Pasha Bulker Recoveries

[tombraider]

Finally looks like the Pasha Bulker will get off the beach...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfHvLAv0x-M

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpKkmg7VVqo&NR=1

[spudboy]

Some people have a lot of time on their hands! That first one was very clever.

[Quiggers]

I love creativity, just genius. The Thunderbirds rescue gets me!

Why don't we all run up a few other creative ideas?

Like: Pump the hull full of helium and let it float into space,
or,
call godzilla!

Over to you(se)

GQ

[dullbird]

what about advertising the rescue in some other coutries......

and say the first person to get the boat of the beach gets free entry to australia:D:D:D:D:D

pictures lots of lebo lad's on the beach with there cars trying to doooof the boat off with there sound systems, using there hair greese as lube:eek:

[Quiggers]

Good one dullbird!

You know, it aint going anywhere, tourism newcastle has a hidden anchor,
holding it firmly to the reef/beach:D

How about this?:

Rig up a few masts, lots of sails and wait for a westerly wind?

GQ

[abaddonxi]

Good one dullbird!

You know, it aint going anywhere, tourism newcastle has a hidden anchor,
holding it firmly to the reef/beach:D

How about this?:

Rig up a few masts, lots of sails and wait for a westerly wind?

GQ

Your not suggesting that it takes Newcastle with it?:D
Cheers
Simon

[Quiggers]

Your not suggesting that it takes Newcastle with it?:D
Cheers
Simon

About time Bob Hudson came back and did a revised "The Newcastle Song" with a few references to the Pasha, eh, Simon...;)

Given where it is, there is another way, - forward!

Get all the (not Land Rover) 4wd dudes to dig up the beach, create a channel and let the surf and wind push it into the river! It would easily slide over the roofs of lotsa sunk Pootrols and 'cruisers...
we know that lot are very good at sinking their 'cars'.......:twisted:

GQ

[mcrover]

Get about 1 million fat bastards like me to jump into the sea on high tide and watch the ship just float away like a rubber ducky in the bath.

On the same line, just dump all the Jap crap in the sea, the sea level will come up and in a year or 2 they would have rusted away with no sign of ever being there, thats something you couldnt do with a landy, too much Ally.

If that doesnt work, some cheap chinese winches off ebay, a couple of hundred with snatch blocks to some arb sand ancors would do it easy.

Just a few of the stupidest things I could think of.

[dullbird]

[quote=mcrover;557755]Get about 1 million fat bastards like me to jump into the sea on high tide and watch the ship just float away like a rubber ducky in the bath.


my guess is you will jump in and the water will jump out leaving the boat totally on the sea bed................oh wait thats ok we can build a shopping centre around it............i always wanted to get my grocceries from a ships hull.:eek:


SORTED..............lets go shopping at pestfields lol

[Blknight.aus]

why go to that effort

just post up a free beers for landrover drivers sign, and paint a urinal on the front of the pasha... I recon wed raise the level enough in a couple of days...

[mcrover]

why go to that effort

just post up a free beers for landrover drivers sign, and paint a urinal on the front of the pasha... I recon wed raise the level enough in a couple of days...

I think you call that P!ss funny lol

[Blknight.aus]

since the tide is influenced by the gravitational forces of a large body, couldnt we just get dobbo to come stand up the front during high tide? thats got to add a meter or 2 surely....

or should we just put him out on a tug and let the pasha sucumb to his gravitational pull?

[dullbird]

maybe see if dobbo will organise another indian night then you can all go to the edge of the shore drop yeh pants and blow her away.............

[Bushie]

Don't worry about it, once they decide its really stuck and needs to be cut up, a whole bunch of Indians will arrive and it'll be gone overnight.


Martyn

[dullbird]

AND...it'll give us somehwere to park the pushbikes...eh DB? :p:p

i was thinking more like somewhere to get money out

is that cheque savings or credit madame:D:D

[RobHay]

Your not suggesting that it takes Newcastle with it?:D
Cheers
Simon


Uhummmmm ........let me ponder on that for awhile:angel:

[RobHay]

why go to that effort

just post up a free beers for landrover drivers sign, and paint a urinal on the front of the pasha... I recon wed raise the level enough in a couple of days...

What you are saying is that Newcastle be turned into a sewer.......Uhummmmmm........Let me ponder on this one too:angel:

[87County]

well, they appear to have turned the bow a few metres out

http://www.coastalwatch.com/camera/NobbysBeach.htm

I understand that one of the tow lines has snapped however - hope they "pull it off" as they say...

