Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 9 Nov 2011
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#1
Dover lifeboat's abortive attempt to come along side Tall Ship for torch transfer off Langdon Bay. DHB launch & police inflatable[just visible] accompanying.
Tall Ship rolling
P&O ferry joins the scene
Walmer Life boat [like a scene from Jaws]
Walmer lifeboat crew
Police launch/inflatable escort
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#2
Wow! a great spread of teeth of the action pictures there Paul. But...all that rolling!!! did you feel queesy at all out there in the thick of it with the wind and salt in your hair?? Hope they had good sea legs on the Stavros S Niarchos..woe steady. But great stuff there, really shows what it was like out there.
Oh dear! brings back memories of the Oul Princess Maud ( oh no dont mention the Princess Maud again PaulB ) on the Dublin- Holyhead run..all that rolling and chucking...where's my analyst, get my analyst on the phone!
Great stuff!
Guest 697- Registered: 13 Apr 2010
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#3
Great set of photos, Paul! I didn't realise that you too had endured the gale.
Guest 650- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#4
Very nice to see some pictures, and to see other media about this, eg on the RNLI website, so to catch up with what we missed here.
We watched online on the BBC feed when the Olympic torch was in Dover. It was nice to be able to see quite a bit of it, but unfortunately at some key moments there were no pictures online. While the torch was at sea we watched security with an impromptu game of football, and while it was in the castle we watched the bus waiting for it to come back. The pictures failed several times, and gave up finally before the end of the relay.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#5
Hi Maggie, see also the thread Tall Ship, it has now slipped onto page 2 but more pictures there as well for your enjoyment. The forum moves along at quite a pace so before you know it near vital stuff is on page 2.
Guest 663- Registered: 20 Mar 2008
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#6
Gosh Mr Watkins great set of pictures sure needed your sea legs there.
As i've said before watchout guys he's after your job.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#7
Maggie, you left out the bit where they lost the picture because of the "pesky gremlins". I was very disappointed with the BBC feed no pictures of the torch once it left Market Square not even along the seafront but by then I was watching the tv.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#8
paul done well to survive that sea and get the photos.
if it had been any worse they might all have had to draw straws to decide who would be eaten first.
Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#9
WOW!!!!!! A fantastic array of photos there Watty, I feel both exhilerated and queesy just scrolling down that lot
I need a lie down now
Well done, great stuff! You must have excellent sea legs for sure
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#10
Yes indeed, Thank You Paul; certainly gives a flavour of the weather out there. Pity it couldn't have been a week later - sun and warmth forecast for this Wednesday.
Roger
Guest 697- Registered: 13 Apr 2010
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#11
A third tall ship for Dover. The Dutch-flagged 'Eendracht' is on the Prince of Wales Pier this morning.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#12
Yes indeed. When I took the high road to tesco she wasnt there but has since come in..and here she is with the Nautica in the background. Might put this one on the cruise liner thread as well...kills two birds with the one stone kind of thing.
A very modern and sleek three master... The Eendracht.
Dutch.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#13
A three-masted training ship that caters to youngsters...
http://www.sailtraininghellas.org/p/7/2_19Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#14
spotted this one lurking in the gloom earlier, assume it is a training ship.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#15
It could be Somalian pirates dropping off a raiding party, you never know
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#16
could well be right barry, a team of merciless , bloodthirsty mercenaries that will abduct bobby g and his entire board and demand a multi million pound ransom.
i feel sure that neil will be dipping into his pockets to rescue the port supremo.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#17
Nah! they can have 'em, 'Avast me hearties, this way, here's a fiver for your troubles'
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#18
There is a tall ship in the harbour ...over in the harbour proper, I can see the three masts clearly now as its high tide. It is probably the one Howard photographed but it wasnt there this morning...so I dunno. But if anyone wants to see it etc etc..
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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#19
saw it this morning,a dutch 3 master if i am not mistaken.
Guest 718- Registered: 28 Jun 2011
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#20
This almost certainly appears to be the Salomon (the Swiss flag is the clue). Built in Holland as the fishing lugger "Luchtstraal" in 1910, she has undergone many roles and identities. Now she is operated by Verein Jugendschiffe.ch (Reederei) of Basel as a training ship.
Here she is at Dover in 2008.
