'JO-EL III' ✅, Do You Also Think 'ARKLOW ABBEY' Will Never Fit Through? -

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    JO-EL III:
    (Scheeps)type: Motorvrachtschip(Cargo Ship)
    Bouwjaar(year): 1953
    Lengte x breedte(length x width): 80.00m x 8.20m
    Capaciteit/ Tonnage: 1136 ton
    Aandrijving(pk) /Propulsion: Volvo 600HP
    Diepgang(draft): 2.53m
    Eigenaar(Owner): Vof. Jo-El /Den Ouden, Deventer
    Vlag(flag): Nederland(Netherlands)
    ARKLOW ABBEY:
    (Scheeps)type: Vrachtschip(Cargo Ship)
    Bouwjaar(year) 2019
    Lengte x breedte(length x width): 119.50m x 16.90m
    Capaciteit/ Tonnage: ? ton
    Aandrijving(pk) /Propulsion: ? HP
    Eigenaar(Owner): Arklow Shipping BV
    Vlag(Flag): Ierland(Ireland)
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    Jouw abonneren is een grote motivatie, bedankt!
    Your subscribing is a big motivation, thank you!
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  • @ShipSpottingNederland
    @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому +26

    Wow, more than 250k+ views, this is huge for us, thank you for watching and supporting our channel! 👍

    • @Hugh-Glass
      @Hugh-Glass 4 роки тому +1

      attribute such to a unique and visually striking thumbnail photo and video content. since you live in Holland why not a busy canal? :) well done.

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому

      @@Hugh-Glass nice to read you like it! :)

    • @Hugh-Glass
      @Hugh-Glass 4 роки тому +2

      @@ShipSpottingNederland thank you. I do like it

    • @jamesalexander5588
      @jamesalexander5588 2 роки тому

      1.1 million now 😀

    • @tonybazley5733
      @tonybazley5733 2 роки тому

      Slightly more surprising than the excellent steering... is the bow thruster above the waterline. I know a cargo will take the line down... but it still makes no sense... currently

  • @Mr91495osh
    @Mr91495osh 4 роки тому +33

    These tug boat captains really know what their doing. Maneuvering a ship in a tight shallow canal requires serious experience!

  • @bebajoro77
    @bebajoro77 4 роки тому +11

    My word, that took a delicate touch, seeing as she's cold ship and so high out of the water! Good job there was no appreciable wind . . . .

  • @rickb9238
    @rickb9238 4 роки тому +13

    Now that was pretty impressive maneuvering through a very confined space, well done all.👍👍

  • @williammains3640
    @williammains3640 4 роки тому

    That was cool. I can appreciate videos like this!!

  • @mikebrancato7619
    @mikebrancato7619 2 роки тому

    That was cool even on a cold winter day in Wisconsin....

  • @petersteiner872
    @petersteiner872 4 роки тому

    Specialists at their best! Chapeau!

  • @martinnorris9379
    @martinnorris9379 4 роки тому +8

    An Irish ship that's actually Irish flagged .There aren't many of them now .

  • @PillSharks
    @PillSharks 4 роки тому +4

    We get Arklows in our port and they used to have Irish crews which were always ok, now they have crews from all over the place and aren’t so good!

  • @Ken_Dalton
    @Ken_Dalton 2 роки тому +1

    Iam actually from Arklow in Ireland, where these ships are named after.. So I love seeing your videos for these ships! 👍🏼🍀..

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  2 роки тому

      That's nice, i would like to see Arklow in Ireland, i mean the city ;)

  • @larou14
    @larou14 4 роки тому +1

    Ces petits remorqueurs m'ont toujours impressionné ?!?! Je les adore: de si petits bateaux mais ils sont d'une force incomparable !

  • @T3897159
    @T3897159 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you for sharing ! 😳

  • @palco22
    @palco22 2 роки тому

    Amazing control !

  • @AYY116
    @AYY116 3 роки тому +1

    Her first voyage with her first scraps, many more to come over her years i'm sure..

