Chums of Penang
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sat 8 Dec 2018 23:57
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Chums and Working Girls We Saw
in Penang
 It has been such a long time since
Beez Neez has minced her way through any chums. We were all delighted
and as Bear was on the wheel (autopilot packed up), I could take pictures, take
notes, watch the AIS and smile.
Our first chums appeared in
silhouette against a jetty. On the left – ST
Dimitrios, cargo, length 228.99 metres, width 32.26 metres, draught
7.7 metres, maximum speed 10.3 knots and a good average pootle of 9.2 knots.
Deadweight tonnage 82,688 and gross tonnage of 43,158. She was built in 2007 and
her flag and home port is the little island of Malta.
On the right – Core Fortune OL, cargo, her
length 199.9 metres, width 32.26 metres, draught 7.7 metres, maximum speed an
impressive 14.2 knots, her average speed 10.6 knots, deadweight tonnage 60,225
and her gross tonnage is 34,812 tons. Built in 2015 her flag Panama as is her
home port.
 At anchor was Ocean Ace, a cargo girl, length
189.99 metres, hips 32.26 metres, draught 9.6 metres, maximum speed 10.1 knots,
average speed 8.3 knots, deadweight tonnage 55,697, gross tonnage 31,279, built
2005, flag Singapore. Peeping around her back a little
treat.
 A working
girl looks so teeny weeny as she pulls (against the current) not one but
two tows.
 We watched as she manoeuvred them alongside the big girl to
offload her cargo.
 Oceanic
Island looking lovely in the sunshine on our left was a
tricky little minx to find out about. Built in 2010, flying the flag of Panama
this bulk
carrier has a length of 171 metres, width 27 metres, draught 5.3 metres. After
loading she is on her way to Palembang, South Sumatra in Indonesia. She trots
along happily at an average speed of 10.3 knots due to arrive on the 16th of
December. To find out her weights proved nudda but if she is the same as one of
her sisters her summer weight tonnage is 29,027 tons and her gross is 17,986
tons.
 Further along on the left was Hoang
Phuong Lucky, a Vietnamese girl built in 2000. No weights that I
could find but her length is 102 metres, width 17 metres and her draught
5.6 metres, maximum speed 13 knots, average speed 9.0 knots.
 A fishing girl photo-bombed as I took a picture of Asean Lady, a pleasure craft that flies the flag
of Panama. She weighs in at 140 tons with a gross tonnage of 2,385. Built in
2004 her vital statistics are:- length
88.15 metres, hips 21.2 metres and draught 4.5 metres, maximum speed 8.2 knots,
average speed 6.9 knots.
   As for the tinker of a photo-bomber, she was leading the charge to
market on several other fishing girls all cantering
in.
 Undisturbed by all the fishing action was this working girl was really grunting under the strain of her
tow and working against quite a stiff
current.
 My favourite lady of the day was Seaford a dredger. This 1974 working girl flies the flag of
Belize. Length 80 metres, width 11.37 metres, draught 2.8 metres, maximum
speed 7.3 knots, average speed 6.7 knots, deadweight tonnage 2,700 and her gwt
is 1,739. Why was she my
favourite..........
 Just
look at her
beak.
 On
the cruise dock was passenger ship Leisure
World built in 1969 and flying the flag of Panama. What a very strange back end, looks like a dance floor stuck on
willy-nilly. Well, anyhoo, she is 160 metres long, 22.84 metres on
the hips and her draught is 7 metres. She can trundle along at 12.7 knots but
prefers a sedate average of 6.6 knots. Holding her in place were two working
girls.........
  At
her beak was Eagle Ray and at her funny-shaped rear end was Nadyionel.
 This pilot called Sri Pereska came in at full gallop, the AIS had her at
18.9 knots – only slowing just before the cruise dock.
 Our next port of call in Sri
Lanka won’t be until after the trade winds settle next season but looking at
ship movements today – I for one cannot wait to get
in the thick of all these chums (thank you to Marine
Traffic)
ALL IN ALL SUCH
GLEE
GOOD TO SEE SUCH BUSY-NESS
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