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27 February 2004, 10:38
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Country: Canada
Town: Newfoundland
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Join Date: May 2000
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Remember the Tricolor?
As in the RoRo ship that sunk in the Channel a while ago and was subsequently hit by a number of ships who failed to notice a clearly marked and well know wreck! Here's some pics of the salvage operation where they cut her in sections an lifted her onto a barge.
http://www.havenarbeiders.be/fototricolor.htm
Fascinating stuff!
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27 February 2004, 10:57
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Country: UK - England
Town: Gosport
Boat name: April Lass
Make: Moody 31
Length: 9m +
Join Date: Aug 2001
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Great photos, guess there will be some second hand Merc and BWM parts on e bay now.
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27 February 2004, 11:00
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Country: UK - England
Town: Reading
Make: None
Length: under 3m
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Originally posted by Pete7
second hand BWM parts on e bay now.
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I didn't realise it had been carrying RIBs too!!! 
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27 February 2004, 13:21
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Gosport
Boat name: April Lass
Make: Moody 31
Length: 9m +
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 4,951
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Why are you thinking of selling your BWM on e bay ?
Peter 
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27 February 2004, 13:23
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Country: UK - England
Town: Reading
Make: None
Length: under 3m
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Touche, Captain. 
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27 February 2004, 19:16
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Brittany/Portsmouth
Boat name: Merlin
Make: Solent 6.5
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200
MMSI: soon !
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,451
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Amazing Pics 
Missus
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Happy New Resolutions!!! : RIBbing for the craic!!!
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27 February 2004, 19:43
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Devon
Boat name: White Ice
Make: Ranieri
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 115hp
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 5,015
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Somebody's been busy with the hacksaw!!
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27 February 2004, 21:51
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Bracknell
Boat name: Boatless and lost
Length: no boat
MMSI: Who?
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27 February 2004, 22:43
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Ongar, Essex
Make: Avon 620
Length: 6.2
Engine: mercury 135 Optimax
Join Date: Oct 2003
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great photo's and one of those volvo XC90's was mine! 
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27 February 2004, 22:49
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Country: UK - England
Town: Devon
Boat name: White Ice
Make: Ranieri
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 115hp
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 5,015
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Quote:
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one of those volvo XC90's was mine!
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It still is, Steve... Didn't the dealer 'phone you? It's ready for you to collect tomorrow. You did order it in "rust red" didn't you? 
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27 February 2004, 22:54
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Country: UK - England
Town: Ongar, Essex
Make: Avon 620
Length: 6.2
Engine: mercury 135 Optimax
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NO Blue and in one piece not a cut and shut
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27 February 2004, 22:57
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Devon
Boat name: White Ice
Make: Ranieri
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 115hp
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Bad luck, you'll have to go to the back of the waiting list again for that spec!
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27 February 2004, 23:24
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Devon. uk
Boat name: bananashark
Make: me
Length: 7m +
Engine: opti 225
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 325
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That has to be the biggest hacksaw ever!!!!!!!
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27 February 2004, 23:30
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Devon
Boat name: White Ice
Make: Ranieri
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 115hp
Join Date: Jul 2002
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How many blades do you reckon they got through?!? 
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28 February 2004, 08:06
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Member
Country: Greece
Town: Gloucetsreshire
Boat name: GATO DI MARE
Make: MAR.CO
Length: 9m +
Engine: Yamaha 200Vmax
MMSI: 235027678
Join Date: Sep 2002
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Great photos!!
Any spares for sale?
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28 February 2004, 09:32
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Portsmouth
Boat name: Sting
Make: Tornado 6.8
Length: 6m +
Engine: Yam 200 HPDI
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 645
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for more info, better pics, annimations of how they cut it up see http://www.tricolorsalvage.com/pages...01Preparations
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28 February 2004, 11:15
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Gosport
Boat name: April Lass
Make: Moody 31
Length: 9m +
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 4,951
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Now then, if they cut her up like that then a fair amount of her cargo must have fallen out during the recovery of each section. so who wants a new BMW and does anyone facny a bit of diving.
Couple of video clips on that web site too.
Apparently the ship was owned by the Capital Bank of Scotland. Guess the Share holders won't be celebrating this year.
Pete
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28 February 2004, 12:39
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Make: HumberOceanOffshore
Length: 8m +
Engine: Volvo KAD300/DPX
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 5,596
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Quote:
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That has to be the biggest hacksaw ever!!!!!!!
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Yeah. Look at the engines. It's gone in behind one of the flywheels and cut throught the crankshaft, travelled to the next one and cut most of the way through the flywheel and then popped out, missed the 3rd one and moved on to cut throught the propeller shaft. I bet that took the edge off the cutters.
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