How often do they paint the exterior of the ships?

[squatopus]

Wondering besides dry dock, how often do they paint the bow and exterior of the ships?  

We were on Harmony earlier this year, and they were routinely painting the bow at different ports.   We are scheduled to be on Oasis in March of next year, and was was watching a YouTube video of Oasis in PC on June 25, and I’ve never seen a RC ship with so much rust on the side.  I get it, nature will take its course, but this ship looks worse than other ships in the same class.

Here is the video I am referring to:  https://youtu.be/qpNhlu6Y6Nk  Views of rust are at 3:30 and 3:38.

 What gives?

[Mick]

That’s the worst I’ve seen of any royal ship, wonder if there’s other issues they are prioritising over exterior painting?

[ScottD]

Its only around the anchor and the crew doorway for docking... notice the back looks fine.  It is something that is done on a touch up basis pretty regularly, but may be just delayed on getting it done due to other priorities or weather issues.  But you'll see crew with rollers regularly outside ships to touch up the bad spots.  

[Traveling Mike]

My foggy memory tells me they are always cleaning rust and painting some ware on the ship.

[CrznTxn]

In Galveston for Allure they have been painting on the ship's exterior on the dock side on our last two sailings. They have a motorized lift that the crew were using to get to the high places. It has looked really good lately. They were also varnishing some of the railings during the trip. Standard ongoing maintenance.

[RDempster]

I was watching the live cam on that same day and noticed the same thing!  Seemed kind of embarrassing.  I’ll be on Oasis a week from tomorrow and I’ll try to catch a glimpse to see if they’ve cleaned that up since then. 

[tonyfsu21]

On 7/3/2023 at 11:50 PM, squatopus said:

Wondering besides dry dock, how often do they paint the bow and exterior of the ships?  

We were on Harmony earlier this year, and they were routinely painting the bow at different ports.   We are scheduled to be on Oasis in March of next year, and was was watching a YouTube video of Oasis in PC on June 25, and I’ve never seen a RC ship with so much rust on the side.  I get it, nature will take its course, but this ship looks worse than other ships in the same class.

Here is the video I am referring to:  https://youtu.be/qpNhlu6Y6Nk  Views of rust are at 3:30 and 3:38.

 What gives?

The bow of the ship specifically around the anchor takes a beating from the sea. Maybe they were waiting on material which was necessary to get the job done or possibly the qualified personnel to perform the work? If they do this maintenance in a US port then there are strict safety regulations regarding OSHA protocol (certifications, PPE exc) that the crew may have needed re-certification on? All this stuff takes time and could cause delays. I can assure you of one thing, the company knows what the ship looks like when it’s docked for the world to see and it’s obviously in their best interest to keep it looking fresh. RC must have had a good reason to not just slop some paint on it.

[Conor Russell]

I’ll be on the oasis in 13 days, I’ll take some photos of the bow and post them on here too see if there were any changes

[rjac]

Well, you know what they say "ship" happens!

[Conor Russell]

Heyo everyone, I think the Oasis of the Seas got her bow repainted. I was looking at the Nassau port Webcam and I didn't see any rust on the bow while she was departing. I'll attach the screenshot here.

[Fuzzywuzzy]

I found it pretty common to see painting being done at every port stop and on every ship.