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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 25, 2007 18:43:03 GMT -8
I deleted the picture in Scott's first-post in this thread, as Flensberger had subsequently enlarged it to gigantic proportions....causing a new forum record for side-scrolling.
Thanks to BCinNJ for pointing this problem out to me.
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Post by Curtis on Jan 25, 2007 20:36:28 GMT -8
They're making excellent progress and they've built sections of the passenger decks they'll be done in no time flat.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Jan 25, 2007 20:56:24 GMT -8
When the Renaissance was still in the cutting and assembly stages all the pics were of the previous build. I would imagine they may bounce around a few more times until build 732 for the Belguim group is delivered, so we may see the odd pic of her in the middle of 733. The picture is kind of centred under the two rather than just on the BCFerries side. A caption would help with the confusion of new people viewing it for the first time and wondering what ship it is.
The stream of pics is really interesting to see. If the shipyard is watching these postings a live web cam that updates the image every so often would really be great. Hint hint. lol
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Post by Northern Exploration on Jan 25, 2007 21:22:56 GMT -8
As always I close the program and walk away and something pops into my head. These three ships will likely be the most identical to each other than previous builds. It seems to me that there were more changes done to the previous versions of classes because they took longer to build and were stretched out over quite a few years allowing for improvements to be incorporated in between. If I remember even the two Spirit class ferries had some slight differences. Am I correct? I think one had a coffee bar called the Lantern and one orginally didn't for example. I know the two last C class built the least so they may have been identical. At the time they were put into service I was traveling on route 1 almost exclusively. Any comments?
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Post by D'Elete BC in NJ on Jan 26, 2007 3:23:43 GMT -8
When the Renaissance was still in the cutting and assembly stages all the pics were of the previous build. I would imagine they may bounce around a few more times until build 732 for the Belguim group is delivered, so we may see the odd pic of her in the middle of 733. The picture is kind of centred under the two rather than just on the BCFerries side. A caption would help with the confusion of new people viewing it for the first time and wondering what ship it is. The stream of pics is really interesting to see. If the shipyard is watching these postings a live web cam that updates the image every so often would really be great. Hint hint. lol Not that is a big deal, but why wouldn't they update the stream of 732 with a new photo instead of dropping the image into 733's photos? Just me scratching my head and going "huh"? A web cam would be great, though, as it was mentioned before, it is cool how the photos have been taken from a variety of angles throughout the build. That would be harder to accomplish with a web cam. |
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Jan 31, 2007 10:22:50 GMT -8
Looks like the engines will be installed soon....  |
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Post by Northern Exploration on Jan 31, 2007 11:31:50 GMT -8
Big suckers. Love to see them being hoisted into place by the crane.
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Post by FNS on Feb 1, 2007 8:32:27 GMT -8
 INCREDIBLE PICTURE OF PROGRESS! Notice how neatly each module is arranged and ready for installation. And, all this work is being done inside a sheltered work area. Many thanks to Flensburger for such great daily photos! :-) |
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Post by D'Elete BC in NJ on Feb 1, 2007 8:49:22 GMT -8
I just watched a great show on Discovery Channel last night called "Destroyers - Forged in Steel". It was very interesting to see the process of modular assembly from beginning to end, and you get a lot of insight into how the system works.
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Post by Queen of Nanaimo Teen on Feb 1, 2007 9:42:08 GMT -8
Wow, thats a great picture! Looks like they got some car deck windows in to!
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Post by Curtis on Feb 1, 2007 15:37:57 GMT -8
It's only been a month since the Keellaying and they're making Excellent Progress.
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Post by Ferryman on Feb 2, 2007 12:15:51 GMT -8
Todays update.  |
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Post by Queen of Nanaimo Teen on Feb 2, 2007 12:16:40 GMT -8
Holy man! Talk about progress! I Can't wait to see tomorrows update!
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Post by Coastal Drought on Feb 2, 2007 12:28:20 GMT -8
Queen of Nanaimo Teen,
The next update won't be until next Monday.
