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The QE2 Story’s Event Group is organising a fabulous conference at Clydebank Town Hall for you to celebrate 50 years since QE2’s launch at John Brown’s Shipyard, Clydebank. Friday, 22nd September 2017 is to be an important date for QE2 Story members, maritime enthusiasts and members of the public wh...

Hopefully all fixed. Let me know if you discover any glitches.

Stuart

Hi Henk Yes - unfortunately, any posts made between approx yesterday (Tuesday) lunchtime and this morning were lost. Essentially, the tech support guys had transferred the original site files onto the new, bigger server yesterday, but I wasn't able to test/verify the new site until late last night, ...

Hi David Any new folders need to be created by myself. Let me know what it should be called and where it would be best located. As for moving individual posts into it, I'm not sure that you will be able to do that - I think it may only be someone with admin rights can that do that. Easiest way might...

There be another bit of downtime today as part of the server upgrade, whilst files are transferred to the new server. I'll try and get the work scheduled overnight, but there is a chance that some posts may not appear, or be lost depending on the timing of it all. I don't wasn't to put the forum int...

All seems to have gone well. Essentially I was upgrading the capacity of the server to a bigger disk as the old one was starting to creak at the seams and also needed some backend software updated.

Stuart

I believe this a quirk in the system - in that the message has actually sent, but doesn't move until the recipient has actually seen it.

Stuart

Wondered what the status of her was - haven't seen or heard anything about it for a while. Thanks for posting.

Sorry for the delay in replying - just seen your question. On my iphone, I've got a little square with three horizontal white lines which appears over the header image. Tapping it gives you a dropdown with the admin options that appear in the blue squares shown top right. Logout is one of those opti...

Hi there There will hopefully be a short, but planned, outage of around 15-30 minutes at 0100 on Wed 30th November 2016 to allow for a server upgrade to take place. I'm not expecting any issues with this, but it's in the hands of the tech support guys. All my sites will be affected. If there are any...

Hi all Sorry for the lack of postings from me over the past while - simply too busy on other activities at present. But I am keeping an eye on things in the background etc., and authenticating new users. However, I'm aiming to do some tidying up of the forum soon, and pruning out 'members' who have ...

Hi Paul

Thanks for those (and via email) - all have been added to the CM calendar of events. Just needing the CRSC syllabus if anyone's got one?

Stuart

Having been laid up in Irvine Bay since 3rd March 2016 awaiting orders, the Golden Shanghai left on 14th April 2016 showing a destination of Porta da Madeira.

Tanker SCF Baikal inbound for Finnart a few weeks ago, with Horse Island in the foreground.

Hi there

Not been taking many shipping photos recently. Here's one of the Lingeborg heading upriver a few weeks ago.

Stuart

Hi there

Clydeport have published the list of expected Cruise Ship calls at Greenock this year. You can view the updated list here: http://clydemaritime.co.uk/greenock2016

Stuart

Sorry to disappoint you, David, but what you are seeing is pretty much how it should be. The current trend is for many websites to be quite large and blocky, with a lot of vertical scrolling required. The advert banners in the sidebar do take up a reasonable amount of space, but even without them, t...

Hi Paul

"Your Posts" appears under your profile square (bottom left of the four small squares top right)

Stuart

Hebrides took over from the Caley Isles this morning, to allow the latter away for her annual overhaul in Leith. Here's a shot from the bedroom window of the two vessels passing each other this morning.

Stuart

Tapatalk plugin has been re-enabled - forgot about it!

Just had a check in the extensions database and a "Thanks / Like" button hasn't been ported over yet to the new version, so will have to wait a wee while and see if one appears. Sorry.

Another test - images up to 3mb now accepted

Test image upload - images need to be under 400k

As hinted at in an earlier message, the software that this forum runs on needs to be upgraded to the latest version in order to remain secure. The downside is that it's been a while since it was upgraded, so it's a pretty major update and many of the old plugins and themes are incompatible with the ...

