Jump to content

Phoenix_V

Member
  • Posts

    1,605
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by Phoenix_V

  1. Interesting small ad spotted  on DBA website - wish I was a bit younger!

     

    "Deck hand (FMD) wanted

    This is a long term position with the possibility to take over the ship eventually.
    Pay is according to experience, minimum €1000 food, accomodation is free.

    MS Einigkeit is 62 m x 6 .4 and carries 500 tons.

    Aft accomodation: Bedroom, guest room, living room, kitchen and bath
    Forward accomodation: Bedroom, kitchen, toilet and sink

    Engine aft. Mercedes OM404, heating system, Batteries etc.
    Bowthruster Daf 180 HP, Genset Deutz 25KVA

    We operate between Fürstenwalde (east of Berlin) and north west Germany (Bremen, Oldenburg and a few smaller places in that area). 95% of our cargo consists of animal feed (grain, soya pellets etc.)

    Because of our small size, we can operate in the small canals and rivers. There is little competion from larger vessels, so there is always more cargo available then we can cope with.

    We essentially work 12 month per year, sometimes the winter stops us with too much ice so we can go skiing. In the summer, we try to have a holiday for a few weeks, usually Italy or Spain. Sometimes we sneek in the odd day off like last Saturday in Berlin.

    We usually start at 0700 and tie up at 1900. 12 Hours days and 7 days per week sounds punishing, but it´s a relaxed "working" day. modern barges drive themself, so it´s more of a supervisory role. There is nothing to stop me or my wife to catch a few hours sleep while the ship is chugging along.

    I would not call my engine room automated, but during the day, nobody needs to go down there. We just check oil and water in the morning and there is nothing to do down there during the day.

    Loading and unloading is done by the port workers, we just move the hatch covers."


     

  2. I once painted a steel hatch (which was  under cover in the wheelhouse) with a clear laquer (which supposedly was OK for steel) over the next few years until I got fed up and stripped it off it was fascinating to watch the brown rust spread underneath it, at no time did it start to lift; if it had not been a clear laquer but a paint you would never have known that it was quietly  rusting under the surface.

  3. 5 minutes ago, blackrose said:

    I think putting the angle on top is a better idea in terms of preventing water getting to the ply. Whatever paint sealing you do on the edges generally gets worn off when the board edges rub against the deck as you're lifting them up and down, so the angle stops that happening. But you do need to make sure you cut the boards slightly smaller to accommodate the angle.

    sorry posted too quick I was thinking of reinforcement for aluminium deck plates!!!

  4. 3 minutes ago, Bee said:

    Oooooh! loose aluminium just waiting to be carried off. Sorry, Just a thought, there are people who would. Biggish sheets will need to be braced underneath unless they are quite thick, they will indeed rattle and all of them will resonate at exactly the speed you want to cruise at. I think what would put me off though is that I think they can be quite slippery when wet or oily. Buffalo board or something like it is not perfect but it is likely to be the best. I tried rubber mats once on a steel deck, not really very successful

    doesnt resonate if placed on rubber, chequer plate is the one to get reasonably non slip, you can put those rubber door mats with drain holes on top if you prefer

  5. We used aluminium to replace heavy steel deck plates on our last boat it sat on the steel u channel that had supported the steel with rubber in between, we had no problems. We saved some money buy buying it from a scrap yard!  The channel was quite closely spaced. In the current boat we have a single sheet of aluminium that lifts on  struts to access the engine it is about 5' x 5' but has a lot of reinforcing underneath to keep it rigid.

  6. 8 minutes ago, MtB said:

     

    Exactly this. The system is crumbling and their priority is getting new signs made in the new corporate colour scheme. 

     

    It feels like the way they say when a company decorates the toilets and repaints the lines in the car park, it suggests they are about to go bust and gone past the point of no return. So the directors have little to do other than fiddle with trivia.

    The phrase that refers to deck chairs and Titanic come  to mind.

  7. 1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:

     

     

    There appears to be some muddled comments in that link :

     

     

    A modern car will only provide 12,5V. Just look at the transformer that comes with it. 14.5 volt, the only time you will get that from a smart alternator is during braking.

    indeed muddled no reason to think it would not work on a boat

  8. 36 minutes ago, steamraiser2 said:

    A Dutch friend suggested that the EU will eventually listen to reason and sort the issues out.

     

     

     

     

    point of order, not really down to the EU to sort out its the deal Bojo negotiated

    36 minutes ago, steamraiser2 said:

     I then pointed out that they didn't in forty odd years and that's why we left! 

     

     

     

    really did we have any of these issues when we were in

     

    suggest we leave it there before we are banished to politics

  9. 13 hours ago, Mike Tee said:

    Probably same as importing anything else - present HMRC with a receipt showing what you paid and they will value the item, maybe what you paid, maybe more. Then its 10% duty and then 20% VAT on the valuation plus the duty. And if you pay to get it shipped, I think that gets added in for the duty and VAT. Not cheap post Brexit.

    and the agent's fee. Alternatively dismantle and bring in a bit at a time within your personal allowance.

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.