StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: launch

SBB[24]/dwl{9/9} - happy ears

SBB[24]/dwl{9/9} - happy ears

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 46
Towards the end of the circuit [aka cruise around Derwentwater] now, and Bella has come to terms with the launch, the engine and the spray from the bow wave. She is now looking around with great interest.
SBB[24]/dwl{8/9} - watching

SBB[24]/dwl{8/9} - watching

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 40
Bella paying quite close attention to the world around her.
SBB[24]/dwl{7/9} - Alert

SBB[24]/dwl{7/9} - Alert

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 50
Finally, Bella sat up enough - and being on our laps helped ! - to see over the gunwale.
SBB[24]/dwl{6/9} - island

SBB[24]/dwl{6/9} - island

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 39
The departing launch is just passing a small island, with a single tree - which *may* fit the description for one in the "Swallows & Amazons" series by Arthur Ransome.
SBB[24]/dwl{5/9} - departing wake

SBB[24]/dwl{5/9} - departing wake

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 40
Launch now departing ... and throwing up quite a wake. [Some of the launch drivers seemed to be in a tearing hurry, and I was wondering if the queues were slowing things down significantly, and if the Lakes speed limit was being bent / broken - I felt we were doing more than the official limit on a couple of occasions].
SBB[24]/dwl{4/9} - wet, wet, wet

SBB[24]/dwl{4/9} - wet, wet, wet

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 42
"Annie Mellor" the launch for our lake cruise was prone to throwing water back from her prow and over the passengers. Who got wetter also depended on the wind direction ! D & J having a laugh about it - as were some of our neighbours, although one or two moved to avoid getting too wet. [I didn't snap any images of the spray, as trying to do that was quite likely to get the camera wet]
SBB[24]/dwl{3/9} - looking forward

SBB[24]/dwl{3/9} - looking forward

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 39
Still a little nervous / uncertain, but now she is starting to take some interest in what's going on around her.
SBB[24]/dwl{2/9} - not quite so nervous

SBB[24]/dwl{2/9} - not quite so nervous

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 49
Having a quick peek over the side, one of several, gradually getting up to look for longer periods of time, but then ducking down again.
SBB[24]/dwl{1/9} - want to hide !

SBB[24]/dwl{1/9} - want to hide !

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 41
A nervous Bella wants to hide, just in case she *might* be doing something wrong ... sitting in the bows of the Derwentwater Launch "Annie Mellor".
flp : Parade of LifeBoats {29 of 33}

flp : Parade of LifeBoats {29 of 33}

StoneRoad2013
21 May 2024 38
Even the various inshore / D-class / Atlantics etc had to do some backing and filling while the big toys were put away.
lfp - Police

lfp - Police

StoneRoad2013
21 May 2024 64
Local Police launch tied up outside Poole Lifeboat Station [facilities behind the camera and the boats are afloat by the lifting bridge]. Long, narrow and has two massive outboards for power ... I'm told that the design isn't quite satisfactory, for one thing - there's not enough cabin / deck space.
csg[22] - launch boiler

csg[22] - launch boiler

StoneRoad2013
06 Aug 2022 73
This van had what looks like a steam launch boiler tucked away. [I suspect the ground was too soft]
TiG - Broads launch

TiG - Broads launch

StoneRoad2013
21 Jul 2013 1 437
Very nice Broads launch seen at Wroxham (Landamores Boatyard).
TiG - lake queen

TiG - lake queen

StoneRoad2013
14 Nov 2016 3 2 528
Launch "Queen of the Lake" at her mooring. Lovely to see, my only (minor) criticism is the use of blue polyprop rope - the manila coloured variety would look far more in keeping with the timber.
WR(O&A) Tyne - launch

WR(O&A) Tyne - launch

StoneRoad2013
23 Oct 2015 3 1 478
Preparing to launch the "William Riley" at the Tyne Cruising Club, Lemington. The weather looks like it is going to be good.
WR (O&A) GD - about to launch

WR (O&A) GD - about to launch

StoneRoad2013
21 Sep 2013 3 669
"William Riley" about to be launched into the outer harbour at Seahouses, using the RNLI landrover and slipway. The IB1 and ALB will follow shortly.