Nightmare Fuel

busterb · 04-16-2014, 07:29 PM

I raise you, crew boats in the gulf of Mexico. In a following sea. SUCKS!

xoxoxoBruce · 04-16-2014, 08:59 PM

I see videos like that, read about 100ft rogue waves hitting cruise ships, or a Pacific storm, Typhoon Cobra, sinking three USN destroyers, makes a landlubber like me wary of the ocean.

Then I see pictures of these islands with captions like, "if the sea levels rise 1 inch 50 Billion people and their puppies will die instantly". How did these places survive this long?

glatt · 04-17-2014, 08:18 AM

I've been on the little mailboat to Monhegan Island, a 12 mile trip in open water, in seas with 4-6 foot swells, and that was enough for me to be puking my guts out. I can't imagine anything rough like that video.

fargon · 04-17-2014, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I can't imagine anything rough like that video.

When I was on the CGC Confidence in the gulf of Alaska, we had seas breaking over the top of the mast 75 feet above the water line. GOOD TIMES!!!

xoxoxoBruce · 04-17-2014, 02:51 PM

I went to school with a kid who'd spent three years on tankers running from Texas to New England. He showed slides from his camera mounted on the rail of the stern, pointing at the bow, in heavy seas. I couldn't believe the flexing.

This is a video of a Maersk ship in heavy seas. The first minute of outside is not as impressive as many videos I've seen, but starting just after one minute are shots of ship interiors which are scary.

04-16-2014, 07:29 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	I raise you, crew boats in the gulf of Mexico. In a following sea. SUCKS! __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

04-16-2014, 08:59 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I see videos like that, read about 100ft rogue waves hitting cruise ships, or a Pacific storm, Typhoon Cobra, sinking three USN destroyers, makes a landlubber like me wary of the ocean. Then I see pictures of these islands with captions like, "if the sea levels rise 1 inch 50 Billion people and their puppies will die instantly". How did these places survive this long? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-17-2014, 02:51 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I went to school with a kid who'd spent three years on tankers running from Texas to New England. He showed slides from his camera mounted on the rail of the stern, pointing at the bow, in heavy seas. I couldn't believe the flexing. This is a video of a Maersk ship in heavy seas. The first minute of outside is not as impressive as many videos I've seen, but starting just after one minute are shots of ship interiors which are scary. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-17-2014, 08:18 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I've been on the little mailboat to Monhegan Island, a 12 mile trip in open water, in seas with 4-6 foot swells, and that was enough for me to be puking my guts out. I can't imagine anything rough like that video.

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