A look at the river Mersey just before high tide during Storm Darragh. you see one of the ferries heading to mid river for safety. you also see HMS Prince of Wales being held by tugs
I now live in North Wales, was planning on trip to Merseyside to see the carrier, following weather warnings from met office decided to stay at home, looks as though that was wise, many thanks for posting, excellent! 👍
HMS Prince of Wales looked rock steady to me, considering the weather? Royal Iris & the Tug looked to be getting knocked about a bit. I remember the original Royal Iris, sadly rotting away on the Thames in London now, so sad...
Not much going on. I've seen it a lot worse back when I was in school in the 60's. The waves used to break on the promenade in News Brighton during spring storms.Didn't have names then to get folks excited!!
Paul, another great video. When I was a lot younger I would sail across on the ferry and enjoy being rocked about. There is no way I would do that these days. Interesting to see no extra ropes have been put out on the POW. The wind was with the incoming tide, so if the bow lines had broke, she may have ended up south of the river with the stage in tow still connected with her stern ropes. The old 1 mile long floating pier used to be great. You could walk right along it and see the stage in front of you going up and down with the waves. Was the IOM ferry in? I would have thought it would be too dangerous for her to try and moor up at her new berth. The ferry has to come level with the berth and then use her thrusters to slide herself into the berth, always with her bow facing south. Back to the current landing stage. This stage concerns me as it looks so flimsy. Enough now. An excellent video. Thank you.
I wonder what the operational readiness of the POW engines were if she happened to break headlines or springs? If she came off and the bow left the birth I doubt the two tugs would rein her in in that gale. I always considered it prudent to take the weight off the lines with a bit of forward engine power, better than straining or breaking lines and left at the mercy of the wind and tide.
I now live in North Wales, was planning on trip to Merseyside to see the carrier, following weather warnings from met office decided to stay at home, looks as though that was wise, many thanks for posting, excellent! 👍
Excellent. Thanks for taking the time to get out there in the elements, and and posting the video.
HMS Prince of Wales looked rock steady to me, considering the weather? Royal Iris & the Tug looked to be getting knocked about a bit. I remember the original Royal Iris, sadly rotting away on the Thames in London now, so sad...
Good Video of Mersey Thanks
Sooner you than me Paul, very brave !
Not much going on. I've seen it a lot worse back when I was in school in the 60's. The waves used to break on the promenade in News Brighton during spring storms.Didn't have names then to get folks excited!!
yeah wasnt as bad as i thought it was gonna be.
Paul, another great video. When I was a lot younger I would sail across on the ferry and enjoy being rocked about. There is no way I would do that these days. Interesting to see no extra ropes have been put out on the POW. The wind was with the incoming tide, so if the bow lines had broke, she may have ended up south of the river with the stage in tow still connected with her stern ropes. The old 1 mile long floating pier used to be great. You could walk right along it and see the stage in front of you going up and down with the waves. Was the IOM ferry in? I would have thought it would be too dangerous for her to try and moor up at her new berth. The ferry has to come level with the berth and then use her thrusters to slide herself into the berth, always with her bow facing south. Back to the current landing stage. This stage concerns me as it looks so flimsy. Enough now. An excellent video. Thank you.
Thank you too!- for sharing your knowledge and insight!-Worthy collaborators.!!
It reminds mee when I sailed round the Horn single handed but that’s a story for another day 😅
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I wonder what the operational readiness of the POW engines were if she happened to break headlines or springs? If she came off and the bow left the birth I doubt the two tugs would rein her in in that gale. I always considered it prudent to take the weight off the lines with a bit of forward engine power, better than straining or breaking lines and left at the mercy of the wind and tide.
The lines will happily hold the weight. Tugs are a useful insurance policy.
Your a brave man Paul, venturing out in such weather and putting your own life at risk.
Brave guy u are mate! 😂
Cape horn?
It’s not like that here buddy 😂 in Dubbers / Dubai 😢
Storm ? It's just an English winter, for goodness sake.
Nothing to do with the climate change fable.
Awwww don’t like experts huh? Science bores you? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Climate change is bunk bs to terrorize and control we the people
Merry Christmas from America and I hope there wasn't too much damage