Random Picture Thread

[Wellydeckhand]

Great for building new project for personal....... free plates

[Mayfly]

You mean the scrape?

[SailDesign]

Walrus gets the prize! I don't remember what the silly-looking things were called, but that's what they are. They were also used in the 60s and 70s as "pirate" radio stations for a while.
Steve

[longliner45]

pirate radio is good!

[Vega]

stange isn't it?

[Wellydeckhand]

Nop..... that is a circumnavigation traditional boat from mediterian?

[safewalrus]

aye Sid but the Chinese aren't (wasn't) the only nation to use 'oculii' And lets face it without 'em how the hell can you see where your going? given the standard of modern watchkeepers (and with the tightness of the modern shipowner - which is why the guys ain't much good, training costs money - the scarcity) people need all the help they can get!

[Vega]

Originally Posted by safewalrus

aye Sid but the Chinese aren't (wasn't) the only nation to use 'oculii' And lets face it without 'em how the hell can you see where your going?

For years I have sailed in my traditional boat and she never let me down. Of course she had big and nice eyes.
The boat that I sail now it is bigger, faster...but blind (I felt a lot safer on the other one)

[longliner45]

nice vega ,to see some still have tradition!

[Ari]

The malays still use "the eye of the wood" for the bow..

[Wellydeckhand]

The western world use a barbie doll that they put infront of the ship for safe journey....... a girl with eyes of course

[MikeJohns]

Full marks to Mike (Walrus)

They are the Maunsell sea forts UK from WW2

http://www.undergroundkent.co.uk/maunsell_towers.htm


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunsell_Forts

[Vega]

Originally Posted by longliner45

nice vega ,to see some still have tradition!

Thanks Longliner, but those photos were taken in a Museum.

But in the end you are right, because, a little bit all over Europe, regions are understanding better the value and richness of their cultural traditions.

That´s very nice and I favor food, wines and beer, in what tradition concerns. It is a pleasure for me to try and sample all those half forgotten treasures.

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by MikeJohns

Full marks to Mike (Walrus)

They are the Maunsell sea forts UK from WW2

http://www.undergroundkent.co.uk/maunsell_towers.htm


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunsell_Forts

Cool, someone in the other thread at Pelican said it could be this but was unsure. They look like a imposing barrier or a sweet non-moving target, I wonder what the Germans thought of these. Guess I'll have to read those links when I have a little more time.

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by safewalrus

Look like anti aircraft forts set up during the Second world war to defend the entrance to the Thames etc. Armed with a few guns and used to shoot at German aircraft or PT boats as they tried to get up to the East Coast cities to do nasty things!

either that or they are martians!

Okay, you got it first Walrus - just thought I'd give you a deserved thanks too.