S-Westerly Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 You know when you sometimes see a photo and think WTF? Usually just stand alone and not in context with any thing? Then when you get more background it turns out to be not what you thought at all. Here's a couple of out of context pics.Not quite a disaster 1Definitely not a disaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Is this your boat, obviously I use the term boat very loosely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 The title says - definitely not a disaster - but it sure looks like one in the making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerontious Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Is this your boat, obviously I use the term boat very loosely Its not a boot its a Schooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 Is this your boat, obviously I use the term boat very loosely Tis indeed. The small ship in front had just delivered us 250 tons of diesel and we were stopped in the water. She was actually about 100 metres off our bow and this manoeuvre is quite common. Had I been rattling along at 15 knots in the Channel then the context would have been somewhat different and probably on News at Ten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 Is this your boat, obviously I use the term boat very loosely Its not a boot its a Schooner.Dingey.jpgWish I had one of them right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Richzx6r Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 So how long does your floating island/continent take to stop from flat out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 So how long does your floating island/continent take to stop from flat out? Probably a day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkW Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 So how long does your floating island/continent take to stop from flat out? Thinking distance: 1 footReaction distance: 1.5 feetStopping distance: 25 miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Richzx6r Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 So how long does your floating island/continent take to stop from flat out? Thinking distance: 1 footReaction distance: 1.5 feetStopping distance: 2.5 million miles Rectified your reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastbob Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 We know where to come when Boris and his gang of robber barons with their snouts in the alternative energy pig trough decide to turn off the petrol . Just hide that thing up a creek somewhere out of site and we'll bring our own buckets . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Is this your boat, obviously I use the term boat very loosely Its not a boot its a Schooner.Dingey.jpgWish I had one of them right now.What's yours called? Exxon valdez 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastbob Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 The view from my office window is a little less inspiring . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Richzx6r Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 The view from my office window is a little less inspiring . Looks lovely bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 The view from my office window is a little less inspiring . I'm not a fan of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bianco2564 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastbob Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) C130 Hercules with the new high efficiency six bladed props . Edited September 28, 2020 by fastbob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husoi Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 On the water subject... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastbob Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Manta ray in the sea or an aquarium . How is it out of context ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husoi Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Manta ray in the sea or an aquarium . How is it out of context ? non related to bikes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rennie Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 something to do with transformers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bianco2564 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 C130 Hercules with the new high efficiency six bladed props . And the pilot's name?Fluke pic I took about 3 years ago near Banbury.I was passenger in a van as I saw it approaching, whipped the phone out and snapped this pic with it perfectly framed in the pylon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggie Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 [mention]Bianco2564[/mention] Is that to do with the recent storms in America? I saw something about how a shark got lifted from the sea and blown into some power lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggie Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I see it wasnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 Its not a boot its a Schooner.Dingey.jpgWish I had one of them right now.What's yours called? Exxon valdez 2 I'm not allowed to give it's full name but suffice to say it's owned by a large Scandinavian company that is big in ferries as well as tankers. From full speed ahead to stopped is not that bad. A shade under 3 miles under control. A crash stop which will probably break the engine or at least the chief engineer takes less than 2. For reference this one weighs in at 159,000 tonnes. My biggest which has long since been scrapped was a somewhat larger 509,000 tonnes. Google "Esso Atlantic" if you want to know more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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