Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Interesting to note that nowadays the QE2 is one of several big boats, >at 70,327 tons and 963 feet long. >Several Carnival ships are the same length, 110,000 tons. Two very different creatures. QEII, Normandie, SS United States et al were designed to get passengers across the Atlantic in comfort to their destinations as quickly as possible...the United States is the current (and likely last) holder of the Blue Ribband, the unofficial trophy for the fastest transatlantic run. The United States did this in 1952, *averaging* 35.5 knots and making the NY-Southhampton journey in just under 3 and a half days, besting the old Queen Mary record by ten hours. And it's said that the vessel was not moving as fast as it could. The big new cruise ships are intended to do just that - cruise around so that their sunburned patrons can enjoy the sun. They're big and slow - ISTR most will barely touch 20 knots. - -- - -- Craig Zeni - REPLY TO -->> clzeni at mindspring dot com http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/index.html AAAAA: American Association Against Acronym Abuse - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html