First . . . a foto from Cape Town thanks to Colin. Any idea what purpose the wire coils around the bulwarks of Teliri serve? Answer at end of post.
Next, from French mariner Herrou Xtian, a LeHavre-based rotor tug RT Claire, now working in Bremerhaven. For a sense of what she looks like below the waterline, click here.
Also from Xtian, it’s a huge salvage tug Abeille Bourbon. Xtian’s has a model-building question later in this post. And I hope to have fotos of a huge tug myself in the next few days.
And from Dave Chappell, Mobro’s Rio Bravo (ex-Gus Candies, 1973) towing a scow through Jacksonville, FL.
Also from Dave, two old tugs (anyone identify??) travel under the Ben Franklin swing bridge near Charleston, SC.
Teliri has been laying cable in pirate/gangster? infested waters, so it could be construed the coils of barbed wire intends to discourage unwelcomed visits.
And here’s Xtian’s question, stemming from his work on Crowley’s former vessel Centurion. On his model, the lighter strips represent the keel coolers. How far do the ones marked A and B extend, and what exactly do they look like.
Here are fotos I took of Centurion high and dry on Mighty Servant 1, about to leave NYC’s sixth boro for Nigeria. However, the portion Xtian wants to see is obscured in all my fotos. Anyone help?
Final shot, also from Colin . .. who’s following the progress of Alwyn Vintcent inland from Cape town on a 90-wheel rig operated by ALE. Here’s a previous ship-haul job by ALE.
I won’t post tomorrow or friday most likely . . because I’ll be gallivanting “on assignment.”
Thanks much Colin, Xtian, and Dave.
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June 27, 2012 at 10:42 am
Joe
No clue on the Keel Kool, but you might try the vendor, I believe they keep a ship file by installation date.
Re: Teliri, she was repairing cables in the Gulf of Aden (5 yrs ago) when I was out there last, and I heard that she was scheduled for the new Singapore area work. Both places are a den of thieves.
June 27, 2012 at 4:38 pm
Brian
They are welded channel coolers fabricated on site (pain bending channel to the shape of the boat). A & B are usually part of the complete cooling system C & D. They will be connected together either on the out side with channel like the rest or piping on the inside. They will have vents inside by the stuffing box like all the high spots to let air escape while filling. There are usually two cooling circuits for the each main engine, the larger for the aftercooler if equipped. One set for each generator and one set for the tow machine. There may be more for things such as ac cooling etc.
June 28, 2012 at 12:45 pm
Bob
Years ago, when I was in the Navy, we always put rat guards on our mooring lines. I notice that the Teiri is not using them and in many pictures on Tugster ships are tied up without them. Aren’t rat guards used any more?
July 30, 2012 at 7:17 am
bowsprite
that ship on the highway is the visual equivalent to the audio one of Conrad Milster’s ocean liner steam whistles blowing on New Year’s Eve in Brooklyn every year. No matter many times I go, it is always disconcerting. You don’t want to get run over by a liner on Willoughby Avenue.
beautiful photos.