  • @fredrickaveenstra3790
    @fredrickaveenstra3790 4 роки тому +1

    Amazing job!.

  • @johnmanthey2683
    @johnmanthey2683 4 роки тому

    Nice pretty clean new ship

  • @bestamerica
    @bestamerica 2 роки тому

    '
    wow very good take care of the safety job...
    very careful ship go through the bridge

  • @foppo100
    @foppo100 4 роки тому

    Top job nice and steady well done.

  • @judyhobday4760
    @judyhobday4760 4 роки тому +3

    Good work all!

  • @TheDaf95xf
    @TheDaf95xf 4 роки тому

    Very good 👍🏻 it reminded me of the big ships on the Manchester ship canal in my home town in England back in the 70s when we lots of massive ships from all over the world 👍🏻 We still get some of the Arklow ones bringing corn for Cerastar in Trafford Park 😀 Cheers Stevie 😎🇬🇧

  • @charlieb.4400
    @charlieb.4400 4 роки тому +1

    Just a few gallons of KY and Abbey slides right in.😉😉

  • @henerymag
    @henerymag 4 роки тому +1

    Amazing seamanship. Well done and nice video. Thanks.

  • @zubirsaid8491
    @zubirsaid8491 2 роки тому

    Woowww...nice guys. Went a professional doing their job, it's will be done nicely.

  • @bulltank8584
    @bulltank8584 4 роки тому +3

    That was so freakin awesome... wonderful video... damn that was a BIG ASS boat... great video...

  • @sergeytolstov956
    @sergeytolstov956 4 роки тому

    Good job!

  • @eddierizalf6u265
    @eddierizalf6u265 4 роки тому

    Good pilot👍👍👍

  • @jaymassengill3340
    @jaymassengill3340 4 роки тому +3

    Chief Martin Brody: "We're NOT gonna need a bigger boat..."

  • @shiptherapy8883
    @shiptherapy8883 4 роки тому +2

    Great video SSN! She’s a fine looking ship. I think I saw its launch in one of your previous posts? Thanks for sharing, and greetings from Australia. Phil 👍👍🇦🇺

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому

      That's right and thank you for watching, greetings to you too and i love your videos! 👍 👋

  • @mrpaulgrimm6129
    @mrpaulgrimm6129 4 роки тому

    Great job

  • @jimcrawford5039
    @jimcrawford5039 4 роки тому

    Well done indeed!

  • @misransiano6265
    @misransiano6265 4 роки тому +1

    wow, just managed to fit in, thank you for sharing, sir

  • @darklord1134
    @darklord1134 4 роки тому

    Nice video, Arklow Abbey 8500 dwt.

  • @gajatoro
    @gajatoro 2 роки тому

    Mooie documentaires. Een genot om naar te kijken en zonder storende achtergrond muziek ! Zo doorgaan 👍🏼!

  • @paulkench4812
    @paulkench4812 4 роки тому +1

    Mind blowing wow, thanks 👍

  • @cakeinspired1435
    @cakeinspired1435 4 роки тому

    Wow, that must have been amazing to see.

  • @aqsdfg25
    @aqsdfg25 4 роки тому +2

    brand new ship! so the largest ship this Ferus Smit shipyard can built is limited by the size of this lock, which is 15;87m in width

  • @pollekeshooter
    @pollekeshooter 2 роки тому

    the sound is probably from the propeller of the gruno with its stear pointing to a board. and it is in the canal next to patjes (shipyard) on the southside of groningen still have to manage a lot of other bridges to get to delfzijl. it is brandnew and the width is just because of the bridges.

  • @AdrianGarcia-ub8xb
    @AdrianGarcia-ub8xb 4 роки тому

    Wow, amazing...

  • @jandejong6498
    @jandejong6498 2 роки тому +1

    Zie je die eendjes voorlangs de "'ARKLOW ABBEY"'zwemmen? Moeder eend:"vooruit opschieten, kinderen!!"' Haha!

