ahoy pervy mariners

[rosco rathbone]

I need sum help from you sexual seamen.

I saw this vessel today from the Williamsburg Bridge. It was headed down the East River flying the NYC Dept of Environmental Protection colors. It was a catamaran style hull but as heavily built as an oceangoing tug and about the same length 80-100ft. Very low in the water. It had a bizzarre t-shaped bridge that made it look like the superstructure of a half-sunk big ship sticking above the water. As far as my lame ass eyes could tell it was named the "Cormorant". Very heavy duty hydraulic crane amidships and some kind of metallic, basketshaped looking cradles on the foredeck. Some kind of dredge or deep sea sampling boat? WHy the squat profile? Looks very stable in the water like it was meant to haul heavy loads up from the depths. The only other DEP ships I see in the river are the shit tankers. ANy help appreciated.

rosco

ps I have a bitmap drawing of this ship that was too big to upload here, will forward it to any knoledgeable mariners

 

[perks]

uhhhhh...

portside!

 

[The Heretic]

Some kind of dredge or deep sea sampling boat? WHy the squat profile? Looks very stable in the water like it was meant to haul heavy loads up from the depths.

It is possible it is some kind of dredge, but without seeing a pic I would guess that it is more like some kind of "skimmer" for cleaning up oil spills and such.

 

[Lancecastor]

It's a Shit Skimmer.

Booming and Skimming Operations

DEP has installed booms or floating barriers at 23 locations to capture floatables discharged from combined sewers, which handle sanitary and storm water.

DEP skimmer vessels are used to remove floatables from boomed sites.


Floating debris in the open waters is removed by the Skimmer Vessel Cormorant, DEP's largest vessel in the floatables fleet.

See: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/float.html

 

[rosco rathbone]

If those are your real butt cheeks, you need to make sure that your genetic material is intertwined with that of future humans, clones possibly.

This is a serious nautical geekthread.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Re: It's a Shit Skimmer.

Booming and Skimming Operations

DEP has installed booms or floating barriers at 23 locations to capture floatables discharged from combined sewers, which handle sanitary and storm water.

DEP skimmer vessels are used to remove floatables from boomed sites.


Floating debris in the open waters is removed by the Skimmer Vessel Cormorant, DEP's largest vessel in the floatables fleet.

Holy fucking shit. Did you get that from some website I could have gone to?????? You are the man. That was the vessel in question.

 

[superlittlegirl]

This thread gets my nomination for "Most Unexpected Thread Contents Of The Day"

I didn't see this coming at all!

 

[Lancecastor]

Re: Re: It's a Shit Skimmer.

Holy fucking shit. Did you get that from some website I could have gone to?????? You are the man. That was the vessel in question.

King Google says:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/float.html

 

[perks]

If those are your real butt cheeks, you need to make sure that your genetic material is intertwined with that of future humans, clones possibly.

This is a serious nautical geekthread.

Ok, the next time you say "sum help from you sexual seamen" I'll be sure to know you can't take a joke.

Carry on, Oh Capitan Skimmer in the Mudd.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Re: Re: Re: It's a Shit Skimmer.

King Google says:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/float.html

You are a brainiac, Lance.

I've been watching the shit ships go under the Triboro for six months and never thought that the opaque NYC beauracracy would have a website explaining all of the gnarly under the hood goings on. Thanks man.

 

[Lancecastor]

Ok, the next time you say "sum help from you sexual seamen" I'll be sure to know you can't take a joke.

Carry on, Oh Capitan Skimmer in the Mudd.

Captain Hindgrinder says Rosco was complimenting your bum, chum.

PS: anytime, Rosco.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Captain Hindgrinder says Rosco was complimenting your bum, chum.

PS: anytime, Rosco.

I thought I was trying to compliment the asscheeks in the lil picture, but I can see how he/she/it might have thought I was recommending that she dilute her perky kitchen shelf put your beer here buttcheek genes.

Lance you are my nautical hero. Fuck.