Was that fully loaded ? I knew VLCC's could go through unloaded, but the draft was too much fully loaded. I'd say at 65 feet you'd be pushing your luck.
If I remember correctly my first VLCC, the Hudson Friendship was pulling 64 feet, and the Old Man chose to go to Japan from the Gulf via the Lombok Strait rather than chance the Malacca.
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(Actually Ripley said it first.)
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