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Post by paulvanb on Oct 6, 2020 19:22:47 GMT -8
Found this video tonight on YouTube. The Shetland Islands are a bucket list trip for me!
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Post by Neil on Oct 6, 2020 20:02:43 GMT -8
Found this video tonight on YouTube. The Shetland Islands are a bucket list trip for me!
Jeez, 'paulvanb', great minds think alike, I guess. I watched that same video a couple of days ago, as I was trolling through youtube stuff on the various CalMac ferries, and other Scottish operations.  |
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Post by paulvanb on Oct 6, 2020 20:04:52 GMT -8
Found this video tonight on YouTube. The Shetland Islands are a bucket list trip for me!
Jeez, 'paulvanb', great minds think alike, I guess. I watched that same video a couple of days ago, as I was trolling through youtube stuff on the various CalMac ferries, and other Scottish operations. I watched the Calmac one last week. It too, is on my bucket list. The Shetland Islands are more for photography. |
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Post by paulvanb on Nov 9, 2020 17:46:58 GMT -8
Found this one all the way from Scotland!
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Post by paulvanb on Nov 12, 2020 10:40:55 GMT -8
A collection of photos and video of the Caledonian McBrayne fleet!
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Post by Starsteward on Nov 12, 2020 15:40:07 GMT -8
One just has to love the rather abundant use of 'barge-type' vessels that just need a concrete ramp to snuggle up to and maybe throw a line ashore too. Nothing terribly fancy about the plexi-glass waiting rooms either eh? Most of those videos were filmed when the seas were very manageable as many of the routes traversed by Caledonian MacBrayne can be extremely wicked. In viewing the videos, I noticed something a bit odd with regard to where certain flags were flying. Anyone else see what my need some clarification/explanation? It's nothing outrageous, just something I found rather 'quizzical'. One surely must love to dual naming of the Cal-McBrayne vessels...how Scottish of them eh? |
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Post by Neil on Nov 12, 2020 23:12:06 GMT -8
One just has to love the rather abundant use of 'barge-type' vessels that just need a concrete ramp to snuggle up to and maybe throw a line ashore too. Nothing terribly fancy about the plexi-glass waiting rooms either eh? Most of those videos were filmed when the seas were very manageable as many of the routes traversed by Caledonian MacBrayne can be extremely wicked. In viewing the videos, I noticed something a bit odd with regard to where certain flags were flying. Anyone else see what my need some clarification/explanation? It's nothing outrageous, just something I found rather 'quizzical'. One surely must love to dual naming of the Cal-McBrayne vessels...how Scottish of them eh? I think of some of the huge terminal structures that BC Ferries has built in recent years, particularly the two colossuses serving the little Kahloke at Hornby. As you say, some of the Scottish routes can encounter really rough weather, and Scotland has the same tidal ranges that BC has, so yes, one has to wonder why some money couldn't be saved on shore infrastructure here. |
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Post by paulvanb on Nov 28, 2020 15:58:16 GMT -8
Great drone footage on this one! May try flying out to the Cap when she is on her way to Bowen Island, but not that close
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Post by paulvanb on Feb 22, 2021 16:31:22 GMT -8
Another CalMac video that is probably another day at the office for the helmsman!
Here is what it looks like from a reverse angle. (not as stormy)
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 23, 2021 10:30:08 GMT -8
Another CalMac video that is probably another day at the office for the helmsman!
Quite the job threading the needle to get into that berth ... |
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Post by paulvanb on Feb 26, 2021 18:49:13 GMT -8
If you're BC Ferries, you might want to look away. 
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Post by Kahloke on Mar 5, 2023 16:34:37 GMT -8
Just found this video on YouTube. It's the new Color Line hybrid ferry between Sandefjord, Norway, and Stromstad, Sweden. I may have to add this to my travel bucket list. This looks like a great crossing. This is a JustFerries presentation. I like his videos. He has certainly covered some of our ferries in years past, and this one looks like a winner. A lot of amenities on this ferry, and the scenery is fantastic.
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Post by paulvanb on May 3, 2023 10:23:30 GMT -8
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