Too-long ship!
Problem was that nobody thought to lengthen the pier in Harwich, the rear end of the ship now sticks out 20 meters past the last mooring point.
This appears to be just that bit too far for the feller with the coil of weighted rope to throw across to his waiting colleagues on the pier.
Bloke in suit and orange jacket makes an executive decision after an hour of failed attempts at "throw and catch" and a little tender comes alongside, retrieves the rope and ferries it over to the pier, five times!
fun to watch but it meant a three hour delay getting off the thing.
I'll be on it again tomorrow night, wonder if they've thought of anything better in the mean time.
;-)
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Sir Findo Gask says:
And to think we were the iron masters and the world leaders in the industrial revolution....
hildegard says:
Good grief. How catstrophically dim do you have to be do be a manager of one of these companies?
Nice storyboard though...
paintist says:
3 hours delay would do my blood pressure no good at all......great series of pics JXL
JokerXL says:
Cheers all, it's going to be even funnier when her sister ship the "Stena Holandica" comes back from her turn at being stretched; they're going to put a 50 meter section in her middle!
Caine says:
Outstanding series, Joker. A perfect illustration of not thinking something all the way through.
OJ says:
It is a great series. I particularly like 3 and 5.
I get the impression that the guy in 3 is on hold....
Trob says:
Great pics, reminds me of when I was in the Australian Merchant Navy
JokerXL says:
Trob, I suspect the Australian Merchant Navy
Would be a little more professional.
;-)
