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Go big... REALLY big....

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Container ship blocks Suez Canal

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I've been watching the traffic build up (yeah, I know I'm a bit weird).

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... .0/zoom:10
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"Able Seaman Goldstein calling"....
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Trinity765 wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 5:58 am I've been watching the traffic build up (yeah, I know I'm a bit weird).

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... .0/zoom:10
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Trinity765 wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 5:58 am I've been watching the traffic build up (yeah, I know I'm a bit weird).

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... .0/zoom:10
The ship probably had a woman pilot :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Yorick wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:01 am
Trinity765 wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 5:58 am I've been watching the traffic build up (yeah, I know I'm a bit weird).

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... .0/zoom:10
The ship probably had a woman pilot :obscene-birdiedoublered:
:obscene-birdiedoublered: :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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I assume this has happened before and this is just a slow news day?
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JamJar wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:16 am I assume this has happened before and this is just a slow news day?
Yes-ish. Previous example in the news story.

This may be more serious in that, if they can't refloat it, then unloading cargo may be required. Implications for duration of blockage and so on trade.
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JamJar wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:16 am I assume this has happened before and this is just a slow news day?
They've got some way to go before they break the record for longest delay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fleet?wprov=sfla1
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It's an easy mistake to make. Loads of people get lost and do a U-turn. Clearly the bloke driving the boat miscalculated the width of the canal.
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Bike Breaker wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:59 am It's an easy mistake to make. Loads of people get lost and do a U-turn. Clearly the bloke driving the boat miscalculated the width of the canal.
Should have used two short boats.
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Yorick wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:01 am
Trinity765 wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 5:58 am I've been watching the traffic build up (yeah, I know I'm a bit weird).

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... .0/zoom:10
The ship probably had a woman pilot :obscene-birdiedoublered:
Clear evidence it wasn't a woman.

It drew a giant cock before grounding itself.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkdjzb/ ... ever-given
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There's not much point screaming "steam gives way to sail" either.
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JackyJoll wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 12:29 pm
Bike Breaker wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:59 am It's an easy mistake to make. Loads of people get lost and do a U-turn. Clearly the bloke driving the boat miscalculated the width of the canal.
Should have used two short boats.
I see a solution there...any one got a really big hacksaw and a few tubes of Sikaflex?
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Bike Breaker wrote: Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:59 am It's an easy mistake to make. Loads of people get lost and do a U-turn. Clearly the bloke driving the boat miscalculated the width of the canal.
The news report said the captain had wind, so completely excusable.
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Horse wrote: Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:37 am
The news report said the captain had wind, so completely excusable.
Farting across the keel. Basic error.
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Shamelessly stolen.
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