Sea News...
- 18 June 2013 10:14233725Well done with those Howard. Busy busy. Saw earlier you were another victim of those notorious Irish sea crossings.
Grrrr
Tom brilliant research again re the car. I never heard of Beauford before. I wonder if they are genuine Vintage or just modern remakes or mock ups to capture that old time feel. But there we are, whatever the situation people like them for their weddings etc etcemail: dover7@msn.com - 18 June 2013 10:19233729As Beauford themselves have it...
"WHO ARE BEAUFORD?
Beauford are a family run company with an enviable 20-year history. With over 1,500 cars sold and as founder member of S.T.A.T.U.S. (Specialist Transport Advisory and Testing Utility Society), you can be sure you are dealing with a reputable and professional company. What's more we are friendly and easy to talk to; ask any of our customers. ~ In addition to the company, and independent of it, is the Beauford owners Club. Organising events, helping other Beauford owners and producing useful publications, the Club adds another dimension and even more fun to owning a Beauford."
"Specifications...
DIMENSIONS
475cm (15' 7") long
168cm (5' 6") wide
152cm (5' 0") high approx
WHEELBASE
320cm (10' 6")
WEIGHT
1,000kg (2,200lbs) approx
ENGINE
Almost any engine can be fitted and those fitted to date include:
Ford 4 cylinder - 1.6, 1.8 & 2.0 litre
Ford V6 - 2.3, 2.5, 2.8 & 3.0 litre
Ford Zetec engines, various
Rover 6 cylinder - 2.3 & 2.6 litre
Rover V8 - 3.5 litre
Nissan/Datsun 6 cylinder - 2.0, 2.4, 2.6 & 2.8 litre
Vauxhall 6 cylinder - 3.3 litre
Toyota 6 cylinder - all capacities
Mercedes 6 cylinder - all capacities
TRANSMISSION
Either Manual or Automatic gearboxes may be used
RUNNING GEAR
Ford Sierra including complete front & rear suspension, steering, pedal box, master cylinder & handbrake lever.
CHASSIS
4" x 2" x 1/8 (100 x 50 x 3mm) steel box section chassis
BODY & PANELS
High quality reinforced GRP, alloy bonnet & closing panels"Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 18 June 2013 10:34233737Good stuff Tom. So just as i suspected there with them being just 20 years old.
Just goes to show..nostalgia is all the rage..
email: dover7@msn.com - 19 June 2013 10:03233887Just when you get motivated to toddle off to see two Saga ships in port ..... it rains (of course it will - it's the middle of June .... and for good measure there was thunder & lightning as well ! ). As I'm writing an article on the Saga Sapphire at the moment I was particularly interested in seeing her with a stable mate. Here she is with Saga Ruby this morning.
These two are scheduled to be in port together again on July 4 and Sept. 26. In fact Sept 26 will be a sad day for me because this is the last time we will see Saga Ruby in Dover. She embarks afterwards on a world cruise before being put up for disposal, but no-one knows at this stage what her future (if any) might be. - 19 June 2013 10:17233895
I love their price list- everything is POA plus VAT. 
(Beauford, that is)I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson - 19 June 2013 11:37233918great photos john despite the weather conditions.
- 20 June 2013 06:40234086Well done there John..good to see you as ever. Good luck with your latest book. Sad news there bout the ever faithful Saga Ruby but I suppose it gets ever harder to maintain these ships to optimum standard as time goes along. She certainly has the look and feel of the Gatsby era..all very popular at the moment as we know.
So always a pity.
Peter if yer checking out the price list i expect to see you whizzing around in a Beauford afore toooo long.
But back to the nauticals. Look at this sky yesterday morning !!
..picture NOT photo-shopped. This is our glorious non-summer in detailed genuine action...
Can you believe this weather above. Three prongs of lightning were shooting town in different places all at the same time. Was hoping to capture the lightning but wasnt lucky enough. The Saga Ruby is in the lower corner. At this point it is very early and light is poor, the Saga Sapphire hadnt arrived.This is actually a colour photograph believe it or not...
