worst place to moor a ship

[Captain Kong]

Hi John,
Well Oxford street in Sydney runs down to circular quay, so with a VERY high tide just maybe!!!!!!!! Share
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. Oxford Street in Sydney is a bad place to moor.
Anne and I stayed in the Koala Hotel in Oxford Street and next morning went for breakfast and we were the only male/female couple there.
All the `men` holding hands and kissing over breakfast was a little too much. Well it was at the same time as the `Gay Mardi Gras`.
We unmoored pretty damn quick and got out of there fast, hired a camper van and went to Broken Hill out of the way.
Cheers
Brian.

[Capt Bill Davies]

Bill, I have done static tows as welll as sorting out lines and hoses prepatory to the tanker hooking up, however mainly in Oz. As was at Brent in Stand by boats I was also there in supply and towing vessels and as Brian says I can never remember anything having a static tow at the Brent. Maybe I was there at the wrong times, but cant remember such. Cheers John Sabourn

John/Brian,

It was merely as question as Brent is a facility I have never visited. Thanks to both of you for your information.

Brgds

Bill

[leratty]

Some of the African ports on bulk ore ships, scary! Tony yes I recall that but also the junks or sampans waiting for the rubbish down below. Sadly still going on in China-Hong Kong, as well as rest of S.E. Asia though no sampans or junks now days picking it up. They are environmental cretins, unfortunately no one is educating the young ones on this. All the junks that go out in H.K. with locals & tourists to the islands, then when they get back drop off their passengers they just push all the detritus over the side, plastic bottles the lot appalling to see.
Don't mention the **** floating around the beaches as children swim & jet ski amongst it, they bury dirty nappies in the sand on the beach argh! Too much switching off the memory now.
On saying all that as seamen & mooring they are sublime to watch, not just the junks or sampans either big crane barges, tugs with all types of ships & ships on the rivers just very good I suggest instinctive seamen.

[Captain Kong]

Hi Bill.
Here is a photo I took on the ESSO Dalriada when we were discharging 260,000 tons of crude at Ain Sukhna in the Gulf of Suez into the SUMED line. [ it runs from the Suez to Alexandria on the Med,. ]
we were too big for the Suez Canal.
We were connected up to the SBM, [ Single Bouy Mooring,]
We didnt have any static tows there either.
In fact I have loaded and discharged at many SBMs around the Gulf and far east, such as Pulau Awai Chaywan near Singapore, and never seen a static tow.
Cheers
Brian.
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. PS , The photos do not enlarge as they used to do, any reason for that , anyone??

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Colin.
I was on a BTC tanker at Banias in the 50s, tied up to the bouys, six of us swam ashore met up with a couple of girls on the beach who after a little persuasion went and got a couple of bottles of wine. When we started to swim back the sea stated to kick up a bit, one big Scots fireman started singing, halfway there we heard the siren going, thought we would have to swim the Med after her. The skipper put one of the lifeboats down to pick us up, blessed be the Captain.
Cheers Des

[John Arton]

Skikda Algeria.
Not too bad in good weather but horrendous when the wind picks up plus it is populated by the biggest bunch of thieves ever.
rgds
JA

[Peter Trodden]

One Port that comes to mind,as a Deckhand it was a work up. St John. New Brunswick in an Empress Boat in the middle of winter. They didn't Tie up they Laced up.On the Flood tide keep slacking mooring ropes and take in Bottom gangway,then at the top of slack water send out Top gangway,grab a quick smoke and cupper,then its the Ebb, reverse the procedure.
This happens all watch none stop. Members who have been on that coast know it has the greatest rise and fall in the world.

[Captain Kong]

Hi Peter , I did that a few times on the Empress of France.
I went ashore to Gars Diner, came back , the ship had vanished, then I looked over the jetty and there she was, down below.
Brian.

[Dennis McGuckin]

Peter, I believe the Bay of Fundy on Canada's east coast take the prize for that.
Same general area anyway.
Den.

[happy daze john in oz]

Hi John,
Well Oxford street in Sydney runs down to circular quay, so with a VERY high tide just maybe!!!!!!!! Share

Now I understand why itis called CIRCULAR quay