Cold Fronts and the cruise ship
Well the first cold front of the season is suppose to arrive Thursday and Friday and I am wondering just how it may effect big red. We're not there now but if anyone can post just how the off loading and the shuttles handled the seas it would be appriciated.
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i cant imagine that it will be nice at all.
Friday
North northeast winds 17 to 22 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet with occasional seas up to 6 feet.
I'm trying not to think about 6 footers and 22 knots of wind slamming the ship up against the new pier.....
I just hope no one gets hurt, not too easy to get emergency care on that Island.
Also, I would like to see Complete's comments when the crap hits the fan with that ship. He is under some kind of delusion that it will just sit there flat, two feet off the dock, and no one will be pukeing on the ride over!
agreed.
how about an anchor stick?
Hi Gary,
Where did you find this forecast? 17-22 NNE usually tosses up some nice 8'ers.
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Sap, Registered Professional Engineer since 1982 here. Former assistant director of Engineering for Port Everglades Authority, Marine structures experience since Graduate School in OCEAN ENGINEERING, have designed marine and waterfront structure and built them since 1986.
I have a tiny bit of knowledge to go with the Santeria.......:wink
Yep, now they're talking 8 footers.........
http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/AM/671.html
In that case, you'll have a massive ship PULLING on the pier with her dock lines......
Are these the same "experts" that started working without any approved Permits? Okay, I get it now.....
I guess they don't have a lot of coral reef up there in the good State of Washington!
I don't think they build cruise ports there either!
But, this is going to be fun to watch. Heck , in a few years, the local may be able to go fishing off whats left of the pier after a few good blows from the NW!
Northeast winds 19 to 24 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet with occasional seas up to 6 feet along the coast and around 5 to 7 feet with occasional seas up to 9 feet in the Gulf Stream. Dominant period 3 seconds. Intracoastal waters rough in exposed areas. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Gonna be some puke on that ferry if it can dock at the big red boat!
Gary,
The construction permits are a done deal; part of the pay package, I suppose.
However, if I recall it took me about six months to receive my resident permit. An actual work permit is even more involved, to which Compleat can attest. I am wondering how Genting is going to get that done in a timely fashion for the scabs doing the work on this abomination of a pier/island.
i'm sure it is being expedited in the same manner and with the same dexterity as to construction permit.
Wrong "Big Red Boat"! no mickey ears here buddy
Thanks BZ........
I can imgaine that the remains of the pier might provide for excellent snorkeling in the coming years.....
LOL...Good stuff Gary!!!
Wow! What a powerful article!
The reasons why "ships" are docked/tied up inside "harbors" are obvious, so ask yourself this, "Will this ship be docking up inside a harbor"?
Genting is attempting to pound a very large square peg into a tiny round hole...... :hairraiser
My take is the fail here is going to be with the ship it self. Same or very similar problems with close quarter maneuvering that the Disney ship had in Abaco. (Old location..Guana Cay) They had several issues with grounding the ship in Winter. That ship Chanel and turning basin is behind the reef. Not nearly as exposed as Bimini appears to be. Anyhow this will be fun to watch for a while.
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Complete:
This is what I was warning you about when you said this boat can handle North Seas. My understanding is this boat actually operated in somewhat protected waters, not any open ocean. Probably a good move by Genting, but it speaks to the history of even sinlge idea of development in Bimini has suffered from old Mother Nature and her gulf stream.
Example: Concrete ship, bought by Carl Fisher, of Indy 500 fame (he started the track), then of Miami Beach fame. His idea was extremely similar to Genting with the concrete ship to be used as a floating casino. Ultimately he sold it to the rum runners (Bruce Bethel) in 1924 and you can see now how even that worked out!
Kind of funny how history repeats itself!