a big lift

[snowstorm]

the boat yard that i dock my boat at has a you tube vid of there new travel lift. its rated 485 ton and was built in italy. its one big boy toy. go to front street shipyard belfast me on youtube. they even have me in a couple of them.

[beenthere]

This one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbRGg8SzOco

Apparently not, as there is nothing about a lift.

[sprucebunny]

There's a video of assembling the Travel lift on this page http://frontstreetshipyard.com/boatyard-news/building-the-485-ton-lift-85-3

That's a big one !!!

[snowstorm]

this boat yard has only been in business for 3 yrs. they have grown very fast. many years ago there was a sardine packing plant on this site

[sprucebunny]

And a french fry factory next door ???

Got to smell better than being docked next to the seaweed processing place in Rockland....

[haywire woodlot]

 

 
This lift fell on top of a boat that I used to work on, the boat survived the fall, but the exhaust stacks and casings had to be replaced.

[Tom L]

 
This lift fell on top of a boat that I used to work on, the boat survived the fall, but the exhaust stacks and casings had to be replaced.

wow, that's ugly

[snowstorm]

And a french fry factory next door ???

Got to smell better than being docked next to the seaweed processing place in Rockland....

they make baked stuffed potatoes. french fries? maybe. that used to be a chicken processing plant. the seaweed in rockland would be  fmc  that seaweed ends up in a lot of different foods   

[snowstorm]

 
This lift fell on top of a boat that I used to work on, the boat survived the fall, but the exhaust stacks and casings had to be replaced.

kinda of a small lift for the size of the boat isnt it.

[clww]

I'd like to have seen what they used a few weeks ago to right that cruise ship that went aground in Italy, the "Costa Concordia".

[submarinesailor]

Way back in the early 70's, I was stationed onboard a submarine that undergoing a refueling and overhaul.  During that time I had the opportunity to watch Newport News Shipyard build BIG BLUE:  http://gizmodo.com/5946017/the-233+foot-tall-4600+ton-crane-that-builds-aircraft-carriers.  Now that is a big lift.  I can't imagine picking up 2.3 million pounds.  It is so big, that a 190 ft "smaller" crane fits under it

[beenthere]

I'd like to have seen what they used a few weeks ago to right that cruise ship that went aground in Italy, the "Costa Concordia".

They are planning now to load the Costa Concordia on to a large "barge" that will slide under it after the Costa Concordia is outfitted with sponsons (large tanks) on her starboard side this winter.
http://gcaptain.com/video-animation-shows-costa-concordia-float-on-dockwise-vanguard/


Other link to the righting of the CC are available by googling Costa Concordia parbuckling.
http://www.theparbucklingproject.com/page.php?page=progetto#

Some in this Forum thread of the parbuckling that took about 6 months preparation for 19 hours of parbuckling.
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,67214.msg1006535.html#msg1006535

Or the time lapse can be seen on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb-vL3BfSNY