  • @paulkirkpatrick6371
    @paulkirkpatrick6371 2 роки тому

    Brilliant seaman ship by tug boat crew in getting arklow through lock gates on a narrow stretch of river from belfast northern ireland

  • @user-qz7nu3mm9r
    @user-qz7nu3mm9r 4 роки тому

    very nice job!

  • @DogFace69
    @DogFace69 4 роки тому +8

    They make it look so easy with less than a meter to spare. 👍

  • @sherrysetliff2502
    @sherrysetliff2502 4 роки тому +3

    Good tug driver.

  • @longday3607
    @longday3607 3 роки тому +2

    As Jim Carrey would say "like a glove"

  • @tomirwin1850
    @tomirwin1850 4 роки тому

    Good job

  • @ramblingrob4693
    @ramblingrob4693 4 роки тому

    Looks brand new

  • @sonhoang-vs4oc
    @sonhoang-vs4oc 4 роки тому

    Very good😊😊😊

  • @ericfehres4103
    @ericfehres4103 4 роки тому

    Knap stukje vakwerk. Goede samenwerking.

  • @JJ-J
    @JJ-J 4 роки тому +2

    Wat een vakmanschap!

  • @rockandroll1296
    @rockandroll1296 4 роки тому +1

    Wat een staaltje stuurmanskunst zeg! Ongelooflijk hoe ze dat gevaarte door zo'n smal brugje weten te manoeuvreren zonder een krasje te maken.

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому

      Zo kijk ik er ook altijd naar als ik aan het filmen/ monteren ben.. :)

  • @gregbolitho9775
    @gregbolitho9775 4 роки тому

    she coulda been a smidge wider, an still made it. nice goin tuggies, the couldn'ta done it wid outya!!

  • @kenprevatt1267
    @kenprevatt1267 3 роки тому

    Wow that’s a tight fit

  • @nigelterry9299
    @nigelterry9299 2 роки тому

    Breathe in!

  • @hughvane
    @hughvane 4 роки тому

    The black/grey bollard visible mid-screen @ 5:05 - is it a rubber buffer/roller of some sort? Seems logical to me to have a sprung arrangement that would give-and-push-back if/when touched by the ship’s sides.
    Second question relates to the grinding sounds audible @ 5:20 and 5:30 - ship’s hull grating against something?

    • @wilfredprins9718
      @wilfredprins9718 2 роки тому

      The sounds i think if cavitation of the tugs propeller

  • @saseendranr763
    @saseendranr763 4 роки тому

    A big salute to the scientists,designers,and other technical officials of Arklov Abbey .

  • @neilfantacone7534
    @neilfantacone7534 4 роки тому +2

    Nice camera work!

  • @Mr91495osh
    @Mr91495osh 4 роки тому

    Since the early 1800’s, some people wanted to dig a ship canal across Florida from Jacksonville to its west coast. They started it but luckily environmentalists stopped it. Most of it anyway. They ended up with a one mile long eye sore and a really nice Bass Lake!

  • @joegilly1523
    @joegilly1523 4 роки тому +2

    It did not sound like they made it unscathed ,several times it sounded like the side of the ship scrapped the side of the Canal my volume was on .🚢that new ship needed some more new paint

  • @rickr9936
    @rickr9936 2 місяці тому

    Tug drivers definitely worth their salt-

  • @glyndavid2
    @glyndavid2 2 роки тому

    Love your videos but would like to see a description of the vessels shown.

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  2 роки тому

      Did you mean in the video? Because i always add the description under the videos on my UA-cam-channel. If you are watching it on a television, you will not see it indeed...

  • @JanneVoorburg
    @JanneVoorburg 3 роки тому

    Wow!

  • @aleksandrnesterov8473
    @aleksandrnesterov8473 4 роки тому +1

    I'm working on this ship now.

  • @57629589
    @57629589 4 роки тому +4

    How far away is the ocean from this shipyard?

    • @chrisgrunnn
      @chrisgrunnn 4 роки тому

      by car its about 30 minutes drive to the ocean i dont know how long it will take by boat its build on the shipyard my dad works ad heres the vid of the ship going into the water ua-cam.com/video/Tuk5xRQGnLw/v-deo.html

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому +3

      At least 35 Miles Keith!

