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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
btw, to put the size difference of this new viking ship into perspective, i looked up the sizes of some of the current ships that cruise the great lakes:
Victory I: 300' LOA/5,000 tons
Victory II: 300' LOA/5,000 tons
Pearl Mist: 325' LOA/5,100 tons
Hanseatic Inspiration: 470' LOA/15,000 tons
Viking Octantis: 670' LOA/30,000 tons
in terms of size, this is a whole other level of cruise ship, the likes of which the great lakes have never seen.
and considering the locks on the st. lawrence seaway/welland canal limit max. ship size to ~740' in length, this ship is getting pretty close to the maximum size cruise ship that could ever get into the great lakes. we'll never see anything substantively larger than this ship cruising on the great lakes.
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Pleasure cruise ships, yes... but I'm sure you realize the massive lengths of Great Lakes freighters. I believe the shortest one of the fleet is nearly 700'... with multiple 1,000+ footers. Just have to mention since I don't think most people realize the absolutely monstrous ships that navigate the Lakes (and since my grandfather built two of the biggest, the Cort and the Tregurtha, both 1,000 footers).