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[steamvintageguy]

I took the Dutch harbor patrol boat out into the North Sea.  Tried to drive it between the legs of an oil rig and discovered an invisible barrier that damaged my boat.  I did not know this until I stopped engines and was looking down at the boat from the oil rig and WATCHED MY OWN BOAT SINK! Soon I was in the water with waves washing over me.  Luckily I kept ahold of my camera.  The Fairmont Sherpa motored past but didn't see me.  What follows is the sequence of shots I took.
-- steamvintageguy

[Nathan|C]

Hi,

This is in the wrong section. Please move this to "Media".

About the oil rig. I thinkoil rigs have sections underwater connecting to each other for stabilising/structure strength. It's possible your ship hit this.

[mvsmith]

You are right about the leg braces Nathan. They are visible in some situations when the rig is in shallow water.

[steamvintageguy]

Hi,

This is in the wrong section. Please

About the oil rig. I thinkoil rigs have sections underwater connecting to each other for stabilising/structure strength. It's possible your ship hit this.

How do I do that? move this to "Media".?

[mvsmith]

That’s a job for the Elves.

[Nathan|C]

That’s a job for the Elves.

Sorry, i didn't put an explantation. As Motor Vessel Smith pointed out, that's a job for the elves. Elves being the moderators.

[mvsmith]

As Nathan knows, M/V Zebulon Smith is the largest RoRo Ferry in the Western Hemisphere. It is in West Coast service between Anaheim, Azusa, and Cucamonga.

Originally, she was to be called M/V Gigantic, but friends convinced Uncle Zeb that it sounded too hokey.

[Nathan|C]

Exactly.

(Edited to look less random)

[Person264]

Good old Zeb is on Facebook!

[Nathan|C]

Good old Zeb is on Facebook!

Ah. I see you googled it too. Seems we are equally gullible.

[firestar12]

That’s a job for the Elves.

Why do you call them elves? lol.

[TerryRussell]

Why do you call them elves? lol.

Terry, Mad_Fred, LucAT....

[CaptainMike1]

As Nathan knows, M/V Zebulon Smith is the largest RoRo Ferry in the Western Hemisphere. It is in West Coast service between Anaheim, Azusa, and Cucamonga.

Originally, she was to be called M/V Gigantic, but friends convinced Uncle Zeb that it sounded too hokey.

What has this got to do with the rest of this thread, may I ask?

[TerryRussell]

It's the usual evolution and eventual death of a thread.

Question asked/point of view stated
Various responses
Answer provided/everything relevant said
Have chat about related things that slowly drift into other areas until it bears no apparent link to the starting point.
Someone asks about relevance
Thread dies.

[CaptainMike1]

Yes but......

There is no mention of ZEB until mvsmith's comment?

Perhaps they will enlighten us later in the day?

[mvsmith]

Enlightenment: Read Nathan’s post just before mine.

[firestar12]

Terry, Mad_Fred, LucAT....

I know who they call elves (The Moderators of course) but why is what i wanted to know.

[CaptainMike1]

What are you on about? No mention of Zeb there.

[mvsmith]

Nathan interpolated a forward slash between the M and the V in my screen name. I went along with his supposition rather than embarrassing him by pointing out the obvious: MV stands for Martinus Victorious.

Why do you insist upon taking this so far off topic?

[CaptainMike1]

Martinus

I did not try to take this off topic, I was just reading the thread through from the start, unlike many people who only read the last post and make a comment!!

Best regards and I am off for an unwanted swim (back on topic)

Mike