Page 3 of 3 FirstFirst 1 2 3
Results 21 to 30 of 30

Thread: Foggy Days and Nights at Sea..........

  1. #21
    Join Date
    Feb 2018
    Location
    CAULFIELD NORTH
    Posts
    259
    Thanks (Given)
    468
    Thanks (Received)
    326
    Likes (Given)
    1487
    Likes (Received)
    1210

    Default Re: Foggy Days and Nights at Sea..........

    Growing up in Dover i remember the "pea-supers" very well. Our street was 2 below the western heights and not that far from the channel. On a really bad night the foghorns sounded so loud and close you would think ships were going up our back alley.

  2. #22
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Sunbury Victoria Australia
    Posts
    24,991
    Thanks (Given)
    8300
    Thanks (Received)
    10126
    Likes (Given)
    106523
    Likes (Received)
    45653

    Default Re: Foggy Days and Nights at Sea..........

    Quote Originally Posted by Colin Wood View Post
    Hi Happy Daze, my grandmother lived in Biggin Hill during the war and we walked or cycled passed the aerodrome when going to see her. Have had more than a few beers at the Crown on Leaves Green road. Caused chaos there one night when I accompanied him to pick up one of Crouches coaches which he drove of a weekend. Pulled up at the crown on our way home to Coney Hall on a friday night, they thought it was a coach full of unexpected customers. Good Fun. Drank regularly at the Fox at Keston.
    Yes mate, you bring back some very good memories of that time.
    Leaves Green Road, had forgotten all about that one, and the Fox, was good then.
    Happy daze John in Oz.

    Life is too short to blend in.

    John Strange R737787
    World Traveller

  3. Likes Doc Vernon, Denis O'Shea liked this post
  4. #23
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    Varsity Lakes, Gold Coast Qld
    Posts
    707
    Thanks (Given)
    583
    Thanks (Received)
    435
    Likes (Given)
    802
    Likes (Received)
    2226

    Default Re: Foggy Days and Nights at Sea..........

    Hi Happy Daze, my grandmother lived in 'Old Tye Avenue' off of Jail Lane.

  5. #24
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Location
    North East Scotland
    Posts
    2,575
    Thanks (Given)
    1380
    Thanks (Received)
    1009
    Likes (Given)
    11424
    Likes (Received)
    3128

    Default Re: Foggy Days and Nights at Sea..........

    The entrance to Aberdeen Harbour is rather narrow and in the past many have come to grief in all weather conditions, before radar fog was a nightmare and even with it it still is.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...tland-57679093

  6. Thanks Graham Shaw thanked for this post
  7. #25
    Join Date
    Apr 2011
    Location
    Long Eaton
    Posts
    5,429
    Thanks (Given)
    793
    Thanks (Received)
    5721
    Likes (Given)
    15496
    Likes (Received)
    17505

    Default Re: Foggy Days and Nights at Sea..........

    Never sailed in fog, arrived Soton with a cargo fruit anchored until fog cleared.

    Saile through sand storms off the hook of Africa, weird weather warm, being blasted by grit.
    Vic

  8. Likes Des Taff Jenkins, Bill Morrison liked this post
  9. #26
    Join Date
    Jun 2018
    Location
    Lancashire-Fylde Coast
    Posts
    1,132
    Thanks (Given)
    777
    Thanks (Received)
    1461
    Likes (Given)
    3858
    Likes (Received)
    5498

    Post Re: Foggy Days and Nights at Sea..........

    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Morrison View Post
    The entrance to Aberdeen Harbour is rather narrow and in the past many have come to grief in all weather conditions, before radar fog was a nightmare and even with it it still is.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...tland-57679093

    Thanks for that Bill.Here's the MAIB Accident Report HERE..(It will open as a pdf-to read or save on PC)

  10. Thanks Bill Morrison thanked for this post
  11. #27
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    W.A.
    Posts
    23,641
    Thanks (Given)
    12850
    Thanks (Received)
    13719
    Likes (Given)
    19100
    Likes (Received)
    76762

    Default Re: Foggy Days and Nights at Sea..........

    #25.. wouldn’t have a clue what Aberdeen port regulations are today but at the times I worked out of there the same as most others on site pilotage was compulsory leaving and sailing , and yet most knew it like the back of their hand. But once inside the port in the offshore industry a large amount of the time was spent shifting the ship around the harbour a much more harder job , and for this a pilot was not required as long as port control were informed . That extra hand on the bridge when backing in alongside tight fitting berths especially between ships could be nerve racking , an engineer or whoever was available usually assisted shouting out the approx. distances etc. cheers JS
    R575129

  12. Thanks Graham Shaw thanked for this post
  13. #28
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Sunbury Victoria Australia
    Posts
    24,991
    Thanks (Given)
    8300
    Thanks (Received)
    10126
    Likes (Given)
    106523
    Likes (Received)
    45653

    Default Re: Foggy Days and Nights at Sea..........

    Not just foggy days and nights.

    There was many a foggy morning particularly in Cape Town if you had been on the Cape smoke the night before.
    Smoke gets in your eyes, and your guts and at times encourages prolonged discussions with Huey on the big white telephone.
    Happy daze John in Oz.

    Life is too short to blend in.

    John Strange R737787
    World Traveller

  14. Thanks j.sabourn thanked for this post
    Likes Graham Shaw liked this post
  15. #29
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    W.A.
    Posts
    23,641
    Thanks (Given)
    12850
    Thanks (Received)
    13719
    Likes (Given)
    19100
    Likes (Received)
    76762

    Default Re: Foggy Days and Nights at Sea..........

    A ginger square would have cured that John . JS
    R575129

  16. #30
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Location
    North East Scotland
    Posts
    2,575
    Thanks (Given)
    1380
    Thanks (Received)
    1009
    Likes (Given)
    11424
    Likes (Received)
    3128

    Default Re: Foggy Days and Nights at Sea..........

    Quote Originally Posted by j.sabourn View Post
    #25.. wouldn’t have a clue what Aberdeen port regulations are today but at the times I worked out of there the same as most others on site pilotage was compulsory leaving and sailing , and yet most knew it like the back of their hand. But once inside the port in the offshore industry a large amount of the time was spent shifting the ship around the harbour a much more harder job , and for this a pilot was not required as long as port control were informed . That extra hand on the bridge when backing in alongside tight fitting berths especially between ships could be nerve racking , an engineer or whoever was available usually assisted shouting out the approx. distances etc. cheers JS
    Hi John. Aberdeen Harbour pilotage still compulsory but now with various exceptions. They installed a computer controlled pilotage simulator for training purposes. I had a trial with it and ended up in same place as that vessel, fog came down in the blink of your eye. There is a Pilot Exemption Certificate issued to those who have passed the examination.
    PEC@aberdeen_harbour.co.uk

    Bill

  17. Likes vic mcclymont liked this post
Page 3 of 3 FirstFirst 1 2 3

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •