There are many cruise ships in the neighborhood of 1,000 feet in length, and they are typically very tallevery one of them seems all the more more disturbing to me as far as centers of mass, with 12 to 14 decks being not uncommon. The Queen Mary II is 1132 feet long and I think holds the current record of length for a cruise ship, but she is 135 feet at the beam. Compare this to the Royal Caribbean Line¹s Freedom of the Seas, which is only a smidgeon shorter (1,112 feet) but has a beam of 184 feet. The Queen Mary 2 has a maximum of 3056 berths, Freedom of the Seas 4,375.
A Nimitz class aircraft carrier is about 1,092 feet long and 135 at beam (hull level) but 250 at deck level. None of these vessels fits through the Panama Canal. --Dave Shugarts On 2/5/07 4:33 PM, "Chris Maddox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The CG had to rescue a kayaker (maybe momma DID raise some fools) after the > ship passed. But fear not - those ships can stop or turn on a dime, as long > as the dime's about a mile in diameter. > > Many photos at: > > http://www.nbc11.com/news/10915992/detail.html?rss=bay&psp=news > <http://www.nbc11.com/news/10915992/detail.html?rss=bay&psp=news> > > Chris > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Feb 5, 2007 4:16 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 >> >> >
