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Boat disguised as a Rock!! #rock #boat #disguise #fyp #foryou #foryoupage

♬ Dougie x Breakfast x Chosen - Kuya Magik

"Maersk-Chartered Boxship Cuts Greek Minesweeper in Half"

Maritime-Executive:

Like many minesweepers, she was constructed of nonmetallic material (fiberglass) in order to reduce her magnetic signature. 

Photos taken just after the collision appear to show that the 50,000 dwt Launceston struck Kallisto amidships on the port side and cut her in half. Kallisto's back deck and stern drifted away and sank, and the surviving forward half of the ship took on a heavy list.

Long term followers of this account will be under no illusions as to the bad things that can happen when military vessels tangle with commercial shipping.

I think we can assume the captain of HS Kallisto here is not a fan. pic.twitter.com/OpwIcDqKmz

— Dreadnought Holiday (@TheDreadShips) October 27, 2020

For reference, in happier times HS Kallisto looked like this.

You'll notice it's a lot longer.

The collision with Maersk Launceston has essentially severed most of the ship behind the funnel. pic.twitter.com/UgWijvWZFM

— Dreadnought Holiday (@TheDreadShips) October 27, 2020

There are two bits of good news.

Firstly only two people were injured, apparently neither seriously.

Secondly the MoD is trying to flog the identical HMS Atherstone and might just have found a buyer.

I'm sure the crate of port now headed to Maersk's HQ is a coincidence... pic.twitter.com/P0otlm0seC

— Dreadnought Holiday (@TheDreadShips) October 27, 2020

Meet the "65-year-old yacht consultant in Denmark who specializes in naming ocean vessels"

Mel Magazine:

Americans like to name their boats after the money source of the purchase. “When guys in New York City get their bonuses, they usually name their yachts something silly like ‘Christmas Bonus,’” Hammershøy says, noting other recent American boat names have included “Comeuppance,” “Student Loan,” “My Inheritance” and “Thanks Dad.” He sometimes, though, needs to step in and overrule a name if it won’t be accepted in certain countries. (For example, “No Name” won’t work if the Coast Guard asks for the name of the vessel in an emergency.)

Yacht names are usually female, Hammershøy explains, most often taking names of wives and daughters. If it’s an X-Yacht, the Danish sailing race boat, the tradition is for an “X” to be in the name, like “Explorer” or “Expresso.” One Hammershøy client from New York names all of his boats after dances, a tradition begun 150 years ago by his great grandfather (previous yachts have been called “Salsa,” “Tango” and “Bolero”); so when he purchased an X-Yacht, Hammershøy recommended “Foxtrot.” Given the scarcity of “x” words, clients who buy an X-Yacht typically ask Hammershøy which names are still available. “One of them is Anthrax,” he says. “But nobody dares call their boat that.”

...

“There are 5,000 ‘Carpe Diem’ yachts in the world, or the punny translation, ‘Seas the Day.’ People don’t have a fantasy to call it anything but that.”

Ten funny tweets

when you gotta commute but ball is life pic.twitter.com/lTwvAc8hzj

— Annapurna Interactive (@A_i) July 25, 2018

This is truly one of the funniest shots in the history of film pic.twitter.com/mzk2hwl3FF

— Collin Smith (@CSmithy16) July 19, 2018

He just wants to nap with his friend 😍

📹: natsdorf pic.twitter.com/LlVJzOS9VW

— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) July 18, 2018

気持ち良さそう💗

pic.twitter.com/AKDvFIv1cd

— 愛おしい動物💓 (@Wm1jL) July 20, 2018

OMG!!!! TERI IS COSPLAYING AS LOIS FREAKING LANE!!!! 😭🙌🏼 pic.twitter.com/fWOOHVr1T2

— hovergrl (@hovergrl) July 21, 2018

Was waitressing on a party of 12 and they asked if I would take their picture and I said sure, so I go to take the picture and the guy goes “1 2 3 Emily is pregnant!” And everyone’s faces were priceless and I might have shed a tear

— Kayla (@2kKayla) July 22, 2018

Goodbye, Mark... pic.twitter.com/gpj0AazEEh

— Tony Krackeler (@TonyKrackeler) July 17, 2018

I thought the CVS guy was going to ask me to join the rewards program but he said "enjoy your night" so I said "not today, thanks" and left.

— Tinker Elle (@elle91) September 1, 2017

[wedding]
Priest: repeat after me
Groom: after me
P: ... [to bride] is he serious
Bride: no his name is gary

— FROVO (@fro_vo) November 5, 2015

One can always be bribed to do pretty much anything with an ice-cream #CORRUPTION #walking #vulture #condor @walls pic.twitter.com/V8ONIcCn58

— Condor Tweets (@condortweets) July 13, 2018

Greenland from above

In this photo, meltwater collects in a heavily - and regularly - crevassed trough of the Greenlandic Ice sheet approximately 90km southeast of Ilulissat during August, 2014. Greenland is the world’s second largest icecap, after Antarctica, of course, and the melting and thinning of it will have a significant impact on global sea levels in the future. #Greenland #jakobshavnglacier #climate #climatephoto #icemelt #aerialphoto #greenlandphoto

A post shared by Daniel Beltra (@danielbeltraphoto) on Apr 20, 2015 at 10:20am PDT

Meltwater flows into an unnamed seasonal lake atop the Greenlandic ice sheet during August, 2014, about 100km southeast of Ilulissat. The ice is sullied by "dark snow" which is ash, dust and soot that has been deposited by global winds. These materials lower the reflectivity of the ice and retain heat from sunlight which can double the melt rate. Melting of Greenlandic ice was responsible for a 1.2mm increase in global sea level rise last year according to the Danish Meteorological Institute. #Greenland #climate #icemelt #aerialphoto #greenlandphoto #cryoconite #cryoconitephoto #climatechange #climatephoto #climatechangephoto #greenlandmelts

A post shared by Daniel Beltra (@danielbeltraphoto) on Apr 24, 2015 at 9:39pm PDT

Also:

A supply ship cruises towards the location of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, leaving a frothy mix of oil and seawater in its wake. The recent news that the U.S. Interior Department will allow an expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling is the exact opposite of the action needed to reduce our carbon emissions. Expanding the production and usage of petroleum products only pushes is further away from the goals to limit the impacts of global warming. We've already seen multiple examples of the environmental devastation that results when offshore oil drilling efforts go awry, but it seems we've largely forgotten these "inconvenient truths." #spill #oilspill #gulfofmexico #climatechange #globalwarming #fossilfuels #oil #gulfoilspill #bpgulfoilspill #mindshift #ilcp_photographers #catherineedelmangallery #blueearthphoto #climatechangeisreal #greenpeace #greenpeaceusa #greenpeaceinternational

A post shared by Daniel Beltra (@danielbeltraphoto) on Jan 26, 2018 at 10:00am PST

"Crime Almond"

They say the two best days in a boat owner's life are the day they buy the boat, and the day they name their boat using predictive text, as we have done here. https://t.co/3AUM1k1A8i pic.twitter.com/cAiDaWQEjM

— Botnik Studios (@botnikstudios) April 4, 2018

"Iranian Supertanker Collides With Giant MSC Boxship in Singapore Strait"

Incident Photos.

Ferrari hydroplane

1953 Timossi-Ferrari Arno XI racing hydroplane.