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DavieTait

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Orkney ferry Graemsay being lengthened
« on: November 02, 2009, 10:01:37 pm »
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Re: Orkney ferry Graemsay being lengthened
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2009, 10:10:17 pm »
Interesting photos, Davie.  A lengthened Metcalf Mouldings 'Graesmay' would make an interesting project.  :-))
Derek.    :police:
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Re: Orkney ferry Graemsay being lengthened
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2009, 11:18:49 am »
Hi Davie

What is the actual reason for lengthen her, rather than buy another bigger boat. Cost ??

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Re: Orkney ferry Graemsay being lengthened
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2009, 05:27:38 pm »
Hope I don't upset anyone but I think she might look better when a bit longer. Interesting photos.
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Re: Orkney ferry Graemsay being lengthened
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2009, 05:48:14 pm »
Once the designers have done their bit, do they just literally take a disk cutter or torch to it?
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Re: Orkney ferry Graemsay being lengthened
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2009, 08:27:30 pm »
What a bummer  <:( only just finished it.
Now where did I put that hacksaw and who can look after my pigs while I stick a bit in the middle  :}

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Re: Orkney ferry Graemsay being lengthened
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2009, 08:48:22 pm »
Thats right Martin the normally make the cut on a bulkhead if they can. On fishing boats its sometimes cut on a Z shape to try and make the transition of the shearline less abrupt.

http://www.trawlerphotos.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=74114
That model shows what was done to the real boat this year
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Re: Orkney ferry Graemsay being lengthened
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2009, 10:21:41 pm »
Are some boats designed with the option to lengthen them in the original design then?
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Re: Orkney ferry Graemsay being lengthened
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2009, 10:42:30 pm »
Many cruise ships are.
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Re: Orkney ferry Graemsay being lengthened
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2009, 11:04:22 pm »
Quote from: Martin - Admin on November 03, 2009, 10:21:41 pm
Are some boats designed with the option to lengthen them in the original design then?

Hi
Damen do this to some of there tugs
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Re: Orkney ferry Graemsay being lengthened
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2009, 11:08:28 am »
There's been a few fishing boats built over the last 10-15 years that were designed to be lengthened Martin. With the new designs having an almost parallel mid-section its easier to do than with previous designs.
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Re: Orkney ferry Graemsay being lengthened
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2009, 08:09:22 pm »
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Re: Orkney ferry Graemsay being lengthened
« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2009, 10:26:08 pm »
In the latest issue (44) of "Ships In Focus" there is a short item that explains why cutting a ship in two and inserting a lengthening section is a naval architects nightmare.
Do many (any) of you subscribe to this journal? If not, then I would be in seventh heaven if I went on the "What Ship" thingy. BY.
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Re: Orkney ferry Graemsay being lengthened
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2009, 11:52:02 am »
Well thats her finished and back in the water

http://www.trawlerphotos.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=94059
http://www.trawlerphotos.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=94060
http://www.trawlerphotos.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=94061

4.5m longer so should be able to carry 2 more cars than before.

from news reports over the last couple of weeks it looks like the bulk of the Orkney fleet is approaching 20 years old and in need of replacing , this lengthening must be a way of extending the life of the ferry and making her more able to carry different cargoes
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Re: Orkney ferry Graemsay being lengthened
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2009, 12:30:08 pm »

Good paint job too!  :-))
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« Reply #15 on: December 30, 2009, 05:35:30 pm »
Quote from: Bryan Young on November 18, 2009, 10:26:08 pm
In the latest issue (44) of "Ships In Focus" there is a short item that explains why cutting a ship in two and inserting a lengthening section is a naval architects nightmare.
Do many (any) of you subscribe to this journal? If not, then I would be in seventh heaven if I went on the "What Ship" thingy. BY.
Bryan, "Ships in Focus" is by far the best journal published about ships and shipping companies. The books that the "Ships in Focus" team, led by John Clarkson, also publish on shipping company histories make great reading with many superb photographs.

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