The ship on a grey day…

Or is it bottoms up?
One of my favourite work boats…
Combined age about 3,000 years! A whole lot of life experience and they’re all in the same boat!
Watch out men! It’s an invasion force!!!
Many years ago I worked on deep sea salvage tugs and, since then, I’ve always had a soft spot for tugs. The second image shows the tug Statesman, the first tug I went to sea on in 1972 (this makes me feel VERY old!). The radio callsign of the statesman was 6ZQS (Liberian) but was changed to GSAA when the Statesman became registered in Britain (something to do with the Cod War!). The front of the Statesman looked like one of those expensive ocean-going yachts.
The Bridge
I’ve been meaning to sort out my images for years.
At last I’ve started with my monochrome images (and there are hundreds of them!)
You can see my various galleries here on Adobe Portfolio:
The Monochrome Madness
More King’s Day Amsterdam Images HERE. King’s Day Video HERE.
The Girl on the Boat
More King’s Day Amsterdam Images HERE. King’s Day Video HERE.
THE KING’S DAY, AMSTERDAM (23): The Orange Suit
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THE KING’S DAY, AMSTERDAM (20): The Boys on the Bow
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THE KING’S DAY, AMSTERDAM (17): The VIP
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The Party Girls (and Boy)
The Chain
Sorry I have been away for a while. Very busy at this end. Back full time the week after next…
The Red Sails
The Boats In A Row
The Brown Boat
The Boat Man
The Beautiful Blueness Nature Throws At Us
The Hatch
Don’t you just hate getting stuck in traffic…
The Traffic Jam
The Dock
The Canal Boat (2)
The Lock
He’s in there somewhere!
The Man On The Telephone
Just can’t get enough gears these days…
The Cogs
Here’s a flashback to 2015 – Amsterdam Sail. The next Amsterdam Sail will be in 2020.
WARNING. Some brief (very brief) nudity!
Sail Amsterdam 2015 – by Richard Broom from Richard Broom on Vimeo.
The Boats in a Row
The Boat Belonging to Louis
The Lock Gates
The Day Out
The Lightning Strike
The Ropes!
The Sails
The Crew Member
The Chandlery
The Boats
The Boats
Boats and Buildings – Dubai
Another Mess of Boats
Smokestack
Walking around Monnickendam today with the big lens
For interesting background textures, you just can’t beat flakey paintwork….
flakey paint
The weekend when Amsterdam really rocks! Looking forward to Gay Pride 2016.
A video from the summer…(contains unexpected nudity)