mogling Posted June 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 Good photo Ronnie, thank you. {Coincidence - the first photo on the page is a semi-sub rig-carrier too!} stilldellin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 More big shipping passing Sumburgh this week heading for the Clair Ridge. The Might Servant 3 which sank in Luanda Dec 2006 :-Mighty Servant 3 IMG_0297 by Ronnie Robertson, on Flickr and the Floatel Victory also off Grutness :-Floatel Victory IMG_0337 by Ronnie Robertson, on Flickr mogling and sludgegulper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogling Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Boats 26 v Planes 26 ... Love it! Thank you, all you brilliant, generous photographers who take the time to share your excellent work. I canna win oot to see onny o' it for mysel noo, so especially appreciated sludgegulper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlady Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Is there any wye of seeing how close we came to hitting the "anchored" ship outside Kirkwall harbour last night? with the North boat, it certainly felt as if it was "evasive action" !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasing__Nirvana Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Plenty of room. http://oi60.tinypic.com/2rc8ttz.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlady Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 I'm not seeing this sorry .. We were coming fae the north last night... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlady Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 I should maybe explain a bit better ... just after 10 pm last night on the boat southbound in really thick fog it suddenly lurched to the port side crashing all the glasses off the tables in the bar and going so far over it caused alarm to the passengers and crew even though the sea was flat calm!! half an hour later when the boat docked in Orkney (2230) it was explained to us that the boat had to take evasive action to avoid a ship that was anchored ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessie may Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 I was on the boat too, I had fallen asleep in the reclining seats in the for'd bar, and woke to the increasing sound of crashing glass as every bottle and glass that could move did move and smashed. I looked out the window and realised the water was very very close to the "gunnel" (these modern boats don't have gunnels I know..) my partner actually thought the doors had opened and the water was gushing into the hold.... it was very foggy but where was the radar and lookout or autopilot controls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted August 9, 2015 Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 (edited) Recently seen passing Sumburgh Head heading for the north of Norway was the Atlantic with a fine cargo of shipping. :-Atlantic IMG_2640 by Ronnie Robertson, on Flickr Edited August 9, 2015 by stilldellin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogling Posted May 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 The Semi-submersible heavy lifting ship moored off cunningsburgh, Talisman - does anybody ken where she's headed,or what she's going to be lifting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seller25 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 (edited) . Edited May 2, 2016 by Seller25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 The Semi-submersible heavy lifting ship moored off cunningsburgh, Talisman - does anybody ken where she's headed,or what she's going to be lifting?I saw elsewhere it is headed for the Clair field. It left South Korea some weeks ago with was said to be the last of the topside parts, the undersea legs were installed back in 2013. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogling Posted May 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Thanks for that - I gooogled Clair and found this http://www.bp.com/en_gb/united-kingdom/media/press-releases/clair-ridges-first-drilling-platform-module-leaves-south-korea.html "The Drilling Platform (DP) drilling modules, transported on the Dockwise Mighty Servant 1, will travel to the North Sea via Singapore and the Cape of Good Hope. They follow the departure of the initial DP modules on three other Dockwise vessels which began to depart from South Korea on 14th March." The Mighty Servant is off the coast of Durban heading to Lerwick, doing 8knots.She was here last year with modules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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