Title: Does Anyone Know What This THING Is?
Post by: the shark hunter on November 09, 2015, 03:19:19 PM
Post by: the shark hunter on November 09, 2015, 03:19:19 PM
... anyone know what this thing is?
Title: Re: Does Anyone Know What This THING Is?
Post by: RW on November 09, 2015, 03:56:49 PM
Post by: RW on November 09, 2015, 03:56:49 PM
Title: Re: Does Anyone Know What This THING Is?
Post by: Romero on November 09, 2015, 04:19:11 PM
Post by: Romero on November 09, 2015, 04:19:11 PM
... what is this MONSTROSITY? it kept sailing past my house all weekend long ...Quote from: "the shark hunter"(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IjjD1NSWsss/UFdzL2HBwLI/AAAAAAAAM0Q/bHMF6og1svM/s1600/Arctic+Challenger+-+09:17:2012.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IjjD1NSWsss/U%20...%207:2012.jpg%22%3Ehttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IjjD1NSWsss/UFdzL2HBwLI/AAAAAAAAM0Q/bHMF6og1svM/s1600/Arctic+Challenger+-+09:17:2012.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
... anyone know what this thing is?
It's the
But how did you find the picture if you don't know what it is?
Title: Re: Does Anyone Know What This THING Is?
Post by: the shark hunter on November 09, 2015, 04:37:21 PM
Post by: the shark hunter on November 09, 2015, 04:37:21 PM
... what is this MONSTROSITY? it kept sailing past my house all weekend long ...Quote from: "the shark hunter"(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IjjD1NSWsss/UFdzL2HBwLI/AAAAAAAAM0Q/bHMF6og1svM/s1600/Arctic+Challenger+-+09:17:2012.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IjjD1NSWsss/U%20...%207:2012.jpg%22%3Ehttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IjjD1NSWsss/UFdzL2HBwLI/AAAAAAAAM0Q/bHMF6og1svM/s1600/Arctic+Challenger+-+09:17:2012.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
... anyone know what this thing is?
It's theArctic Challenger, a Shell Oil barge designed to contain oil well blowouts.
But how did you find the picture if you don't know what it is?
... lol. don't go technical on me, Romero. but thanks for the information ...
Title: Re: Does Anyone Know What This THING Is?
Post by: Anonymous on November 10, 2015, 09:27:53 AM
Post by: Anonymous on November 10, 2015, 09:27:53 AM
... what is this MONSTROSITY? it kept sailing past my house all weekend long ...Quote from: "the shark hunter"(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IjjD1NSWsss/UFdzL2HBwLI/AAAAAAAAM0Q/bHMF6og1svM/s1600/Arctic+Challenger+-+09:17:2012.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IjjD1NSWsss/U%20...%207:2012.jpg%22%3Ehttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IjjD1NSWsss/UFdzL2HBwLI/AAAAAAAAM0Q/bHMF6og1svM/s1600/Arctic+Challenger+-+09:17:2012.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
... anyone know what this thing is?
It was Powell River the shark hunter?
Why is it there?
Title: Re: Does Anyone Know What This THING Is?
Post by: the shark hunter on November 10, 2015, 04:37:59 PM
Post by: the shark hunter on November 10, 2015, 04:37:59 PM
It looks scientific.Quote from: "RW"
... yes, it does look scientific, RW! yet it also looks very INDUSTRIAL at the same time ...
... and to answer Fashionista's query, i'm guessing it was doing what the other barges do when they go around in circles in front of my house: they dump waste into the ocean ...
Title: Re: Does Anyone Know What This THING Is?
Post by: Anonymous on November 10, 2015, 05:47:05 PM
Post by: Anonymous on November 10, 2015, 05:47:05 PM
It looks scientific.Quote from: "RW"
... yes, it does look scientific, RW! yet it also looks very INDUSTRIAL at the same time ...
... and to answer Fashionista's query, i'm guessing it was doing what the other barges do when they go around in circles in front of my house: they dump waste into the ocean ...
You would be far more likely to see a little fishing boat or pleasure craft flout do that shit than an industrial vessel of any kind.
Title: Re: Does Anyone Know What This THING Is?
Post by: the shark hunter on November 11, 2015, 06:25:29 PM
Post by: the shark hunter on November 11, 2015, 06:25:29 PM
It looks scientific.Quote from: "RW"
... yes, it does look scientific, RW! yet it also looks very INDUSTRIAL at the same time ...
... and to answer Fashionista's query, i'm guessing it was doing what the other barges do when they go around in circles in front of my house: they dump waste into the ocean ...
You would be far more likely to see a little fishing boat or pleasure craft flout do that shit than an industrial vessel of any kind.
... why do you believe that, Shen?
Title: Re: Does Anyone Know What This THING Is?
Post by: cc on November 11, 2015, 06:37:49 PM
Post by: cc on November 11, 2015, 06:37:49 PM
If it is to contain oil well blowouts, it would have to go WHERE a blowout occurs, WHEN it occurs - i.e. under whatever conditions are at the time.
I can't help wondering why it was built so low in the water. I doesn't look like it could handle even minor rough waters ... not to mention the huge forces upon the crane in rough water
Title: Re: Does Anyone Know What This THING Is?
Post by: the shark hunter on November 12, 2015, 12:51:23 PM
Post by: the shark hunter on November 12, 2015, 12:51:23 PM
(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IjjD1NSWsss/UFdzL2HBwLI/AAAAAAAAM0Q/bHMF6og1svM/s1600/Arctic+Challenger+-+09:17:2012.jpg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IjjD1NSWsss/U%20...%207:2012.jpg%22%3Ehttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IjjD1NSWsss/UFdzL2HBwLI/AAAAAAAAM0Q/bHMF6og1svM/s1600/Arctic+Challenger+-+09:17:2012.jpg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
If it is to contain oil well blowouts, it would have to go WHERE a blowout occurs, WHEN it occurs - i.e. under whatever conditions are at the time.
I can't help wondering why it was built so low in the water. I doesn't look like it could handle even minor rough waters ... not to mention the huge forces upon the crane in rough water
... great post, ceece! i agree, it looks like it would be VERY unsafe in rough waters. the water was calm the weekend it was here, but i wish i'd got to see how it looked out there when the weather changed this week ...
Title: Re: Does Anyone Know What This THING Is?
Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2015, 10:01:08 PM
Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2015, 10:01:08 PM
They are actually quite safe.
Title: Re: Does Anyone Know What This THING Is?
Post by: cc on November 12, 2015, 10:13:45 PM
Post by: cc on November 12, 2015, 10:13:45 PM
Title: Re: Does Anyone Know What This THING Is?
Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2015, 10:19:12 PM
Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2015, 10:19:12 PM
The rigs are usually quit e safe in rough seas. Ihis low in the water scow, I don't think soQuote from: "cc la femme"
My husband has shown me pictures of the offshore rigs he has been on..
This does not look anything like the ones he has taken pictures of.
Title: Re: Does Anyone Know What This THING Is?
Post by: the shark hunter on November 13, 2015, 05:13:56 PM
Post by: the shark hunter on November 13, 2015, 05:13:56 PM
The rigs are usually quit e safe in rough seas. Ihis low in the water scow, I don't think soQuote from: "cc la femme"
My husband has shown me pictures of the offshore rigs he has been on..
This does not look anything like the ones he has taken pictures of.
... it's not a rig, Fashionista, it's a barge ...