Pics from pasha bulker prior to running aground

**Reads90** · 15th June 2007, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by incisor

she was empty.... that was her downfall.....

i wanna take you lot out for a run in a w class tug in some decent water....

mmmm been in a 33 foot yatch in the Swinge (near alderney, channel Islands) That makes being in a force 9 gaoe look like a walk in the park.
The water rushes between the islands as 30-40 knots. It like white water rafting in a yatch. The at the end three jet strems hit each other all doing 30-40 knots and all from differant directions.
All you do it harness up (tie yourself to the boat) and hang on
last time we went though wave after wave just went straight over the boat with out breaking . The boat just bobs back up again reay for the next wave. First time you do it you make a terrible mess of your Musto trousers

BTW fantasic pics

**abaddonxi** · 15th June 2007, 03:05 PM

Those are remarkably high quality pics for a situation that looks so dangerous.

Cheers
Simon

**Discobunny** · 15th June 2007, 03:23 PM

They are excellent pics,
I hate to be a party pooper

but I have seen them before. The pics are actually of another ship, the Selkirk Settler, taken in 1987, see here;
http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/spruceglen.htm
The thing with these bulk carriers is when unladed without ballast, the prop is half out of the water, check the stern view pic on the page above.
The Pasha was just churning the water getting blown onto the shore without ballast. Makes it worse as they can't unload anything to make it any lighter to refloat it, just going to have to drag it off.

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 15th June 2007, 03:35 PM

Well Done Discobunny!

explains the lack of land and freeboard!

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 15th June 2007, 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

Those are remarkably high quality pics for a situation that looks so dangerous.

Cheers
Simon

on the ball as usual Simon

**isuzurover** · 15th June 2007, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by incisor

she was empty.... that was her downfall.....

i wanna take you lot out for a run in a w class tug in some decent water....

I don't see how it can be sitting that low in the water in the pics if it had no ballast - maybe they emptied it after those pics were taken???

EDIT:

Exactly - thought it was a bit suss.

Originally Posted by Discobunny

They are excellent pics,
I hate to be a party pooper

but I have seen them before. The pics are actually of another ship, the Selkirk Settler, taken in 1987, see here;
http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/spruceglen.htm
The thing with these bulk carriers is when unladed without ballast, the prop is half out of the water, check the stern view pic on the page above.
The Pasha was just churning the water getting blown onto the shore without ballast. Makes it worse as they can't unload anything to make it any lighter to refloat it, just going to have to drag it off.

Rovernaut · 15th June 2007, 06:36 PM

They look very familiar to some pics I saw months ago about ships and stormy seas. especially the last one??????

**Quiggers** · 15th June 2007, 07:13 PM

My apology to Cal415 - been one of those weeks, being a doctorI'm sure you'd understand, scrambler....

GQ

**cal415** · 15th June 2007, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by Discobunny

They are excellent pics,
I hate to be a party pooper

but I have seen them before. The pics are actually of another ship, the Selkirk Settler, taken in 1987, see here;
http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/spruceglen.htm
The thing with these bulk carriers is when unladed without ballast, the prop is half out of the water, check the stern view pic on the page above.
The Pasha was just churning the water getting blown onto the shore without ballast. Makes it worse as they can't unload anything to make it any lighter to refloat it, just going to have to drag it off.

Ahhh thanks for pointing that out!! I had them sent to me by a few people saying they were the pasha bulker, but that explains the file names of the pics!!

**Landy110** · 15th June 2007, 09:16 PM

Hate to tell you but I saw those pics months ago, I was sent them after the cyclones off WA. She may or may not be the Pasha but the pics were taken long before Newcastle. And yes she was too light on ballast when she went aground, these pics are obviousely a loaded vessel.
Steve

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