raymundo:
If you.re ever in Troon you are more than welcome cos we spend most of our time alongside the quay waitin on some decent weather to sail the bloody thing … she was built for working out of Corfu in Greece where the weather is much more suited to her capabilities as a sea going vessel, not the wilds of west Scotland !!
Im certainly no expert on ships but looking at that had a feeling it was meant for the med, theres still one or two similar working the little islands off the Greek coast.
Lol - am loving the shipping stuff! People probably know that I make a “trucking tv” video channel which I’m not permitted to mention here, but I also make a Shipping TV channnel, which I suppose I might - youtube.com/shippingtv
ChrisG46:
Lol - am loving the shipping stuff! People probably know that I make a “trucking tv” video channel which I’m not permitted to mention here, but I also make a Shipping TV channnel, which I suppose I might - youtube.com/shippingtv
ChrisG46:
Lol - am loving the shipping stuff! People probably know that I make a “trucking tv” video channel which I’m not permitted to mention here, but I also make a Shipping TV channnel, which I suppose I might - youtube.com/shippingtv
The Bert Prior was my regular boat for a couple o years before I joined the RP Chris, good one of the Mark, and the Fraggle (mate) is my brother in law …
ChrisG46:
Lol - am loving the shipping stuff! People probably know that I make a “trucking tv” video channel which I’m not permitted to mention here, but I also make a Shipping TV channnel, which I suppose I might - youtube.com/shippingtv
The Bert Prior was my regular boat for a couple o years before I joined the RP Chris, good one of the Mark, and the Fraggle (mate) is my brother in law …
Do you live aboard it?
If so how long for?
Is it a full time job or seasonal?
What’s your work pattern?
Where do you sail to/from?
Sorry for complete lack of shame faced nosiness. Just interested . Just been watching a documentary on YouTube about the Derbyshire. I had a failed, very very short attempt at being a cadet in the MN and the Derbyshire subject frightened me then (mainly the lecturers instilled fear in us on bulk carrier safety, especially likes of a young me who were destined to bulk carriers!) and it’s always held a fascination since.
Freight Dog:
Do you live aboard it?
If so how long for?
Is it a full time job or seasonal?
What’s your work pattern?
Where do you sail to/from?
Sorry for complete lack of shame faced nosiness. Just interested . Just been watching a documentary on YouTube about the Derbyshire. I had a failed, very very short attempt at being a cadet in the MN and the Derbyshire subject frightened me then (mainly the lecturers instilled fear in us on bulk carrier safety, especially likes of a young me who were destined to bulk carriers!) and it’s always held a fascination since.
Yes we have all the facilities we need to live on board my cabin is what used to be to old wheelhouse before the new one on top was built but with obviously some alterations.
Normally month and month about with the other Irish skipper but he has a lot more family functions to attend so sometimes I end up doing longer.
Full time but very weather dependent so spend more time staring at the same piece of concrete quay than being at sea.
Work pattern ■■ I do nowt but drive the thing to her place of loading then back to the discharge port, normally a max of 4 to 5 hours each way, if longer than 6 hours then the chief mate does his 6 and occasionally I will have a play with the Volvo log loader when the regular driver is having a meal or taking a dump.
Normally always in Troon, but we have been known to go further afield, Corpach near Fort William and even to Larne, there was talk last year about us running around the top and down to Inverness but that is a big no no and someone even wanted us to run heavy plant from Poole to Alderney which is an even bigger no no, last year we even stood in for a broke Calmac ferry on the Kinnacraig to Port Ellen on the Isle of Islay for a couple of weeks but could not carry passengers, not that I would want them onboard only their vehicles, got a glowing letter of praise from Caledonian MacBrayne for doing such a wonderful job whereas I thought it were a piece of ■■■■ but thar ya go.
On a roll now so put up with me or scroll on to another thread …
We are unique in that we are the only landing craft in the whole of the UK designed for accessing forests where no roads exist or where the timber must be transported solely by water transportation, we are also the biggest commercial landing craft in the UK. We have our own Volvo log loader bought from Sweden so we load ourselves, the boss man invested £1.3 mill in this boat after the Forestry Commission said that more suitable loading sites would be made available, still waiting for more of them but as each one costs about £150,000 I think we will wait a fair ole time… some places we go we loose the phone, internet and even the telly so everything must be well sorted beforehand regarding supplies etc. ie Famous Grouse or whatever is on offer in Morrisons
Really interesting stuff. About how long to self tip and load? What length of logs can you handle wth your loader, and what sort of weight for a full load?
