This is the AIS screen at 4.56pm today. The Dirk Diederik, a Dutch fishing vessel did not come into port. Apart from the ferry back and forth to Ullapool, we have the tanker (Border Heather) at anchor a few miles to the south. The wind is a strong westerly, which makes manoeuvering difficult. The image below was taken on 2 March this year.
Border HeatherThe second boat in is the Aqua Boy, a live-fish carrier. She is pictured below on an image I took on 17 November 2006, when she was on the Goat Island slipway.
Aqua BoyThirdly in is the Hordafur II, the successor of the boat which is always alongside pier no 2 in the town centre. She is a fish waste processing vessel.
Hordafur IIFourth was a Norwegian fishing vessel, the Ganthi. She was very low down in her bows, but left port nonetheless.
GanthiFinally, the coastguard tug Anglian Prince is in.
Anglian Prince
I found a new respect for crews on those boats after I became addicted to a show we have over here called The Dealiest Catch....about the guys who fish the Bering Sea and Alaskan waters for crab and other random fish...
ReplyDelete~Amy
The Ganthi is so low it appears to be sinking! Have a good day Guido.
ReplyDeletePam
Lovely show of boats...I agree with Pam, one seems to be very low down...have a great week...
ReplyDeleteTake care,
Joyce
I hope the Ganthi had calm seas all the way to its destination for its cargo. It looks rather dangerously low. An interesting line up of boats Guido. Aqua Boy looks impressive up on the ramp. Its dwarfing the red van. Jeanie
ReplyDeleteThat's quite an assortment of ships for one day. What caused the Ganthi to be so low in the bow? Did they catch that much fish?
ReplyDeleteSam