SS Sheildhall

Hi all, just to let you all know I have the opportunity to be a member of the crew on the SS SHEILDHALL in Southampton.

Just waiting for a reply.
   

EXCITED  

 may the seas be with you. 

I have now got A formal invite and will meet up with them this weekend, not sure what I will be doing yet maybe the Engine room or Deck hand, anyway if all goes well I will send you some pics  
Bernie.

good luck and calm sailing...........hope you enjoy it as much as I know I would do.

neil.

The AGM Is on board this Sunday and I am going to find out more about it, I will be taking my Video camera to have a look around.
I have never been on-board a steam ship before, so looking forward to see the Engine room and the Bridge, I think the engines are similer to the ones installed in the Titanic, I will post some video and pics for you all soon.

  silly I know but cant wait.

Bernie.

if you ever get the Waverley down your way, take a trip on her and have a look in the engine room..........it is a beautiful sight for sore eyes, and the rhythmic action of the engines are just mesmerising........I took my usual trip this summer and stood watching for about an hour.

nhp651 wrote:

if you ever get the Waverley down your way, take a trip on her and have a look in the engine room..........it is a beautiful sight for sore eyes, and the rhythmic action of the engines are just mesmerising........I took my usual trip this summer and stood watching for about an hour.

I have to agree there Neil, went on Waverley many moons ago, I didn't want to leave the engine room... Never been on the SS Shytehaul though, perhaps next time I visit my mum..

Mark..

they are something of beauty mark....I reckon you'd agree to that, and the sounds are amazing......I videoed about 30 minutes of it and tried downloading to youtube......it quoted a time for downloading as 66 hours, lol.........so sits in my camera, lost but not  forgotten, lol.

nhp651 wrote:

they are something of beauty mark....I reckon you'd agree to that, and the sounds are amazing......I videoed about 30 minutes of it and tried downloading to youtube......it quoted a time for downloading as 66 hours, lol.........so sits in my camera, lost but not  forgotten, lol.

To upload to Youtube you need to put the video through handbrake first. This will cut the time to about 30 mins because it transcodes it to mp4.

https://handbrake.fr/

If you need the settings I will help.

thanks matey..........asked that same question 18 months or more on another forum, and no one could offer a solution.............I will find my videos and put them on dvd and then get in touch.....gave up trying yonks ago. lol.

got some nice ones of my little Liverpool class sailing, somewhere.

cheers, neil.

nhp651 wrote:

thanks matey..........asked that same question 18 months or more on another forum, and no one could offer a solution.............I will find my videos and put them on dvd and then get in touch.....gave up trying yonks ago. lol.

got some nice ones of my little Liverpool class sailing, somewhere.

cheers, neil.

Excellent, First download the handbrake via the link.
Then I have found the best settings are as follows.
Picture settings.
Anamorphic, None.
Modulas 16
Width 720
Hight 400
Video codec H.264
Average bit rate 1500
2pass encoding
Web optimized --- this will mean everybody can view it even on a mobile phone.

Audio.
Audio 128
Hope this helps and any more help needed just ask.
Bernie.

Today, I did go to the AGM of the SS SHEILDHAUL. And I was mentioned, in front of everybody as the new member, a bit blushing. I was glad to be recognised as the Crane operator that lifted there new Generator on board.
I think I will be getting involved with the engine room, deck handling and maybe the Bridge as well, they are a great bunch of very enthusiastic volunteers, and looking forward to next Saturday, to be given a grand tour around the Ship (not as mentioned previously by Windy the Shythaul LOL but I do get his point) and Yes, it had a bit in the past, turning Seagulls into brown gulls, but it is looking great with all the hard work to bring her to a great Steam Ship.
I did not get the chance to video anything but I will as soon as I can.
Bernie

looking forward to it. never actually seen her except in pictures.
neil.

Topvideos1001 wrote:

nhp651 wrote:

thanks matey..........asked that same question 18 months or more on another forum, and no one could offer a solution.............I will find my videos and put them on dvd and then get in touch.....gave up trying yonks ago. lol.

got some nice ones of my little Liverpool class sailing, somewhere.

cheers, neil.

Excellent, First download the handbrake via the link.
Then I have found the best settings are as follows.
Picture settings.
Anamorphic, None.
Modulas 16
Width 720
Hight 400
Video codec H.264
Average bit rate 1500
2pass encoding
Web optimized --- this will mean everybody can view it even on a mobile phone.

Audio.
Audio 128
Hope this helps and any more help needed just ask.
Bernie.

Did you have any luck with Handbrake ??

ohh,i.............its going to be a long term project matey.......I have little snippets of videos of models on vhs video tapes all over the place.........this is going to be a job for long winter nights once I have retired, but I have printed the info off and stored it safely. thanks matey.

neil.

nhp651 wrote:

ohh,i.............its going to be a long term project matey.......I have little snippets of videos of models on vhs video tapes all over the place.........this is going to be a job for long winter nights once I have retired, but I have printed the info off and stored it safely. thanks matey.

neil.

Good man, any probs give me a call, Try it first it crunches the video down so uploads take very little time, have a look at my Channel. A half hour video will take about 1 hour to upload instead of 9 months    

Topvideos1001    on Youtube.

I am having a grand tour of the SS Shieldhaul Saturday and will film it for everybody.

cheers mate..........I often wondered when watching your boats how long they took....the first one on the list is my Liverpool class lifeboat..............when I can find it, lol.

nhp651 wrote:

cheers mate..........I often wondered when watching your boats how long they took....the first one on the list is my Liverpool class lifeboat..............when I can find it, lol.

Well this took 10 mins to upload.
https://youtu.be/kXUVYYgk-kU

Well the good old steamer is back from dry dock in Falmouth and looking good so painting again doh!

If anybody would like a small brochure of the events, up and coming in Southampton just pm me your address and I will post some for you all 

Bernie.

Well after all that I have decided that I cant get enough time to get involved, shame as I wanted to.