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Why dry dock in the Bahamas? Less expensive?
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The sun dries it off faster. And dries the new paint faster too. ;)
Jim's son just repainted where he's pointing to on the hull. That was the main reason they were in dry dock. The helmsman scraped a barnacle when they stopped in port for lunch last week. ;) |
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@ Aktung.....Why the deleted post? It answers Rockstars question perfectly :hmm2:
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http://www.gaycruisepictures.com/eur...ck/dry0063.jpgAnd I thought painting a 41' ketch with Antifouling copper-oxide bottom-paint with two layers was tough!:o To quote from the captain's 2011 blog:"The final silicon layer will be applied this afternoon and curing time will take 24 hours. Silicon paint helps us with fuel economy as it reduces drag on the hull." I imagine the slow season and the temperate Bahama climate are essential to a 'good cure'. AS the captain points out, the silicone layer will reduce the AHR factor (average hull roughness) which considerably "improves fuel consumption; improve tight transit times; and reduces late arrivals." Boat bottom paint (biocides etc) is heavily regulated these days and is every boatman's major pain... On a large vessel doing over 15 knots: "The silicone application $ave$ 4% fuel costs and reduces the Friction coefficient by 38% with a reduction of 50% accumulated bottom slime!" Clearly a major cruise-line's budget consideration every four years! Warning; distressful pics: http://www.yachtpaint.com/LiteratureCentre/antifouling_101_usa_eng.pdf |
OK Mr. Smartypants. According to the color code I've seen in the past I counted thirteen shots of chain on the floor of the drydock. We used to have the entire second to the last shot painted yellow and the entire last shot painted red. How many are left on that scow?
We normally carried 7 in one locker 8 in the other and I thought that was a lot. |
Well I'm not up on a commercial vessel over 65 feet but on a boat such as mine An easy-to-recall mnemonic for remembering the order of your chain markings is “Rub Your Body With Oil,” which mimics the order of your paint colors: red, yellow, blue, white, orange.(:hmmm: I'll have to discuss that with my Capt??!!) So by the time you’ve seen the white marker go through the windlass, you know that you have 100 feet of chain out. In Jimbuna's shot with the yellow links, I note the 60 fathom detachable red link prior to the 'yellow' partially exposed shot:
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And tell him Jim that he's one strong SOB to hold up the ship like that so it doesn't fall on the dry-dock floor. He must be related to "Popey the Sailorman" somehow. Even with those skinny forearms. ;)
At least he's doing something he enjoys, and gets a lot of free travel. Tell him we ALL said Merry Christmas. |
I grew up with NAVSEA SYS and links according to it were painted red, white, blue, red white, blue and so on. On the picture above I counted 13 white links on eitherside of the red link with no yellow or red in sight. Thats damn near the total amount we carried in both chain lockers!
I was just wondering what the total length was on Eurodam. |
Computing the individual size of the links to drydock keel-block(photos) height...each link is nearly 2ft in length. Queen Mary carried this anchor chain: Length of Anchor Chain=990 ft;
Weight of Anchor Chain=45 tons Anchor Chain Link=2 ft. (61 cm.) long, weighing 224 LB. (101.8 kg.) That's 165 fathoms or 11 'shots' of anchor chain. QM was longer but less gross tonnage than MS Eurodam: 81,237 vs 86,700 tons :hmmm: and if U lose that chain you'll need one of these BBY's to drag and snag it!:down: __________________ http://www.blueoceantackle.com/chain_chaser.jpg |
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Eurodam is currently north west of the Cayman Islands but he will ring to speak to us some time during the day. |
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