Omobono Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Capt_Mainwaring said: Yes - don't go giving them ideas!!! on the cruise ships I have been on instead of balls they have round coloured objects like draughts same score rating as snooker , the table surface is flat and you put talc powder on the table to give the draughts some dry lubrication to reduce friction , it doesn't matter how the ship rolls the draughts stay on the table ,and are easily pocketed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoops Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: Population in 1960 of Sierra Leone 2.2 million; population of South Korea in 1960 25 million. Do you think Mr Tony might have been being inaccurate again? Of course having natural resources can be more of a curse for a country because more powerful countries and companies will try to nick them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyWolf Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 The new ship looks fantastic, no doubt Calmac will be looking on enviously but to let this ship perform at its maximum potential let’s hope they get Heysham and Douglas harbours regularly dredged as movability with windage considerations at low water she’ll be a handful to control or sailings will be continually disrupted. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 So they had better start dredging Douglas now , I can't understand why government have not invested in a proper dredger , they spent a fortune on that suction device and miles of rubber pipes that has been secreted away somewhere , we never got to the bottom of the waste of money trying to remove tons of stones and contaminated silt in the peel marina , dump it over the end of the breakwater for everyone to see , and like the cabbage its kept out of sight , years ago when they had the Manannan the last functional dredger , she kept the silt down in all the ports around the isle of man and was available as a floating platform to lift buoy' s and do harbour work I guess the suits in the DOI know the cost of everything but value of nothing , lets hope Chris Thomas will sort them out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Omobono said: So they had better start dredging Douglas now , I can't understand why government have not invested in a proper dredger , they spent a fortune on that suction device and miles of rubber pipes that has been secreted away somewhere , we never got to the bottom of the waste of money trying to remove tons of stones and contaminated silt in the peel marina , dump it over the end of the breakwater for everyone to see , and like the cabbage its kept out of sight , years ago when they had the Manannan the last functional dredger , she kept the silt down in all the ports around the isle of man and was available as a floating platform to lift buoy' s and do harbour work I guess the suits in the DOI know the cost of everything but value of nothing , lets hope Chris Thomas will sort them out I expect Chris Thomas' To Do list is already five pages long with just a single line entry for each item. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 On 6/17/2022 at 4:38 PM, Omobono said: years ago when they had the Manannan the last functional dredger , she kept the silt down in all the ports around the isle of man and was available as a floating platform to lift buoy' s and do harbour work This was the Mannin. Even though she was built as long ago as 1972, she still exists, and is currently available for hire, from Padstow. https://www.padstow-harbour.co.uk/phc_vessels.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swoopy2110 Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Manannan damaged en-route from Belfast due to the weather and is being assessed at the moment. Trudged along at only 15knts with big weather routing until she rounded the Point of Ayre. Journey took 4 hours 15 mins instead of the usual 2hrs 55 mins. Hope some onboard got some videos. Must have been awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 12 minutes ago, swoopy2110 said: Manannan damaged en-route from Belfast due to the weather and is being assessed at the moment. Trudged along at only 15knts with big weather routing until she rounded the Point of Ayre. Journey took 4 hours 15 mins instead of the usual 2hrs 55 mins. Hope some onboard got some videos. Must have been awful. Liverpool crossing delayed , I’m supposed to be on it Friday so hopefully it won’t be damaged too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 In hindsight would people have preferred to have been cancelled or to have travelled on it for so long? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 They can't win. They sailed and people are kicking off asking why it sailed. If they had cancelled it people would be kicking off saying the weather wasn't that bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, snowman said: In hindsight would people have preferred to have been cancelled or to have travelled on it for so long? 4 hrs 15 mins isn't to bad tbh on a rough crossing . Many years ago would be around 9 and think I remember a 14 . And those boats had a keel which would help the journey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 She’s just gone out again 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Only doing 23knts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 I wonder if it's wearing one of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 It looks like the wind will cause potential disruptions to future sailings too! https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/business/planned-wind-farms-will-severely-affect-sailings-steam-packet-to-uk-552169 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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