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1. Considering this thing

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Sun Mar 28, 2021, 09:41 AM

Mar 2021

is much larger than any aircraft carrier ever built (more than twice the gross tonnage as a Ford class carrier), and we haven't let AC transit the Suez canal in a long time, this seems a little disingenuous.

Some blame maybe reasonably put on the ship's captain, but honestly I think its more whoever writes they paycheck for the captain.

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Can only imagine gusts of laughter if a Navy captain claimed their vessel "grounded due to strong wi [View all] soothsayer Mar 2021 OP

Considering this thing Sgent Mar 2021 #1

US air craft carriers transit the Suez Canal every couple of years hack89 Mar 2021 #3

Isn't that the truth! taxi Mar 2021 #2

If canal pilots were driving the thing, and I assume they are Egyptian, panader0 Mar 2021 #4

Does it not seem unlikely that something... 3catwoman3 Mar 2021 #5

I was on an aircraft carrier maxrandb Mar 2021 #7

Well its containers are stacked so high, they're like a sail soothsayer Mar 2021 #8

Thank you for the explanation. 3catwoman3 Mar 2021 #9

Actually, it's quite probable that it was the wind maxrandb Mar 2021 #6