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impedance problem in suez canal
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400m by ~50m high makes for a 20,000 square meter 'wind jammer'. By comparison, a soccer pitch is ~7000 square meters. Back of envelope mode: a beam-on breeze at 10m/s is a million newtons of deflection? Once a cross wind had her moving, she was not going to stop. I wonder if the bow thrusters were in use?
floobydust:
The ship is leaking, two compartments taking on water "in the forward void space of the vessel and the bow thruster room." Smit Salvage says you can damage the ship more using tugs, so the dredging and high Spring tides better work.
About a dozen ships are turning back to take the Cape Horn Cape of Good Hope route, so somebody thinks this will take several weeks to resolve.
Before the crash, ship was hauling ass at 13.5 knots, canal speed limit is 7-6-8.6 knots.
I don't see training to include side gusts of wind. I'm skeptical that is the cause of the accident.
edit: fixed cape
langwadt:
--- Quote from: floobydust on March 27, 2021, 07:01:30 pm ---The ship is leaking, two compartments taking on water "in the forward void space of the vessel and the bow thruster room." Smit Salvage says you can damage the ship more using tugs, so the dredging and high Spring tides better work.
About a dozen ships are turning back to take the Cape Horn route, so somebody thinks this will take several weeks to resolve.
Before the crash, ship was hauling ass at 13.5 knots, canal speed limit is 7-6-8.6 knots.
I don't see training to include side gusts of wind. I'm skeptical that is the cause of the accident.
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such a big ship will be required to have a pilot on board, maybe he was sleeping
Gyro:
--- Quote from: floobydust on March 27, 2021, 07:01:30 pm ---About a dozen ships are turning back to take the Cape Horn route, so somebody thinks this will take several weeks to resolve.
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Cape of Good Hope actually. That's another 8.5 days (assuming that you're not already stuck in the jam), so yes, it seems a reasonable risk - especially when you consider how long it's going to take to clear the backlog!
--- Quote from: langwadt on March 27, 2021, 07:44:28 pm ---such a big ship will be required to have a pilot on board, maybe he was sleeping
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From floobydust's link, they had two canal pilots on board.
bdunham7:
--- Quote from: langwadt on March 27, 2021, 07:44:28 pm ---such a big ship will be required to have a pilot on board, maybe he was sleeping
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Maybe he's a former Cairo taxi driver.... :o
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