It could be worse. But it could be better.
I dont know what to think of the stern with the two sides and then the Valley in the middle :PIts like a Central Park on the seas :2thumbs:
Anyone know if she can get into Southampton?
Why should she go to a miserable rainy place if she could cruise the Carribean or some other sunny paradise. :P ;D
Because Ferryman can't go to Caribbean. ;D
Of course she is beautiful! She's after all built in Finland.. And is a master peace of Finnish engineering and ship building.. :)
Oasis of the Seas will be a beauty, comparing to this monstrosity - the Japanese Princess Kaguya, which they're planning to built:
*Cough* Length is 505 meters! *Cough*
I think that's one of the minor problems that the designers of the Princess Kaguya will face ;D
To paraphrase your signature Ballast:- Big ship-BIG problems.That illustration of yours will cut the walking time in half :evil: :evil:
But she'll more likely have azipods like all moderns cruise ships.
Besides, Knock Nevis was built also in Japan.
Likely to be, the only difference is that the latter 2 carry animals. :doh:
We're animals as well.... :P
Sadly this is a Monday, and I am at University...
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Yes "The Ferry Man", it's a Ferry *Looks at WM with one of those "This guy has some issues" look* :lol: :D
That's not a big deal! Of course you can be absent from Uni at that day or go see her some later that day after Uni... :P Besides, I don't think that there'll be a lot of students in the Uni at that day at all. ;D
You're girlfriend "Ferry" will still be moored when you get back from Uni, don't worry :doh:
Hey I am in University all day, and I couldn;t take the day off, however much I would like to.
Why shouldn;t there be a lot of students in?
No comment, he's definitely different from us "normal" people. :-X
Weird how this topic has moved from being about Something which is supposed to look like a Cruise Ship to Ferries... :doh: :lol:
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You're girlfriend "Ferry" will still be moored when you get back from Uni, don't worry :doh:
They carry livestock, cows...etc.
Yes!
"Becrux"
(http://images.ctvdigital.com/images/pub2upload/2/2008_7_18/becrux04.jpg)
Jack.
Maybe someday large ships will use this technique to pass under bridges.. !:)
Yes, the Great Belt bridgeWhich is Denmark domestic, right? ;D The bridge between Sweden and Denmark (Oeresund) seems to be even lower or the waterway is too shallow. :angel:
Here's a nice video of her going underneath the Storebaelt Bridge at 20 knots, perhaps for the "squat-effect"..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH8-MR24aos
Same here...
But The proof of the pudding is in the seeing...
Anyone know if she can get into Southampton?
the funnel cost 15 millions to build, and it is telescopic.
it was just a few decimeters below the brige, and they went will full speed.
wonder what would happend if the ship was 1m taller, then the bridge, is no more :doh:
And btw, it wasn't in florida, it was between denmark and sweden....
Here's a nice video of her going underneath the Storebaelt Bridge at 20 knots, perhaps for the "squat-effect"..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH8-MR24aos
THen our newspaper is a liar, it said Miami, Fl.
It stands here that the captain had full throttle of the ship so it would go deeper in the water, I'm not shure if that is the squat effect :P
Some quotes from the article :)
Then there are exactly 90 inches between the bottom and the ship. Yet it is too shallow to use propellers. Therefore, the claim had to be blowing no faster than 10 knots of wind.
The Norwegian Captain Tor Olsen and his colleagues on the command bridge put full speed on the propeller, which caused the ship to drop deeper in the water.
If it was too shallow to use the propellers, how the heck did they create the squat effect? ;D
If it was too shallow to use the propellers, how the heck did they create the squat effect? ;D
Thanks for the explenation of the sqaut-effect Ballast! :thumbs:
It wasn't shallow under the bridge only the 100m out from the shipyard ;)
According to this report, three elements were important in passing the bridgeThere isn't realy a tidal influence that close to the Baltic Sea. It depends more on the wind force and direction and it is not comparable to the tides of the North Atlantic or the North Sea for example.
-lowering of the funnel
-sailing at low tide