The stunning (for some values of 'stunning') conclusion (for some values of 'conclusion') to the epic tale of the Wizard and KitKat and their adventures in Equestria in search of the fabled McGuffin.
The NTSB study concluded that after the bow of the Genesis River and BW Oak passed each other, suction and bank effect from the approaching west bank yawed the Genesis River to port overwhelming full starboard rudder applied to counter this port yaw. The ship continued port across the channel where the encounter with the east bank curved the ship’s path starboard and into the Voyager’s barge.
Although Pilot 2 gave rudder orders in an attempt to arrest the Genesis River’s sheer to port, the yawing moments and side forces caused by the BW Oak meeting and the increasing bank effects on the starboard side overwhelmed the rudder, and the sheer could not be overcome before the ship crossed the channel. The rudder had little effect as the Genesis River subsequently encountered the opposite bank and sheered to starboard, forcing the vessel back toward the Voyager tow. The NTSB concludes that the combined effect of the speed of the Genesis River and the passing of another large vessel in the asymmetrically shaped channel at the southern terminus of the Bayport Flare resulted in an uncontrollable sheer to port by the Genesis River, initiating a chain of events that led to the collision.
—From the analysis section of the above-linked NTSB report
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—From the analysis section of the above-linked NTSB report
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I can, in fact, recognize that as a phone number, thanks to having baby boomers as parents.
And the girthy ship required multiple sessions of repeated movements back and forth and side to side before it could be freed!
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Huzzah! Most people don’t know that.
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Boy it sure did.
The good news is that it’s out now.