  • @ShipsoftheOceans
    @ShipsoftheOceans 4 роки тому

    Great detailed video large ship well done.

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому

      Thank you very much, are you a shipspotter too?

    • @ShipsoftheOceans
      @ShipsoftheOceans 4 роки тому

      @@ShipSpottingNederland I live near a harbour and interested in anything ships.

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому

      @@ShipsoftheOceans that's nice, have fun!

    • @ShipsoftheOceans
      @ShipsoftheOceans 4 роки тому

      @@ShipSpottingNederland I am a ship welfare visitor at present with the Mission to Seafarers at Warrenpoint Harbour. I manage the seamans mission at Warrenpoint Harbour. When ships arrive in the port they have an area where they can come and relax for a while, have refreshments, watch television,, read some papers and use the internet and the computer.

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому

      @@ShipsoftheOceans that's very interesting and you also make videos?

  • @BoB10
    @BoB10 4 роки тому +1

    Hi greetings from Arklow town ,very nice video , The ship yard is still here , lots were built over many yrs,

  • @integritytransport8762
    @integritytransport8762 4 роки тому

    Waar is dit? I just found it. I used to live in Garrelsweer by het Eemskanaal.

  • @zeus-mt7wx
    @zeus-mt7wx 4 роки тому +1

    Howly cap 1st boat is hauling ass and he’s empty.
    You see the size of 2 nd 🚢. Looks like only 2ft draft. Is this ship brand new??????
    Amazing.

  • @wilcojuffer5940
    @wilcojuffer5940 4 роки тому

    very nice that give the dimension of the boot but what about the bridge, well done

  • @Zoggizzle
    @Zoggizzle 4 роки тому

    Even the crew were "how in the fuck..?"

  • @hntrains2
    @hntrains2 4 роки тому

    They would not try if they did not know they would fit through. But it does look like it is too massive for this place!

  • @jed954
    @jed954 4 роки тому

    Wat is dat voor een akelig (schrapend) geluid bij de passage van de brug? herrie van de scheepswerven?
    What is the horrible scratching sound, noise of the shipyards on the background?

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому

      Goeie vraag, ik weet het niet precies.. good question, i don't know exactly Jedilz)..

  • @Paranormalin416
    @Paranormalin416 4 роки тому

    Is there any paint left on the haul after that? Better yet is there any metal on the haul after that? Yikes! Someone wasn’t planning ahead!

    • @weerwolfproductions
      @weerwolfproductions 2 роки тому +1

      if you think passing a couple of bridges with centimeters to spare (there's several more on the route to the sea locks at Delfzijl) is hairy, watch her launch: ua-cam.com/video/Ar72ruWay-o/v-deo.html

  • @christiangreene1196
    @christiangreene1196 3 роки тому +1

    Hi, I’m from Arklow town, Ireland. Am I right in saying that the ship was built here?

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  3 роки тому +1

      The ship was build in The Netherlands for Arklow Shipping in Ireland indeed..

    • @christiangreene1196
      @christiangreene1196 3 роки тому

      Thanks... that makes sense. The shipyard is still here👍🏼

  • @savaskaya5851
    @savaskaya5851 4 роки тому +2

    Benzinimi bitmiş yolda kalmış çekiyorlar :D şaka şaka gemi dar yerden geçirmek için mecburi yöntem

  • @nanba25
    @nanba25 4 роки тому

    Arklow Abbey seems brand new from the shipyard… and totally empty, maybe a minimum in fuel tanks. Where is it exactly ?

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому

      Waterhuizen in The Netherlands!

    • @nanba25
      @nanba25 4 роки тому

      @@ShipSpottingNederland Oh thanks, I didn't know there were this type of waterways in this part of the country. This waterway seems to be well connected to others, to the sea and to Germany too

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому

      @@nanba25 Indeed!

