Oasis of the Seas - ugly or beautiful or...? Discuss

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She is definitely ugly!

Uhm, neither ugly nor beautiful, I'd say...

She is the most beautiful ship ever built!

No idea yet...

[saltydog]

According to this report, three elements were important in passing the bridge
-lowering of the funnel
-sailing at low tide
-sailing at high speed for Squat-effect

Sorry, it's in German..
http://www.ln-online.de/news/schleswig_holstein/2682429

edit: here's a rudimentary translation, thanks to Babelfish..
 article  (http://66.196.80.202/babelfish/translate_url_content?.intl=us&lp=de_en&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ln-online.de%2Fnews%2Fschleswig_holstein%2F2682429)

Also, Wikipedia has recently added this event in their article on Squat effect..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_effect

[siso7]

If it was too shallow to use the propellers, how the heck did they create the squat effect? 

Thanks for the explenation of the sqaut-effect Ballast!  
It wasn't shallow under the bridge only the 100m out from the shipyard

[Ballast]

Thanks for the explenation of the sqaut-effect Ballast!  
It wasn't shallow under the bridge only the 100m out from the shipyard

My mistake. Did read it clearly enough i guess  I thought it was shallow under the Storebelt bridge.

[siso7]

No worries mate!

After reading your post I though that you thought that

[Traddles]

http://www.maib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/queen_elizabeth_2_pub_1993.pdf
Here is a report on the grounding of QE2 after leaving Marthas Vinyard. Squat was a major factor in this incident.
Section 5.3 on page 14 gives some insight into the squat factor in the accident. Also see section 8.1 which suggests a squat effect of 2.7 feet occured at the speed QE2 was travelling.

[Ballast]

Thank you Traddles! Sounds interesting. Downloading it now 

[Bottman]

According to this report, three elements were important in passing the bridge
-lowering of the funnel
-sailing at low tide

There 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.