Yesterday evening late around 8.15pm.. a brief improvement in the last of the light and here is the Saga Ruby again.
More to follow shortly and here we are..
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Definitely dont often put politics on Sea News thread but here is a direct sea fishing story. I think we all watch with deep pain at the tons of fish being discarded by quota strangled fishermen, all chucked back into the sea already dead. Total waste on a planet with food shortages. So, better news here, read on my friends read on..
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Sandys Strongly Welcomes EU Fishing Deal
Laura Sandys, MP for South Thanet, welcomed yesterday's announcement by the Minister for Fisheries on the reform of EU fishing policy. The proposed changes to the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) will mean a better deal for smaller fisherman, decentralising the decision-making process and bringing an end to discards.
Laura said: "I have been campaigning for a better deal for our south coast fisherman for a long time. I have made strong representations to the Fisheries Minister and today had the opportunity to meet with him to discuss this. I also had the opportunity to ask the Minister in Parliament yesterday about what these reforms will mean for the localisation of management and have been reassured that our fisherman will be closer to the decision-making process and will play a crucial role in this."
"Between the campaigning of our fisherman, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's campaign and the dedication of the Minister, discards will now be a thing of the past."
The reforms will:
· Put a ban on discarding fish that is edible and should not be wasted;
· Create a legally binding commitment to fishing at sustainable levels;
· Allow decision-making to take place by Member States so they are able to decide measures that are most appropriate for them.
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So there we are. Better news for all.
Picture shows Laura Sandys with Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon and with local fishermen.
ermmm...the guy in the suit is the Minister !!email: dover7@msn.com - 20 June 2013 08:59234099The top photo is 627 just about sums up the summer so far: frown:
Great photos though, Paul. - 20 June 2013 14:56234134Some grainy images of Saga Sapphire and Saga Ruby taken with my mobile. Incidentally, have just noticed that if you click on each photo you get a bigger image of same, depending on the file size of the image which you have uploaded.
Saga Sapphire was about to sail and conducted a full boat drill for the passengers prior to sailing, the passengers can be seem mustered in their lifejackets in the first photo. It seems unbelievable that the ill-fated Costa Concordia routinely sailed without conducting a boat drill until long after sailing.
The Saga Sapphire also had two lifeboats lowered for annual survey and these had to be brought back onboard before she sailed, one on each side. The photos then show her going astern towards the Western Entrance assisted by the tug DHB Dauntless with the harbour launch standing by to take off the pilot, and some of the steady trickle of yachts and motorboats entering and leaving the Marina.
The Dieppe Seaways departed by Western whilst I was on the end of the pier. The launch which takes anglers out to the detached breakwater can be seen waiting for her to pass, and in close-up in the final photo.
- 20 June 2013 15:54234146Construction of the linkspan for the renovation of berth ED6 continues apace on the Hoverport.
- 20 June 2013 20:20234179this thread gets ever better, not much happens in the dover straits that is not documented here with excellent photographs.
- 21 June 2013 06:41234203Excellent group of pictures there Ed..man on the spot. Great stuff!
Good to see the safety evacuation procedures underway, Passengers like to know what to do in an emergency for sure...I myself am a tad jittery about that sort of thing but better to know what to do.
Well done Ed. Keep them coming.
Talking about the bad weather Mark.
Today (you will be pleased to hear but Im sure you know already)... is the Longest Day of the Year.
Its all downhill from here. From today the nights start drawing in. Can you adam and eve it !!!??
Chilling downer isnt it..
To say the summer has all been very disappointing so far is an understatement.
Also today.
the fabulous CARNIVAL LEGEND is in harbour. it was already in situ by 5am prior to my elevation from slumber. The problem is I cant get a decent picture of it at the moment, conditions are very grey and foggy so unable to do it justice as we stand, but hopefully things will improve later for a picture or two...suffice to say that it is very impressive and the size of the proverbial football pitch. Brilliant. Any ship lovers wanting to come down to the harbour and look wont be disappointed.
