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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2020 18:14:36 GMT
I hope you also appreciate the occasional flippant remark on this
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2020 18:23:23 GMT
maybe from Soviet Union or something. Just because it has a red star...nah...maybe the engine type would be a giveaway...and I'd say that's a wulerf. I'd love to get on board and have a look. Might need the thebfg expertise for this one Engine if still present will definitely be an impressive feature. Of course if it has been used as a "houseboat" for a long time there is a fair chance it is no longer present. That would be quite sad but it could still be there. Either way once my other aunt shuffles off and leaves me the £850k I might look at re-engining it anyway. Probably go for a proper Dutch engine none of this English rubbish. MTU any day . Or possibly as a second choice a CAT.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2020 18:33:21 GMT
There was a Dutch company called the 'Red Star Line'. I was reading a bit about it and found a bit of trivia relating to 'The Godfather'. Coppola's attention to detail knows no limit.
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Post by thebfg on Oct 6, 2020 1:03:26 GMT
There was a Dutch company called the 'Red Star Line'. I was reading a bit about it and found a bit of trivia relating to 'The Godfather'. Coppola's attention to detail knows no limit. Makes sense as there are plenty of various other colour star lines. I do seem to recall a connection with Southampton.
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Post by JohnV on Oct 6, 2020 5:42:24 GMT
Actually the name has a lot to do with it - I would hard to think of a boat called 'Stentor' (example only) as feminine. I don't suppose anybody ever referred to the 'Queen Elizabeth' in the masculine. I've never heard British battleships called 'he'.
Prince of Wales, Hood (after Admiral Hood), King George V .................. all referred to as 'she'. All Japanese merchant ships are female (Maru). All Japanese warships are male
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Post by bodger on Oct 6, 2020 6:46:37 GMT
Yes I am aware of HMS Hood and whom the ship was named for. Interesting point though. Are you ex-RN? no, just loved boats and ships from as far back as I can remember.
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Post by bodger on Oct 6, 2020 6:50:16 GMT
I've never heard British battleships called 'he'.
Prince of Wales, Hood (after Admiral Hood), King George V .................. all referred to as 'she'. All Japanese merchant ships are female (Maru). All Japanese warships are male I'll bet the warships enjoy escorting a large convoy
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Post by bodger on Oct 6, 2020 6:53:59 GMT
It could be Dutch. It's got the "what a pretty boat" thing which a lot of Dutch boats have. I think from further east though . I'll put money on Poland.
The hull shape and bulwarks are typical of Polish working vessels. As you say, probably had ice-breaking capabilities.
Sorry to burst your bubble but I think it would be well out of place in Cannes or anywhere else on the Azure Coast.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2020 9:52:43 GMT
I've never heard British battleships called 'he'.
Prince of Wales, Hood (after Admiral Hood), King George V .................. all referred to as 'she'. All Japanese merchant ships are female (Maru). All Japanese warships are male I'd always thought that maru meant 'sea' in some way. Interesting.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 6, 2020 10:03:55 GMT
"Japanese ship names follow different conventions from those typical in the West. Merchant ship names often contain the word maru at the end (meaning circle), while warships are never named after people, but rather after objects such as mountains, islands, weather phenomena, or animals."
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2020 10:24:08 GMT
It could be Dutch. It's got the "what a pretty boat" thing which a lot of Dutch boats have. I think from further east though . I'll put money on Poland.
The hull shape and bulwarks are typical of Polish working vessels. As you say, probably had ice-breaking capabilities.
Sorry to burst your bubble but I think it would out of place in Cannes or anywhere else on the Azure Coast.
Interesting about it being Polish thanks for that comment. It wouldn't be the only ex working vessel out there actually. I quite like this one for example which is off the coast of France and does move around a lot. It's an ex fishing vessel converted to a luxury motoryacht. Nice. Yes there are plenty of shiny white superyachts as well but you are actually allowed to have whatever boat you want if you have the money I think my Polish icebreaker would fit in quite nicely one tidied up a little.
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Post by lollygagger on Oct 6, 2020 11:16:37 GMT
There are a huge tax break(s) to be had by describing your enormous helipad encrusted luxury boat as a research vessel. My ex's sister is chef on one owned by a past head of wall street.
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Post by kris on Oct 6, 2020 11:19:12 GMT
I'll put money on Poland.
The hull shape and bulwarks are typical of Polish working vessels. As you say, probably had ice-breaking capabilities.
Sorry to burst your bubble but I think it would out of place in Cannes or anywhere else on the Azure Coast.
Interesting about it being Polish thanks for that comment. It wouldn't be the only ex working vessel out there actually. I quite like this one for example which is off the coast of France and does move around a lot. It's an ex fishing vessel converted to a luxury motoryacht. Nice. Yes there are plenty of shiny white superyachts as well but you are actually allowed to have whatever boat you want if you have the money I think my Polish icebreaker would fit in quite nicely one tidied up a little. That looks like a Japanese fishing boat, well like it used to be one.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2020 11:46:44 GMT
American apparently.
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Post by Andyberg on Oct 6, 2020 11:54:42 GMT
Sounds to me like you need a smart, multimillion pound Beneteau super-yacht complete with its own ‘African man-boy’ crew moored in Monaco.👍
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