Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[booder]

 Mick said tonight that he'd be wearing a blonde shirt on Saturday, & if he does, we offer him our thanks.

I just don't get it, ....he want nothing to do with Blonde/updates etc, threatening this and that (LMAO).......yet he was proudly announcing  last night that he going to wear a "Blonde sponsored Pro" shirt, and maybe a blonde wig.

Joking or rather bizarre ??

Within half an hour of me making a post this morning it had been reproduced on his blog.  For someone who wants nothing to do with blonde and is 'getting bored' of it all, he seems to be checking in on a regular basis .  I've not commented on any of this business before as it wasn't any of mine.

im off to evaluate where my life's  going and look for something else to fill my sad lonely days and nights.

[jonah]

I'm indebted to his Royal Flushness for sending me this amazing story, & amazinger pics. Transport & Machinery Geeks only, please.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7206780.stm

Call that a ship?


This is a "ship"

http://www.yacht-transport.com/index.php?sid=135

[Claw75]

 Mick said tonight that he'd be wearing a blonde shirt on Saturday, & if he does, we offer him our thanks.

I just don't get it, ....he want nothing to do with Blonde/updates etc, threatening this and that (LMAO).......yet he was proudly announcing  last night that he going to wear a "Blonde sponsored Pro" shirt, and maybe a blonde wig.

Joking or rather bizarre ??

Within half an hour of me making a post this morning it had been reproduced on his blog.  For someone who wants nothing to do with blonde and is 'getting bored' of it all, he seems to be checking in on a regular basis .  I've not commented on any of this business before as it wasn't any of mine.

im off to on  evaluate where my life's  going and look for something else to fill my sad lonely days and nights.

I already did that and couldn't think of anything else to do.  I just came back here to await further instructions from our leader

[booder]

 Mick said tonight that he'd be wearing a blonde shirt on Saturday, & if he does, we offer him our thanks.

I just don't get it, ....he want nothing to do with Blonde/updates etc, threatening this and that (LMAO).......yet he was proudly announcing  last night that he going to wear a "Blonde sponsored Pro" shirt, and maybe a blonde wig.

Joking or rather bizarre ??

Within half an hour of me making a post this morning it had been reproduced on his blog.  For someone who wants nothing to do with blonde and is 'getting bored' of it all, he seems to be checking in on a regular basis .  I've not commented on any of this business before as it wasn't any of mine.

im off to on  evaluate where my life's  going and look for something else to fill my sad lonely days and nights.

I already did that and couldn't think of anything else to do.  I just came back here to await further instructions from our leader

cult leader?

[tikay]

This is a cool ship:



http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/ships/Yamal_ice_breaker.htm

Some interesting points:

• Power is supplied by two pressurized water nuclear reactors, each contains 245 enriched uranium fuel rods. Each reactor weighs 160 tonnes and are in a closed compartment under reduced pressure - in the event of a leak, the leak would be in and not out.
• Maximum fuel use is 300g of heavy uranium isotopes per day when breaking thick ice. Reactors hold 500kg each when fully fuelled, enough for about 5 years.
• The reactor cores are used to heat water up and produce pressurized steam at 30kgcm2. Each reactor has four boilers, each set of four boilers turn two steam turbines, which spin three dynamos each (confused yet?, that's 12 dynamos in total).
• The dynamos supply electric motors which are connected to the propeller shafts. Each motor can supply 25,000 shaft horse power to its screw of which there are three. So in all, the ship can develop 75,000 shaft horse power or 55.3MW - enough electricity to supply a town of 18,750 homes
• Air bubbling system to help ice breaking. Jets 9 m below the surface can deliver 24m3s of air.
• Polymer coatings, specialized hull design, and the rapid movement of ballast water (pumps can move 1m3 (a tonne) of water per second) all these help in moving through and breaking ice.
• The cast steel prow is 48cm thick at its strongest point, that's about the same as the diagonal measurement of a 19" computer monitor.
• The hull is double with water ballast between the two. The outer hull is 48mm thick armoured steel where ice is met and 25mm elsewhere.

That's seriously wicked, more of the same always welcome.

[tikay]

I'm indebted to his Royal Flushness for sending me this amazing story, & amazinger pics. Transport & Machinery Geeks only, please.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7206780.stm

Call that a ship?


This is a "ship"

http://www.yacht-transport.com/index.php?sid=135

Very nice - but I'd appreciate it more if I understood what it's needed for. I know, it's a "Yacht Carrier", but why would you need one of them? I thought Yacht's could sail themselves?

[boldie]

This is a cool ship:



http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/ships/Yamal_ice_breaker.htm

Some interesting points:

• Power is supplied by two pressurized water nuclear reactors, each contains 245 enriched uranium fuel rods. Each reactor weighs 160 tonnes and are in a closed compartment under reduced pressure - in the event of a leak, the leak would be in and not out.
• Maximum fuel use is 300g of heavy uranium isotopes per day when breaking thick ice. Reactors hold 500kg each when fully fuelled, enough for about 5 years.
• The reactor cores are used to heat water up and produce pressurized steam at 30kgcm2. Each reactor has four boilers, each set of four boilers turn two steam turbines, which spin three dynamos each (confused yet?, that's 12 dynamos in total).
• The dynamos supply electric motors which are connected to the propeller shafts. Each motor can supply 25,000 shaft horse power to its screw of which there are three. So in all, the ship can develop 75,000 shaft horse power or 55.3MW - enough electricity to supply a town of 18,750 homes
• Air bubbling system to help ice breaking. Jets 9 m below the surface can deliver 24m3s of air.
• Polymer coatings, specialized hull design, and the rapid movement of ballast water (pumps can move 1m3 (a tonne) of water per second) all these help in moving through and breaking ice.
• The cast steel prow is 48cm thick at its strongest point, that's about the same as the diagonal measurement of a 19" computer monitor.
• The hull is double with water ballast between the two. The outer hull is 48mm thick armoured steel where ice is met and 25mm elsewhere.

