Good point about the size of the ships Caroline......
As an example:
Zaandam is 238m long, 32.2m wide and can reach a speed of 23 knots. (Her maximum height from the waterline is 48m.)
The Ever Given, operated by Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen Marine, is a golden-class container ship. Launched in 2018, the ship is 400 metres (1,300ft) long, and currently wedged diagonally across the Suez canal which is not much more than 200 metres (656ft) wide.
At 1,760 yards to the mile, (is my age showing here?
) I figure 1,300 feet is around 1/4 of a mile, which would be ok once or twice each day, but not continually backwards and forwards I suppose, so push bikes would be handy on board.
I am told that the container ships have a prow ergonomically shaped similar to a bottle nosed dolphin, and that is what has become rammed into the side of the canal, beneath the water line. Though I stand to be corrected on that.
2 ships out in the Bay at anchor yesterday, and nothing much else of note going on.
What a good idea of Caroline's to continue zooming with art during the Easter break.
Also very nice to see plans are afoot for family meetings next week, and that Annette has at last met her twins.
