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>where they run the ships aground at high tide. Probably a dumb question but what do they do on the next high tide? Wouldn't it interfere with their work?
by mhuffman 2y ago
>where they run the ships aground at high tide.
Probably a dumb question but what do they do on the next high tide? Wouldn't it interfere with their work?
- pavlov 2y agoThey just take a break from the work? The hull of the ship that came in on the last high tide is now broken, it's not going to float away.
- Ekaros 2y agoA ship running to shore at full speed has quite a lot of inertia. And then they winch it further. So pretty much only the end is dealing with tides.
- jojobas 2y agoThey start with superstructures etc, making the ships lighter. Then they pull them further up the coast as needed.
- bmelton 2y agoEkaros answer is definitive, but if you didn't have those facilities and wanted to buy more time, you could beach the boat during a high spring tide (which is when the solar tides and lunar tides are in line), which would only occurs twice each lunar month
- gosub100 2y agoI've seen the video. They drop an anchor and attach it to shore with a chain.
- creer 2y agoSome photos show the work continuing even with a ship surrounded by a little water.