Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Quite the prow on that thing

 


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  1. Sort of a nautical Dick Tracy…..

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  2. Called the Utopia IV.
    Custom build.

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  3. Anyone else a lot of the modern boats are mega-ugly?

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  4. Some of the Norwegian built offshore vessels have been using the Ulstein 'X' bow for quite a few years. There's considerable evidence that it rides the seas much more stably and gently, and the captains I've talked to really liked it, although it takes getting used to, according to them.

    Here's a couple of x-bow ocean going tugs on a drilling rig tow, in a storm:

    https://youtu.be/TMh7Y6XEVsQ

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    1. ug. clicked the link and had to endure a kamalalalalala commercial first.

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  5. Heading to a climate meeting no doubt!!

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