Insurance Wire

[robpage]

You are obviously improving since Whitley Bay

[cappy]

would need your wire insured to dip it there you old rascal

[John Gill]

were those pics taken near Boca Juniors Football ground Kong? I was there in 2009, stayed at the Loi Suites hotel Recoleta, didn't notice those 'ladies of the afternoon' outside MY hotel.

[j.sabourn]

John they retired after Brian left. The shock was too great for them. Cheers J.S.

[happy daze john in oz]

................................ they are rough.even I would not go in them.
and the women. how rough are these two.??
Cheers
Brian

And how rough do you normaly like them Brian??

[Captain Kong]

Wernt they great, not often an old sailor gets the chance to relive his youth in BA.
You lot are only jealous, I can still attract them.
Brian

[John Gill]

I was in BA about the same time Kong- it was summer and the only thing i attracted was flies.

[Colin Pook]

On all the deep-sea Esso tankers I was on, when-ever we moored to a jetty, an 'insurance wire' was put out forward, and aft, that was presumably stronger than the ships own moorings, and 'insured' that the ship would not break free.
hope this helps,
Colin

[John Adamson]

Talking of Insurance Wires, I just happened to be onboard the Queen Mary yesterday, and thought a picture or two of Insurance wires would be in order. The Queen Mary had two. One aft on "B" Deck, which was immediately below the Poop Deck and the stern capstans and warping drums. As you see in the attached pictures it is in the Rope locker. On the deckhead above the winch is a round hatch where the lines were passed up to the deck above.
The other wire is forward, just under the forecastle head. again in the rope locker. It was pitched dark and we couldn't get any lights on. Both wires are in excellent shape as they have probably had little or no use. As you can see they are hand spliced, and served with marlin, must have been quite a job.
It was a beautiful sunny day, so could not resist taking a shot of Prom Deck.P1000737.jpgP1000726.jpgP1000732.jpgP1000736.jpg

[Ivan Cloherty]

Nice photos John, would seem that an insurance wire on an 80,000 tonner is a similar dimension as a 16,000 tonner. Hope they had a portable motor for the winding gear, similar to the ones we used to bolt onto the lifeboat winches