quo vadis Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Going for a bollard pull test tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quo vadis Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 This is not open to you Diesel fallout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel falcon Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 i don,t win much!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnygeoff Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 you won the quiz once, what more do you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boaters Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Is it the new Thames Port that Rod often mentions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loops Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Harwich, from the wrong side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel falcon Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w44nty Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Somewhere they have wheelie bins on the beach Maine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat nee blownup Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Is it the artists impression of Le Boats new venture at Somerleyton? or am i the wrong side of the North Sea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_9 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 It does look a bit Zebrugge(ish) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Deductions: we seem to be looking towards the open Sea, maybe across a headland, because there's a windfarm on the horizon, (though I suppose that could be on a marsh behind a container port). The foreground definitely appears to be bathing beach, possibly on a wide estuary. The beach huts look vaguely "foreign", as does the sign at the bottom of the steps. The photo seems to have been taken high up on a ship, close in to the edge of an entrance channel quayheading, maybe a lock. I think Antaries is on the right track, somewhere along the German/Dutch/French North Sea Coast. I've been going blind following the coat downwards in Google Earth, looking for a windfarm near a large container port.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockham Admiral Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 I agree with David, 'cos from the land the mole on the left and the wind-turbines on the right-hand mole would fit in well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 I've flown over Zeebrugge, Le Havre and Dunkirk many times in my Google reconnaissance plane and can't spot anywhere with that layout of features. The ship-sized quay in the left foreground with the bathing beach and the wind farm in the distance beyond the container berths don't seem to fit anywhere.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_9 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 A lot of Google earth is quite old Stowie, and wind farms go up faster than sunflowers so maybe a bit misleading looking for one on and oldish shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w44nty Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Wherever it is they do not allow dogs on the beach,just enlarged pics of bins an signage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 A lot of Google earth is quite old Stowie, and wind farms go up faster than sunflowers so maybe a bit misleading looking for one on and oldish shot. No argument with the age of Google Earth overheads, they still show a my garden from over 5 years ago ! I'd concentrated mostly on the orientation of the quay with the beach and the container port with no other buildings visible, which implied a peninsular with a canal type ship access channel in the Southern corner, (assuming the eastern coastline of the North Sea). I guess that may be complicated by the fact that the German/Dutch/French coastline has numerous wide deltas rather than a straight coastline like most of ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quo vadis Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 For all those interested it is Zeebruge taken from the 5th floor hotel balcony overlooking the beach and port, I will post some more pics of the test later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antares_9 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Do I win a coconut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 As much as I enjoy coconut David, I always find it very chewy. You could go for a better prize methinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quo vadis Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Tow wire loadcell and springer connected with 250 ton shackles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quo vadis Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Springer attached to bollard and loadcell connected to laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quo vadis Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Taking the strain 20% engine power still paying out winch wire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quo vadis Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 40% power reading about 35 tons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quo vadis Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Client required 100 tons, here we have 118 tons @ 85% power pity I did'nt record the sound level of the turbochargers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel falcon Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Very intresting Bob ,thanks for posting the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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