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Drake passage

Anonymous Sun 02 Jul 2023 21:25:49 No.1926945 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1927036 >>1929274 >>1929348

Why isn't the Drake passage a popular shipping route?
Is there a Magellan straits mafia that diverts ships through those narrow straits instead of the free Drake passage?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jul 2023 21:33:26 No.1926955 Report

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Because the route is longer, features extremely strong currents and large waves and is much more susceptible to bad weather.

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Anonymous Sun 02 Jul 2023 21:37:46 No.1926957 Report

Quoted By: >>1926986 >>1929222

>dude why don't we just go 2,000 miles further to not have to pay the panamanian jew?
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHH
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG
CRASH BONK BOOM
>oh shit I forgot this was Cape Horn, the roughest stretch of water on earth

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jul 2023 21:54:31 No.1926972 Report

Quoted By: >>1926979 >>1927027

Magellan Strait pilotage is expensive, but it's still worth it for avoiding the terrible weather. And it's not that narrow, navigation is rasy there. Going via Cape Horn you're likely lose more time and fuel fighting against the waves.

I used to do weather routing for ships, and comparing these options was a daily task.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jul 2023 22:05:21 No.1926979 Report

Quoted By: >>1927227

>>1926972
>used to do weather routing for ships, and comparing these options was a daily task.

Damn tell us more, this is interesting af

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 02 Jul 2023 22:24:02 No.1926986 Report

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>>1926957
T. Panoramajew defense force

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2023 00:22:50 No.1927027 Report

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>>1926972
>It's the year 2050
>All ships have been forced to switch from polluting fossil fuels to clean sailing under wind power
>Anon still has his job routing sailing ships through high-wind areas
Imagine...

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2023 01:05:54 No.1927036 Report

Quoted By: >>1927176

>>1926945
>>1926945
>Why isn't the Drake passage a popular shipping route?

It takes a long fucking time to use it. Do you think they just built the Panama Canal for fun? It makes no sense for a ship to travel around an entire continent than to take a short cut through a canal...or for more local transport to just use freight rail.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2023 13:17:27 No.1927176 Report

Quoted By: >>1927199

>>1927036
Then it's like a big highway not being used

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2023 14:45:22 No.1927199 Report

Quoted By: >>1927206

>>1927176
>it's like a big highway not being used
if you think the most direct route from New York to Miami is through Kansas then yeah

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Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2023 15:23:06 No.1927206 Report

Quoted By: >>1927207 >>1927285

>>1927199
More like if my ship goes from Cape Town to Singapore why should I do a detour through the PC? Idiot.

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Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2023 15:28:35 No.1927207 Report

Quoted By: >>1927208 >>1927211 >>1933457

>>1927206
because this

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2023 15:30:20 No.1927208 Report

Quoted By: >>1927220

>>1927207
Ummm Somali pirates? Malacca pirates? I'm starting to think you don't know much about Maritime Stuff

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2023 15:35:58 No.1927211 Report

Quoted By: >>1927212 >>1930402

>>1927207
Whatever.
Riddle me this: If my ship goes from cape town to santiago de chile, am I sick in the head to use the panama canal. Checkmate

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Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2023 15:37:00 No.1927212 Report

Quoted By: >>1927220 >>1930402

>>1927211
Forgot map

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2023 16:16:02 No.1927220 Report

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>>1927212
Weather-wise unironically would be better to go through the PC
>>1927208
Somali Pirates don't operate more than about 50 miles offshore, most of the Indian Ocean is fine

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2023 16:49:18 No.1927227 Report

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>>1926979
Take latest gfs grib file, take ship polars, plug in both to free routing software
????
Profit

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Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2023 19:21:01 No.1927285 Report

Quoted By: >>1927295 >>1927297 >>1929215 >>1929292 >>1929315 >>1929318 >>1929392

>>1927206

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2023 20:04:56 No.1927295 Report

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>>1927285
No pirates on this route so I agree

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2023 20:09:08 No.1927297 Report

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>>1927285
(((Iceberg))) falls, everyone dies

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 09 Jul 2023 23:49:24 No.1929215 Report

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>>1927285
now who's being naive?
antarctica doesn't exist
just ask /pol/

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jul 2023 00:14:12 No.1929222 Report

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>>1926957
>strait of magellan
>panamanian
what did he mean by this?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jul 2023 04:01:15 No.1929274 Report

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>>1926945
>The Roaring 40s, Furious 50s and Screaming 60s
Yeah, No thanks. Sheltered waters beats wide open most of the time. Like the ICW.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jul 2023 06:20:30 No.1929292 Report

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>>1927285
Now THATS crossing the road

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jul 2023 09:42:42 No.1929315 Report

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>>1927285
Based

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Anonymous Mon 10 Jul 2023 09:47:11 No.1929318 Report

Quoted By: >>1933457

>>1927285
Dumbass.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jul 2023 12:21:44 No.1929348 Report

Quoted By: >>1929351

>>1926945
Because for most of the year, it's the most nightmarish piece of ocean the planet has to offer, lol.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jul 2023 12:36:33 No.1929351 Report

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>>1929348
I am a studio A24 exec, go on...

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 10 Jul 2023 15:42:42 No.1929392 Report

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>>1927285
holy sigma

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Jul 2023 19:25:29 No.1930402 Report

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>>1927211
>>1927212
How many ships go from South Africa to Chile, and how many go from Central Europe to the Pacific US, or from East Asia to the Atlantic US? The overwhelming majority of cargo traffic is between the global economic superpowers in North America, Europe, and Asia, and for virtually all these countries, the Panama Canal is the quickest route and worth its toll

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 23 Jul 2023 08:07:39 No.1933457 Report

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>>1929318
Other Anon already pointed that out here >>1927207

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