  • @ramblingrob4693
    @ramblingrob4693 4 роки тому

    I love how she is well out the water, must be shallow water otherwise she would be grounded

    • @highrevs6110
      @highrevs6110 4 роки тому

      Pardon?

    • @ramblingrob4693
      @ramblingrob4693 4 роки тому

      @@highrevs6110 The Arklow ship is well out water.. if shallow water for a ship of this size, if full of cargo then maybe be grounded. Maybe you don't know the term

    • @weerwolfproductions
      @weerwolfproductions 2 роки тому

      She was just launched, it's not a canal used for coasters like the Arklow class. The barge you see first is the biggest freight-moving type of boats on that canal. The Arklow Abbey is just getting towed towards the sea locks at the city of Delfzijl, about 35 km (and several more bridges she'd barely fit through) away. You can trace the route by putting 'Waterhuizen' in google earth and then follow 'Winschoterdiep (the canal) north to the city of Groningen, and then the 'Eemskanaal' east to Delfzijl. Shortly before Delfzijl she'll take the east arm of the canal, out the sea locks to the harbour of Delfzijl.
      History put Groningen's coaster shipyards on the Winschoterdiep canal, and as coasters got bigger after WWII, they were build to max size to fit through the bridges.

  • @zeus-mt7wx
    @zeus-mt7wx 2 роки тому

    Surprised they made big ship wait so long. Guess not much current to worry about.

    • @weerwolfproductions
      @weerwolfproductions 2 роки тому

      it's on a canal system, not a river system. Water's moved more by wind than by flow.

  • @noelgeorgette3150
    @noelgeorgette3150 4 роки тому

    My hair stood on end! But what was that, scrapping sound?

  • @user-mj5ss3un5j
    @user-mj5ss3un5j 4 роки тому

    Яка там глубина?

  • @SondelFreundeThuringenDiggers
    @SondelFreundeThuringenDiggers 4 роки тому

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @daniellenaerts5750
    @daniellenaerts5750 2 роки тому

    what was the end destination ?

  • @neilfantacone7534
    @neilfantacone7534 4 роки тому

    Is the ship dragging bottom?

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому

      It looks like it indeed!

    • @gerarteuben3333
      @gerarteuben3333 4 роки тому

      Neil Fantacone diepgang is minimaal 1,60 daar dus hij schraapt niet over de bodem en als het was dan hoor je het niet omdat het een sand bodem is. Het geluid herken ik als lucht in de schroefbuis van de duwer. Waarschijnlijk ligt hij wat hoog in het water en zuigt lucht aan in de buis.

  • @sammysouth8372
    @sammysouth8372 4 роки тому

    is that a brand new ship?

  • @sammysouth8372
    @sammysouth8372 4 роки тому

    hey bro I thought this was the Welland canal in Canada

  • @Insurgent-MockingBird
    @Insurgent-MockingBird 3 роки тому

    Met hoeveel schade voer men erdoor?

  • @57629589
    @57629589 4 роки тому +2

    What was the grinding noise?

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому

      Good question Keith, i was wondering the same..

    • @rickdejong5650
      @rickdejong5650 4 роки тому +2

      Bow thruster 😉

    • @shiptherapy8883
      @shiptherapy8883 4 роки тому

      Rick de Jong Sorry Rick but it wasn’t that. The bow thrusters were completely exposed above the water line. It sounded like the hull was in contact with the guides on the near side, but that’s just speculation on my part.

    • @LeoStarrenburg
      @LeoStarrenburg 4 роки тому +1

      @@shiptherapy8883 maybe the stern tugs' bow thruster ?

    • @shiptherapy8883
      @shiptherapy8883 4 роки тому

      Leo Starrenburg You May have hit the nail on the head there Leo, I hadn’t thought of that! Cheers!

  • @crashentertainmenttv3883
    @crashentertainmenttv3883 2 роки тому

    Wow

  • @framfull
    @framfull 4 роки тому +3

    Well, dutch sailors been around for a while.

  • @57629589
    @57629589 4 роки тому +2

    Is the small boat a pilot boat?

