Nautical
Well-Known Member
Came accoss today from IOM to Liverpool in what the skipper described was an '8'. Felt well above the limits of a Seacat. Don't think there was a single piece of crockery left in one bit and the sick bags were being used in industrial quantity. Every car alarm on the deck below was going off and the sound of the hull for'd banging into every wave was enough to put the fear of God into anyone.
Of the 100 or so peeps on board don't think anyone said more than two words the whole trip.
A couple of kids next row along from me were screaming their heads off (in between filling sick bags by the score), felt sorry for the Mum she looked as green as them but had to keep cleaning them up.
Video is off my camera and really does'nt show how bouncy or rough it was, it somehow seems to make the sea look flatter than it was. In the half minute I was outside I was soaked to the skin from the spray.
You can see how she was being thrown around by looking at the wake in the distance, all wibbly wobbly!.
Anyway, far as I am concerned bring back the old side loader, Lady of Man, did 20 knts in just about anything and safe as houses, this aluminium Seacat felt like it was about to fall apart.
Sea Cat
Of the 100 or so peeps on board don't think anyone said more than two words the whole trip.
A couple of kids next row along from me were screaming their heads off (in between filling sick bags by the score), felt sorry for the Mum she looked as green as them but had to keep cleaning them up.
Video is off my camera and really does'nt show how bouncy or rough it was, it somehow seems to make the sea look flatter than it was. In the half minute I was outside I was soaked to the skin from the spray.
You can see how she was being thrown around by looking at the wake in the distance, all wibbly wobbly!.
Anyway, far as I am concerned bring back the old side loader, Lady of Man, did 20 knts in just about anything and safe as houses, this aluminium Seacat felt like it was about to fall apart.
Sea Cat
