Surveying Around Europe

[Tim RoweParticipant @timrowe83142]

My day job is a yacht surveyor. I live in Mallorca and work around the ports of Europe and sometimes further afield.

I know some people are building tugs from a free plan so I thought I would kick off with a photo of an American built tug that was anchored in the Bay of Pollensa last week.

It was fairly close to the seaplane base where they keep the CL415 water bombers for fire fighting.

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Tim Rowe

[Tim RoweParticipant @timrowe83142]

A selection of interesting photos

[BanjomanParticipant @banjoman]

I was in Stockholm last week, where I spotted what is supposed to be the largest sail yacht currently afloat, Eos **LINK** , at the Skeppsbron quay, not far from the Royal Palace:

In the background are two other subjects that I personally find rather more attractive, namely an old and a modern harbour ferry of the types that run from the Slussen locks across to Djurgården and i.a. the Vasa Museum. Oh, and also a couple of plug-uglies in the form of Baltic Car Ferries for the Finland and Estonia routes.

While impressive in certain ways, I cannot say that Eos caught my fancy very much; while the hull shape looks allrightish to me, I find the superstructure to be way out of proportion. Essentially some sort of luxurious house, plumped down on a hull, I'd say, and not in the best of ways. Headroom and picture window views from inside seem to have been more of a priority here …

And finally, another ship in the background that is much more attractive to my eyes, namely the three-masted full-rigger af Chapman (**LINK** ) — these days permantly moored at the old Naval Base island of Skeppsholmen and used as a Youth Hostel:

Mattias

Edited By Banjoman on 18/06/2019 13:00:20

Edited By Banjoman on 18/06/2019 13:01:07

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

I was in Crete last week and we drove down to Agia Galini on theSouth Coast. The first three photos are of a Hellenic Coastguard vessel based on the RNLI Arun design. One of a number in the class, the hull was moulded in the UK by Halmatic and completed by Motomarine in Greece.

The last photo is of a rather smart fishing boat also in the harbour.

Colin

Edited By Colin Bishop on 18/06/2019 13:30:33

[Tim RoweParticipant @timrowe83142]

Those Mediterranean fishing boats have so much character.

Tim R

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Yes, and so obviously the owner's pride and joy too.

Colin

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi Mattias,

Glad you have found your next project 1/96th scale ?? 😃

Regards Ray

[BanjomanParticipant @banjoman]

Ray,

Brrrr … Perish the thought, is all I'll say to that!

Now, af Chapman in 1:96, that'd be summat else! Mind you, it is not very likely to happen either, but mainly because very definitely on my list is a 1:96 (or even 1:48 if I have by when I get around to it lost enough marbles) static model of Moshulu.

Mattias

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