But I'm talking the smaller canals...
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l'bogo
Venetian Mask
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I don't speak Italian but if you need me to piss in the canal to float the boat, let me know....
T
You are how Barb. Always complainings and excuses.
We know all not Tree's bladder after a evening with Seagrams.
We have talked of floating ships in big and small and sometimes dry canals but we have always talked from around the world and our different backgrounds. I'm proud to be a guest of this coffee shop!
bobinder
ARTISAN
Hear, hear! - fine sentiments.
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What are you doing in Manhattan, Tree?
old slave
FELIS RESPICIENS
My favourite seaside holiday resort when I was a kid in late 50s-early 60s was Southsea, next to Portsmouth in southern England. As well as many naval vessels (we had a navy then!) ocean liners to and from Southampton sailed very close to shore. It was the highlight of the week when a Queen, or SS United States, came into view. The wash from these big liners raced about 30 yds/m further up the beach than normal, catching many sun-bathers unaware----great amusement for a litle kid bored making sand castles.
Hear, hear! - fine sentiments.
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What are you doing in Manhattan, Tree?
He’s just booked passage to Italy to defend me in my upcoming court hearing?,
At 4:58 Central Daylight Time spring starts here (it is 8:25 AM). Crux season arrives!
Oh shit!
windar
Teller of Tales
He better not try to crucify anyone in my jurisdiction
. Especially not Moore!
He better not try to crucify anyone in my jurisdiction
You seem to have forgotten that you are no longer on the force, Goldman
cruxlover
Tribune
I guess that the Costa vessels must have a relatively shallow draught, i.e. much less is under the sea, certainly much less than above the waterline.
In any case the Titanic looked like a ship (it sank due to carelessness in known ice-infested waters) whereas the Costas look like floating blocks of flats (apartments to our USA members).
Mind you the Costa Concordia sank due to gross incompetence, the only thing that prevented a "titanic" disaster was that it was so close to land that it did not sink far.
l'bogo
Venetian Mask
Costa Concordia:
Tonnage: 114,147 GT
Length:
- 290.20 m (952 ft 1 in) (overall)
- 247.4 m (811 ft 8 in) (between perpendiculars)
Draught: 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)
Depth: 14.18 m (46 ft 6 in)
Decks: 13
Installed power:
- 6 × Wärtsilä 12V46C
- 76,640 kW (102,780 hp) (combined)
- Diesel-electric; two shafts
- Alstom propulsion motors (2 × 21 MW)
- Two fixed pitch propellers
- 19.6 knots (36 km/h; 23 mph) (service)
- 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) (maximum)
Crew: 1100
RMS Titanic:
Tonnage: 46,328 GRT
Displacement: 52,310 tons
Length: 882 ft 9 in (269.1 m)
Beam: 92 ft 6 in (28.2 m)
Height: 175 ft (53.3 m) (keel to top of funnels)
Draught: 34 ft 7 in (10.5 m)
Depth: 64 ft 6 in (19.7 m)
Decks: 9 (A–G)
Installed power: 24 double-ended and five single-ended boilers
feeding two reciprocating steam engines for the wing propellers,
and a low-pressure turbine for the centre propeller;[3]
output: 46,000 HP
Propulsion: Two three-blade wing propellers and one four-blade centre propeller
Speed:
Cruising: 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph).
Max: 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Capacity: Passengers: 2,435,
crew: 892.
Total: 3,327 (or 3,547 according to other sources)
High tide???