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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 03-02-2013 01:56 PM

Built at the STX Finland Turku shipyard, Viking Grace is the first large passenger ship to be powered by 'Liquid Natural Gas' (LNG).

VIKING GRACE VIDEO CLIPS

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-03-2013 04:45 AM

Excellent, I enjoyed watching those, thanks

I do love the cabin hallway carpet, as I said in the other thread; I would be making sure I kept to the planks LOL.

I am surprised at the amount of paint scrapped off her hull forward (in the clip taken from BIRGER JARL as you pass by). I assume from the ice, but are all the other ferries the same in this respect?

Pam

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 03-04-2013 08:35 AM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
[...]I am surprised at the amount of paint scrapped off her hull forward [...] I assume from the ice, but are all the other ferries the same in this respect? [...]

The extent of the damage is maybe a bit unusual. Of course, in these waters during that time of the year one sees many ships with paint being scrapped off near the waterline.

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FuzzyFish
First Class Passenger
Member # 33185

posted 03-05-2013 01:08 AM

Thanks for passing off the links Ernst!

I've been following the several articles on the Viking Grace on Maritime Matters and she's a very interesting ship. I too love the carpets!

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-08-2013 11:55 AM

Back to the carpets

I could just about see the dragonflies along the 'boardwalk' and have since seen comment that perhaps there are different bugs on different decks. Is that the case Ernst? or did you only do one deck?

Pam

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 03-09-2013 01:55 AM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
Back to the carpets I could just about see the dragonflies along the 'boardwalk' and have since seen comment that perhaps there are different bugs on different decks. Is that the case Ernst? or did you only do one deck?
Pam

There are different critters on the carpet (I mean depcited on the carpet! ) but I did not check whether their occurrence is correlated to the different decks. I do have more material on Viking Grace - actually much more - but unfortunately I am very limited in what I may publish. I hope the videos still convey at least a bit how it is to travel aboard Viking Grace.

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putte
First Class Passenger
Member # 5971

posted 03-10-2013 11:48 AM

Nice Picture and videos Ernst.
You had luck with the weather.

Viking Grace is a very nice ship.

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 03-11-2013 01:57 AM

quote:
Originally posted by putte:
Nice Picture and videos Ernst.
You had luck with the weather.

I know. Still cold enough for waiting two hours outside just to film a ship. BTW - thanks for the tip to film her from Fåfängan.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-25-2013 10:35 AM

Having watched all your other clips, non of the vessels have anywhere near as much paint scrapped away as VIKING GRACE. BIRKA has some loss of paint down the sides too and she has just been refurbished I believe.

Pam

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 03-28-2013 02:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
Having watched all your other clips, non of the vessels have anywhere near as much paint scrapped away as VIKING GRACE. [...]

As said above, it's indeed unusual - e.g. compare it to Amorella - close up views of her bow can be seen in the following video clips:

Amorella arrives at Mariehamn - video clip

Amorella leaves Mariehamn - video clip

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linerguy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4289

posted 04-06-2013 10:54 AM

Your excellent clips only confirm how beautiful this ship is; thanks for sharing.

I still say major cruise lines could learn a thing or two from Viking Grace and her design.

-Russ

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 10-23-2013 03:53 PM

Viking Grace Powered By Wärtsilä video at YouTube

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