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Pleiades - 1


Pleiades - 1

The launch of Pleiades commences



    Great set of photographs - cold day for it  :P

    Regards

    Steve E.
    Tks Steve, was freezing but worth it to see
    the Pleiades being launched
    I did think about coming down to see what would be the first launch of a Trawler that I had seen - however the thought of driving over the frosty North Yorks Moors put me off. Still, got to see the launch via your photographs anyway  :P

    Regards

    Steve E.
    Y'day was my first launch Steve.
    There have been 3 since I started taking pictures but 'cos I
    work shifts have missed them all.
    Took a couple of hours off work y'day morning and
    arr there just in time.
    The roads were clear so you could have made it OK !!
    Landluber,when I was at school in Banffshire, we would not have called this a launch.  It must have something to do with "putting wood int hole" culture.
    Well I am a landluber and was in the army,  however,
    Parkol described it as a launch on their home page
    well aitivated,looking at the picture its a boat going in2 water for 1st time after being named,when i went to school in BANFFSHIRE that was called a launch
    maybe school y went to in BANFFSHIRE wiz the ramsay school
    SEEMS FOR SOME REASON YOU LIKE TO HAVE A DIG AT PARKOL EN THE BOATS THEY BUILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    JRC

    young ronnie
    Jan 11 2009 04:01 PM
    I would think the thrill of seeing your new ship hitting the water would be every bit as much of an adrenaline rush for the owner whether it went down a slipway or was craned in,but I doubt if the onlookers would agree with that.Nothing to beat a big splash for the spectators and to get the boat off to a good start as well !!
    we were launched by crane ronnie and got to say it is not the same as seeing her go running down a slip and hitting the water but all the same the thing of having a new boat enterin the water for the first time everything new it is different
    one way or the other its still a big day for those concerned. a new boat is a new boat no matter how shes wettened for the first time. fair play to those who make such commitments