Cracking waves Grommit..........
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MarkG
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Phew....
chrisc
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Yep,they are biggies
nicho
RIP
There's a video on Youtube, showing an internal corridor of a large containership in an Atlantic storm. The boat is twisting like a cobra - horrifying, but apparantly quite normal!!!
sighmoon
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Yikes!
How would one survive something like that on a small sailing boat?
How would one survive something like that on a small sailing boat?
johnalison
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That's nothing, we get bigger ones in the Blackwater.
phatcat1
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Ha, try sailing up the Orwell!
Thats where these pics are from!
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Thats where these pics are from!
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Csail
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Try getting into Padstow over Doom Bar in a N F8....That really was scary.12 ton boat and we slammed off the surf and broke all the solder connectiond on switch panel.
Twister_Ken
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I thought my cornflakes tasted salty.
Mirelle
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I knew that ship
Photos were taken aboard the Selkirk Settler, in 1987. (I was nowhere near her at the time!) Owners were Scott Misener Transportation, a rather good Canadian outfit.
I would not call her a "giant bulk carrier"; she was a "Laker", i.e. about 27,000 tons and narrow beam so she could get through the locks on the St Lawrence Seaway. In fact you can see that she is quite narrow. IIRC she had no damage, which is amazing considering she was built at Govan (yes, my prejudices, borne of bitter experience with British shipbuilding, are showing.
She's still in business, still Lakes trading. This web page will tell you more than enough about her.
Photos were taken aboard the Selkirk Settler, in 1987. (I was nowhere near her at the time!) Owners were Scott Misener Transportation, a rather good Canadian outfit.
I would not call her a "giant bulk carrier"; she was a "Laker", i.e. about 27,000 tons and narrow beam so she could get through the locks on the St Lawrence Seaway. In fact you can see that she is quite narrow. IIRC she had no damage, which is amazing considering she was built at Govan (yes, my prejudices, borne of bitter experience with British shipbuilding, are showing.
She's still in business, still Lakes trading. This web page will tell you more than enough about her.
ronsurf
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What these people go through to get us our cheap trainers and engine oil....!
pheonix
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Ha, try sailing up the Orwell!
Thats where these pics are from!
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WHAT pics ?
Ha, try sailing up the Orwell!
Thats where these pics are from!
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WHAT pics ?
BrendanS
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click on big damp waves link in first post in thread
Seven Spades
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Hmm, I presume that a small yacht would be rolled by a wave like that? Anyone been in a storm like that, do tell.
farquart
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I think BrendanS has
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Wouldn't fancy being on this freighter!
Wonder if the cargo got wet
Big Damp Waves
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Blimey - I posted these weeks ago ... she's in Hurricane Kyrill ....
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Wouldn't fancy being on this freighter!
Wonder if the cargo got wet
Big Damp Waves
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Blimey - I posted these weeks ago ... she's in Hurricane Kyrill ....
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