Isnt it brilliant that we are getting ships like this..you have to say.
I sometimes see super liners going down the channel at late evening..heading for Southampton or Le Havre...but we are holding our own here in Dover.
So without a picture of a ship at the moment I will add a picture of a new arrival to the Dover Straits location..
There you are. This little feller was born on Millers ( Premier Inn ) roof. There were initially two of them but one guy being frail didnt make it. Odd choice of location for nesting I would think as it looks very vulnerable to hawk and scavenger attack...but so far so good. And as we say about our own kids, dont they grow up so fast!email: dover7@msn.com - 21 June 2013 11:03234220Here are a couple more from the Ad Pier.
- 21 June 2013 12:03234223Well done again John..as ever right in the thick of the action.
The fog seems to be getting ever thicker now but a short while ago there was a miraculous bit of a break for a short moment or two, but it still remained hazy. I think we will have to settle on this pic below of the legendary Carnival Legend ( see also post 632 )...it looks like it will be our only chance. The ship has disappeared again into the fog. Anyone thinking of coming down please bear in mind about the fog. Its a case with the ship of now you see it, now you dont.
The picture doesn't do it justice really..its a great ship with one of those gull wing funnels. Very striking.
In the foreground it looks like the Coral Water. Oops no correction. Not the Coral Water...have blown the picture up and it appears to say the LS Christine.email: dover7@msn.com - 21 June 2013 12:11234225that must have been due in earlier, there were greeters in market square but no visitors.
incidentally paul, got the same situation on my roof as premier inn, tried to get pictures but very gloomy and the little one won't keep still. - 21 June 2013 15:11234235not much improved this afternoon, a striking vessel though.
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21 June 2013 16:08234247I see that hms mersy has been lurking of dover for the lasy hour or so.sorry no pics from me this time. - 21 June 2013 17:55234258
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21 June 2013 18:36234269sounds like the one,but unfotuneitly I was on a bus going into town without my camera again. - 25 June 2013 06:36234758Following on from the added news and picture on the old doverforum.com frontpage ( see the blogs menu at top of page )... here is the super duper Carnival Legend's departure from Dover on friday evening in a blaze of magnificent sunshine. She will call again a further 8 times this year.
After such a mighty inaugural visit, Kate O'Hara from Dover Harbour Board presented its Captain with a delightful commemorative plaque to mark the occasion.
Dover Cruise Port welcomes Carnival Legend
Kate O'Hara, Head of Business Delivery at the Port of Dover, welcomes the Master of the Carnival Legend, Captain Alessandro Galotto on the ship's inaugural call to the Cruise Port.
The ceremony took place on Friday 21st June providing a brief respite from a busy schedule for the vessel as it set sail on a Northern European tour. The ship embarked on a 12-day Baltic Sea Cruise taking in Copenhagen, Berlin, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, and Bruges before ending its journey back at its home port - Dover.
The Carnival Legend will be visiting Dover a further eight times this year and joins 147 other cruise calls for 2013. The 85,500 tonne ship was built in 2002, carries 2,100 passengers and nearly 1,000 crew.
Kate O'Hara commented, "Dover Cruise Port's commitment is to be the best cruise destination in the world for first-class service and facilities. We continue to support our community through encouraging the cruise tourism business in Kent and we warmly welcome Carnival Legend's staff and passengers to the diverse range of activities and attractions that the region has to offer."
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Also visiting us yesterday was the much smaller Quest for Adventure. Note how calm the sea was yesterday, made a change from those recent highly-charged turbulent days. Nearly got seasick in my flat wot with all the rolling..lol!!
For a moment one got a tad confused as this is how she looked last year...
We have had a funnel change.email: dover7@msn.com
