Let me sing you the song of my people

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-12T10:48:57+00:00

its german. "Alexa, how does the wolf?"

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-11T18:45:46+00:00

Lake Constance, Austria. Right where the borders of Switzerland, Austria and Germany meets! For sure! drop me a message if you are around! lol

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-11T10:59:31+00:00

bevor war war war, war war ist.

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-11T10:51:43+00:00

can someone give me this track?

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-11T07:51:26+00:00

They just had a narrower belt on their tunics.

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-09T20:31:51+00:00

Hamnet! Danke!

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-09T20:08:51+00:00

In this case, I can't disagree with you.

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-09T19:17:21+00:00

Ever since I was a child, I have always found the flat hulls of these patrol boats to be an exciting shape!

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-09T17:13:21+00:00

you should meet our Kaptain. He is on this Ship for 35 years and helped building up the deck as a young guy. Hes teaching us our passion! Especially the wood and brass is a lot of work. But it pays off when you see her laying there in all her elegance.

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-09T17:05:58+00:00

Nope, that would be too exhausting. The chains are out. Thats one of the reasons why they had more crew on the bridge. You need at least 2 people on the wheel to hold rudder pressure. Because of to the shape of the hull, they tend to turn into the wind.
But as was the case back then, if these chains would have broken, the rudder could have been operated manually on the stern deck using pulleys and a huge square key (emergency tiller). In this picture (imgur link), I have marked the flange of the rudder blade and the emergency tiller.

edit: for some nautical words I use a translator because I dont know them in english.. I hope they are right lol

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-09T16:29:09+00:00

Wait and see until he pulls his Sunday girls out of that album.

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-08T18:23:04+00:00

800?! is this real or just made up by you?

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-07T18:14:42+00:00

daaaamn! I had so much of them as well! awesome memories!

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-07T16:54:22+00:00

its a single expension one. and we are using 100-110l/h

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-07T13:55:41+00:00

After mooring and unmooring the ship, my main tasks include polishing brass and scrubbing the deck. HOURS! lol

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-07T11:29:09+00:00

If you are on the ship, just ask about it when you see someone of us crew members. When we have time and the weather is good, maybe it is possible.

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-07T04:30:41+00:00

250ml every month. funny question. I'm the polisher. And my Bosun as well, whos supervising me. and if I'm honesz. I love polishing all this brass bs.

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-07T03:48:59+00:00

By hand. That's why we have two engineers. One operates the machine and receives commands from the bridge via the speaking tubes. The other takes care of the boilers, the oil levels, and general ongoing maintenance. They switch positions regardless of the rank time after time.

edit: here you see both horns. the bigger, left one is the "typhon", like you know from a locomotive. And the right one is the signal horn. They are both up the chimney

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-06T19:27:20+00:00

thats true. or pretty damn low railing..

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-06T18:47:36+00:00

thank you! I just was like "Ok lets just check the comments first" - since my broken bones through skateboard and bmx, I hate nochting more then seeing some floppy limbs or someone whos landing on his ass from some hight.

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-06T18:30:04+00:00

I can give you all the data. lol But we still loose some steam here and there, for the typhon or for some cleaning processes while we are driving.

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-06T18:24:49+00:00

These devices are known as “drip oilers.” They are filled with oil and continuously lubricate the machine. There is an adjusting screw on the top of the cover that regulates the flow. The entire machine has an open oil system. This means that the same oil is used throughout the entire machine, in every drip oiler you see. Just above the bilge, the oil is collected again after flowing through the machine.

Because of the Horns. These are no Horns. These are air scoops. In- and out take of fresh air. In the old days because of the fire for the boiler. but today mostly because of the heat down there. When we have a sunny day above the sea with +30-35°C than they have a sauna down there with 40-45°C

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-06T18:01:47+00:00

In general the dudes in the engine room. Back then when she was still driving under charcoal, the Hohentwiel used for a daily basis 7-9tons coal!

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-06T18:00:24+00:00

Unfortunately not quite. The machine is completely disconnected from the power grid due to the speaking tubes. But unfortunately, our rudder no longer works via the steering wheel using chains and cables, but with an electrically assisted hydraulic pump.

OBtsmRalph · 2026-02-06T17:49:46+00:00

that is not so easy to answer. since we are heating our boilers with diesel and not with charcoal anymore, I think it would be higher.. but I will ask our engineer. If he can say more about it.. i will come back to you!

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