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http://philip.plisson.over-blog.com/art ... 27446.html

I just want to know the story on this, who can afford it, who's funding it, when they expect it to be completed, and who's dick I have to suck to get a job. Just kidding.

I'm especially curious about the last few photos with a dredge, apparently working its way to the graving dock. Looks like its going to be awhile.

Google Translate can help.

Translated blog

Oh, man those are some sweet curves!

Those pictures give me an interesting feeling in my pants even more than motorcycles!

I am currently re-reading "Command a Kings Ship" by Alexander Kent about the rise of captain Richard Bolitho, RN. The ship in question is Undine, an english frigate of perhaps the same era.

The scale of the project is what astounds me. Infuckingcredible.
Oh, I just did the translated version.
They started construction 15 years ago. Usually, back in the day, that was a little more than half of one of these things' useful lifespans.

coming....

ah crap it's a trap, that just an assembly of technical nautical words that I can't understand in french.

AH, double trap, there's about no text to translate

( As you already know )
The frigate Hermione from 18th century will be put back to water after 15 years of work.
On july 6th it will go out of (what understand to be Louis XV bassin to enter the Napoleon III basin, were the rig and weapons will be installed.


a-woaw!!

Its been there for so long that they have to dig away the mud in front of the basin, and replace the wall with boat-doors

nice boat, too bad a giant lion split his love sack open on the prow. thats going to take some time to clean up. and the sick bastard is still smiling

Mk3 wrote:nice boat, too bad a giant lion split his love sack open on the prow. thats going to take some time to clean up. and the sick bastard is still smiling

True. And just look at the expression on his face. That's what taking a ship-sized dump looks like.

Bon Jour Motherfucker! Let's go invade Canadia.

Why do all those blocks look so surprised?

Rev wrote:

piccini9 wrote:Why do all those blocks look so surprised?

They're deadeyes.

Why do all those deadeyes look so surprised?

Though I have no sea legs to speak of, I'd be willing to help find some Somalis to appropriate the vessel--then dump them overboard--paint the boat all flat black--you know. Ooh ooh, put a velodrome along the rails and we can get some racing in between cleaning off the poop deck.

Poop deck. (one of the perks of being immature--appreciating such terms)

Pretty boat, for sure, though.

The whole thing is... It's just amazing to me someone would pump that much money into something like that.

It's like fifty years from now someone's going to build a Saturn V rocket, complete w/ launchpad because they loved the idea.

That would look jangleplatz with a bomb and bars flag flying. Just sayin'...

Rev wrote:

Sisyphus wrote:It's like fifty years from now someone's going to build a Saturn V rocket, complete w/ launchpad because they loved the idea.

http://www2.citypaper.com/story.asp?id=17984

Only a model, but a start, I guess.
In fifty years, it will surely be amusing to see some Branson-esque crackpot billionaire to treck to the moon in a tiny, disposable capsule, just because his dad used to build the models and he always wanted to fly one for real. In a fitting situation of history repeating itself, that billionaire will have probably made his fortune with breaking the big company's oligopoly on passenger flights to the moon and will wave to his lunar shuttles overtaking him.

I know it's altogether too pie-in-the-sky, but send them your CV, man! Harass the bastards. Let them know all about your enthusiasm and know-how. It couldn't hurt to try, yeah? Knowing what little I know about you and your nauticalistic nature, I'd say you're a pretty decent fit for such an adventure. And who knows, you may not even have to suck cock?

Azipods on a tall ship?????

NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!