Thread: Awesome effect of huge seas inside liner

That explains why they dogged down my Landie going to Tassy once. Lucky it was night time & I couldn't see the waves, but I did get spilled out of my top bunk

Holy Crap!!! The dude in the storeroom just before the forklift went tits up was lucky!!!

47 seconds in, the woman slams into the pole ouch...

Wow

Hows the poor fat bastard at 24 secs?
He goes wobbling to the left and then about 1.00 goes flying along the ground right.

I've been on board a liner in conditions like that when I was a kid (1969), watertight doors closed of their own accord at one stage, the swimming pool on the lower decks emptied. A few people ended up with broken bones from furniture in the dining room crashing about. The waiters though were superb to watch with plates of food balanced and very little dropped, even with the carnage going on around them.

As for that footage I would have though that in todays high tech environments to head into a sea like that with that much gear unsecured is bordering on criminal. They would have had good intel on what the sea state would be like.


Martyn

Not waves but the wind pressure

Below is a video of the SV Concordia which sank earlier in the year. A mate of mine was onboard when it went down. My understanding is that the boat was hit by a microburst (downward wind pressure) which caused it to capsize and consequently sink. All on board survived.

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwtSMClyy1M"]YouTube- SV Concordia[/nomedia]

When heavy seas are expected there is a process that has to be followed to prepare the ship - basically everything that is not secured is secured - clearly a lot of heavy gear that should be bolted down was not and the ship was not prepared for the heavy weather that was coming.

Prior Preparation Prevents **** Poor Performance - the Pacific Princess clearly did not do much to prepare.

Garry

well that looks pleasant, considering i'm boarding the pacific dawn next saturday....
but i don't care, and will actually enjoy a bit of action - did spend 4 years on a navy frigate on the south african coast, big seas there....... is all good fun