Launching m/v 'Gerarda'

Launching of the mv 'Gerarda' PHEV at 13-jan. 2006 at Ferus Smit yard, Leer- Germany

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[ixorafy]

Awesome but what's the difference between launching the ship sliding to the back than sliding to the side?

[marinusscherpenisse]

Hi! it's because there is not enough room... and this looks better too!!

[Whitechoclax]

It seems like alot could go wrong with this type of launching.....

[quosmo1]

@HotDogginMann true. but i would feel safer hundreds of miles out to sea on a boat that has withstood those forces, than one thats never been tested :) a big enough storm can induce the same forces as a front or rear end launch, going over the crest of a big enough wave.

[ismokewead420]

@clipboard34 good analysis .nobody cares about the scienific explanation of a boat floating tho

[clipboard34]

@ixorafy larger surface area on the side vs the ends to help keep the less dense than water boat buoyant and a float. If launched from front or back there is an increased potential for more than an acceptable amount of the boat to dip below the surface of the water taking on water which would defeat the purpose of buoyancy to keep the ship afloat as it would than have an equal or greater density compared to water.

[fyadcorp]

How deep is that water?

[soulcalibur22]

@jdavi322 Thats the bath your method uses to mama in the same.

[2ndOfficerCHL]

I love how that huge hull seems to have that little half second of hang time before it splashes down.

[HotDogginMann]

@ixorafy More often than not, it has to do with the stresses that are imparted on the ships hull when it is slid lengthwise into the water... The hull is supported between the dock and floating end. If you look back through history, there have been several instances where the ship is launched this way, and it proceeds to crack and sink quickly after it's maiden launch! You slide the boat in sideways, and it rocks and rolls, but the forces are distributed evenly.

[kmlq7366]

@ixorafy there are three methods of launching ships.side slidingwhereby the ship enters the water broadside,The oldest, most familiar, and most widely used is the end-on launch, in which the vessel slides, usually stern first, down an inclined slipway and the safest is drydock

[Timberwolf8998]

Wait, that one had a hole in its hull, it was here for repairs, we were supposed to launch the RED one!!!