November 11, 20214 yr With heavy rain approaching, he deduced there was possibly a new world across the ocean. Instead of some improbable scheme of rescuing animals he quickly loaded up his family and sailed away. In a medium sized concrete ship! Along the Mediterranean, past Gibraltar, and onward until finally arriving south of the St. Lawrence. An accomplishment which testifies to his abilities as we consider the how and why of his ship building materials and methods. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
November 12, 20214 yr Moderator Um, no on being that old. The cabin furniture is way too modern and the 'tween deck's rubber hoses belie the "antiquity" of the vessel's provenance. The real mystery has to be how the heck that vessel wound up on top of a mountain in Maine! Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
November 13, 20214 yr Someone towed it up there and abandoned it. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
November 13, 20214 yr I'd rather go for this one - at least it's still in the water 🙂 https://www.devalk.nl/en/yachtbrokerage/100715/ONE-OFF-SAILING-YACHT-18M.html (disclaimer: I'm in no way affiliated with the broker or the seller) I first encountered cement and concrete ships when I saw the SS Crete Boom in Ballina, Co Mayo. A bit more on her here: https://www.discoverireland.ie/mayo/ss-crete-boom-ballina-s-concrete-ship At first it seems an unusual building material - but the more you dig deeper, the more examples you come across. Although not many of them are on the top of mountains... Cheers Mallard
November 13, 20214 yr If you like the idea of a crazy story about pulling a ship over a muddy hillside in the Amazon, get the Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo movie with a superb Klaus Kinsky and ever beautiful Claudia Cardinale. Great soundtrack too. Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
November 13, 20214 yr Was just watching a show the other day about a whale found in the amazon jungle. Now THAT was perplexing LOL https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/dead-humpback-whale-found-in-the-amazon-jungle-baffling-scientists-1.4313036 Have a Wonderful Day -Paul Solk
November 14, 20214 yr Author On 11/13/2021 at 1:45 AM, Dominique_K said: If you like the idea of a crazy story about pulling a ship over a muddy hillside in the Amazon, get the Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo movie with a superb Klaus Kinsky and ever beautiful Claudia Cardinale. Great soundtrack too. ^Yeah, that was really a great movie! Historically, Fitzgerald tried to set up a little empire in the Amazon.^ ---------------------- Also, Claudia Cardinale was also the lady in Once Upon a time in the West. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
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