sppunk Posted October 23, 2020 #1 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) I follow a boat reviewer Aquaholic on YouTube and he is out for a ride in Tor Bay and circles around several ships - notably Westerdam, Volendam and Zaandam (QM2 and two P&O ships earlier). One thing's for sure - these blue-hull beauties need paint stat. The Volendam's white around the 3/4 aft name area is badly oxidized! YouTube link starting at the Westerdam ... Edited October 23, 2020 by sppunk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted October 23, 2020 #2 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) 22 minutes ago, sppunk said: One thing's for sure - these blue-hull beauties need paint stat. The Volendam's white around the 3/4 aft name area is badly oxidized! I thought that Zaandam and Volendam where looking a bit drab until I scrolled back and saw QM2. Wow, she looks like a real rust bucket. Must be the blue hulls show the oxidization, salt and rust more than the lighter coloured hulls. Thanks for posting the link. Edited October 23, 2020 by VMax1700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sppunk Posted October 23, 2020 Author #3 Share Posted October 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, VMax1700 said: IO thought that Zaandam and Volendam where looking a bit drab until I scrolled back and saw QM2. Wow, she looks like a real rust bucket. Must be the blue hulls show the oxidization, salt and rust more than the lighter coloured hulls. Thanks for posting the link. No joke! Thought the exact same with the QM2. The P&O ships looked a bit fresher, but could be a mixture of lighting and just how long it's been since they were touched up pre-shutdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir PMP Posted October 23, 2020 #4 Share Posted October 23, 2020 3 hours ago, sppunk said: No joke! Thought the exact same with the QM2. The P&O ships looked a bit fresher, but could be a mixture of lighting and just how long it's been since they were touched up pre-shutdown. The Westerdam didn't look that great either.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMAUST Posted October 23, 2020 #5 Share Posted October 23, 2020 How many crew would be on board maintaining these HAL ships? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir PMP Posted October 24, 2020 #6 Share Posted October 24, 2020 5 hours ago, JMAUST said: How many crew would be on board maintaining these HAL ships? Somewhere between 50 and 100.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted October 24, 2020 #7 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Thanks for posting, interesting. Think of all the work that has to be done when those ships finally go back into service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bnxshs Posted October 25, 2020 #8 Share Posted October 25, 2020 On 10/23/2020 at 7:49 PM, JMAUST said: How many crew would be on board maintaining these HAL ships? I would guess there's only a skeleton crew aboard keeping the lights on and the ship manned but because people = money, little else has been happening on board. You can see a small bit of exhaust at the stacks meaning something is running for power if nothing else, APUs maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianbear Posted October 25, 2020 #9 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Makes me sad. Thanks though for the video. Miss cruising. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrill Posted October 25, 2020 #10 Share Posted October 25, 2020 (edited) QM2 still has such presence ! Flags flying from bow and mast. Beautiful. Thanks for sharing the link. Edited October 25, 2020 by Boatdrill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted October 26, 2020 #11 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Thanks for posting the video, our first cruise was on the Volendam, then several more on her, could see "our" big balcony. Felt sad, thinking will we ever cruise again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozcruizer Posted October 26, 2020 #12 Share Posted October 26, 2020 5 hours ago, erewhon said: Thanks for posting the video, our first cruise was on the Volendam, then several more on her, could see "our" big balcony. Felt sad, thinking will we ever cruise again. We did three cruises on the Volendam - one to NZ and two to Asia. Loved the ship and sad too that we may never sail on her again. Our first cruise was on the Zaandam - that was the cruise that got us hooked. Hopefully, one day........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobpatj Posted October 26, 2020 #13 Share Posted October 26, 2020 So nice to see Westerdam, again. We quickly disembarked on February 14th, in Cambodia, after our Cruise to Nowhere in Asia! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickb Posted October 26, 2020 #14 Share Posted October 26, 2020 One thing for sure - the 2 P & O ships have got to be the ugliest vessels on the seas. A classic case of function over form, whereas the HAL ships at least look like ships ! the QM2 just looks like a classic Atlantic liner! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Pete Cruiser Posted October 26, 2020 #15 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Thanks for sharing this. Zaandam recently had a "refresh" , not sure if it was out of the water drydock. Her white looks good! Think of the money that was recently spent on the 4 ships that were sold, HAL probably didn't recover 10 cents on the dollar spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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