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Re: Wind & Current Navigation
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2003 Apr 21, 18:53 -0400
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2003 Apr 21, 18:53 -0400
Last year I was on a cruise ship (900+ feet OAL) that went up a fjord. I wondered how we were going to get out again, as the head of the fjord was pretty much just a circular basin, not much larger than the ship. Damned thing just spun around like it was on a turntable, thrusters seem to have done all the work, although I have no idea if there were stern thrusters, or the main engines were also in use. Funny feeling to have a ship that size just lazily turning about it's center.