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Re: Other: Yet another ferry boat in the VI agroun
By:ancient kayaker
Date: 7/5/2011, 4:52 pm
In Response To: Other: Yet another ferry boat in the VI aground (Malcolm Schweizer)

: Here's a pic of the Miss Belmar at dock just so you can see how big
: she is.
: Your only hope in a kayak would be that you went between the two
: hulls! By the way, I have always pondered the way this boat sits
: so low in the back. Perhaps they did an engine swap and didn't
: account for the added weight? It doesn't really look right,
: especially when the waterline is very visibly askew! It isn't
: foreshortening of the image from the camera. The boat sits
: extremely low in the back.

Interesting story. You might not survive going between the hulls if that's one of those highspeed cats with the wave piercing pontoons and waterjets driven by gas turbines. They barrel along at about 70k and leave disturbed foam aft for miles. There's one (maybe more by now) that runs across the Irish Sea, it gets levelled with water ballast during loading, maybe the Miss Belmar loading crew had a bad day!

Messages In This Thread

Other: Yet another ferry boat in the VI aground
Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/5/2011, 3:32 pm
Re: Other: Yet another ferry boat in the VI agroun
ancient kayaker -- 7/5/2011, 4:52 pm
Re: Other: Yet another ferry boat in the VI agroun
Bob Brownie -- 7/5/2011, 5:56 pm
Re: Other: Yet another ferry boat in the VI agroun *PIC*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/5/2011, 7:49 pm
Update with pic *PIC*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/5/2011, 7:43 pm
Re: Update with pic
Noel Bennett -- 7/5/2011, 10:24 pm
Re: Update with pic
Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/6/2011, 2:31 am
Re: Update with pic
Bill Hamm -- 7/6/2011, 7:37 am
Re: Update with pic
Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/6/2011, 4:51 pm
Re: Update with pic
Bill Hamm -- 7/7/2011, 6:23 am