How to use Egyptian Pontoon Ferrys?

[Jason Petho]

Problem for the designer of the scenario is that he did not know how to reproduce what the Egyptians did.
The Egyptians brought in pumps and hosed the sand berms down, creating shallows from which to construct their bridges and run ferries.
The Suez does not have shallows which is what the designer kept. Creating the artificial/man made shallows would have made sense. Adding marshes is what was done.

Yes, the Egyptians hosed the sand berms down, creating paths for their vehicles to cross through the berms.

Shallows, on the other hand, were not created (at least not 250 metres worth), so the illusion of maintaining the Suez Canal's width was kept by using the marshes.

Jason Petho