Re: [AFMUG] OT: Hold my beer 2

[Bill Prince]

That sucker is almost a 1/4 mile long, and who knows how much above the water, plus almost a quarter milllion tons. The side loads in a big wind would be a big deal in the open ocean. With only a couple hundred meters to negotiate, I can't imagine. When you get that thing going, you need to schedule your stop/reverse about two days in advance.

The other thing I was reading about was "large ship hydrodynamics", and the "bank effect". The Bernouli effect tends to suck the stern into the bank when a big ship is in narrow confines.

https://massivesci.com/articles/ever-given-suez-canal-physics-width/

bp
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On 3/29/2021 1:43 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:

What I read was sandstorm reducing vis to zero with high winds.  I presume their radar is good enough to see the canal, but if it was a quartering gale wind that would be hard for any pilot.  If he or she stopped or reversed engines to come to a dead halt I would have thought it would not have buried itself in the side.    But stopping something that large...  Storm could have hit so suddenly that they couldn’t halt fast enough. 

 

From: Brian Webster

Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 2:26 PM

To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'

Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Hold my beer 2

 

Since every ship transits the canal with a certified pilot on board, I want to know the story from the pilot. As soon as they assume responsibility on the bridge it’s their problem.

 

Thank you,

Brian Webster

 

From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 3:19 PM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Hold my beer 2

 

You see, the root cause is that the canal is only 200 meters wide. If they had dredged it to 450 meters, that sucker could have done a little spin.

The other solution would be to only allow ships that are < 200 meters long.

 

bp
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On 3/29/2021 11:59 AM, Jaime Solorza wrote:

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