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Post by Curtis on Feb 2, 2007 15:20:26 GMT -8
Excellent Progress. Only One month and they've assembled at least a quarter of the ship
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Post by shipyard on Feb 2, 2007 21:49:38 GMT -8
This stage of construction is when things look like they're happening very fast. They're all big pieces. Just wait til the rigging, outfitting, and detailing starts to happen. You'll wonder if they've even done anything at all some days. I know I feel that way many days!
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Post by Low Light Mike on Feb 2, 2007 22:48:32 GMT -8
Thanks for your insight, "Shipyard".....and welcome aboard here.
Are you by any chance going to be working on Northern Adventure, or other BC Ferries? just curious.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Feb 3, 2007 10:24:04 GMT -8
I wonder how much is prefinished in the modules? In some ships almost everything is in place and lifted into position and electrical and plumbing just connected. There was an excellent documentary on thisa few years back. I can't remember which cruise ship it was - (maybe the new Oriana) but they showed the complete building of her. Must have been a Cunard because the Queen was there for the christening. But they lifted whole staterooms into place with all the interior fittings in place. Beds, sinks, toilets etc. Quite remarkable.
Then more recently the latest US Sub (after Sea Wolf) was built in record time with prefinished sections with all the interior equipment etc. in place. All designed like the 777 with computer design which put everyone on the same page and engineers could see what their work impacted. It eliminates much of the surprizes in assembly. I tried googling it but ran out of time to find out what submarine it is.
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Post by D'Elete BC in NJ on Feb 3, 2007 15:28:55 GMT -8
I mentioned before about the Discovery Channel show call "Destroyers: Forged in Steel". According to the narrator, the ships are assembled with as much of the sub-system work done as possible, and sub-system connections between modules are made as assembly progresses. Fit and finish after assembly is still required, but minimized.
As an aside, modular homes are made in this fashion, and upon arrival at a home-site require little more than two or three days work for each of the on-site trades. A couple of doors, a little sheet rock, tie-in the plumbing and electrical, you're done. A well oiled machine can have a house completed in less than a month including factory build time. Exceptionally fast when you consider an average house takes five or six months to complete from breaking ground.
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Post by FNS on Feb 3, 2007 16:21:34 GMT -8
Just in case anyone is wondering, I am compiling a one inch three ring binder with clear view covers of all the daily photos of the work FSG is doing on first of the "Flensburger Trio".
I currently have 12 pre-three-hole-drilled clear document protectors full already and have added some 30 more ready for more pictures forthcoming in the exciting days ahead (the 8.5 x 11 inch ink jet photos on regular paper are arranged back-to-back in flip book style).
I suggest all on this great forum do the same in your neat libraries of modular ship construction.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Feb 4, 2007 8:42:15 GMT -8
Has anyone formally invited the shipyard to join the forum. Imagine if we could ask questions directly?
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Post by NMcKay on Feb 4, 2007 11:36:49 GMT -8
I don't think they have many people over there that speak English that we could actually invite to join. Best to just leave it be.
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Post by Hardy on Feb 4, 2007 13:33:04 GMT -8
I don't think they have many people over there that speak English that we could actually invite to join. Best to just leave it be.  I'd beg to differ and actually suggest to you that a fair number of the employees at FSG are technically fluent in English. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Feb 4, 2007 18:26:14 GMT -8
It's a big world, and a global economy (good or bad) results in lots of multi-lingual companies.
Welcome to a world with fewer language barriers...........
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Post by Northern Exploration on Feb 5, 2007 9:59:37 GMT -8
A surprizing number of Germans speak numerous languages and English is a high percentage of that. I have a quite a number of German speaking friends online and I try to practice my German to them but they always respond in English to me. This is especially true for the business world and in particular anyone involved in import/export/manufacturing. A friend is involved with a major candy manufacture (you see their ads on TV all the time) tells me he only has one sibling who only speaks three languages. In other words they all speak at least in part 4 or more. Chinese is becoming the most important language to learn these days second only to English - at least for now hehe.
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