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Norlander on October 27 2009 12:05:04
Hehe yeah. Wonder why they don't take Øresund instead though...
Grizlas on October 27 2009 16:48:54
Øresund is lower, only 57m.

What I dont understand is why they cannot use ballast tanks/ballast to lower the ship? no mention of that.
Vuzman on October 27 2009 17:13:41
I'm sure Norlander meant sailing through the Drogden channel, over the Øresundtunnel and not under the bridge. But ships may not draw deeper than 7.7 m to cross this channel, and Oasis of the Seas draws 9.1 m.
Norlander on October 27 2009 18:41:11
Only 7.7m? Damn they need to dredge that channel deepersmiley One of the reasons for making the damn tunnel before the bridge was to give extremely tall ships a way into the Baltic, but if it's only 7.7 meters deep...
Vuzman on October 27 2009 19:56:34
The draft limit of The Flint (channel under the bridge) is 7.0 m, so not that much of a difference, but I guess the number of ships that go beyond these limits is not very big. Of those, the number that go beyond the limit of the Storebæltbridge seem to be close to 1 smiley

They obviously can't dredge the Drogden channel any deeper; but I suspect that's what you were punning at.
Norlander on October 27 2009 20:29:53
Of course they can dredge it deeper, it's just a matter of cost. The Suez Canal is dredged to 22 meters.

There are several ships that are unable to sail into the Baltic, and several ships that are taller than 65 meters, for instance all Nimitz class carriers, which are 74.4 m from keel to mast top.
Vuzman on October 27 2009 22:00:49
They can't dredge it deeper because there's a tunnel in the way...
Norlander on October 27 2009 23:21:47
Fair point, but is the tunnel that close to the bottom?
Vuzman on October 27 2009 23:37:49
It is not a drilled tunnel, it is made of submerged pre-made elements.

The pre-made elements lie in a ditch on the sea-bed, and a 1½ m layer of rocks lie on top of the elements to prevent anchors from damaging the tunnel roof.
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Grizlas
04/07/2025 09:01
RIP Mr. Blonde

Grizlas
03/07/2025 14:36
Could it be they lack those things because you know they are AI generated? smiley

Vuzman
03/07/2025 11:44
They all look... off. Incongruous, lacking personality and identity... Know what I mean?

Norlander
02/07/2025 22:27
WooHoo a new news item!

Grizlas
02/07/2025 20:29
None of them huh, Vuz? smiley

Grizlas
10/05/2025 11:14
changed thread_views from smallint to int. so now some threads which were stuck at 65535 views should work again smiley

Grizlas
01/01/2025 00:37
Takk, somuleiðis!

Norlander
31/12/2024 23:30
Gott nýggjár!

Grizlas
06/11/2024 20:17
Finally.

Norlander
05/11/2024 13:14
tta finally works again