For those in peril on the sea
- 16 October 2012 13:53196173took these not long after mid-day, clearly a good day to stay on land.
- 16 October 2012 15:31196196It was a rough oul night Howard too...very strong gusts of howling wind and waves literally thundering against the seafront wall. Believe it or not it had calmed down by the time you took the shots above..very nice pix, capture the mood.
email: dover7@msn.com - 16 October 2012 17:48196214indeed it was a lot calmer by the time i wnt up paul the eastern dock end looks tranquil.
you can see why this chap kept the right side of the breakwater.
- 17 October 2012 11:10196327Not just in peril on the sea, either. We spent a week in a cruiser on the Caledonian Canal recently, and some of the roughest water I've ever experienced was on Loch Ness. We only experienced 4 - 5 ft waves, but the staff at the boatyard told us that 9 ft waves are not uncommon on Loch Ness......OMG, I wouldn't fancy that at all! The ones we experienced were bad enough, sufficient to have us scuttle into Urquhart Bay harbour for 24 hours!True friends stab you in the front.
- 17 October 2012 11:33196333Yes I've seen some lake water on the Shannon very choppy too but perhaps not quite as bad as that Andy. Bet that was an eye opener.
The pictures on the STORM thread from Ed showing the difficulties experienced by the ferries was jaw dropping.
I searched back and found this 'perilous' picture dating from 2007..havent used it before but weather almost identical to today. Coupled with the Lifeboat story, Ed's ferry pictures, and the current rough weather.. it all reminds us of the perils of being out there.
email: dover7@msn.com - 17 October 2012 11:36196335i remember that day all the forecasts were for incredibly high tides along our part of the coast causing problems, didn't materialise - though it couldn't have been much fun out at sea.
- 18 October 2012 08:38196498The sea yesterday...
Seat anyone??
email: dover7@msn.com - Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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18 October 2012 10:40196531if you like soggy sadwiches.
- 18 October 2012 11:17196537When you get your bearings, you'll love this from my archive.
- 18 October 2012 11:32196540a little later
- 18 October 2012 11:33196541Ice
- 18 October 2012 11:34196542sorry, didn't realise its a much smaller format picture.
- 18 October 2012 11:37196543Vessel aground
- 18 October 2012 11:44196544great pictures all round, plenty of drama there.
- 18 October 2012 17:39196584WOW!!!! some impressive pictures there guys,you would need more than steady legs there chaps.
- Alec Sheldon
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18 October 2012 22:49196652Big waves, big ship Neil. I am surprised you only lost one container. Is the grounded ship the one that went ashore on the Kiwi coast last year ?.
Here is my old ship, the Manchester Vanguard stuck in the ice in the St. Lawrence river about six hours from Montreal in1958. The ice came early that year and we were stuck for about ten days before the icebreakers cut us free. Should have been home for Christmas but spent it in dry dock in Baltimore repairing ice damage. I took the photo.
- Alec Sheldon
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18 October 2012 22:52196654Another photo.
- Alec Sheldon
- Location: Dover
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18 October 2012 23:01196655Ice breaker "d'Hiberville" coming to the rescue.
- 18 October 2012 23:5819665732 containers lost over the wall and a further 100 were just bits of metal on a wooden flat with all cargo gone. The vessel aground was back in 2005 in the Azores, the picture was taken during the first attempted salvage and refloat that I was overseeing as company representative and emergency response lead for CP Ships.
- 19 October 2012 00:00196658Good old Manchester Liners, I sailed on the Manchester Challenge to/from Montreal in the mid 1980s.
