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quote:Welcome aboard my little boat: Dwarfed by the world's biggest cruise liner, Queen Mary 2's captain perches on the bow of his vast shipThe Queen Mary 2 is the largest ocean liner in the world and on Sunday her captain got a fresh view of her size and majesty.Captain Kevin Oprey stood on the ship’s bulbous bow, which protrudes from the front of the 151,200 tonne liner, to pose for a portrait with his ship.The photographs, taken to mark the tenth anniversary of the liner in May this year, were shot while she was docked at a port off the coast of Bali. It took months of strategic and safety planning to work out how to get Captain Oprey onto the bulbous bow, which helps to stabilise the ship and streamline movement, and dips in and out of the water depending on currents and swell.But it was an idea too good to pass up....
The Queen Mary 2 is the largest ocean liner in the world and on Sunday her captain got a fresh view of her size and majesty.
Captain Kevin Oprey stood on the ship’s bulbous bow, which protrudes from the front of the 151,200 tonne liner, to pose for a portrait with his ship.
The photographs, taken to mark the tenth anniversary of the liner in May this year, were shot while she was docked at a port off the coast of Bali.
It took months of strategic and safety planning to work out how to get Captain Oprey onto the bulbous bow, which helps to stabilise the ship and streamline movement, and dips in and out of the water depending on currents and swell.
But it was an idea too good to pass up.
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[ 03-10-2014: Message edited by: Globaliser ]
Might not have needed months of safety planning if they had scrapped off the growth first though Remember this.. [from old thread]
picture from vg.no above link
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