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Post by ChrisB on Aug 13, 2014 20:34:24 GMT
How quickly do you reckon you could unload a very large load of timber from this barge?  |
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Post by ChrisB on Aug 13, 2014 20:40:01 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Aug 13, 2014 20:45:05 GMT
Ok, that I didn't expect.
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Post by ChrisB on Aug 13, 2014 20:52:28 GMT
Heh-heh! Pump yer ballast to one side & lean over 30 degrees!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2014 22:58:30 GMT
Disappointing, that wasn't a capsize, more a mild list.
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Post by ChrisB on Aug 13, 2014 23:03:44 GMT
Well, to be fair, he did need to go and get another load.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2014 23:10:27 GMT
Well, to be fair, he did need to go and get another load. I've been on the top yard of a square rigger at night during a force 8 and it was a lot scarier than that. |
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Post by Dave on Aug 13, 2014 23:12:40 GMT
I reckon the skipper of that barge moonlights for this tipper company on his days off 
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Post by Chris on Aug 14, 2014 0:11:18 GMT
Damn. Can't see this but I've got some cracking maritime horror stories.
Another time maybe.
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Post by ChrisB on Aug 14, 2014 6:04:02 GMT
It's actually not a horror story Chris, it's a barge working exactly as designed to work. It's just that the designer took an unusual approach!
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Post by Dave on Aug 14, 2014 10:42:01 GMT
The worlds biggest hydrometer...
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 14, 2014 12:29:12 GMT
So quickly then
Lends new meaning to RoRo !
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