DowntownRDB Posted at 6-18 03:51
You're most welcome Mr. B.  I'm betting you seldom forget to take it.

Blériot53 Posted at 6-18 03:54
Forgot it this morning, but I was only half a mile from home. So it wasn't an issue

DowntownRDB Posted at 6-18 03:58
At least you were fairly close to go get it.  

I'm going to head out to the dive shop and get all my tanks refilled as I have to clean the bottom of boat.  Yep, it's that time again.  Fun, fun, fun.

HGDC84 Posted at 6-18 06:16
Brilliant shot! Just the right time for a still surface of water to get those reflections just right. I really ought to learn to keep the Pocket 2 with me as often as you do

Blériot53 Posted at 6-18 05:35
A pity there isn't a gadget available to do that - a bit like robot mowers to keep the grass neat for land-based homes .
But at least, your way, you get to combine a leisure activity with "Housework"

DowntownRDB Posted at 6-18 06:47
Last time I cleaned the bottom of the boat I had let it go a bit too long and there was a ton of marine life stuck to the hull.  I swore I wouldn't let that happen again.  So now it is just a thin layer so will be fairly easy to clean.  I can probably get it done with only one double tank of air.  

My youngest grandson recently got his open-water dive certificate and was going to help me with it but he is gone for the next 2 weeks on a Caribbean cruise with his parents and brother.

Blériot53 Posted at 6-18 07:09
I bet I know which he would rather be doing

DowntownRDB Posted at 6-18 07:34
If you bet on the cruise you'd be 100% right.

Blériot53 Posted at 6-18 07:40
Back on the boat topic - those barges go into dry dock occasionally for cleaning.
Or some of them, at any rate.
Others seem to be left to moulder and rust away, looking ever more unsightly.

DowntownRDB Posted at 6-18 07:49
It appears that the ones in your shots are still capable of being renovated and commuting up and down the canals.  

I saw in one of the comments that they are probably not the best candidate to turn into mobile living spaces.

Blériot53 Posted at 6-18 08:24
The red and black one seems to still be in working order.
The one next to it may have seen its last journey.
I've weekended on one in the past.

DowntownRDB Posted at 6-18 08:37
Sounds like a candidate for a mobile jail.

Blériot53 Posted at 6-18 08:40
Not quite that bad

Codgerzh2 Posted at 6-18 14:31
Cracking shot - definitely look well used

DAFlys Posted at 6-19 00:14
I bet theres people living on those boats.

Blériot53 Posted at 6-19 06:11
The lived-in ones generally have smoke drifting out of the chimney.
No-one home at any of these
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DAFlys Posted at 6-20 00:21
Normally the chimney round here is a sign they are lived on,   do you think these were abandoned?

Blériot53 Posted at 6-18 06:37
I think the cloudy sky helped too. Had it been sunny a clear blue, there may not have been such a contrast in the backdrop.

HGDC84 Posted at 6-25 11:39
Absolutely, too bright and it could be quickly ruined.

Blériot53 Posted at 6-25 11:59
Several decent days in succession here - summer may have arrived.

HGDC84 Posted at 6-25 12:03
Glad to hear that. Here the weather reports have predicted that this week will be very hot, and the UV values are high so there is a serious risk of sunburn. Will need to be careful. I'm lucky to have an air conditioning pump and two fans in my apartment.