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Im really looking forward to reading and learning off this board and hope that i can share the wonders of the liners with others.......Dan
You might start by telling us your favorite of your five cruises, and why.
John
It sounds like you've sailed some of the classics! Must agree, they are the best!
Great to have you here,
Scott
[ 05-08-2004: Message edited by: ScottQE2 ]
I liked all my trips so far , but i guess my personel favorite would have to be the Achille Lauro. I will never forget laying on a deck chair on the stern area and looking up and seeing both the funnels spewing out there exhaust .The ship was travelling at high speed ,and I could really sense the power of the engines turing those 2 screws.It was a sad note to see her on fire and sunk just 18 months after my trip.
i also went on the Achille Lauro back in 1990- i was only young at the time but remember sharing a cabin with my family and my grandparents. It must of been an interconnecting one... all i remember was it was an odd shape with 6 beds!! oh it too was an outside cabin... do you (or anyone else) have deck plans? look up V 77!
(the only reason i know the number is because we have a laugage tag up on the wall with some photos!)
I think you will like it here, many of us have a weak for the classic ships. Since Achille Lauro is the subject I thought I post a drawing from her early days as the Willem Ruys.
Best, Onno
Yes Phil i do have deck plans and keep everything from the trip.Even on the last day of my cruise a tea cup and saucer and spoon accidentally fell into my bag....ops.......lol.So i do have a little something from the ship to keep.
Onno.... thankyou for the cutaway i have never seen that one before and its looks great!.Also i do remember your great drawings from the Yahoo QM2 site that i was a member of.Was sorry to see it suddnely close down not long before the ship was launched. Looking forward to seeing more of your great work.......Dan
My uncle and aunt sailed aboard her just before her sinking.
Chris.
Lets see Oceanbreeze left for SouthHampton in 1972...Never to become Southernbreeze again?That was 32 years agoAnd he is how old?
[ 05-09-2004: Message edited by: steeplechase ]
quote:Originally posted by Chris Cunard:Hey Onno: Have you ever done an Achillie Laro graphic???
Chris - I never had the time to make a drawing of Achile Lauro, whish I had more time because I have a big list of ships I want to draw some day, but hey studies go first!
Onno
Do check out our 'Ship Reviews' and 'Readrs Reviews' menu left - probably the most useful part of this web site.
Cheers
Jochenwww.JG-adventure.cjb.net
I have been following these boards for awhile - but your interest in the Achille Lauro caught my attention and I decided to post. I have an excellent magazine and some newspaper articles on the fire. They are written in Italian however... Having been to Australia twice, I know that there are alot of Italo/Australians - if you happen to read/understand Italiabn. I will be happy to send you a copy.
I also have several excellent brochures picked up in Italy during the early 90's and a brochure written in English advertising a Round Africa trip. Let me know if you want any of the above.
Also, I noticed that you are from Jervis Bay - is there not a beach there called Hyam's or something like that? I was there in 2000, and I remember it having the whitest sand I had ever seen.
Cheers, and please go and eat a TimTam (or a package of them) on my behalf.
Robert
I could never sell my brochures - I have been collecting them since I was a child. Maybe twenty or thirty years from now though.
Do you get to the Maritime Museum in Sydney at all? I loved their collection of books, postcards, etc. One of the best liner books I have (purchased at the museum) is called "Emigrant Ship to Luxury Liner". It is an excellent resource rgarding Australian shipping. If you do not have it, I recommend you search it out. Cheers!
P.S I too have collected travel booklets on some ships.My favorite would have to be the world cruise for the Canberra.........will never give this away!!....lol Regards Dan
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