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Old 02-02-2007, 09:40 PM
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Default Couple of north sea offshore pics
Got these today from a mate telling me that they were taken during the high winds the other week in the northern sector of the North sea

all i can say is thank £uck that when i go offshore its to a rig or a platform.








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Escy Exactly what I was thinking !!
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fuck that
took the words out of my mouth
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Originally Posted by Escy
fuck that
couldnt have said it better myself


makes me feel sick just looking at it
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scary stuff foook that
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....I've had rougher baths!!!!

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Originally Posted by Len
,stick with land
Well according to the news just on, the land could look like that in a few years due to global warming...
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Paul......... I've seen them pictures before mate?? Earlier this week or last?

What cargo does that vessel hold?

Scary shite!
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Old 02-02-2007, 09:49 PM
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Scary shite!
indeed
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the people on those ships must have some big balls, i couldnt force myself to do it for all the money in the world. those pictures look like hell to me.
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Sod that.Thats why I didnt join the navy.Plus the fact they fire exocets at you as well.Where was the boat in that last piccy?
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Sorry to highjack this post but............



I'm off for a vessel tour in the next month around the Emma Maersk - the biggest containership in the WORLD! Ubercool.
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fuck that
Exactly what I said too when I saw that
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Impressive pics but fuck being on that thing!!
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Im gonna go with the majority here & say fuck that too
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WOW - sod that for a game of soldiers!!!!! (WTF does that mean anyways!?!?!?)

I have some i will post up lol
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have t agree with what everyone says

wouldnt catch me on that thing

but id imagine thats a fairly big ship and then you have to think of the real nutters who go crab fishing in storms like that
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Originally Posted by Franco
I'm off for a vessel tour in the next month around the Emma Maersk - the biggest containership in the WORLD! Ubercool.
Make sure you got a digi camera to hand eh ? Be some cool pics there
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Old 02-02-2007, 10:01 PM
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looks mentle, mates just back after a 5 week trip in the indian ocean says the waters like glass out there.
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Franco

Aint got a clue whats in there mate, could be anything from Grain to Cement Powder

Like i said a mate mailed them across so not sure exactly when they were taken but they are pretty awesome

Be pretty cool to experience something like that once in your life.

Get some pics on the tour of the containership
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Originally Posted by ABZ_MK2_RS
WOW - sod that for a game of soldiers!!!!! (WTF does that mean anyways!?!?!?)

I have some i will post up lol
get the pics up mate
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Originally Posted by Franco
Sorry to highjack this post but............



I'm off for a vessel tour in the next month around the Emma Maersk - the biggest containership in the WORLD! Ubercool.
The ship is a PS-class vessel
The anchor of the ship weighs 29 tons
It can carry 11,000 20ft containers
The ship can be operated by a crew of just 13
It is equipped with over 40,000 metres of pipes
Its accommodation and bridge are as high as a 12-storey building
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I'd love to crew on a vessel like that................You'd never see sights like that an other way!


Oh and i bet they get well looked after financially!!
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Cool pics but agree with the f**k that comments its bad enough on a rig and were anchored to the bottom of the sea. The see has been real weird up there latley we went from 2 meter seas to 20 meter within a few hours last week.
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Originally Posted by Mr S1
It can carry 11,000 20ft containers
Actually they're TEU's (Or FFE if you work for Maersk!)

But now i'm being proper geeky!
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Old 02-02-2007, 10:18 PM
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Great pics, U must admit it would be pretty cool bein on the bridge watching that
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I reitterate the "fuck that" comments

but I love the ocean - so powerfull, and there really is simply no fucking with it - if it wants to wipe you out, it will, and not a damn thing you can do about it

Power off the scale
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Awesome.......

Looks like it`s just starting to get a bit rough out there...

Wish i was there to see it first hand,look how pure the sea looks....how can anything so brutal look so stunning....
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Originally Posted by The Diva
....how can anything so brutal look so stunning....
Spot on there Rob!
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Fooks sake!

I have loads of storm pics but they are in a slideshow and i dont have powerpoint here to take the pics out of it......damn it....

So here are some other random pics!!!



Ninian Central Platform in a storm



Chopper on the Ninan Southern Platform





Ninian Southern Platform in some fog......I hate offshore fog!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Franco
Originally Posted by Mr S1
It can carry 11,000 20ft containers
Actually they're TEU's (Or FFE if you work for Maersk!)

But now i'm being proper geeky!
Taxi
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I feel sick......
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Originally Posted by ABZ_MK2_RS
Fooks sake!

I have loads of storm pics but they are in a slideshow and i dont have powerpoint here to take the pics out of it......damn it....

So here are some other random pics!!!



Ninian Central Platform in a storm
Stunning!

B9KOS

Tosser!
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Just imagine that in the middle of the night - pitch black...
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as has been said,....

there is simply NO fucking with the sea....

absolutely amazing force, but i get sea sick just looking at puddles,....
otherwise id love to see it like the storm pics with my own eyes with 80 foot waves,.....
would be amazing, but id be throwing up everywhere
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