Cool Ship

Started by Hardy Boy, February 15, 2019, 07:08:38 PM

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Hardy Boy

One of the two Coast Guard ships that were sent to the West Coast for Search and Rescue and large ship rescue/ towing was in our Harbour today so I went down for a tour. The ship is being leased so it has private crew and Coast Guard crew for operations. She had been in  Atlantic Canada as a oil rig tow and supply ship for  years. Ship is 75 m long with 18 m beam. 5 huge winches , one of which is loaded with 6 inch tow cable !!!. Can fight wires with nozzle capable of filling an average swimming pool in about 7 seconds. The Capt said she is a good sea boat but moves around a bit when seas are sporty (13 to 17 m). He said the sister ship has been in 30 m seas and handled it. The ship has also been seized by Muammar Gaddafi  in its past life in the middle east.

Cheers:

Todd
Todd

Hardy Boy

few more.
Todd

reel man

Those babies can really gobble up the fuel.

natch!

 Lot's of deck space. Looks like there's plenty of room for a bait tank.

Jack

Fishy247

Pretty sweet, but I didn't see a fishfinder on the bridge....

Gman_WC

Nice report.
The rails look to big to attach rod holders!  ;)
-g
Walnut Creek, CA

Fishy247

QuoteThe rails look to big to attach rod holders!  Wink

Weld 'em on  ;D

David Hall

Gonna need some really long handle gaffs also.

gstours

Really a fast troll.  Oar about two thousand feet deep?🤪. It's still better than working?   Just saying?🤓

Fishy247

QuoteReally a fast troll

No problem. Just find a tanker to tow around!

Rothmar2

My Previous line of work which I miss dearly...

Keta

Hi, my name is Lee and I have a fishing gear problem.

I have all of the answers, yup, no, maybe.

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
Mark Twain