Archive for August, 2009
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Submitted by Ship of the Day Blog
Today’s SOTD is the Arthur Maersk (IMO:9260445, Port of Registry: Ronne, Denmark). This ‘Series S’ container vessel was built in 2003 by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Korea and can carry a total number of containers of 9,000. The ship is 352 meters long, 43 meters wide, has a deadweight tonnage [...]
Song For Friday: Colin Hay - Waiting For My Life To Begin
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
Not sure about the video but great song. I think he’s even better on his own than in Men At Work.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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COSCO HELLAS
Submitted by Ship of the Day Blog
The Cosco Hellas(IMO: 9308510, Port of Registry: Piraeus) is one of the larger container vessels nowadays, together with her sisters: Cosco Beijing, Cosco Ningbo, Cosco Yantian and Cosco Guangzhou. The vessel is 350 metres long, almost 43 metres wide, has a deadweight tonnage of 107,000 and a teu capacity [...]
What was I thinking?
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
I had an idea for a group writing project. The topic is moments of blind stupidity while sailing which left you saying to yourself “What was I thinking?”.
Mine goes back about 5 years or so ago when I was back in the UK. We chartered a Sunfast40 (great [...]
BW FJORD
Submitted by Ship of the Day Blog
The BW Fjord (IMO: 8314471, Port of Registry: Panama) is an ore carrier built in 1987 by Ishikawajima do Brazil Estaleiros, Brasil as the Docefjord. She was renamed in 2000 to Berge Fjord and is named BW Fjord since 2007. The vessel is 332 metres long, 57 metres wide, [...]
Sailing Photo Of The Day - Gig Harbor Morning
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
Gig Harbor Morning, originally uploaded by 1bluecanoe.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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505’s, camping and finally my divemaster
Submitted by Racing Yacht Management Blog
I had a busy week last week with the 505 North Americans happening at StFYC. I did a few overnight repairs - relaminate a rudder, fix cracked bulkheads, build a new mast! etc. The fun continues next week as it is the Worlds at the same venue.
On thursday night [...]
Welcome New Members!
Submitted by Sail Southern California - Sailing Blog
Welcome aboard to new Members, Ken and Cathy Beyer. By a stroke of luck, a visit to Greece last year included some sailing, which of course led them to decide to take up the sport seriously. It’s clear, this couple follows through on decisions.
I caught this shot of [...]
AUDI MED CUP Portimao Portugal TP52 and GP42
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
Photos c/o of Carlo Borlenghi
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Sailing Photo Of The Day - Cowes Week 2009
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
Cowes Week 2009, originally uploaded by leightonian.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Sailing Photo Of The Day - ICAP Leopard
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
ICAP Leopard, originally uploaded by Stephen Jarman.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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GIANT 3
Submitted by Ship of the Day Blog
The Giant 3 (IMO: 7706029, Port of Registry: Rotterdam) is a 140 meters long, 36 meters wide semisubmersible ocean-going transportation barge owned by Smit Transport and Heavy Lift, Rotterdam. She has a deck area of 4,320 sq.m., has a maximum deck load of 15 tonnes per sq.m. and a [...]
Song For Friday: Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin and a Bonus
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
It was inevitable that this would find it’s way to Song For Friday. The Mighty Peconic Puffin indirectly prompted this by recommending the jewel below Stairway. It’s gollllld!!!!! Thanks Puffy.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Song For Friday: Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin and a Bonus
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
It was inevitable that this would find it’s way to Song For Friday. The Mighty Peconic Puffin indirectly prompted this by recommending the jewel below Stairway. It’s gollllld!!!!! Thanks Puffy.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Sexy New Hunter 39 Sloop Makes Debut
Submitted by Sail Southern California - Sailing Blog
The latest Glenn Henderson designed Hunter sailboat just looks swift and sexy to me! The all new Hunter 39 replaces the 38. I always thought the 38 was just too close to the 36 model and the jump from 36 to 41 too far. So now, the largest [...]
DENA
Submitted by Ship of the Day Blog
Today’s Ship of the Day is the Very Large Crude Carrier Dena(IMO: 9218480, Port of registry: Valletta, Malta). The Dena is 333 metres long, 58 metres wide and has a draught of over 22 metres. These dimensions give the vessel a deadweight tonnage of almost 300,000. The vessel was [...]
Sailing Photo Of The Day - Veteran Boat Rally
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
Veteran Boat Rally, originally uploaded by Alisem Lechamp.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Whale beaches itself near Raritan Yacht Club
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
The kids in the summer sailing camp at Raritan Yacht Club must have had the shock of a lifetime when a black fin appeared in the moored fleet close to the club. As it turned out it was a whale that had sadly repeatedly tried to beach [...]
Caption Competition
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
IMG_0564, originally uploaded by chrisgandy2001.
Messing About T-Shirt to the winner
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Alinghi’s Cat Explained
Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
On the ride home last night, I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, Stuart Streuli’s Sailingworld podcast. This week, Stuart was interviewing, Pete Melvin, one of the engineers behind, Alinghi’s America’s Cup Catamaran.
The engineering challenges in building a multihull of that size are mind-blowing. I had [...]
Shipwrecks in the Santa Barbara Channel
Submitted by Bookride Blog
Our stretch of the Pacific happens to have a lot of wrecks in it. Historically, it was a tough place to navigate especially when there was not much in the way of navigation tools during fog and storms. Thanks to Lisa Collier at Custom Embroidery
for alerting me to a great interactive page [...]
HAWK
Submitted by Ship of the Day Blog
Today’s Ship of the Day is the heavy lift, semi-submersible vessel Hawk (IMO: 8616556, Port of registry: Oslo, Norway). The Hawk was built in 1988 by Brodogradiliste Brodosplit Shipbuilding, former Yugoslavia as the tanker Jahre Transporter. She was converted into her current form in 2008. The vessel is 225 [...]
WATERMAN N
Submitted by Ship of the Day Blog
The Waterman N (IMO: 8404147, port of registry: Panama) is a bulk carrier with a deadweight tonnage of almost 260,000 tons and a maximum draught of almost 20 meters. The vessel is 328 meters long, 54 meters wide and was built in 1985 as the Hyundai Giant at Hyundai [...]
Welcome Home Jim and Heather !
Submitted by Sail Southern California - Sailing Blog
My friends Jim and Heather have returned to Ventura County on their big beautiful Ocean Cat. They left to find fame, fortune and a different way of life in the La Paz area before the bottom fell out of every last thing a year ago. When things didnt [...]
Sailing Elliott 6m
Submitted by Racing Yacht Management Blog
I got back from Sheboygan yesterday where I took part in the US Olympic Match Racing Team training session on the new Elliott 6m. This was the first time these boats have been launched in the US the first 8 out of the factory are in Europe. The boats [...]
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