Ship Simulator
English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: deltaecho on August 04, 2010, 20:27:43
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hey all,
just thought i would let you know that I'm vacationing in Barcelona and i was walking down a port when i saw the Steve Irwin docked right there! the crew said they are there until September and i left my phone in my room so i couldn't take any pictures. there is a list to sign up to take of tour of the vessel and I'm going on it tomorrow and i will upload some pictures tomorrow night.
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I only read two days ago that they are in Barcelona, and I was so excited i purchased an airline ticket to Barcelona next week :2thumbs: Can't wait to see them!
I get in at 9:10Am , and leave late evening the same day. So I hope I don't have to sign up the day before ???
Were there many people there?
Kind Regards
Matthew
P.S. let me know which crew are there!
http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-100803-1.html
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nice! maybe i'll see you there ;D there was no one there really. the tours end at 6 p.m. but i cant recall when they start. I'm not sure which crew are there but i will let you know tomorrow but the only crew i saw was the person at the sign up table.
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I guess the rest of the crew was exploring the Rambla in Barcelona! ;D
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I guess the rest of the crew was exploring the Rambla in Barcelona! ;D
i was just doing the same earlier :thumbs:
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Thanks Deltaecho!
And please, please do me a favour by saying that you have a friend whos coming out for a day only.
And is it necessary to sign up the day before or can you sign up on the actual day? :doh: :2thumbs:
Thanks! Kind Regards
Matthew
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gotcha. and you can sign up that day im pretty sure. we only signed up for tomorrow because the tours just stopped when we got there
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Oh ok then that's fine! Since I'm only there for one day I can't afford anything to go wrong haha!
Have a brilliant time and tell us all about it when you get back :thumbs:
I would say that 13:00-14:00 is an excellent time to go, thats the Spanish "siesta"time when they all go to sleep!
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thanks! and i will inform you the next chance i get
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Thankyou :thumbs:
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well i cant connect to the wifi at the hotel with my phone to upload the pictures so i will hopefully do it next week when we go to london. unfortunately, there was no actual crew from the steve irwin, just people who volunteered for the tour. i got some good pictures and hope to get them up as soon as we can
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Oh well, shame about the crew, but I suppose they need a holiday at some stage and where better than Barcelona!
Can't wait to your pics!
What time did you go in the end? Was it busy? Cause I really don't fancy being onboard with loads of people all trying to take pictures in the same place!
Kind Regards
Matthew
EDIT: For anyone who can't go and would like to, here is a previous tour (not by me!)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhs2kms7faY (Brisbane)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1gWPLpUuBQ (New York)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF6olXeNSrs (New York) part 2
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That is very cool guys. Now was it just the Steve Irwin or the SI and the Bob Barker?
(Poor Ady Gill btw)
~Bear
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Yes they currently have the Steve Irwin & Bob Barker.
There is also a third "mystery" ship in the gulf of Mexico. :thumbs:
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Yes they currently have the Steve Irwin & Bob Barker.
There is also a third "mystery" ship in the gulf of Mexico. :thumbs:
let me guess the name ''sweeper''?
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Nope no one knows the name :thumbs:
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matt, the tours are from 3pm to 6pm. they only let a group of people on at a time, and they have 1 spanish tour per day, the others are english. they are guided tours and the places you see are the stern, heli deck, bridge, mess hall, and communications room. they are in the Mediterranean for a campaign on tuna fishing. on the tour the guide will show you where the tuna boat dented the stern of Steve Irwin after they got fed up with them. there were at least 12 people and if you want some good pics, the key is to stay in the back of everyone and wait for everyone to follow the guide allowing you to get shots of the ship with no one there. She did say there was a ship in the Gulf but not much other stuff about that. I didn't ask, but if you don't mind can you ask the guide where the crew is. seeing as none of them were on board. they also show a video in the mess hall about their campaigns for sharks, turtles, tuna, seals, and whales.
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Well, what can I say. Barcelona was brilliant! A very long day indeed.
I went down to the dock at about 2 and had a chat with them there, and I was going to do the 3 o clock tour.
They decided to do a Spanish tour first (it depends how many of each they have) and we went along with a guide and saw it all, but mum doesnt understand Spanish like I do and the guy picked up on it, so he said we could go on the English tour next with an actual crew member called Sebastien. Who I spoke to earlier in the day.
His tour was brilliant! Very informative, showed us and explained everything.
He even let us smell the butyric acid!
We went all over the ship, bridge ect. We hung back slightly so we could grab some pics.
Then they showed us a video in the mess, and it was funny because there were 3 more actual crew members eating at the table!
We then went up onto the Heli deck, but unfortuantely it was in the U.S having repairs.
When we came onto the bow to finish the tour and we bought some souvenirs.
And then it got better, Dan Villa who has been with Sea Shepherd for 5 years was actually waiting for me there, he heard I had flown just for a day to see the ship and he was really impressed!
He very kindly gave me a free patch and even better he invited me down into the engine room :o And he was really funny and he answered our questions. Then he took us onto the bow and we looked at the new water cannon. It was amazing! He was such a nice guy :thumbs:
Below are some photos and a video of Dan Villa! The video of the whole tour i havent downloaded yet but I will do so soon.
Kind Regards
Matthew
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** Dan Villa Video (http://tinypic.com/r/r74uas/4) **
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Great pictures Matt!
But err.. what's with his leg? Don't tell me they even hurt themselves when they are moored and having a friendly tour? :P
Seriously though, that must have been a really great day for you. :thumbs:
Fred
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great pics!
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Awesome Pictures, Picture one of the Sea Shepherd with the -Sunk- thing i hate, " oh we're going to post what ships we have sumk on our boat!!!" :-\ But awesome pictures.
Great pictures Matt!
But err.. what's with his leg? Don't tell me they even hurt themselves when they are moored and having a friendly tour? :P
Seriously though, that must have been a really great day for you. :thumbs:Fred
That's funny :2thumbs:
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Hoy,
I think it was a day to remember for you,as i see the pics.The repairs on the heli,was still from the nuts&boults from the japanese crew down at the Antarctic.
Anyway,i like the pics to.
Regards
Marc
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Yes thanks everyone, it was a brilliant day! :thumbs:
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But err.. what's with his leg? Don't tell me they even hurt themselves when they are moored and having a friendly tour? :P
Even walking around on a safely moored ship is dangerous! ;)
Great pics Matthew, thanks for sharing!
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Great pics Mathew, very enjoyable..
Looks like you had a good time..:thumbs:
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Awesome Pictures, Picture one of the Sea Shepherd with the -Sunk- thing i hate, " oh we're going to post what ships we have sumk on our boat!!!" :-\
They didn't actually sunk all these ships,only one of the Norwegian ships sunk but that had nothing to do with Sea Shepherd it had an accident while docked and the ship was emptied and towed to sea and sunk by the police and harbour authorities.
The two other Norwegian ships were sabotaged by Sea Shepherd but were saved before they sunk and they are still in service, but some good news for Sea Shepherd is that at least one of the ships that is still in service is now a private yacht :)
Anyway, looks like you had a nice day there Matthew must have been interesting meeting the crew and get a tour on the ship :thumbs:
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Hehe, if your really so interested to know.
He cut his leg in the engine room, when he went to go and turn something off :doh:
And the ships on the side saying sunk, when I was talking to Sebastien he went through every single one and for a fact I know that they did sink.
But never at open sea and only ever in port, the Noweigan ships were scuttled which means they didnt completely sink but were never the less a fairway under the water which still halted the killing of whales. If you see photos only the top bit us showing over the water :thumbs:
But anyway let's talk about the photos and not the organization in general hey? :)