Summer, Aberdeen Beach

[mstphoto]

Summer on the Beach, Aberdeen style.
Note the woman with hood up and gloves to fight off the biting winds coming off the North Sea
Truth be told, it wasn't that bad as it was actually quite warm that day.
Sony RX100vii

Summer, Aberdeen Beach by Mike Stephen, on Flickr

 

[superpippo]

Quite the take on a modern british beach and horizon

 

[mstphoto]

Quite the take on a modern british beach and horizon

Certainly is, Alan

 

[juggler]

That's cool.

I'd love to see an angle which made more of the repeating blue and yellow colours in the anoraks and the ships, maybe shot from lower and framed much more tightly.

 

[mstphoto]

That's cool.

I'd love to see an angle which made more of the repeating blue and yellow colours in the anoraks and the ships, maybe shot from lower and framed much more tightly.

Aye, that would have made a good shot

 

[Peter123]

Week caught Mike.
Are those boats for servicing the oil rigs or windfarms? Or trawlers?

 

[mstphoto]

Week caught Mike.
Are those boats for servicing the oil rigs or windfarms? Or trawlers?

These are for the Oil & Gas companies.
They wait out in the bay until its there turn to berth in Aberdeen Harbour.

 

[Earley Man]

Week caught Mike.
Are those boats for servicing the oil rigs or windfarms? Or trawlers?

I found it a bit difficult as the images are quite small, but I'm pretty sure that the one on the left and the two on the right are offshore supply vessels (OSV's). These carry mainly deck cargo, but can also have tanks for carrying mud or cement used in drilling operations.

The other two have larger superstructures and are probably what are known as AHTS's (Anchor Handling Tug Supply) vessels. These are larger and have more powerful engines, 12,000 bhp or more in the larger ones.

And yes I'm a shipping Anorak, spent six years in a dockyard and nine years at sea as an Electrical Officer

A bit of useless information: the term Anorak for a keen hobbyist came about in the 1980's when train spotting was very popular. Locally the spotters were referred to as GANGY's. Green Anorak, No Girlfriend Yet.

 

[Brendan Mulachy]

loads of pictures of me and the family on Scottish beaches as kids with coats on and our hair coming off us sideways...great memories