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04-10-2006, 08:26 PM
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The Blue Marlin, one of the worlds largest submersible heavy lift ships.............
04-10-2006, 08:30 PM
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Might have to google that for more info
04-10-2006, 08:30 PM
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now thats some weight its carrying
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Thats a fair size chop but fuck being on that rig in rough weather whilst being carried
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04-10-2006, 08:32 PM
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Chop - go for it mate
watched a programme some time back on it, fascinating stuff
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hope that says "DOCKWISE" on the front
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good job it car,nt get flatty,s no chance of jackin that fooker up
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more to thepoint what was the bloody crane like that put it on there in the first place.
cool pic tho
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04-10-2006, 09:21 PM
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not sure if it was a purposeful question but they dont use a crane.
They submerse the boat so that the platform that it has for carrying oil rigs is under the water and float the rig onto the back
I saw one in Barbardos earlier this year
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I watched a documentry type thing on one of these (or that one) on Discovery, quite amazing and VERY large!!
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why doesnt that just snap hells bells
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Re: Cool pic....
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The Blue Marlin, one of the worlds largest submersible heavy lift ships.............
What an awesome pic
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Handy bit of kit!
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They are very cool!! Seen a prog on Discovery all about it.
Though fook being on that if the sea was a bit rough
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it was on Megastructures a while ago
An amazing bit of kit
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