600 horses at 600 rpm? Equals enough torque to need a pretty big prop shaft?
How do you beach an empty craft, load it, then float off? Is it dependant solely on a rising tide or do you have big ballast tanks or ■■
I’m another nosey gawper.
Franglais:
Really interesting stuff. About how long to self tip and load? What length of logs can you handle wth your loader, and what sort of weight for a full load?
600 horses at 600 rpm? Equals enough torque to need a pretty big prop shaft?
How do you beach an empty craft, load it, then float off? Is it dependant solely on a rising tide or do you have big ballast tanks or ■■
I’m another nosey gawper.
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Under normal circumstances it takes about ten hours to load but that depends on whether there is sufficient room to store the logs on the pad or if we have to wait for the forwarder to fetch them to us, but we do not unload ourselves, JST have that job. Length of logs varies between 2.8 mt and 4.9mt, it depends on what the timber is going for. Can carry up to 730 ton depending on density and height of cargo on the old car deck is 4 mt which is the max we can go to for stability. Landing and sailing is done on the high water and when she lands hopefully the first time in the correct position there is a 100 ton ballast tank up forward we fill up in less than an hour to get her head down asap. Main engines are run at 600 rpm cos they are clapped out and save a fair bit of fuel at them revs but they were designed to run at 750 rpm but I wouldn’t risk it.
Franglais:
Really interesting stuff. About how long to self tip and load? What length of logs can you handle wth your loader, and what sort of weight for a full load?
600 horses at 600 rpm? Equals enough torque to need a pretty big prop shaft?
How do you beach an empty craft, load it, then float off? Is it dependant solely on a rising tide or do you have big ballast tanks or ■■
I’m another nosey gawper.
Sent from my GT-S7275R using Tapatalk
Under normal circumstances it takes about ten hours to load but that depends on whether there is sufficient room to store the logs on the pad or if we have to wait for the forwarder to fetch them to us, but we do not unload ourselves, JST have that job. Length of logs varies between 2.8 mt and 4mt, it depends on what the timber is going for. Can carry up to 730 ton depending on density and height of cargo on the old car deck is 4 mt which is the max we can go to for stability. Landing and sailing is done on the high water and when she lands hopefully the first time in the correct position there is a 100 ton ballast tank up forward we fill up in less than an hour to get her head down asap. Main engines are run at 600 rpm cos they are clapped out and save a fair bit of fuel at them revs but they were designed to run at 750 rpm but I wouldn’t risk it.
Sounds an idyllic lifestyle pootling about carrying timber. I’ve been across the pentland firth on a ferry when I was a kid. I couldn’t stop barfing. It was horrible
A couple of screenshots showing how easy landing in the right place at the first attempt can be and also how wrong it can go when conditions are not quite right North Sannox on the Isle of Arran
Freight Dog:
Sounds an idyllic lifestyle pootling about carrying timber. I’ve been across the pentland firth on a ferry when I was a kid. I couldn’t stop barfing. It was horrible
Had a few arse clenching moments going through there mesen, wind over tide (going in opposite way to each other and the seas can build up rapidly to dangerous heights) Also thinking we may get clear before the tide turns but fail and end up going backwards due to the strength of the tide, and that was with an eleven knot ship or 13 1/2 mph +/-
Not a lot of room to play with when trying to land on the ramp if the wind and tide is trying to catch you out … and I’m standing about 50mt away from where it’s all happening and relying on good communications from the mate up forward, can be extremely interesting going in when its dark !!
£10.68 an hour plus a 20% night shift bonus but I voted with the basic hourly rate as requested. I am contracted 50 hours a week, anything over my 10 hours a night is paid time and a half. Average 50-55 hours a week depending on how things go, no nights out, in peak periods my average hours will likely go up a bit as it usually does due to the business.
With my night rate is works out at £12.81 an hour overtime at £16 an hour.
Personally I don’t think it’s that bad a wage and hours, there are lot out their earning less for doing the same job or have to do way more hours to earn a decent wage.
. Just been watching a documentary on YouTube about the Derbyshire. I had a failed, very very short attempt at being a cadet in the MN and the Derbyshire subject frightened me then (mainly the lecturers instilled fear in us on bulk carrier safety, especially likes of a young me who were destined to bulk carriers!) and it’s always held a fascination since.