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому +2

      Yes!

    • @weerwolfproductions
      @weerwolfproductions 2 роки тому

      No :-) it's an inspection ship owned (at the time, it's retired now) by the Province of Groningen, for inspecting the waterways and to serve as a guide boat to water-related events. it's basically performing escort duties here, like warning bridge operators and captains of ships and boats coming the other way so the Arklow Abbey is not forced into any sudden maneuvres. It's basically performing the same duties of what you would expect of the leading escort car of a convoi exceptionel road truck hauling outsized freight: clearing the way to make a smooth passage for the unwieldly large dead weight the tows are maneuvering through tiny spaces.

  • @dickhelling3529
    @dickhelling3529 4 роки тому

    The stern tug is presumably responsible for keeping Arklow Abbey's stern in line to go through the gap (Arklow Abbey seems to have no prop wash and therefore presumably negligible steering of her own) yet the tug captain can presumably see nothing but a big green metal wall - how does he do that?

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому

      Good question, but I don't how they do it, I just film the whole procedure.. :)

    • @buggsy5
      @buggsy5 4 роки тому

      Radio communications, either from the lead tug or from the ship's bridge.

    • @dickhelling3529
      @dickhelling3529 4 роки тому

      @@buggsy5 Thanks, buggsy. I thought about that, and felt it would be very challenging. My only experience is with 20 metre British narrowboats, but on British narrow canals you do a lot of the same kind of thing as the tug is doing, steering from the stern through gaps just centimetres wider than the boat, and I know how very difficult it is to instruct a novice steerer in how to 'hit the gap' - "left a bit, no not that much, go back to your right, further, no, not that far, a bit left - LEFT"... CRUNCH. British narrowboats are built to take that sort of collision without damage, but Arklow Abbey presumably isn't. I had therefore wondered if there was another way - if they do actually do it based only on oral guidance by radio, they deserve even more credit than appears from the vid.
      Oh, and I forgot the first time to say: Many thanks, ShipSpotting Nederland, great vid.

  • @philconnor9147
    @philconnor9147 4 роки тому

    This ship is a frequent visitor to the river mersey.

  • @shanegalvin3971
    @shanegalvin3971 4 роки тому +1

    I see her sister ships in Limerick quite a bit

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому

      More of these ships are coming your way, because they are building right now :)

    • @shanegalvin3971
      @shanegalvin3971 4 роки тому

      @@ShipSpottingNederland I look forward to seeing them

    • @ShipSpottingNederland
      @ShipSpottingNederland  4 роки тому

      @@shanegalvin3971 me too!

    • @donalfinn4205
      @donalfinn4205 4 роки тому +1

      And Cork Shane!

    • @PillSharks
      @PillSharks 4 роки тому

      We get a lot in our port, they used to have Irish crews which were always ok but now they tend to have crews from all over the place who aren’t so good!

  • @morrisschwarts4826
    @morrisschwarts4826 2 роки тому

    It looked like it fit but it didn't SOUND like it fit.

  • @lastmanstanding2622
    @lastmanstanding2622 4 роки тому

    Pfff....I could have done that without the aid a tug boats...and a lot faster too.
    Of course there would have been A LOT of damage to the bridge and the ship.

  • @AdiBarito
    @AdiBarito 2 роки тому

    Mantap salam dr indonesia

  • @sohailnomani
    @sohailnomani 3 роки тому

    Send some Pilots to Suez Canal to train Egyptian Pilots

  • @phanminhhairecone4287
    @phanminhhairecone4287 4 роки тому

    🤤🤤

  • @Hungang-gk5bx
    @Hungang-gk5bx 2 роки тому

    👍👍👍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️♥️♥️♥️🌹🌹🌹

  • @Trickyfpv
    @Trickyfpv 4 роки тому

    Mijn broer werk bij arklow👌👌

  • @brustar5152
    @brustar5152 4 роки тому

    made even tougher by the ship being empty and higher in the water so it's thrusters are almost useless.