Critique Welcomed Calm as a dancefloor,

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

today, April the first. XT1 and 35mm at 2,0 ISO 100

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

A view I can often look out onto Ivar and could be here.
I worked briefly on what we called coaster's. These look similar, we'd deliver steel , clay or food stuffs around Europe and the superstructure would collapse allowing you to pass under low bridges on rivers such as the Seine. About fifteen hundred tons and the most scary ships I have every been on and known to be unstable in certain conditions. Large bonus payments on early arrival of shipments meant some captains would leave port in weather that otherwise you would maybe wait twenty four hours to blow over. Fortunately our skipper was a sensible person. I was offered the position of first mate but declined, but declined and left to work on trawlers which was much more fun and very worth while.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

A view I can often look out onto Ivar and could be here.
I worked briefly on what we called coaster's. These look similar, we'd deliver steel , clay or food stuffs around Europe and the superstructure would collapse allowing you to pass under low bridges on rivers such as the Seine. About fifteen hundred tons and the most scary ships I have every been on and known to be unstable in certain conditions. Large bonus payments on early arrival of shipments meant some captains would leave port in weather that otherwise you would maybe wait twenty four hours to blow over. Fortunately our skipper was a sensible person. I was offered the position of first mate but declined, but declined and left to work on trawlers which was much more fun and very worth while.

Thank you for sharing your very interesting story Julian. The only ship I worked on was an eighteen thousand tons bulk carrier, for 13 months with a crew of 33 persons, on my paid voyage to my final destination. Trying to get to my family in Vancouver and getting paid while I did. It worked marvelously well, and I got to see plenty of continents, people and other creatures. I never aimed to become a sailor and I can't call myself one, but being seasick for three days, while had to work off land of Panama was an experience I still remember vividly. Twenty meters of waves hit us in the bow, times and times again and I thought I'd neither see Canada nor Norway ever again!

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Thank you for sharing your very interesting story Julian. The only ship I worked on was an eighteen thousand tons bulk carrier, for 13 months with a crew of 33 persons, on my paid voyage to my final destination. Trying to get to my family in Vancouver and getting paid while I did. It worked marvelously well, and I got to see plenty of continents, people and other creatures. I never aimed to become a sailor and I can't call myself one, but being seasick for three days, while had to work off land of Panama was an experience I still remember vividly. Twenty meters of waves hit us in the bow, times and times again and I thought I'd neither see Canada nor Norway ever again!

Yes I spent a while away in other oceans and know well those waves within hurricanes. Fortunately I was never experienced being sea sick, I've observed others being so and it seemed a bad idea so gave it a miss

 

[John Allen]

We have boats bigger than those on the lakes. Ships, actually, but they are called boats. Thousand footers that can carry 70,000 tons. Some of them are too big to make it through the locks on the St. Lawrence Seaway, so they spend their entire life on freshwater. I never worked on one, but I did take a short 3-day trip once as a sort of supernumerary on a smaller one that was hauling gypsum.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

We have boats bigger than those on the lakes. Ships, actually, but they are called boats. Thousand footers that can carry 70,000 tons. Some of them are too big to make it through the locks on the St. Lawrence Seaway, so they spend their entire life on freshwater. I never worked on one, but I did take a short 3-day trip once as a sort of supernumerary on a smaller one that was hauling gypsum.

Another sailor boy has appeared, must be the trickle of viking blood in your veins John. They always like to explore.

 

[Pete Askew]

Now there's a phrase I've never heard before! A super shot though.