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^^^^^^  "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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Here is why it was deliberately delayed  
I read somewhere that the fee is anywhere from $100K to $300K to go through. Plus you not only take on pilots but a bunch of other flunkys who essentially do nothing but eat and sleep. Truth: The New Hate Speech | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
Sorry--somehow missed that page. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| drop and give me 20 pushups |
Just reported on the local tv national news broadcast that the ship has been refloated and no longer blocking flow of traffic at this time. Supossidly over 300 + ships stacked up and waiting safe passage. Moving to a wider section of the canal for inspection of possible damage to the ship ........................................... drill sgt.This message has been edited. Last edited by: drill sgt, | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
Ah, that picture explains a lot of things. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| Dances With Tornados |
My google fu not working so well right now. Suez Canal is 120 miles long? How long does it typically, on the average, ship size etc, take to make the transit? TY . | |||
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| Edge seeking Sharp blade! |
Seems the recommended speed or speed limit is about 7.5 knots/hour. The ships appear to flaunt this speed limit, and Ever Given was going over 13 knots/hour when she grounded. If they went just under 9 knots/hour, which is about 10 MPH, it'd take 12 hours. | |||
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I think I saw it mentioned that she was doing double the speed limit because of the wind... Would the faster speed help navigate/steer in extreme winds? Collecting dust. | |||
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I believe steering is more effective the faster a ship moves through the water. No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride. | |||
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Keeping the economy moving since 1964 |
Freed from Egypt on Passover.  ----------------------- You can't fall off the floor. | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Absolutely. It helps in any condition really. Frankly, 7.5 knots is slow, particularly for these ships, and would decrease maneuvering performance. When approaching a turn for instance at that slow speed, the captain would want to increase RPM's or prop pitch in order to give himself more maneuverability. Water over the rudder is like wind over a wing. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
Takes an aircraft carrier all day to pass through. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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Maybe they will start to require ships of that size to have a tug escort on transit. ---------------------------------- "These things you say we will have, we already have." "That's true. I ain't promising you nothing extra." | |||
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True to a point, but the problem is that in this case the ship has to follow a fixed path. A ship that large going a few knots faster isn’t very maneuverable or responsive at any speed, much less a few knots faster or slower. You have to follow the canal; you can’t really turn into the wind, especially if it’s gusty and coming from the side. Also, regarding speed, the ships go in a line as in most places, like this particular area, there isn’t any passing because the canal is too narrow. The Ever Given can only go as fast as the ship in front of it. The entire line of ships was probably moving at a faster speed, which would probably have been of more benefit to the smaller ships. | |||
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It costs $1 million for the largest freighters to go through the Panama Canal.......and to think, we gave the canal back to Panama for no reason at all. | |||
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| Ammoholic |
It is probably more accurate to say we gave the canal back for some baksheesh to some politicians. Things weren’t really any purer then than they are now. Sigh... | |||
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Now and Zen |
In other shipping news...  ___________________________________________________________________________ "....imitate the action of the Tiger." | |||
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They were talking about the ship being freed on The Today Show this morning. I was surprised to hear there were nearly 100K animals on board the ship. That sounds like A LOT! Is that routine for a ship of this size? | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
I read that the animals were on other ships whose paths were blocked by the Ever Given and not on the Ever Given itself. | |||
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Information on the Ever Given’s engine: https://jalopnik.com/the-ever-...el-engine-1846576248 79,500 HP 11 cylinder two-stroke diesel that turns at 79 rpm. | |||
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