Frank Holden
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Not that I have ever had to do it but I have heard that when- f'rinstance - you approach a turn to - lets say - starboard in a skinny canal you put the helm to port.Looking at that picture made me start thinking about the Ever Forward grounding in Baltimore . It's known that ships can get "squat" or "ground effect", causing suction on the bottom. Just wondering if the can get "side squat" as well. The ship was doing 13knots in a fairly shallow and narrow channel. Could side suction have pulled the boat to port ? Depends I suppose on how the channels are dredged .
Thats what I was told back in the dreamtime.
Quite a bit 'out there' about it
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