Ship of the day

[Femme Folle]

You couldn't pay me enough to go on one of those gigantic cruise ships with a couple thousand randos and their germs.

[ursus arctos]

Arnica, a bulk carrier registered in Liberia, showing the superyacht what a real boat looks like

[San Bernardhinault]

That's definitely not homeopathic Arnica, because I can actually see it.

[ursus arctos]

I knew someone was going to make that connection.

[tracteurgarcon]

You couldn't pay me enough to go on one of those gigantic cruise ships with a couple thousand randos and their germs.

I got paid a fair whack to entertain people on one which went round the Caribbean, it was an interesting experience but not one I'm especially keen to repeat.

[Paul S]

The buoy laying ship Patricia which is currently moored 300 yards off St Ives

[Sits]

That looks almost tropical Paul. Hope the walk’s going well.

[ursus arctos]

The Liberty Belle, an ersatz paddlewheel steamer that usually stays in the East River, has been appearing in the Hudson more regularly and just motored by

[Femme Folle]

I saw that one today. Thought it was the lobstah boat at first.

[Sporting]

Used for tourism, I suppose?

[San Bernardhinault]

We have one of those that plods back and forth on Mission Bay with drunken revellers on board. I don't really know what the pitch is: "Come an release your inner antebellum south while drinking alcopops on a pastiche boat on a man made bay."

[ursus arctos]

Dunno about the San Diego version, but the Belle isn't at all "antebellum" inside.



Its promoters seem to think that its distinctive appearance sets it apart in an increasingly crowded field

[Sits]

There’s a similarly fake paddlesteamer running out of Sydney‘s Darling Harbour.

[ursus arctos]

It must be dead easy to gin up the necessary accessories.

[Nefertiti2]

[URL]https://twitter.com/simonmaginn/status/1175041547152384004?s=21[/URL]

[Femme Folle]

I thought that said "gold cocks" - same thing though, amirite.

[Femme Folle]

Dunno about the San Diego version, but the Belle isn't at all "antebellum" inside.



Its promoters seem to think that its distinctive appearance sets it apart in an increasingly crowded field

Good god that's ugly

[ursus arctos]

The Coast Guard Cutter Thunder Bay, which is often deployed as an icebreaker on the Hudson during the winter, just sailed past.

Here it is doing harder yards

[Ginger Yellow]

[URL]https://twitter.com/simonmaginn/status/1175041547152384004?s=21[/URL]

Caught that monstrosity going up the river yesterday:

[ursus arctos]

https://twitter.com/ursus_arctos59/status/1193284443718504448

[ursus arctos]

[URL="https://twitter.com/historylvrsclub/status/1201933627191365632?s=21"]https://twitter.com/historylvrsclub/status/1201933627191365632[/URL]

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

That ship is really the ultimate riparian expression of the term "Lazy man's load" isn't it?

[Third rate Leszno]

The RFA Tidespring, apparently a replenishment tanker, was moored at the cruise ship terminal in the Mersey while I was out for my dinnertime stroll today.

[Third rate Leszno]

Even by the standards of hideous modern cruise ships, this baboon-arsed example that's sitting in the Mersey looks like it's been beaten with an ugly stick.

[Third rate Leszno]

Not sure it's any prettier from the front.