The Cellar / Boats

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 8/20/2021 12:07 am

Japan built the Yamato in secret during 1940 as it was in violation of the treaty they had signed.
Swore workmen to secrecy, shielded the site with tarps, kept anyone not involved away.
Nine 18 inch guns in three turrets, each being 70 ft long, each weighing 163 tons and after 150 to 250 rounds the barrel is shot no pun intended but here we are.

**Posted by glatt** 8/20/2021 5:53 pm

I opened this tab, and at first I thought I was looking at some elaborate ice cream floats with straws and spoons sticking out.

**Posted by BigV** 8/20/2021 9:06 pm

Boats, floats, eighteen inch guns, it's an easy mistake to make.

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 8/21/2021 12:33 pm

Tarps?
Big tarps.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 8/21/2021 5:58 pm

A wall of tarps to hide it from the land side. The height would depend on the height of viewpoints.
They were not trying to hide the fact they were building a ship, just than it was a treaty violation.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 9/27/2021 8:13 pm

Genius, pure genius...

**Posted by griff** 9/28/2021 6:01 am

SMRT

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 9/28/2021 11:55 am

The most important, not-ever-to-be replaced part would bounce off into the murk.

**Posted by glatt** 9/28/2021 11:56 am

Wisdom. How many times in their lives did they drop something before coming up with that?

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 9/29/2021 1:36 am

If they're really smart they stole the idea from somebody who learned the hard way.

**Posted by glatt** 9/29/2021 4:19 pm

I keep an umbrella on the ledge of the rear window of the car. Now if I get a boat, I need to keep one somewhere onboard.

**Posted by TheNeverWas** 9/30/2021 9:56 am

Momdigr has two (2) compact umbrellas in her car.

Why would you need two?!

**Posted by Clodfobble** 9/30/2021 1:22 pm

For when someone steals the one you loan them!

**Posted by fargon** 10/22/2021 8:21 pm

Boats are beIng driven from thousands of miles away.
https://gcaptain.com/tug-completes-1000-nautical-mile-autonomous-voyage-around-denmark/?fbclid=IwAR3sfl8OG8ZuPb2Be2jC8mNS_5KmLRxEWDwMOwPL3GWdszKPnbbCD11rCYo

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 10/23/2021 12:11 pm

Went here after the link above:

https://www.fleetmon.com/vessels/nellie-bly_0_8402058/

Didn't know Denmark was an island.
Surprised to find USCG running tug under Russian flag.
How big a ship can you tug with a 35 foot boat?

**Posted by TheNeverWas** 10/23/2021 3:07 pm

Diaphone Jim wrote:
How big a ship can you tug with a 35 foot boat?

At least 35 feet...

**Posted by Happy Monkey** 11/30/2021 11:05 am

Big old boat

Last edited by Happy Monkey (11/30/2021 11:06 am)

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 12/02/2021 2:23 am

That's a great video.

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 2/08/2022 11:17 pm

Fast boats...

And tall boats...

**Posted by xoxoxoBruce** 2/08/2022 11:26 pm

This must be one of if not the first instance of towing and launching a boat with a car...

**Posted by TheNeverWas** 2/09/2022 5:35 am

Re: Post #44

The U-27 looks kinda like NCC-1701.

**Posted by griff** 2/09/2022 7:08 am

Bezos is going full Bond villian, isn't he.

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 2/09/2022 3:57 pm

They built that sucker up a river that has a bridge to low to let it out.
So ol' Elon is trying to talk them into removing it. Well talk and probably some other stuff.

I bet he would be torn up if he knew I am getting a little tired of him.

**Posted by glatt** 2/09/2022 6:46 pm

Bezoz. Not Musk.

And the shipyard that built the boat knew what it was doing. The historic old iron bridge can be partially taken apart and bolted back together. I find it highly unlikely that a shipyard located upstream from a bridge like that wouldn't have lots of practice delivering ships and getting paid.

**Posted by Diaphone Jim** 2/09/2022 7:20 pm

Whoops, sorry.
Sometimes it is hard to tell them apart.
It reminded me of an old cartoon with a boat built in a basement.