Birds and Boats anybody? (1 Viewer)

KenM

Well-known member

• Feb 24, 2020

• #1

Sunday had me sheltering behind a beach hut out of the ''incessant'' Westerly wind at Cromer where I espied a distant Gannet....shot supplied. However what turned my head was the accompanying vessel, although to my eye non military...it didn't look very benign, fwiw it was moving L2R...some sort of ''communications'' vessel...indeed if anybody might know?

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Dan Miller

Avicasual Birder

• Feb 24, 2020

• #2

Dunno, looks sort of like a sea-going tug.

If you go to MarineTraffic.com, you can get the id of just about any vessel in the world, realtime.

 

Andy Adcock

Worst person on Birdforum

• Feb 24, 2020

• #3

Always up for a nice Tug eh Ken.....................

 

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KenM

Well-known member

• Feb 24, 2020

• #4

andyadcock said:

Always up for a nice Tug eh Ken.....................

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The last Tug I looked at Andy was Tug Boat Annie's, well they seem to have come on a bit since then. :eek!:

 

Farnboro John

Well-known member

• Feb 24, 2020

• #5

Tug for me too... I watched quite a few going up and down the Tames on my first (abortive) day looking for the Beluga!

John

 

Andy Adcock

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• Feb 24, 2020

• #6

Farnboro John said:

Tug for me too... I watched quite a few going up and down the Tames on my first (abortive) day looking for the Beluga!

John

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What do the Pilot boats look like?

 

Farnboro John

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• Feb 24, 2020

• #7

andyadcock said:

What do the Pilot boats look like?

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Fast launches: about halfway between a big speedboat and a RNLI lifeboat.

John