Royal rowing barge
Posted 04/06/2012 - 12:41
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I agree; she looks quite reasonable on her web-site!
Too up-market for me. I could not afford any vessel where the bartender wears a black tie
My wife spotted the Whitby coble "Gratitude" amongst the working boats. That would be more our level of sailing. The Daily Mail has, apparently, published a savage attack on the BBC's coverage. It is being discussed on a maritime forum. Sorry; almost forgot that this is a photography forum
Trying to do two things at once today, and getting muddled again!
Martin
Too up-market for me. I could not afford any vessel where the bartender wears a black tie
My wife spotted the Whitby coble "Gratitude" amongst the working boats. That would be more our level of sailing. The Daily Mail has, apparently, published a savage attack on the BBC's coverage. It is being discussed on a maritime forum. Sorry; almost forgot that this is a photography forum
Trying to do two things at once today, and getting muddled again!
Martin
A few of my photographs in flickr.
Lizars 1910 "Challenge" quarter-plate camera; and some more recent stuff.
Lizars 1910 "Challenge" quarter-plate camera; and some more recent stuff.
Posted 04/06/2012 - 13:09
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The Daily Mail for once got it spot on.
The coverage was rubbish. Too many stupid so called celebs and not enough on the boats. I would have loved to see more coverage of the boats and some information on them.
Hopefully George (or someone else from the forum) had a ring side seat and got some decent snaps .
The coverage was rubbish. Too many stupid so called celebs and not enough on the boats. I would have loved to see more coverage of the boats and some information on them.
Hopefully George (or someone else from the forum) had a ring side seat and got some decent snaps .
Posted 04/06/2012 - 14:15
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I inadvertently caught some of the TV coverage and was amazed to hear that 'The captain of the Queen's barge has his big balls hanging down the side'.
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 04/06/2012 - 20:43
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I was going to go, on my own, with camera gear, but realised the weather was going to be nasty, and stayed put. Not all my gear is weather-sealed.
What I didn't reckon on was the appalling coverage by the BBC. Every boat there had a story to tell, but the BBC couldn't be bothered to do even the most basic research, and nor did they employ proper presenters.
Quite shameful, really.
G
What I didn't reckon on was the appalling coverage by the BBC. Every boat there had a story to tell, but the BBC couldn't be bothered to do even the most basic research, and nor did they employ proper presenters.
Quite shameful, really.
G
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Posted 04/06/2012 - 20:46
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gartmore wrote:
I inadvertently caught some of the TV coverage and was amazed to hear that 'The captain of the Queen's barge has his big balls hanging down the side'.
And also that the boat was "defying gravity" by going sideways!I inadvertently caught some of the TV coverage and was amazed to hear that 'The captain of the Queen's barge has his big balls hanging down the side'.
It was said to be wonderful seamanship, but I think the skipper made much too tight a turn, and had to move sideways on his bow and stern thrusters for about 200 yards.
In the days before thrusters, he would have taken it straight up to the dock like a proper sailor.
G
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Posted 04/06/2012 - 20:50
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George Lazarette wrote:
I was going to go, on my own, with camera gear, but realised the weather was going to be nasty, and stayed put. Not all my gear is weather-sealed.
Sensible man.I was going to go, on my own, with camera gear, but realised the weather was going to be nasty, and stayed put. Not all my gear is weather-sealed.
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What I didn't reckon on was the appalling coverage by the BBC. Every boat there had a story to tell, but the BBC couldn't be bothered to do even the most basic research, and nor did they employ proper presenters.
Quite shameful, really.
G
Hear hear!What I didn't reckon on was the appalling coverage by the BBC. Every boat there had a story to tell, but the BBC couldn't be bothered to do even the most basic research, and nor did they employ proper presenters.
Quite shameful, really.
G
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It was said to be wonderful seamanship, but I think the skipper made much too tight a turn, and had to move sideways on his bow and stern thrusters for about 200 yards.
In the days before thrusters, he would have taken it straight up to the dock like a proper sailor.
G
Exactly.
It was said to be wonderful seamanship, but I think the skipper made much too tight a turn, and had to move sideways on his bow and stern thrusters for about 200 yards.
In the days before thrusters, he would have taken it straight up to the dock like a proper sailor.
G
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When not the Royal barge, it's a commercial, up-market, passenger barge.
I think all that carving and stuff they stuck on it to make it "Royal" just made it ugly. They should have left it as it was. Not that it is much of a looker in it's daily life.