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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Initially Posted - 12/16/2009 : 09:03:39

...faster than you're willing to hit it."

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufx5x1ZLmec"]Example[/url]

Association Port Captain, Mystic, CT
Past member and DPO of C-25 #5032
Now on Eastern 27 Sarge (but still sailing) and posting as "Stinkpotter".

Passage, Mystic, and Sarge--click to enlarge.

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John Russell
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Response Posted - 12/16/2009 : 09:21:36

Oooops.

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piseas
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Response Posted - 12/16/2009 : 13:44:14

I love one of the responses to viewing this video:

"Actually this is common; when there's no room, we must"create" one!"

Steve A

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 12/16/2009 : 13:56:40

I picked up somewhere that this is a "ship recycling" facility... I guess neither of the ships in view there are going anywhere. Must be exciting for the pilot!

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 12/16/2009 : 14:07:08

Looks like a breaking yard in India/Pakistan/Bangladesh, and they probably did it on purpose. The guys in the first part don't look concerned or surprised, just expectant. Pretty cool to watch.

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jerlim
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Response Posted - 12/16/2009 : 14:35:09

What's the big deal...isn't that how your are suppose to do it

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Happy D
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Response Posted - 12/16/2009 : 14:59:30

I thought that was a prety good park job. Right in the middle.

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piseas
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Response Posted - 12/16/2009 : 15:29:28

Well if they were doing to dismantle that ship as well as the others next to it, then I guess that "Is how you are supposed to do it!"

Steve A
BTW, I saw a show on PBS that showed how they dismantled those ships in India. It was extremely interesting and dangerous to the workers. Many have died for 10 cent daily wages

,especially sad and distressing since many were US ships.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 12/16/2009 : 16:30:02

I saw that same show, it was terrifying to see what those guys thought was normal to do while cutting up a ship. Non existent safety gear, using a cutting torch with no dark goggles or face mask. And like Steve said, they get paid next to nothing to do it. The beaches where they do it will be polluted for generations after they stop work.

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britinusa
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Response Posted - 12/16/2009 : 17:37:58

Nothing odd to me, I'm guessing that the pilot was probably trained as a driver in New York! Isn't that how you park in Brooklyn?

I was on an aircraft carrier way back when it was doing a self parking job. Not an easy maneuver in a Carrier.
We hit the dock bow first. Quite a rumble!

Paul

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 12/16/2009 : 18:36:57

While backing out of a pier in Gitmo, the tug pulling our destroyer around broke free and got slung completely under the pier. The top deck of the pier was the only thing left standing and the stern of the tug went all the way under the pier to the rear of the wheelhouse taking out all the pilings. Fortunately there were no hands on deck, so while spectacular to watch, no one was hurt. There was a hell of a thump when the wheelhouse hit the pier.

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 12/16/2009 : 18:55:52

That video reminds me of a scene from Jurassic Park (3?) when the boat slams into the dock in San Diego.

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OJ
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Response Posted - 12/17/2009 : 13:03:42

. . . or drawbridge . . . and the captions are hilarious!

http://www.dancetc.com/towboat.html

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PCP777
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Response Posted - 12/17/2009 : 14:35:08

WOW! Good find.

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islander
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Response Posted - 12/17/2009 : 15:44:44

I was waiting for the little deck hand to walk up to the bow, look over the rail then toss the 22lb. anchor over

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 12/17/2009 : 19:10:51

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by islander
 I was waiting for the little deck hand to walk up to the bow, look over the rail then toss the 22lb. anchor over

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Reminds me of [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3WveEZykJ8"]this one[/url]. Unfortunately, a bit more than 22 lbs...

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 12/18/2009 : 06:30:34

Ya gotta love utube. If you wanna see/hear it, that's the place to go!

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KiteKraemer
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Response Posted - 12/18/2009 : 14:59:35

"Hey you scratched my anchor!"

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Unsinkable2
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Response Posted - 12/29/2009 : 22:21:33

Gosh, there's something therapeutic about watching someone else make a bigger mistake than the ones I make.

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britinusa
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Response Posted - 12/30/2009 : 08:20:46

Now we can watch U tube on our big screen they are even more impressive.

Thanks Santa.

Paul

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 12/30/2009 : 08:23:42

I've got a pc input on my new flat screen too, but haven't tried it. I'll bet it's great!

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 12/30/2009 : 19:32:17

The first thing that came to mind watching the boat crunching into the docking area was that Godzilla was going to come out from one of the holds.

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KiteKraemer
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Response Posted - 01/04/2010 : 23:29:08

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by OLarryR
 The first thing that came to mind watching the boat crunching into the docking area was that Godzilla was going to come out from one of the holds.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Mine was Caddyshack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGD-tUsySPs

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