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Looks a ton of fun Moe!

Hey, how do you suppose they kept the water in the swimmin pool on the top deck?

And I didn't see too many people out on deck enjoying the ride either ... :(
 
Gee, I sure hope Kathy Lee is he first one to sign up with ya. :costumes: It sure gives new meaning to seasick.... :barf: :d

BTW... I'll pass.

Advice... don't close yer eyes.
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it looks like all the port side lifeboats are in place so i am guessing it was no real emergency. does anyone know what was going on? it kinda looked like they might have had a ballast problem, (seemed to be sitting kinda high) and also somehow couldn't get turned into the wind.
 
Yeah they sure had a ballast problem. You remember the saying.... "not until the fat lady sings"? Looks like she did, and the passengers all ran. ;)
 
talk about a bad place to end a video ... i wanna see what happened after that big wave hit it :kilroy:
 
Actually it looks like they were able to maintain steerage but the seas were very confused - could be current vs wind-driven waves that brought in the cross waves. The spray is running about over the ship but then they get hit by waves coming in at an angle. Right near the end you can see what looks like land on the horizon, so shallower water would roughen the ride a lot - shorter period to the waves and more disturbance.

I had the same sort of ride in a 35 foot racing boat off the Oregon coast a few years ago... 4 days of 30-45kt winds had set a flow that crossed the main current and you'd come off the top of one wave to find one coming from the stern quarter... now I know what a pinata feels like :help:

The are under power, have the LB's intact, no obvious damage, but I bet no one was dining at the buffet and the smell was probably not sweet below decks. Give me a safety harness and good gear and I'd be on deck.. far better than to be below listening to the moans and retching with no horizon to fight the disorientation, but I know the rules wouldn't allow it for paying pax.

Rob
 
When we going? I'm ready! :ernae:

Didn't see it do anything any worse than a Tripartite class minehunter in the North Sea during the winter.
 
Nice!

Worst I saw when I was in the Navy was around 55* rounding the Cape of Good Hope onboard the USS Long Beach in Feb 1990. This looks awfully close to that! I remember it was around 3am, and a whole lot of stuff came loose...made a big mess :costumes:
 
That was awesome! They stopped the darned video at the best part!! That wave closing in was huge!

Check this one out. Weeeeeeeee!!

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This is your Captain. May I have your attention please. Please fasten your seatbelts and grab a pail to blow lunch in. And, there will be no sunbating on the flightdeck until further notice. Thankyou...... :barf:
 
I was on USS Coral Sea in 1979 and we took a very sudden 9-degree roll in heavy seas in the North Pacific. Not much compared to what our destroyers were doing, but the ship just kinda stayed there for a moment before coming back. That was the scary part. You'd be surprised how much heavy stuff can tip over or slide across the deck with just 9 degrees of slope. :d
 
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