Biscay, eh?

[zoidberg]

Cruise passenger, 85, dies after breaking neck during storm​

Trevor Gilks fell from armchair after Saga Cruises’ Spirit of Discovery ship passed through choppy waters ( and ) died after his armchair fell backwards in a storm.


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...ger-85-died-after-breaking-neck-during-storm/

Trevor Gilks, 85, died four days after breaking his neck in the fall on Saga Cruises’ Spirit of Discovery ship.
More than 100 people were injured when the ship was battered by force 11 winds in the Bay of Biscay off western France and northern Spain on November 4, 2023.

 

[LittleSister]

Well, at least he'd had a good innings and died doing something he enjoyed.

Must have been awful for loved ones, fellow passengers and crew, and also perhaps for him during the four days he survived following the fall.

 

[wonkywinch]

We sailed through this vicious Atlantic front last year with huge confused seas and winds gusting F11.

Fortunately we were on the QM2 and no champagne was spilled.

 

[BobnLesley]

Crossed it in boring weather and in exciting weather... Boring is better.

 

[zoidberg]

That has all the hallmarks of my F11 lunch....

 

[Chiara’s slave]

We had 7 days of over 50kn on our trip. The dining room was quite empty.

 

[Leslie frank]

We used to cross by ferry in the distant past. It always seemed the restaurant had a sense of humour as the soup was always thinner when the weather was rough so you had to continually tilt your bowl from side to side to compensate for the roll.
My sister in law just booked a Biscay Cruise for March next year. Good luck to that!

 

[toothless]

That has all the hallmarks of my F11 lunch....

good job they managed to keep in the little green bit.

 

[capnsensible]

Well, at least he'd had a good innings and died doing something he enjoyed.

He enjoyed breaking his neck??

 

[wonkywinch]

good job they managed to keep in the little green bit.

Actually they did. A few days early south of Nova Scotia we were approaching the storm but as if by magic, the ship adjusted speed to stay on the back edge of it as it crossed the Atlantic at around 18/20 kts.

 

[LittleSister]

He enjoyed breaking his neck??

No, I'm sure he didn't if he was aware of it. I think it is fairly safe to assume, though, that he enjoyed travelling on cruise ships, and it was that that I was referring to.

It is often said of people who die doing hazardous sports - mountaineering, motorcycle racing, (dare I say ocean sailing?), etc. - that they died doing something they enjoyed. I see no reason to not apply the same consideration to someone enjoying some less risky indulgence. It seems to me a far preferable occasion to go than, say, while queueing to pay a parking fine.

 

[capnsensible]

No, I'm sure he didn't if he was aware of it. I think it is fairly safe to assume, though, that he enjoyed travelling on cruise ships, and it was that that I was referring to.

It is often said of people who die doing hazardous sports - mountaineering, motorcycle racing, (dare I say ocean sailing?), etc. - that they died doing something they enjoyed. I see no reason to not apply the same consideration to someone enjoying some less risky indulgence. It seems to me a far preferable occasion to go than, say, while queueing to pay a parking fine.