Friday 3 August 2012

Tween-decker ELBEBORG

GREAT!!+*#@!!  Canoeing up Shit Creek and you lost your paddle. No problem for this imaginative canoeist off Morrisburg who simply hoisted a sail and let the breeze do the work. Might also want to include a rudder and some sort of drop keel or you could end up either going nowhere fast or all wet. I hate it when that happens.

Meanwhile, the  ELBEBORG from The Neatherlands gracefully motored on by downbound with a load of grain from Duluth. Built last year in China, according to ship owner, Royal Wagenborg, the 424' vessel is classified as a multi-purpose 'tween-decker' which allows the decks and/or bulkheads to be rearranged depending on the need of the cargo.  Now isn't that convenient. And thanks for your comment Dennis DeBruler. 

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  1. I wonder where in the world there is a lock or dock that limits a modern ocean-going ship to 424'. A tween-decker allows the decks and/or bulkheads to be rearranged depending on the needs of the cargo, https://www.macgregor.com/Products-solutions/products/hatch-covers/tweendeck-hatch-covers-and-movable-bulkhead/

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