A very Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New Year to everyone. I haven't been posting on the forum for quite a while, nor have I been out and about getting shipping photos, but I'm always keeping an eye on things and approving new members etc. A wee heads up though, that sometime soon ( I keep putting ...

Thanks for those Paul. I'll add them to calendar.

Having a wee 8yr old cask strength Caol Ila for Angus tonight. And listening to this:

Alasdair - I was looking out for you, but (obviously) didn't see you which is a pity. It was a wee while before I got out the church and said hello to the family. Likewise, I didn't go the hotel afterwards as I had to get home to do some 'proper' work. I had a quick chat with Paul Hunter and Allan M...

Hi Brian. Sorry to have missed you - the service was very nice and a fitting tribute to a well-loved gentleman. Got to admit that I'm still feeling somewhat emotional this afternoon.

Stuart

Very sad to hear that news. Thanks for letting us know, Ronnie. A great man, and a privilege to have known him, both as a friend and as one of the founders of ClydeMaritime.

Stuart

Hi there

Have received an email from a Gordon Shank ( gdshank at comcast.net ) asking if anyone can recognise the attached sailing ship, and if so, provide any info on it. No other info other than a caption saying Captain David Shanks.

Thanks

Stuart

Hi there

Friday fun - The Aastun is obviously expecting the wind to pick up on it's journey this morning

Stuart

And a few of my shots from today

Hi there I've received the following email which may be of interest to some: I am contacting you to introduce The Clyde Docks Preservation Initiative. We are a new non-profit organisation set primarily to work towards securing the future of the derelict Govan Graving Docks in Glasgow as a maritime h...

Not a great shot - only had my phone with me yesterday up the Carrick Hills.

Hi there Ayr Bay got busier this afternoon with a third 'Mineral' boat from the Bocimar-owned fleet anchoring in the Bay. The Mineral Ningbo and Mineral Hope have been there since the end of March, and were joined by the Mineral Faith this afternoon. Presumably all on layup awaiting orders? Hopefull...

Hi there A few shots, taken on the phone camera, of Holyhead Towing's Afon Menai in Ardrossan on Sat 7th March, following her trip to Inchgreen towing the Lysblink Seaway which ran aground at Kilchoan. Big and powerful looking ship. Nice wooden deck. Also a shot of what's left of the yacht that ran ...

Clydeport have now published the expected list of Cruise Ships calling at Greenock in 2015. I've updated the CM page accordingly. http://www.clydemaritime.co.uk/greenock2015 If anyone knows of other calls around the Clyde (eg Ayr / Brodick / Rothesay) then please let me know and I'll add them in. St...

Thanks for that, David. I'll feed that back etc.

My couple of shots of her in JWD a few months ago:

Hi there I've had an email request with the following question: "Do you know whether Customs records are available showing the crew list of the 34ft cutter 'Maud S', skipper Henry M.Bonner, arrived Tighnabruaich from Cape Cod, 6th July, 1966? I have tried all other sources I can think of without suc...

Weather permitting! Not looking too hopeful for next weekend at the moment.

and better lookin' than those black cormorants . . .

Thanks to everyone for all your continued support on ClydeMaritime. Hope it's a good year ahead.

Stuart

Angus

Might be worth keeping an eye on this thread on the ShipAIS forum - where one of the crew, Ray Bloomfield, adds some posts. http://forum.shipais.co.uk/index.php?/t ... -the-trees

Stuart

Must be linked to work with the Interconnector cable / Convertor station that's getting built at Hunterston. The cable's coming ashore in Ardneil Bay.

Aye - only his antics with ladders, cars and anything else mechanical usually end up in a better state!

You'll need to pop in and say hello to Paul Cavalli, of the "Life at the End of the Road" fame: http://lifeattheendoftheroad.wordpress.com/

Yep - Heb Isles away for annual overhaul (in Leith, I think). Berthing trials at Campbeltown by the Caledonian Isles didn't take place this week due to weather. Maybe sometime in the future.

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