I sailed on her in as-built condition as the 'Viking Venturer' and she was functionally elegant and purposeful. I hear and understand the arguments in favour of rebuilding but, certainly from an aesthetic perspective, it transformed a handsome ship into ugly building-blocks on top of a hull.

Of course as original she looked MUCH better! Here she's just a pile of whatever. Interesting how while she has those sponsons added, the width at the middle still gets narrow in order to easily lower the lifeboat, as I see.

I agree with Mr. dot. It's just down right ugly.

Mr DOT: The b***ering around you crudely refer to was in fact a fascinating engineering feat, whereby the entire superstructure was lifted off the hull by floating cranes and then, later, lowered atop a new, upper car-deck that had been built on the hull. The result I agree did not make for a prettier ship but it did make for a more efficient one.

Thanks John for the comment, you are full of surprises !!
Kind Regards
Ken

Glad you like it Jim.
Regards
Ken

Thanks for the comment Brent, as you say they can be difficult at times but this is a pretty good location.
Kind Regards
Ken

Nice shot Ken I worked on her bow thruster in dry dock at Falmouth
regards
John

Lovely Ken

Great shot Ken, ferries not always easy to get.
Cheers
Brent

My how ships were 'buggered around with' in the old ro-ro revoultion! mr.dot.