That's seriously wicked, more of the same always welcome.

You been hanging out with 17 YO pimps again?

[kenjude]

Hmm, every nautical mile in the ocean in theory could be a yacht's last (not that I'm a pessimist or anything!). Maybe if you had an Americas Cup boat, say, you would prefer it not to be in the water while shipping from home to venue. In the same way that David Elsworth was still happy to run Desert Orchid over two miles in the Tingle Creek and Victor Chandler Chases when he'd lost a bit of his speed. Every fence jumped carries a risk so why jump more than you need to on days that are part of the build up programme rather than being key target days?

Could be one reason for such a vessel anyway. Can't think of too many others - you can presumably buy a lot of crew miles for the cost of building and running that ship!

[jonah]

Not only broken boats, anything in fact that needs floating onto it. Amazing things.

http://www.thamesshipsociety.org.uk/images/Images2006/Kang-Sheng-Kou-21-May-2006.jpg

[tikay]

Not only broken boats, anything in fact that needs floating onto it. Amazing things.

http://www.thamesshipsociety.org.uk/images/Images2006/Kang-Sheng-Kou-21-May-2006.jpg

Ahh, that makes more sense now. I thought it was just for yachts.

Must cost a tidy few bob to charter per week, when you factor in construction, long-term financing (2 years to build, write it down over, say, 10 years), crew, bunkerage, port charges etc.

[tikay]

Not only broken boats, anything in fact that needs floating onto it. Amazing things.

http://www.thamesshipsociety.org.uk/images/Images2006/Kang-Sheng-Kou-21-May-2006.jpg

Are you a bit of a nautical chap Jonah? (I guess the name should be a clue).

Ferries apart, & the Laddies Cruise 2 years ago, (we sailed in a skyscraper) I've not spent as much time as I'd like on Ships.

But I had the immense good fortune to spend two 3 or 4 day cruises on a yacht a couple of years ago, the "Lady K" as I recall. She was magnificent, a crew of 22, three chefs, it was like being a millionaire for a few days. Ahh, memories. I'll try & find a pic of Lady K - she was a proper yacht, steel-hulled, not a plastic jobbie, & she's based in Athens, but is usually moored in Monte Carlo.

[Jon MW]

Not only broken boats, anything in fact that needs floating onto it. Amazing things.

http://www.thamesshipsociety.org.uk/images/Images2006/Kang-Sheng-Kou-21-May-2006.jpg

Are you a bit of a nautical chap Jonah? (I guess the name should be a clue).

Ferries apart, & the Laddies Cruise 2 years ago, (we sailed in a skyscraper) I've not spent as much time as I'd like on Ships.

But I had the immense good fortune to spend two 3 or 4 day cruises on a yacht a couple of years ago, the "Lady K" as I recall. She was magnificent, a crew of 22, three chefs, it was like being a millionaire for a few days. Ahh, memories. I'll try & find a pic of Lady K - she was a proper yacht, steel-hulled, not a plastic jobbie, & she's based in Athens, but is usually moored in Monte Carlo.

This one?

Click to see full-size image.

Edit: just realised the clue was in the name of the jpg

Yacht name: Lady K II
Formerly: Princess Tanya
Length: 189 ft - 57.6 m
Launch: 1961
Refit: 1992, 2005
Builder: Austin & Pickersgill, UK
Engines: 2 x 840 hp Busch-Sulzers
Photo date: May 2006

[Jon MW]

The Lady K is this one:

[tikay]

Not only broken boats, anything in fact that needs floating onto it. Amazing things.

http://www.thamesshipsociety.org.uk/images/Images2006/Kang-Sheng-Kou-21-May-2006.jpg

Are you a bit of a nautical chap Jonah? (I guess the name should be a clue).

Ferries apart, & the Laddies Cruise 2 years ago, (we sailed in a skyscraper) I've not spent as much time as I'd like on Ships.

But I had the immense good fortune to spend two 3 or 4 day cruises on a yacht a couple of years ago, the "Lady K" as I recall. She was magnificent, a crew of 22, three chefs, it was like being a millionaire for a few days. Ahh, memories. I'll try & find a pic of Lady K - she was a proper yacht, steel-hulled, not a plastic jobbie, & she's based in Athens, but is usually moored in Monte Carlo.

This one?

Click to see full-size image.

Edit: just realised the clue was in the name of the jpg

Yacht name: Lady K II
Formerly: Princess Tanya
Length: 189 ft - 57.6 m
Launch: 1961
Refit: 1992, 2005
Builder: Austin & Pickersgill, UK
Engines: 2 x 840 hp Busch-Sulzers
Photo date: May 2006

That's the beauty - isn't she just gorgeous, & so elegant?

I spent a whole day on the quayside, just admiring her lines. Beautiful. She has that fifties look about her, so nostalgic, but she was fitted out like a Palace. I believe she was having new engines fitted in '05 or '06. They have to cut a hole in the deck to get the engines in & out.

She has 4 high-powered Jetskis on Board, & a little derrick to unload them. We jet-ski'd around the Greek Island inlets & bays for hours, DC, Rhow, myself, & Andy Pyrah. These things happen so quickly in life, & you look back & wish you'd been more appreciative of them at the time.

[tikay]

The Lady K is this one:

Nah, not that one, that's plastic. Sorry, it was Lady K II, not Lady K.