marcAB10 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 im on this tin can, till next thursday (25th) so will be out from then drinking it up lol, im sure marcAB10 will be going out as he is never usuall out of the pub at the weekend and a few of the others. so what brings you here brazil? business or just a visit? your making me look like an alcy... ok perhaps not far off.. but yeah, meet tomorrow night sounds good to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drift_bear Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Maybe a wee bit late to be fair but i think we'll go out anyway and get some photo's etc. Is the dinner in town? If it is we should be ok if the boats tied up again tomorow night then ill sneak out. might be able to get some photos of the car on the car deck on here lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attero Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 You get a helicopter to work.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsween Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 You get a helicopter to work.... Think about it.......... and yes, yes i do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drift_bear Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 your making me look like an alcy... ok perhaps not far off.. but yeah, meet tomorrow night sounds good to me. haha not at all marc you have to catch up with me to get to that level of alki haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcAB10 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 You get a helicopter to work.... because he works offshore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsween Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 because he works offshore spoil sport One of the ones we take, Sikorsky S92 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazil Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 +351 910783141 is my number send me a messege i will text back, i will also try to get out of it earlier..! maybe 9pm..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsween Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie1985 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 That helicopter will never fit on that oil rig! It's way too big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drift_bear Posted November 18, 2010 Author Share Posted November 18, 2010 looks like the boats tied up again, any chance of this meet then? and can we make it the union square for closeness to my work as i will still be on duty lol so will have to carry mty radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Scared of your own shadow perhaps? Not quite. Just helicopters and landing and weather and sea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drift_bear Posted November 18, 2010 Author Share Posted November 18, 2010 Not quite. Just helicopters and landing and weather and sea. we got hit a 60ft wave at the start of the year, it was a monster! went right over the top of the ship, knocked out alot of radio equipment and etc and i got soacked cause i was standing out the back having a sneaky smoke wave came over and soaked me like a waterfall good thing about waves like that, you dont encounter them alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 we got hit a 60ft wave at the start of the year, it was a monster! went right over the top of the ship, knocked out alot of radio equipment and etc and i got soacked cause i was standing out the back having a sneaky smoke wave came over and soaked me like a waterfall good thing about waves like that, you dont encounter them alot The only experience I've had with really rough sea is travelling from Newcastle to Amsterdam on an overnight ferry. It was the worst sea journey of my life. I thought the boat was going to fall over at one point, the staff were worried too which doesn't help. The second night we decided the best way to deal with it was to get drunk and dance to Bros in the disco, it was just my friend and I because everyone else was puking up in their rooms. Much better approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drift_bear Posted November 19, 2010 Author Share Posted November 19, 2010 well we were getting the ship all ready yesterday for sailing tonight and then something happened......... Quote from a local newspaper...... Oil ship and ferry crash at Aberdeen Harbour Oil support vessel collides with ship AN OIL supply vessel crashed into a ferry preparing to sail from Aberdeen Harbour. The NorthLink ferry MV Hrossey was left with two holes in its hull after an oil support vessel crashed into it, while it was berthed in Aberdeen Harbour. The ferry had been scheduled to depart from Aberdeen for Lerwick at 7pm this evening but the journey was cancelled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsween Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Bloody he'll dude, all alright? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Damn! Hope no ones hurt! I love Orkney, been there a couple of times in the last couple of months Although I flew up! Love the food, and the Dark Island ale! One chap I met there was getting the ferry from Kirkwall to Shetland, I think it was the worst nights sleep he ever had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drift_bear Posted November 19, 2010 Author Share Posted November 19, 2010 Bloody he'll dude, all alright? the 2 "wounds" in the side of the ship were about 1-1.5m squared and right in the middle of the 2 there are nice half metre long holes in our hull, can see straight through to the car deck and vice versa looking out, if we did sail, there is no doubt cause its just above the water line that it will get flooded pretty quick. the estimate for the damage to out vessel is around the £40k mark (thats including repairs and call outs) the maersk vessel that hit us has buckled and nearly ripped of its support barriers that go over the edge to protect it. it was the skipper of the mearsk vessel's fault and it was down to his first trip being skipper of the vessel and mis-hearing a radio call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drift_bear Posted November 19, 2010 Author Share Posted November 19, 2010 Damn! Hope no ones hurt! I love Orkney, been there a couple of times in the last couple of months Although I flew up! Love the food, and the Dark Island ale! One chap I met there was getting the ferry from Kirkwall to Shetland, I think it was the worst nights sleep he ever had nah nobody hurt at all, luckily it was just crew onboard and we hardly felt a thing (i slept through it lol) yeah i love orkney aswell its so peacefull and nice, a complete different way of life! next time you come up dude, take the boat! its more fun not a fan of the dark island though, i thought it tasted weird haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Hehe, sadly my only choice is to get in and out asap due to work It's a long days travel for me even flying up! and maybe if I was a sadist I'd take the boat, especially this time of year lol Compared to lager, Dark Island is heavy going I guess, but lovely tasting I'm a real ale fan... so like finding gems like that on my travels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drift_bear Posted November 19, 2010 Author Share Posted November 19, 2010 Hehe, sadly my only choice is to get in and out asap due to work It's a long days travel for me even flying up! and maybe if I was a sadist I'd take the boat, especially this time of year lol Compared to lager, Dark Island is heavy going I guess, but lovely tasting I'm a real ale fan... so like finding gems like that on my travels haha yeah this time of year is awesome on the boat! makes it monre fun with he weather haha, just not as fun when we get hit by another boat lol, least it was in the harbour and not at see i guess! yeah thats true, have you tried any of the other ale's they make or just stuck to dark island? you should try the shetland stuff, thats not to bad either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Missed out on a trip to Shetland so no, not tried any of their stuff. A colleague is going up next week actually I've had the Red MacGregor, Northern Light and Scapa Special, all of which I liked, but not as much as Dark Island. There was another called Skull Splitter that I was suggested I give a go.. but I think its one of those insane 9-12% beers , so I probably wouldn't have enjoyed it as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazil Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 because he works offshore Sent Thanks 'monsween kerin' for picking me up last thursday and organising the meet it was my first official club meet 'team beard' I met some cool mo fo's...! 'Monsween engine bay is looking amazing with the bling' and Marc's black and red works super well...! cheers guys..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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