Newcastle tanker

JetPilot · Post by **JetPilot** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:12 am

East coast has been battered with crazy wind & rain these last few
days. Just thought I would share some pics that were sent to me.
How are they goin to refloat this baby? Has anybody else got some pics
they can add to this...

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:24 am

Insane............I am a Newcastle boy, and love seeing photos of the beaches up there...........but not with behemoth tankers all over them !!!

210mm of rain fell at Nobby's in the 24hrs up to 9am yesterday !!!!!

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:58 am

There is gonna be some pissed off surfers !!

Apparently the Captain was warned to move away from the coast before the storm started, but refused ??

Good decision Dickhead !!

the kid · Post by **the kid** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:33 pm

Should have been wearing a HiVis vest I rekon

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:01 pm

the kid wrote:Should have been wearing a HiVis vest I rekon

i think it has more to do with the lack of "tanker foam"

the kid · Post by **the kid** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:19 pm

Neka79 wrote:
the kid wrote:Should have been wearing a HiVis vest I rekon
i think it has more to do with the lack of "tanker foam"

zzzak · Post by **zzzak** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:34 pm

I heard on the wireless that the anchored buoys measured the waves at 17m and that the winds were upgraded from gale to storm,this is a big flat bottomed ship that has 7000 tonnes of fuel onboard but was travelling with water ballast so it can be hauled off after its been pumped out with a bit of luck, three tugs are going to try and pull it out to sea soon,there is a rupture to the outer but not the inner hull,rather than take the fuel off they're going to shift it around the tanks as part of the refloat attempt,well that's what they said,we'll see what happens I'm sure.

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:58 pm

700 not 7000

zzzak · Post by **zzzak** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:30 pm

Oooops,typo.

mfzx6r · Post by **mfzx6r** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:41 pm

the kid wrote:
Neka79 wrote:
the kid wrote:Should have been wearing a HiVis vest I rekon
i think it has more to do with the lack of "tanker foam"

maybe the tank-grip stuff is holding it . When it peels off it will move

matt76 · Post by **matt76** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:44 pm

Ah it gives the beach character, what would Rainbow beach be without the 'Cherry Venture'?

Buck · Post by **Buck** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:49 pm

zzzak wrote:I heard on the wireless that the anchored buoys measured the waves at 17m and that the winds were upgraded from gale to storm,this is a big flat bottomed ship that has 7000 tonnes of fuel onboard but was travelling with water ballast so it can be hauled off after its been pumped out with a bit of luck, three tugs are going to try and pull it out to sea soon,there is a rupture to the outer but not the inner hull,rather than take the fuel off they're going to shift it around the tanks as part of the refloat attempt,well that's what they said,we'll see what happens I'm sure.

Gilligan and the Professor told me:
he went on coz he didnt have ballast on. He was empty of oggin ready to take on his load of coal. When they are MT of cargo they pump in seawater to maintain the ships seagoing capabilities: the whole propellor in the water and less ship in the air. He didnt anticipate the weather
didnt add ballast and couldnt keep his big sticky uppy ship with shit propulsion off the beach. They added ballast post grounding to settle her.
Shes a coal carrier the fuel issue is just wally's turning it into Exxon Valdez in Newcastle.
Master looking for a career change career I recon

Steve