[EchiDna]

cool link... the blardy thing is swinging with the waves now.... must be VERY high in the water

[dobbo]

But I have been on a diet and lost 20 kilo's. I am lean and slender now.

[cal415]

just got home from having a stickybeak, it looks like it has moved a little, and its partialy floating, they still had 4 tugs attached when i left about 9:20

[paulthepilot_5]

Yes they have snapped a tow cable!, we gust got a request at work to charter another 800Kg Reel off synthetic cable down there :o HA HA, Fat chance getting that in one of our aircraft, we bumped it off to another company who runs a Beech 18 out of Redcliffe, they should have it down ther in an hour or two (before high tide):p P.S. i did offer to the guy that called up that i would Snatch it out with the landy:twisted: some people have no sense of humor, I guess he wasn't a Landy driver then:angel:

[UncleHo]

G'day Paulthepilot_5

Glad that the cable is going down in a classic aircraft :) just a pitty it has trike undercarriage, will you be coming up to sizzlers on Sunday afternoon for the get-together to meet JDNSW. reference :upcoming events:)

cheers

[Blknight.aus]

But I have been on a diet and lost 20 kilo's. I am lean and slender now.

thats a perspective thing, in comparison to what? a hippo?

[Quiggers]

I think you'll be getting a few more calls Paul.

The radio news is reporting three snapped cables.

Serious Land Roverites should get down to the Pasha and 'acquire' the broken cables,
might need a bigger winch tho', if you get my drift....

omg, a pun.......

GQ

[Pedro_The_Swift]

you've been saving that one up hey GQ;)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

that link is cool,, theres a helicopter flying around now!

[incisor]

and she is moving around..... not much but the bow is floating to some degree.

[cookiesa]

I like the Radar going.... Tad optimistic at this point in time..... Might be difficult to get out of the way even if the do see someone about to run in to them!

[Bushie]

I like the Radar going.... Tad optimistic at this point in time..... Might be difficult to get out of the way even if the do see someone about to run in to them!

I thought the idea of a radar was so you could see other things and not run into them.

Its obviously not working - they couldn't see the mainland :D:D



Martyn

[Quiggers]

The radar worked perfectly Bushie...the boat is high and dry:twisted:

Maybe they were seasick and wanted some stability.....

Anyhoo, it aint going anywhere in a hurry...

Actually, I have a question here for our experts: What's breaking strength of the tow cables?

GQ

[UncleHo]

G'day Quiggers :)

Seems they are using synthetic cable :eek: as paulthepilot's company got a request to transport 800Kg of the stuff:D

Big snatch strap:D:D:D

cheers

[4bee]

I like the Radar going.... Tad optimistic at this point in time.....


I have it on good authority, it's tied in with Accessories on the ignition switch. Seems the Salvage Master wanted to light his fag & demanded the Cigar Lighter be activated.


Easy really. No mystery.:D

[cal415]

that link is cool,, theres a helicopter flying around now!
They havnt stoped since it ran aground, never seen so many helicopters, they seem to be constantly flying around it or droping stuff off there, i took some pictures of them when i first noticed, but the novelty of watching helicopter deliverys has worn off now :)

[Blknight.aus]

youd think that with all the choppers hanging around you could just hook the pasher up to the choppers and lift the bloody thing off.

wonder how many are actually involved and how many are business men/pilots with $$$ to burn and want good seats

[CraigE]

LOL:D:D:D

Finally looks like the Pasha Bulker will get off the beach...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfHvLAv0x-M

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpKkmg7VVqo&NR=1

[Pedro_The_Swift]

did they try again last night?

[Mick-Kelly]

Yep and they failed, apparently it gets dark at night and they cant work in the dark.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

it looks like their pumping again,,,



love that spy cam:D

[Pedro_The_Swift]

speaking of which,,

they will have to move the cam a bit,,

Pasha's on her way!!


sort of,,,;)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:



this site scares me---


I clicked to send the last post,, went back to the pasha,, buggar me someone moves the camera.

:eek::eek::eek:

[spudboy]

Try wishing for a big lottery win.....

