is with its teu capacity of 9,200 one of the largest container vessels sailing and the biggest vessel of the Mediterranean Shipping Company. The ship is 336 meters [...]
Getting to the Winter Projects at SailTime Channel Islands
Submitted by Sail Southern California - Sailing Blog
When January rolls around we get busy with “winter” maintenance projects. Even though we sail year around here, the usage in January is lighter than most months. Big jobs like hauling a boat out for hull inspection and a fresh covering of bottom paint don’t impede on Members [...]
Sailing Photo Of The Day - Brest 2004 : “l’Etoile Molene” à Brest
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Brest 2004 : “l’Etoile Molene” à Brest, originally uploaded by waswoutch.
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