Shipping on a Grand Scale.
- 19 November 2010 16:4280796I took these pictures a few weeks back. Took a number of them but these two are the best, but are still not very good quality...as clearly the ships are a long way out and you need very fine conditions to reproduce well at that range. However, thought I would show them as they are almost humourous re the grand scale of things..
In normal circumstances a four master sail boat would be considered fairly large but just look how its dwarfed by the monster passing behind it, even though the four master is closer to the camera...well shiver me timbers if that monster couldnt crush it into plywood in seconds. Vigilance needed on the foredeck!
Some days you can spot a sixpence at 50 miles but not this time...so the pictures are a wee bit grainy alas.email: dover7@msn.com - 19 November 2010 16:4980797wasn't it a ship from that line that ran aground in the west country a few years back?
they used to be called medite shipping corporation. - 20 November 2010 02:1080844It sems the East India Man is rapidly overtaking the slow steam ship. It could run circles around it!Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 20 November 2010 09:2380851Dont really know the history of MSC so didnt know that Howard. But the two biggest operators with huge vessels going up the channel seem to be MSC and Maersk. Ships of immense size.
What attracted me to this one was that I thought it was the biggest ship I'd ever seen. At the last minute I noticed the bonus of the four master just in front of it and waited for the big one to catch up...and there we are.email: dover7@msn.com
