Setting sail once more

[Kapitan]

Got a whole week to myself and so im going to do a shortish voyage with jahre viking taking her from a island off of the netherlands to rekjavick in iceland should take 4 days if nothing goes wrong.

Set sail 1530 today 21st august 2006 and hope to arrive 25th august 2006 around 1900 again depending on weather and what ever else happens.

The ship is docked off the coast of the netherlands co ordinates being (49:28:47N / 07:05:50E).

The tug smitt rotterdam will be escorting us out of the harbour so i dont run aground, the voyage is plain sailing i hope folowing up the english coast then round the outer hebrides then to iceland.

Updates will happen every so often so stay tuned.

[Kapitan]

Ok left port almost 20 minuets ago, straight out then turn 180 degrees to go the right way aided by a tug which is struggeling as we speak.

At 1620 im due to rendevous with another tanker and see what goes on :D but heres some shots of the departure.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/theport.jpg
Just before we left

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/towedout.jpg
Taking the strain smit rotterdam giving it all she has got, its not easy pulling half a million tonnes on your own!

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/crossing.jpg
The standby / stearing tug making a hash of things by acctualy getting in the way (crossed my bow !)

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/therear.jpg
Starting my turn obviously with the aid of the tug

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/stern.jpg
This is just seconds before i turn my rudder to sMore to come soon tart the turn, note the rudder is the size of a house !

More to come soon !

[Kapitan]

Arrived late at the rondevous with the tanker texacon ment to arrive not long after i left port 1620 well its now 1720 im a full hour late, i hope it doesnt have a knock on effect and i should make the hour up providing it isnt a bad crossing.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/lookingout.jpg
Approaching the tanker, along its port side

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/mahosivedeck.jpg
The tanker from the bow view

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/takingon.jpg
The tanker beside me is 885feet long and its still like little and large !

[tycho102]

Kaptain, do you give radio commands to the tug? Or do you have to actually drive the boat yourself? Does it simulate damage that would occur if you collided with the push-zone too fast?

What about the tow lines. What kind of simulation goes behind getting those hooked up? Do you drag the rope from the tug to the boat and then there's just a 20-minute wait until it's hooked up? Or do you have to actually fire the shotgun and get the stringers back and forth?

And how about crew stuff-ups? Do you find the engineer passed out behind the boiler control panel with an oil can full of bourbon?

[TteFAboB]

There's natural disaster written all over those last few screenshots!

Gigantic single-hull tanker touching and bumping another tanker. Wait untill they add oil leaking to the simulator.

:arrgh!:

[SubSerpent]

What version of virtual sailor is that? And where did you download those HUGE ships? Do you know if anyone has made a good 'cigarette' type speed boat?

[Kapitan]

1 no i have to drive the tugs manualy unless i set waypoints and then push auto pilot which works most of the time but not all.

2 depending on the size of the ship if you collide the smaller one will normal sink in this case i can ram any ship and not sink.

3 note the two tankers are a good 6 feet apart and the wont collide because (A) they are not moving (B) both heading in the exact same direction

4 this is virtual sailor 7

5 i got these two ships from www.virtual-sailor.netunder (http://www.virtual-sailor.netunder) downloads then transport then tankers

6 damage i can sink capsize ram damage isnt realy modelled well in the game its nothing like DW

7 have a look for yourself plenty of links out there.

8 i dont have a crew one man band :|

9 my oil wont leak havnt you noted im only half loaded, if i was fully loaded i wouldnt even be able to get 20 miles off the coast of the netherlands.

10 time for an update



At 1835 jahre viking making average 15 knots over took the LNG Tanker Marmarer she was just wallowing there doing nothing realy very slow speed 4 or 5 knots at the most probably waiting to go into port, here is my view from my bridge.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/overtaking.jpg

[SubSerpent]

Aren't you working that throttle a little hard? 100% :hmm: Seems excessive for just heading out to sea.

