I feel like this was part of the plan, given the name of the boat and the call sign. It feels like Evergreen was suppose to get stuck and hold up all transportation flow for the next two weeks while operations are being carried out. I just can’t imagine they couldn’t get that boat unstuck in one day if they really wanted too.
Thoughts?
It apparently was going much faster than the highest speed allowed when it happened. I forget exactly, something like 13 instead of 8 knots? If you've ever cruised, you know that these ships have to have a pilot on board when they traverse the canal. You can see the Pilot embarkation point on some of the maritime maps, near where the penis was drawn. The pilot would most likely have been on board for that unusual steering pattern too.
There are no coincidences. I believe we are truly to the "watch the water" posts finally!