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Shipping by...

The very first morning I had the Fudge, the dawn was golden...

Up the Clyde came the Ganges Star; tanker; out of Malta; 2010; 129m; 11500t.

That was the day I went round to Loch Striven and had a regular photorgy with the Maersk Rapier. Later in the arvo, the Ganges Star was on her way out again...

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Monday's Critters

SPOTTED!!! It thought it could sneak around the corner after the pigeons nibbling on the scarce seeds... Taken through the kitchen window early one morning...

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MOONdays

Last Sunday already?!!  Ah well, that's February for you - fickle and frosty...

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Saturday Symmetry

This amazing gate separates the residential part of Leith Water from the docks area.  Could not locate any info, but as far as I could make out, it does operate on that central pivot.

This whole area has been rejuvenated and the buildings on the other side are all new-build and this gate must have been commissioned for them.

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"Lead me O Lord, till perfect day shall shine through..."
(A A Proctor)

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Thursdays bring surprises...

In a bitter wind, but sun-kissed day, walking towards Leith Docks, this artist was spotted, silhouetted wonderfully against his own subject...

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Wings on Wednesday -
YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious in photographing birds.

Had this on full-stretch of Fudge's lens and stopped down a bit on exposure and didn't have the monopod with me so did a little 'sharpen' post process - which I think worsened the graininess!!! Clearly Goosey Canada #3 wasn't all that impressed with me...

Taken on Dunsapie Loch, Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh; the blue is the actual sky relection! Bitterly cold though...

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Shipping by...

Okay, prepare yourselves for some indulgence. Usually I am clicking through the double glazing into the sun, so many of the ships are seen in their own shadows.  That first trip out with the Fudge, though, brought many delights, not least the Maersk Rapier (Vital Statistics = UK rego, built 2000, 171m, 34985t, Oil Tanker).  You've seen glimpses of her before, here are three more - a little more 'intimate'!

Continuing indulgence... Joanne asked, on last Thursday's post, as to the nature of drydocking... Allow me!!!

EXCAVATION; aka 'Graving'; is the one many of you will be familiar with, and is generally used by large shipping.


FLOATING; as the name suggests, the ship is lifted through a float and hydraulics system.  The 'bed' of the dock is drifted in under the hull and then ballasted upwards - again, larger shipping is generally placed in this.


PATENT SLIP; a mega-version of the yacht winch you may have seen weekend boaters using. Instead of onto a trailer, the boats are pulled onshore and often undercover (as seen on Thursday's post - here's another taken as these are from good ol' Google Images..)


SHIP LIFT; the names says it all - reserved for smaller craft.


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