random pics that YOU have taken.......

[dafischer]

Damn that's nice. Wish I'd never sold my 67 GTV, and my 65 Sprint GT. (along with many other things)

[CurtEgerer]

Spotted while out walking the dog this morning. A solid 8-footer.

[p911dad]

[pete3799]

[Lyle O]

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by Brown747

Last night somewhere over Alberta enroute to Louisville

That's a great shot...

[Nordwest]

Daybreak last Sunday...

[wdfifteen]

I shot this kingfisher through a spotting scope through a window. He's about 100 yards away.



Nov. 26, 2018 - rain, then freezing rain, now snow. The critters are not liking this weather.

[Baz]

Really nice photos, gents! Please keep 'em coming!

Saw this today offshore - looks like it could be a barge being towed with something HUGE on it. Couldn't be containers I wouldn't think. This is also not a "shipping channel" so maybe something for the government, I'm guessing.

I only had a point and shoot so not a great closeup.....

[bmcuscgr94]

[Jolly Amaranto]

Hiking the Outer Basin Loop in Big Bend National Park.

[crb07]

Originally Posted by Baz

Really nice photos, gents! Please keep 'em coming!

Saw this today offshore - looks like it could be a barge being towed with something HUGE on it. Couldn't be containers I wouldn't think. This is also not a "shipping channel" so maybe something for the government, I'm guessing.

I only had a point and shoot so not a great closeup.....

RORO (roll on roll off) more than likely out of Jacksonville, probably run to Puerto Rico and back. Some are three stories high.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by crb07

RORO (roll on roll off) more than likely out of Jacksonville, probably run to Puerto Rico and back. Some are three stories high.

OK thanks - makes sense. I'm just not used to seeing them so close to shore.

So it was something like this:


I should have used my binoculars....next time.....

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by Baz

OK thanks - makes sense. I'm just not used to seeing them so close to shore.

So it was something like this:


I should have used my binoculars....next time.....

I use to load and unload those at the jax shipyard when in college.

[Skip Newsom]

November 2014, Maui-
Nothing like the smell of Cane fields burning in the morning!



It does make for some decent photo's though

[Skip Newsom]

[porsche tech]

Weird cloud the other evening...

[dmcummins]

Went to Sebring for lunch, this is looking out the window on the way home. That’s Boca Grande.

[Jolly Amaranto]

Hail to the Chief, may he rest in peace.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Baz

So it was something like this:

What's really unique about RORO ships is that the decks inside raise and lower to accommodate taller cargo. I watched as a yacht was being loaded. Even with the mast down, the keel made the thing 20 feet tall. So they raised the entry deck to get that sucker inside. The ramp swings right and left (or port and starboard) to be able to use both angles depending on how the ship is berthed.

You know, it's really weird to see a bunch of motor yachts being discharged from a ship. Most often they crane them over the water side (not a RORO).