[Kapitan]

I will slam down full ahead untill i reach 2 knots if im leaving port then pull it down to around 10% reason is if i hit something i could rebound back and not have the power to stop myself hitting the wall behind me.

plus the one you see 100% on is me maxing the engines to over take the LNG tanker, right now the engines are sitting happy hat around 75% and im still doing 15.5 knots so it isnt that bad

Also i think the only vessel that had 100% throttle on all the time was the smitt rotterdam i aided the tug but cant do much and she was realy struggeling to get me moving so i put on full power to start off with.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/nighttanker.jpg
Just sailing along peace and quiet 15.7 knots here night is coming and all is going well although the water is getting a bit shallow im nearing the english coast line.

[SubSerpent]

Cool. It is a really neat sim!! :up:

[Kapitan]

It is to a point its nothing like DW not in same leauge its old too but the veriaty of vessels you have is just great i must have around 60 diffrent ships however the quality of some ships are poor but some are realy good.

Jahre viking is one of the better quality ships in terms of detail and accuracy, however it will never ever be in the leauge of SH3 or DW its just too old a good sim but old.

[SubSerpent]

It is to a point its nothing like DW not in same leauge its old too but the veriaty of vessels you have is just great i must have around 60 diffrent ships however the quality of some ships are poor but some are realy good.

Jahre viking is one of the better quality ships in terms of detail and accuracy, however it will never ever be in the leauge of SH3 or DW its just too old a good sim but old.

I thought some group was going to put together a much better graphics and physics engine for it. Did that ever come about, do you know?

[Kapitan]

Think that was VS 6.8 to VS 7.0 and the VS 7.0 is alot better than 6.8 or indeed even the 5.2 series! its come along long way.

NEWS FLASH


At 2137 this evening the ultra large crude carrying oil tanker jahre viking rammed and sank an unknown vessel in the dogger bank area, due to the vessels immence size the Jahare Viking was powerless to stop or even turn to avoid the unknown ship.

The Captain of Jahare Viking reported his radar was not functioning properly earlier that evening to Harwich vessel traffic services as it was due to high winds.
The Captain also reported that the unknown vessel had only two small bridge lights on to warn ships of its presence.

It is known that this ship was at anchor when struck, air and sea search have begun its likely the smaller vessel was forced under the the Jahre Viking causing her to sink rapidly, emergency services are saying they do not expect to find survivors.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/hardovereve.jpg

This picture was taken by one of the forward cams just seconds before impact, the stern cameras later showed that there was nothing.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/hardovereve-1.jpg
Now thats the same pic with a yellow circle round it i had to see that from the bridge about 1300 feet away i saw it but by the time i did it was way too late, could you blame me for running it down?

[SubSerpent]

Think that was VS 6.8 to VS 7.0 and the VS 7.0 is alot better than 6.8 or indeed even the 5.2 series! its come along long way.

NEWS FLASH


At 2137 this evening the ultra large crude carrying oil tanker jahre viking rammed and sank an unknown vessel in the dogger bank area, due to the vessels immence size the Jahare Viking was powerless to stop or even turn to avoid the unknown ship.

The Captain of Jahare Viking reported his radar was not functioning properly earlier that evening to Harwich vessel traffic services as it was due to high winds.
The Captain also reported that the unknown vessel had only two small bridge lights on to warn ships of its presence.

It is known that this ship was at anchor when struck, air and sea search have begun its likely the smaller vessel was forced under the the Jahre Viking causing her to sink rapidly, emergency services are saying they do not expect to find survivors.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/hardovereve.jpg

This picture was taken by one of the forward cams just seconds before impact, the stern cameras later showed that there was nothing.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/hardovereve-1.jpg
Now thats the same pic with a yellow circle round it i had to see that from the bridge about 1300 feet away i saw it but by the time i did it was way too late, could you blame me for running it down?


Not your fault. Small ships give way to bigger ones. That would be the rule of the sea!:yep:

[Kapitan]

I placed a few random ships here and there and i must have forgoten about this one, i know she was tiny very tiny couldnt see her over my bow and with lights like that on no wonder ! main thing is im not leaking oil im afloat and also minimal damage.

