I like this picture of it. Gives some scale to the problem.
bootlegga
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 8:24 am
You'd think that the Suez Port Authority would own a tug or two big enough to move the large ships using the canal, but I guess this doesn't happen often enough to justify the cost of such a tug.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 8:56 am
I'm sure they can push a container ship around easily. The problem is in that picture. The large hydrodynamic nose on the ship is securely embedded in the sand bank.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 9:09 am
Roses are red Violets are blue You've got a nose Like a B-52
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 9:35 am
The Bulbous Bow. What gets me is if they were broadside to a sandstorm, why didn't they drop her anchors? Ships like that usually have the Port/Starboard anchor, and sometimes a Stern anchor, so she doesn't spin (as much) while she's moored.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:44 pm
DrCaleb
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:47 pm
^^^ Like the guy with the jacked up truck in the ditch after the first snow storm.
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