this is the second time this ship has hit something, not sure on crew. its
a big mother bitch, i assume once its going the wrong way that its already
gone.


i wonder how many of the containers have people in them and how tight they
calculate the food and water supply. The ones who ended up going down
around the horn will probably have a few dozen less souls on board when
they get to the destination than when they left

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 3:44 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:

> What I read was sandstorm reducing vis to zero with high winds.  I presume
> their radar is good enough to see the canal, but if it was a quartering
> gale wind that would be hard for any pilot.  If he or she stopped or
> reversed engines to come to a dead halt I would have thought it would not
> have buried itself in the side.    But stopping something that large...
> Storm could have hit so suddenly that they couldn’t halt fast enough.
>
> *From:* Brian Webster
> *Sent:* Monday, March 29, 2021 2:26 PM
> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Hold my beer 2
>
>
> Since every ship transits the canal with a certified pilot on board, I
> want to know the story from the pilot. As soon as they assume
> responsibility on the bridge it’s their problem.
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Brian Webster
>
>
>
> *From:* AF [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince
> *Sent:* Monday, March 29, 2021 3:19 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Hold my beer 2
>
>
>
> You see, the root cause is that the canal is only 200 meters wide. If they
> had dredged it to 450 meters, that sucker could have done a little spin.
>
> The other solution would be to only allow ships that are < 200 meters long.
>
>
>
> bp
>
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
> On 3/29/2021 11:59 AM, Jaime Solorza wrote:
>
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