Tom,
Technically he's right. It is 13 feet longer than CVN-65 Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, but the QE2 didn't have to disassemble its upper super structure to fit like the USS Enterprise when it was based at Alameda NAS. It's usually hard to get real depth perception on telephoto shots of ships coming under The Gate. The fun part is they make a turn right under the span to follow the inbound deep water lane heading south of Alcatraz. It's pretty routine to hear shipping issue 5 blast and see no one even start to clear a path. The guys that know the drill, even though she's bearing down right on them, realize she's going to alter her heading and not be an issue. It's the newbie's who going "Why don't the move! They'll be crushed!" that are about to get wake up call. It's especially sporty on windy days when the container ships barely hint at slowing so they can maintain steerage through the turn for the Bay Bridge. Phil Agur s/v Wing Tip Commodore, Call Sign WCW3485 IC27/270A MMSI 366901790 <http://www.catalina27.org> www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 1:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: catalina27-talk: queen mary 2 Anyone see the pix on Yahoo today of the Queen Mary 2 entering San Fran Bay? Barely makes it under the bridge, and the caption says she's the biggest ship to ever enter the bay. No link that I can find, but that's one &%^%#$%$ big ship, and all these sailboats etc sailing along as she comes in. Not me, no sir, I wouldn't get anywhere near that close. Tom Monroe 6219 Different Drummer