I think ive acctualy smashed that boat to bits !

[SubSerpent]

I placed a few random ships here and there and i must have forgoten about this one, i know she was tiny very tiny couldnt see her over my bow and with lights like that on no wonder ! main thing is im not leaking oil im afloat and also minimal damage.

I think ive acctualy smashed that boat to bits !


Oops! Better him than me I always say. :yep:

[Kapitan]

NEWS FLASH

Wreckage of the earlier collission between the super tanker Jahre Viking and an unknown vessel has been found.
The stern section of the vessel was found floating some 12 miles from the recorded position of the acctual collission, upon closer inspection from the air it was found that the vessel had sufferd serious damage and is a total loss.

The stern section yielded yet another clue to the mystery of its identity, her name and place of launch were clearly written on her stern section, it is known that the vessel is norwiegen owned and flagged and was named "blink".

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/wreckage.jpg


Authorities this evening are investigating why such a vessel was in British waters, and why she was so obscure as not to revel her identity, many questions remain, as for the super tanker she has re enterd international waters the captain had this to say:

"I did not see the vessel there fore i have done no wrong, i do not want my vessel to be impounded nor investigated by British authorities, therefore i have re enterd international waters and stated my intentions that under no circumstancies will i allow British investigators onboard, i broke no rules the other ship did."

The owners of Jahre Viking are also requestiong the captain does not re enter British waters and that thier ship also norwiegen flagged shall not be borded by the british.

In a short statement made by the british, they have annonuced that a warship will be dispatched to arrest the tanker and her crew if they enter british waters again.

[STEED]

Having fun there Kap. ;)

[Kapitan]

lol plenty of fun just waiting now for them warships to escort me but hey they cant do jack im now 14 miles away from the british coast 2 miles outside british waters they cannot touch me i wont go quietly :D

[STEED]

:rotfl: :rotfl:

[Kapitan]

I was wondering when you would post up can always bank on it, its like a dead cert :D

[Winston]

The stern section yielded yet another clue to the mystery of its identity, her name and place of launch were clearly written on her stern section, it is known that the vessel is norwiegen owned and flagged and was named "blink".

'Blink' and you'll miss it, ho ho ho. Erm, Nice sim by the way.

[Oberon]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Kap, you've done it again! :up:

[Kapitan]

Some more pictures

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/bridge2.jpg

The super structure of the tanker

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/closeup.jpg

Close up of the bridge

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/escort1.jpg

Me being escorted by a type 45 DDG

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/bridge.jpg

And again the type 45 escorting me

[U-104]

don't ram him;)

[Takeda Shingen]

5 FPS? It may be time to invest in some RAM.

[Kapitan]

My FPS goes right down when i take screenshots dont know why its normaly a good 25FPS+

[Oberon]

Don't you mean the Type 45 arresting you? :lol: ;)

[Kapitan]

I have little choice i enter british waters in 3 hours unless i detour around which im doing :D

[Godalmighty83]

its concerning when the british decide to escort you with a ship they havent even finished building yet.

[Kapitan]

I know but you got to understand there isnt a type 23 or 42 model out there :damn: it was that or the USS Chaffe an arliegh burke DDG.

[STEED]

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/closeup.jpg

Close up of the bridge





NO SMOKING :o

I think this is a Political Correctness :yep:

[Oberon]

When Kapitan gets to Iceland and drops anchor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p8AJ93Wh00&mode=related&search=)

[Kapitan]

il try not to do that lol anchors awiegh

Also its not pollitical correctness would you like to have a smoke on the upper deck while beneath your feet is half a million tonnes of petrol waiting for one spark?

[STEED]

It's a game.:p

[Kapitan]

Yup and a good one at that :D

[STEED]

But in the real world, yes I do agree. ;)

Keep Sailing Kap. :)

[Kapitan]

lol update im going around the outside of british waters will not go into them however the type 45 will follow me most of my way

[Godalmighty83]

would be interesting to do a trip in that type 45 'destroyer' (personaly i think 'cruiser') a sample of a untested ship.

