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Sunday 10 July 2011

Peccadillo

















Built in 1994,the 50ft long barge normally spends its time sailing on the Forth and Clyde canal,in these pictures she was seen sailing up the Clyde having paid a visit to the tall ships event in Greenock.

Her destination was the sea lock at Bowling Harbour were she re-entered the canal.

Thursday 7 July 2011

Mutin





At anchor in Caldwell bay Gourock,she was part of the Tall Ships race 2011

Waverley






The Waverley departing from the city centre,she is seen here passing the sail ship Glenlee and the small ferry MV Rover.

Tuesday 5 July 2011

Gerarda




RRS James Clark Ross











RRS James Clark Ross(named after Admiral Sir James Clark Ross, R.N. ) was built by Swan Hunter Shipbuilders, Wallsend, UK and launched by H.M. The Queen on the 1st December 1990.

The vessel can steam at a steady two knots through level sea ice one metre thick. To assist passage through heavy pack ice a compressed air system rolls the ship from side to side freeing the passage. RRS James Clark Ross is equipped for geophysical studies, with a compressor bank to power a seismic air gun array, and large aft and starboard decks for scientific equipment deployed by aft and midships gantries. For biological studies, the vessel can deploy a wide range of sampling gear and benefits from modern underway instrumentation. The ship is designed with an extremely low noise signature to allow sensitive underwater acoustic equipment to operate effectively.