This just bugs me

[cameraman]

I don't know why but this ad really bugs me.

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Cynops/Ship.gif

I don't have any problem with clean energy or freeing "us from our addiction to oil". Quite the laudable goal actually.

My problem is with the photograph of the Great Lakes iron ore carrier getting passed off as a crude oil tanker. Come on, that ship isn't one tenth the tonnage of a VLCC. They took the time to photoshop the name off of the ship, the least they could have done was look it up to make sure it actually was the right kind of ship.

Dumb asses:irked:

I don't know why but sloppy crap like that just pisses me off. Especially when it happens in high dollar ad campaigns.

By the way the ship is the MV American Republic, it is owned by American Steamship and spends most of its time in Lake Erie. To give you a better idea of its size...
http://www.americansteamship.com/fleet/images/american-republic.jpg

[Gnam]

Free us from iron ore! Use more plastic. Wait...plastic is made from what?

;)

[nrc]

Free me from the laws of supply and demand!
Free me from the first law of thermodynamics!
Use the sun!
Use the wind!
Calgon, take me away!

[chop456]

Wrong. That's the Exxon Duluth. :D

[sadams]

They could have at least Photoshopped the self unloader and the ore hatches!!:gomer:

[devilmaster]

googling a photo of a supertanker was probably too hard.... ;)

[Insomniac]

Stock photos. :)

[Methanolandbrats]

That ship is a 600 footer. They could have at least used a photo of the biggest one, the Paul R. Tregurtha or any other 1000 footer. Here is a Tube of the PT going through the Duluth Ship Canal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHPPIBiXoMw For anyone into ships, Duluth is a must do vacation. I go there every summer and spend quite a bit of time hanging out at the ship canal. :)

[dando]

For anyone into ships, Duluth is a must do vacation. I go there every summer and spend quite a bit of time hanging out at the ship canal. :)

http://www.toobing.net/images/gifs/tooblogoA.gif

:saywhat: :gomer: ;)

-Kevin

[Wheel-Nut]

I don't know why but this ad really bugs me.

I don't have any problem with clean energy or freeing "us from our addiction to oil". Quite the laudable goal actually.

My problem is with the photograph of the Great Lakes iron ore carrier getting passed off as a crude oil tanker. Come on, that ship isn't one tenth the tonnage of a VLCC. They took the time to photoshop the name off of the ship, the least they could have done was look it up to make sure it actually was the right kind of ship.

Dumb asses:irked:

I don't know why but sloppy crap like that just pisses me off. Especially when it happens in high dollar ad campaigns.



the 'shop job was probably outsourced to India or China - :D

[Sean Malone]

That ship is a 600 footer. They could have at least used a photo of the biggest one, the Paul R. Tregurtha or any other 1000 footer. Here is a Tube of the PT going through the Duluth Ship Canal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHPPIBiXoMw For anyone into ships, Duluth is a must do vacation. I go there every summer and spend quite a bit of time hanging out at the ship canal. :)

Some of my favorite childhood memories was visting my grandmother in Duluth. We would spend the entire evening watching the ships come through the canal. Some of the big ocean tankers would literally be two feet from the concrete canal wall. It felt like you could reach out and touch it. It was amazing being that close to a moving giant.
The size difference between the lakers and ocean tankers is vast. The museum there was always fun to visit too. I remember being fascinated by the diorama of the E. F.

[Methanolandbrats]

http://www.toobing.net/images/gifs/tooblogoA.gif

:saywhat: :gomer: ;)

-Kevinhttp://www.boatnerd.com/ :gomer:

[Gnam]

For some reason, watching boats go through the Ballard locks in Seattle is mesmerizing. It's like watching a glass of water with one of those drinking bird things. You know what's gonna happen but you'll stick around to watch anyway. :gomer:

I propose the oil companies start building super tanker submarines. Out of sight, out of mind. :p

[chop456]

Lift bridge, baby. :tony:

[cameraman]

http://www.boatnerd.com/ :gomer:

One of my favorite web sites. Living in ^%*$ing Utah it is the only ships I ever see.

[Methanolandbrats]

One of my favorite web sites. Living in ^%*$ing Utah it is the only ships I ever see.

http://www.visitduluth.com/livecam/ This one pans the lake, ship canal and port
http://lsmma.com/webcam.htm fixed cam from ship canal. Very good for weather, ship passages.
http://duluthboats.com/schedule.html schedule of ships in Duluth Port
http://www.allete.com/lakecam.htm
http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/s134074.shtml?cat=10362

[Methanolandbrats]

Lift bridge, baby. :tony: Fitgers Brewery too :D

[SteveH]

I remember being fascinated by the diorama of the E. F.

And I've been humming that song since I first read this thread early this morning. :irked:

:D

[G.]

I remember being fascinated by the diorama of the E. F.Maritime Museum in Manitowac, WI.

Looking at the EF display, G. spouting off Great Wisdom to g. about all things Great Lakes and Edmond Fitsy related (making **** up).

Then the g. asks me "why do only the famous ships sink"?

Poor kid is scarred for life. There IS such a thing as laughing too hard.:laugh:

[Sean Malone]

here's a recommended book from my boat club. For the young and young at heart boat enthusiasts...


Ahoy there! Paper Captain takes the reader through a century of nautical history with facts, figures, and stunning illustrations, then lets every fantasy sailor cut out and build twenty beautiful die-cut paper models—designed to float! Devised by the author and designer of Paper Pilot, Paper Captain is a beautifully illustrated voyage into the world of model boats, from speed boats and tugs to luxury liners and naval catamarans, bringing together stunning archival photographs and colorful technical drawings with expertly designed die-cut models that readers can cut out and assemble. The book presents innovative histories of twenty feats of maritime engineering drawn from maritime museums around the world, from the legendary British HMS Victory to the USS Monitor at the Mariner’s Museum in Virginia and the German U-505 at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. Each boat is accompanied by its naval history, facts and statistics, and photographs of the vessels in action. Included are twenty finely detailed die-cut paper models, each presented with clear instructions for assembly and helpful advice for deploying your paper fleet—whether in the ocean or the bathtub.

Link (http://www.rizzoliusa.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780789318091)

[oddlycalm]

For me it was the Detroit River or the Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie when I lived in Michigan. Even managed a ride through the locks once.

In Portland it's pretty much impossible to avoid ships. We have everything from supertankers to RoRo's loaded with cars to grain ships. Even the USS Missouri one Rose Festival. My two favorite spectator events were a WWII vintage carrier that came up river as far as the Ross Island Bridge and the arrival of the entire center section of the Fremont Bridge on massive barges. They raised it 175ft into place right off the barges in one piece with a gaggle of screw jacks making it the largest single lift in history circa 1971. :eek::cool:

http://www.portlandbridges.com/photoimagefiles/fremont-bridge-d300crw04471-s.jpg

One of the guys I worked with back in the 80's would book passage on a freighter or tanker for his vacations. He and his wife spend their time reading and drinking and he'd return to the office tan and extremely relaxed. They had been doing it since the early 50's and had explored all the Pacific ports.

[devilmaster]

One of the guys I worked with back in the 80's would book passage on a freighter or tanker for his vacations. He and his wife spend their time reading and drinking and he'd return to the office tan and extremely relaxed. They had been doing it since the early 50's and had explored all the Pacific ports.

One of the best kept vacation secrets... :thumbup:

If you don't mind being on ship all the time (no real port visits), it really can be alot of fun.

Two Canadian musicians did a tour on a laker... (photos on pages)

http://www.davidfrancey.com/lakerproject.html
http://www.mikeford.ca/pages/lake_boat.html