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I created a free platform that brings together all sorts of data sources (buoy, weather, satellite, etc.) and allows you to experience the lake from dozens of points in real-time. Get boater and swimmer warnings.

You can even 'Float' in a random spot and just enjoy the view as if you were there. Play the radio, have a drink. Designed for calm.

Free, no email required, no data tracked. Just a passion project.

Thoughts and feedback welcome.

North sea views

A Different Perspective on Massive Ships Navigating the Locks .

Captured with two FPV drones, the DJI Avata 2 and iFlight Nazgul Evoque F6D. I wanted to show these massive vessels and the locks from perspectives you don't normally get to see.

Hope the ship enthusiasts here enjoy it!

Seen as she moves up the Thames coming from Tanjung Pelepas ,loaded with supplies for the people of Britain . Note in the second slide the boats lights are powered on around sun fall . As we say in the industry
“That’s a good boat !”

I made a sail and motor simulator set in the Mediterranean. Besides your own boat there’s commercial traffic: ferries going up and down Mahón harbour, tankers and cargo ships off the port of Tarragona, and ships crossing on the passages to Mallorca and Menorca. You have to keep clear of them, follow the right-of-way rules and listen to them on VHF.

Everything is modelled in code (Swift); no AI-generated graphics.

Free, no ads. Mac, iPhone and iPad.
https://apps.apple.com/app/id6822390196

If your interested, please check it out

I remember watching a video a while ago about a nighttime shipwreck (likely end of 1800 or early 1900, although I could be wrong) where there had been some chemical reaction in the water that had created light during the ship’s sinking. Or something of the sort. I remember a recreated image of people in the water surrounded by light. I think the ship was tilted to the side, but my memory is very fuzzy. (It’s not the Titanic.)

I’ve been trying to find this again with no success. Can you help me?

If only an aesthetic element they seem kind of pointless, since they sit where they aren’t visible to anyone.

Some of the Havila ships that visited Aberdeen 2015/16

Deepening on the channel continues in Dublin port with the Magnor. Wish the phone did a better job at showing just how big this thing really is. Over 60 tons of material in each scoop.

This is a Lego version of the real life ​1904 Prince Suvorov!

I built it purely by eye looking at photographs. Before it was the 1905 SMS Königsberg

Ive been recently interested in offshore contruction ships like the ones in the pictures, but couldnt understand so far, why there are still conventional crane vessels like the DEME Orion, when much more stable plattforms like semi-submersibles like the Hereema Sleipnir or jack-up vessels like the DEME Innovation exist?

Jack-up vessels get stability from lifting themselves out of the water by standing on their piles that in turn stand directly on the sea floor, which obviuosly only works in shallower waters.

Semi-submersibles get stability from lowering their center of gravity by several meters by flooding ballast, which seems ideal for deep waters. In the case of the aforementioned Hereema Sleipnir that apparently makes a difference of up to 20 meters of draft.

How do conventional vessels pull this off, when the other typed have to put so much effort into stability, especially since the crane is deployed mostly to one side of the vessel?

I have no experience in maritime/naval architecure, just genuinely curiuos.

EDIT: I already suspected there are a lot of good reasons, why regular crane ships "still" exist, I just wanted to know what the reasons are. Maybe my wording came of a bit ignorant/nosy, apologies in advance. Thanks far all the informative answers so far!