Cruise ship making - timelapse
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Bull City
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Amazing.
Misbehavin'
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I would prefer to watch the scrapping of one. I do like the detail with the lipstick on a pig.
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SpongeDeckSquareFoil
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Doesn't matter if it's a cruise ship or an aircraft carrier, the lego block approach is, I believe, the Standard Operating Procedure for virtually any large ship.
Of course each lego block is unique and has to match up with all the other unique blocks it contacts. The complexity involved in the engineering, coordination and record keeping has got to be an impressive task.
Of course each lego block is unique and has to match up with all the other unique blocks it contacts. The complexity involved in the engineering, coordination and record keeping has got to be an impressive task.
Matagi
Super Antichrist
My first thought was: wait, they are still building that? But the video is from 2016, so well before 'the event' (Mitchell & Webb fans will know what I mean...)
But still, you have to admire the efficiency of the building process.
But still, you have to admire the efficiency of the building process.
SloopJonB
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I wonder how many tons of welding rod go into one of those? 
Bristol-Cruiser
Super Anarchist
Built in Japan and christened in Germany. That seems unusual but I guess not in the modern world.
AnotherSailor
Super Anarchist
This is how I envision Dante's Inferno.
Yeah, block construction is SOP. The tricky bit is making all the bits fit within tolerances.
The new UK carrier QE had a big keel block that had to scrapped because it was built wrong. Hundreds of tonnes of steel.
The cool thing is not the steel to my mind - it's the cabins. EVERYTHING is prefabbed in a factory and they just slide entire cabin modules in one at a time, then connect up plumbing and electricity.
Trovão
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SloopJonB
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Misbehavin'
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I don't know what's worse, the construction of floating hotels or the scrapping of ships in general on beaches.
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Diarmuid
Super Anarchist
Where's the part where they put the infectious diseases in?
Panoramix
Super Anarchist
I passionately hate the things but one has to admire the engineering and the logistics that goes behind!
If only we could put some grease somewhere in the complicated clockwork of capitalism so that this know-how would be used for something less pointless than burning vast quantity of oil to ferry around old geezers!
@Zonker I find fascinating and counter-intuitive that such a shallow and narrow thing compared to its height can be stable. Do you know a ball park figure for the AVS ?
If only we could put some grease somewhere in the complicated clockwork of capitalism so that this know-how would be used for something less pointless than burning vast quantity of oil to ferry around old geezers!
@Zonker I find fascinating and counter-intuitive that such a shallow and narrow thing compared to its height can be stable. Do you know a ball park figure for the AVS ?
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SloopJonB
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Those third world ship breaking beaches have to be some of the most hellish places on earth. I can only imagine the injury and death rate amongst the workers.
Talk about lives of quiet desperation.
I suppose if the ship breaking was taken away to more eco-friendly places those peoples lives would get that much worse so...
https://gcaptain.com/anthem-of-the-seas-and-the-storm-more-seaworthy-than-she-looks/
I would bet around 60 degrees or so. But just a guess. What is more important is the shape of the GZ curve (area under the curve is what is regulated not AVS) and minimum heights of GM.
There are also calcs for strong winds on the beam etc.
I would bet around 60 degrees or so. But just a guess. What is more important is the shape of the GZ curve (area under the curve is what is regulated not AVS) and minimum heights of GM.
There are also calcs for strong winds on the beam etc.
