Dry Dock Shed175 viewsHmmm, let's check out Renfrew Boat Yard!
In just a few days, this area will be completely demolished to build....
Wanky Flats? No...
Shoddy Houses? No...
Shitty Out Of Town Shopping Area? DING DING DING!!!
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The Boat120 viewsWe hadn't planned to explore today (in fact we were only in Shediac to get Poutine) but seeing the boat again from a distance...
I had failed to get inside on my last trip to Canada, when the boat was run aground - how would our luck be this time ?
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Electricity Monitoring183 viewsWasting no time, we let ourselves in!
This was one of the main power distribution / switching centres. Still smelt of oil and... Electricity!!
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The Boat - D Investigates131 viewsMy companion this time around: D, checks out the boat.
Some shaggers in a car across the wharf are in eye-sight but are fortunately too wrapped up in their own affairs to notice two suspicious characters hanging around an old boat!
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Amperes132 viewsThe current draw is low today, Marge!?
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Regular Entrance115 viewsThis would be the normal entrance to the boat... There is no gangway, a 6 metre vault to the other side and it's a 8 metre drop into freezing water. Additionally, the boat is not level with the wharf and the floor on the boat is wood - rotten and suspect.
We write this particular entrance off as a bad idea!
But how to get in!??
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Tripping Amp167 viewsThis tripping amp has clearly taken too much acid!
It offers to sell us it's trainers for a fiver... We decline!
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Lag and Power160 viewsThis cool looking meter now probably sits in a landfill somewhere... Such a shame.
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Red Beacon174 viewsDANGER WILL ROBINSON!!
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Pretty Boats174 viewsAwwww!! Pretty Boatz!
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Winch119 viewsLooking along to the front of the boat - that's a sizable winch!
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Lonely Party Deck111 viewsWe enter the boat - ignoring the thoughtfully hand painted and well translated [in French] 'No Trespassing' signs. Side Note: is there such a concept as 'Trespassing' in Maritime Law? Boats don't follow the same rules as dry land abandonment I don't think!
This is the lower 'party deck' leading to the bar / canteen area.
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Duncs Gantry146 views
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Faster Boat208 viewsThis once swift and powerful boat sits swiftly rusting.
I don't have the heart to tell it tomorrow it's going to be crushed flat and back-filled into a hole in the ground. :-(
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General IV227 viewsAhhh! The HMS Pearl Necklace!! Judging by her list in the water she may have sprung a leak... Perhaps she took one in the rear!??
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Man The LifeBoats119 viewsBig, rusty, alone and empty. You could fall in the water here and no one would know it, trip in the engine room and only be found months on.
All while the whole location heaves and bounces on the water.
Yes, quite creepy.
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Inside the General - Stairs188 views
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On The Boat151 viewsSecurity to the bridge please - intruder alert!
/In fact, standing this close was required as it was fucking cold!!
The bridge was nice enough, but mostly stripped: the seating, navigation equipment and even the ship's wheel were all long gone.
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Inside the General - Kitchen202 viewsHmmmmm... You gotta love a kitchen that smells of Diesel Oil and has Fish swimming around the puddles of the floor, eh?
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Crusty From Roof201 viewsFrom atop the large crane... Crusty looks like a wee ant*.
*As was the fashion in those days.
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Long Way Down324 viewsFrom my privileged position, up a REALLY HIGH LADDER, I can see things from the REALLY HIGH LADDER perspective!
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Curriculum Vitae187 viewsInside the offices we find some nice CV's, carefully hand-written in such a manner that you don't see much anymore.
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Curriculum Vitae208 viewsEducated at an institute that doesn't exist anymore and gained work experience at factories and companies that have long since closed.
Fascinating, but a touch sad at the same time!
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Watching You - Watching Me113 viewsAll it would take for a 'moment of pure hilarity' would be for this motor mount camera to swivel around and see us.
Fortunately the idea doesn't enter its mind and it faces front, watching the boats out at sea.
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Curriculum Vitae172 viewsI don't know much about management: but I think I would have at least interviewed the guy!
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When Good Milk Goes Bad226 viewsOur time here has turned sour... It's time to go!
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Shattered View105 viewsWell, we pretty much covered 90% of the boat and it's getting dark.
Additionally, this location is starting to creep us both out - the sound of pigeons flapping around and the storm outside is beginning to make us jumpy.
Time to set sail for dry land and get the fuck out of here - I want Poutine!! ;-)
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