[Kapitan]

cant realy judge a ships handeling from this sim at all, so i wouldnt realy want to command that ship something like jahre viking ever renown ships like that are more my fancy here.

[Godalmighty83]

looking for somewhere with virtual sailor now, perhaps i can settle my own curiosity. (the type 45 is playable yeah?)

[Kapitan]

every ship you see in my screen shots are all playable, detail on some are not that good, to find virtual sailor at a price www.hangsim.com/vs (http://www.hangsim.com/vs) for good addons and over 300 vessels visit www.virtual-sailor.net (http://www.virtual-sailor.net)

[Oberon]

*wistful sigh*

One salvo and I'd go from being Oberfahnrich zur See to Grossadmiral....:D

[Kapitan]

I have a great advantage to me, what complete raving lunatic or a leader apart from terrorists would fire on half a million tonnes of oil?

My 11 views on why you cant stop me


1) im a floating bomb fire on me watch me explode

2) fire on me and watch petrol prices hit $5 a gallon

3) fire on me and watch how many countries blame you for causing the worlds largest oil spill

4) fire on me watch how many blame you for the worlds worst environmental disaster

5) sink me and watch me block shipping lanes for years to come

6) ram me and see just how much oil i can spill from one tank

7) try to run in front of me to cut me off corse, then you will see just how many ships i can cut in half no problems

8) try to block my way id just like to remind you that it will take me 17 miles to stop and chances are i wont stop for you

9) try to run me aground and all of europe will have a nice black outline to it for years to come

10) trying to know what is the best and what is right way to force me to enter british waters even when you have no clue about a ship and the only boat you have been in is the dover to calasis ferry, then all you can do is watch me pi55 my pants

11) land special forces on my deck they will either be sucked into the propellor if they come in an inflatable boat, or you will now start an international debate because im in international waters.

[Linton]

It would appear that someone is making too much reality out of a game again-did anybody notice the sudden scarcity of vodka in the south east of England recently?Either that or he is using the wrong glue on his akula model kit!

[Oberon]

Ah, but how good is the passive sonar on the Viking? If the Type 45 moved out of sonar range, you'd never know who fired that torpedo. 'sides, sinking a tanker and blaming it on terrorists would make Russian oil a more popular option, you can't torpedo a land line (Well...you can bomb it, but that's not the point) and what about that Sierra II that happened to be out of port when the Viking was sunk? Out on maneuvers, and no I can't tell you precisely where as it's classified.
:know:

[Kapitan]

lol well vodka is good supply is plentiful thanks to the goods trains that stop along my rail line, and i suppose i could be attacked but why would some one do sucha thing :D

[Oberon]

lol well vodka is good supply is plentiful thanks to the goods trains that stop along my rail line :D

Oh look, here comes another shipment of vodka for you Kap! :D

http://www.paulpettitt-photographs.co.uk/66052_Egham_Rusham_Road_020_small.jpg

[Linton]

Only the one train?How is the type 45 running?What is its maximum speed?

[Kapitan]

Max speed of the type 45 is 24.5 knots dont know why lol, im at 15.4 knots but im now out of UK waters.

[Godalmighty83]

just seen that little iowa vs kirov debate you kicked off there kap, interesting reading.

[Kapitan]

LOL hahaha did you ooooo well i now im right i aint bacing off thier argument is that it looks good.

[STEED]

About time you put into port for some more vodka, you must be running low by now. :lol:

[Kapitan]

Do you honestly think im carrying oil in this tanker :D shhh!!!! ment to be my little seacret.

[U-104]

lol :lol:

[STEED]

Knowing how fast you drink Kap, you must be running low. :rotfl:

[Godalmighty83]

are ship specs editable, cant be having do with a 24.5 knot type 45.

[Kapitan]

If you know how too then yes they are, i have re painted some vessels but thats all i can do.