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Originally Posted by kranz
This is a sub-devoted board so it's time for Das Boot: one of the crew says that Gibraltar is as narrow as a virgin's...... .In another scene the navigator says that Gibraltar is 7 miles wide.
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Actually seven miles is a very tight squeeze indeed. You can see from shore to shore, and it's very hard to hide a ship on anything but the foggiest nights. Considering that the Straight of Dover is considered tight, and it's 21 miles at the narrowest point, I don't see a problem with them describing Gibraltar as being that tight.