[defender90]

from the looks of the webcam she is spinning around

[awabbit6]

I just had a look and thought the same thing. Must almost be free now.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

parallel to the beach:D

[paulthepilot_5]

G'day Paulthepilot_5

Glad that the cable is going down in a classic aircraft :) just a pitty it has trike undercarriage, will you be coming up to sizzlers on Sunday afternoon for the get-together to meet JDNSW. reference :upcoming events:)

cheers

Yep I would have to agree with you on that one UncleHo, the only REAL aircraft are taildraggers:twisted:. Unfortunatly i missed JDNSW's get together, I had not looked at the forum for a few days, shame on me:(

[cal415]

Well they have moved it pretty well now, its pointing out to sea, but still looks well stuck!

[UncleHo]

G'day Paulthepilot 5 :)

Never mind there is always next Sunday at Mt. Mee:D "The Gantry" day picnick area, at 11.00am for a B-B-Q there are some leaving from Daybro pub I think,then up Mt.Mee rd, they are leaving at 10, Myself and Numpty's Misssus will be going from Caboolture end, up to D'agular, turn left at D'ag pub and up Mt. Mee rd & on into Sellens rd:)

cheers

[barney]

there's only one way to get this tub off the beach.
i have this theory that if we can build a massive concentrated light beam, which for now i'll call a "laser", and aim it at the polar ice caps thereby melting them and raising the sea level enough to rescue the ship.
everyone is happy!
well maybe everyone except the population of the Maldives, bali, thailand, florida, bahamas, etc

[cal415]

there's only one way to get this tub off the beach.
i have this theory that if we can build a massive concentrated light beam, which for now i'll call a "laser", and aim it at the polar ice caps thereby melting them and raising the sea level enough to rescue the ship.
everyone is happy!
well maybe everyone except the population of the Maldives, bali, thailand, florida, bahamas, etc
and us on the stockton peninsula!

[4bee]

She's off & heading to deep water.:)

[cal415]

Looks bare without it there, I just watched it being dragged out to sea, apparently they didnt have any troubles this time,, It was looking like it woud be a permanent newcastle resident for a while there!!

[4bee]

She wasn't at all happy about being on the beach. Far better she's back in her natural environment.

They know & she was decidedly unhappy.;)

[jimbo110]

The rudder and prop sure dont look very flash :o

[Ben]

Some pics from a week ago I got emailed. Photographer unknown.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/07/531.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/07/532.jpg (http://www.aulro.com/app/showphoto.php/photo/5871) https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/07/533.jpg (http://www.aulro.com/app/showphoto.php/photo/5869)

[barryj]

Some pics from a week ago I got emailed. Photographer unknown.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/07/531.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/07/532.jpg (http://www.aulro.com/app/showphoto.php/photo/5871) https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/07/533.jpg (http://www.aulro.com/app/showphoto.php/photo/5869)

What are those items on the aircraft wing ..... plan B maybe :o?

[Blknight.aus]

thats a pic from the reccy wing up here....

Weve got some perlers doing the emails ATM, however due to the fact that they are so freaking huge we cant get them out of the sytem till the PR boys ownscale em, ITs not a priority for them due to some other ummmm stuff they have to process (i think its porn) so you might see them next year when its all forgotten about.

[shorty943]

What are those items on the aircraft wing ..... plan B maybe :o?


Um, yeah sonny, it's a natomic counter balance.:twisted:


Shorty.

[shorty943]

Hell, they got her off.:o

I honestly never expected her to come off in one piece.


Shorty.

[4bee]

Shorty, did you watch the bit when she came off while Joe wottsisname was waffling on, & she seemed to disappear in the distance but no one told him?:D

In my first post waaaaay back on her, I knew they'd get her off. Dare I say it was a feeling in my bilge water?:D

[shorty943]

Didn't see that, must have made the minister for harbours look good.

I really was skeptical.
The way she was balanced on the reef of rock about midships, I thought she was close to breaking her back at one stage. Then she started to tear her double bottom, as she was slewed around on the rocks.
I reckon they were lucky to get her off.


Shorty.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

you're experience in BIG ships is showing shorty,,

I thought it was just,,

on the beach:angel:

[Blknight.aus]

The tug of war...

a whole bunch of ****ed of 4x4 owning newcastelonians all with snatch straps, winches. tow cables, Dudes with sand anchors and Tirfors, Yobbos on hills hoist line in their tshirt shorts and thongs

All tyring to pull it back on shore against the tugs, a syncronus cry over every part of the electromagnetic spectrum adressable by any radio that could have been hand held and battery driven or vechile mounted.


"Give it back ya buggers, We want another cherry venture...."