April 10, 20224 yr This is what Wikipedia has to say about it: The Corinth Canal is a man-made canal in Greece, that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland, arguably making the peninsula an island. The canal was dug through the isthmus at sea level and has no locks. It is 6.4 kilometres (4 mi) in length and only 21.4 metres (70 ft) wide at its base, making it impassable for many modern ships. It is currently of little economic importance becoming mainly a tourist attraction. The canal was initially proposed in classical times and a failed effort was made to build it in the 1st century AD. Construction recommenced in 1881 but was hampered by geological and financial problems that bankrupted the original builders. It was completed in 1893, but, due to the canal's narrowness, navigational problems, and periodic closures to repair landslides from its steep walls, it failed to attract the level of traffic expected by its operators. I had taken off from Athens and saw the canal on my way to the Peloponnese peninsula more or less by accident. And as it is modelled quite nicely in default MSFS, I thought, let’s change plans and sail through it in one of my old freighters, which is (hopefully) less than 21 meters wide. And here is my ship, a well maintained freighter from the 1930s Thanks for viewing Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
April 10, 20224 yr Wonderful set of shots, and indeed a nice scenery ! Thanks for showing.. cheers 😉 Edited April 10, 20224 yr by pmplayer 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
April 10, 20224 yr Sadly you must have used a time machine as the canal is currently shut due to an earthquake blocking it. https://greekreporter.com/2022/02/06/corinth-canal-greece-shut/ Harry Woodrow
April 10, 20224 yr Fascinating flashbacks...into past times...and a wonderful series of travelogue pictures, to boot...!!
April 10, 20224 yr Coincidentally, I had zoomed in and seen it for the first time today on Google Earth. Great shots. Gregg Seipp "A good landing is when you can walk away from the airplane. A great landing is when you can reuse it." i9 64GB RAM, GTX-5090
April 11, 20224 yr Author Many thanks, gents, for your kind comments ! Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
April 11, 20224 yr Author Thanks a lot, Patrick! Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
April 11, 20224 yr Tight squeeze! Dave Current System (Running at 4k): ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F, Ryzen 7800X3D, RTX 5090, 55" Samsung Q80T, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, EVGA CLC 280mm AIO Cooler, Brunner CLS-E NG Yoke, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS & Stick, Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant & Add-on, VirtualFly Ruddo+, TQ6+ and Yoko+, GoFlight MCP-PRO and EFIS, Skalarki FCU and MCDU
April 12, 20224 yr Great background story, as usual, and your ship looks like it just made it through! Terrific.
April 12, 20224 yr 12 minutes ago, ozcanuck55 said: Great background story, as usual, and your ship looks like it just made it through! Terrific. Not sure his wallet did as it is the most expensive canal per mile in the world. Saves a 700 mile trip though. I would like to know more about the ship..is it driveable, where does it come from etc. Harry Woodrow
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