most insane high sea video i have seen. i feel sea sick from watching it

[DaTT]

Get my Sea Doo ready, I'm heading down to those waves....

 

[Rubycon]

Get my Sea Doo ready, I'm heading down to those waves....

Might as well race a train. At least you won't have an MT casket funeral.

Don't forget it's pronounced NYE-KON if you have a Nikon camera shooting pix...

 

[davmat787]

Those are spinning windows. Idea is a spinning disk flings off the water continuously and allows better visibility than trying to wait for windscreen wipers to catch up.

Interesting, never thought of that, just assumed it was some type of sound gathering device to better communicate with the deckhands.

Thank you for the clarification. :thumbsup:

 

[Rubycon]

Interesting, never thought of that, just assumed it was some type of sound gathering device to better communicate with the deckhands.

Thank you for the clarification. :thumbsup:

When conditions are such that the bow takes green water, the foredeck is the last place you want to be. Unless you're a dolphin (or mermaid! hehe).

 

[Crusty]

I always amazed how those ships dont straight out sink underneath the water especially the way they dive head first in. To me it looks like if the tip of boat went in a little further and the wave in the back kicked up a little higher it would just just nose dive past the surface.

Have you ever tried to hold a balloon under water?

 

[Hugo Drax]

Want to get real seasick, look at this older Aircraft carrier listing hard and then sinking!

http://youtu.be/WLrxSt3YwTQ


Cruise ship, nasty listing!!

http://youtu.be/V4w2o3LJleo

 

[EliteRetard]

no way, no how, not a chance would i do this. i could not imagine what that is like below decks, hell i cant read in a moving car without turning green. i would be barfing my guts out.

http://www.wimp.com/angryseas/

I was in something like this once. It was great for the first hour or so...but we were out in that crap for like 12hrs on the way back in. Ive never had problems with motion before, but this F'ed me up bad. It literally broke the gravity sensors in my ears (otoliths or something? I don't recall exactly), it was like 10hrs of torture. I literally slept over 24hours straight after I got on land (Im sure all the drugs I took helped). Even then, I was very weak had a nasty headache for days and had a hard time walking for nearly a month afterwards. Now I get motion sick pretty easy and violently, and it really F'in hurts (sharp ear pain/pressure and severe migrain along with all the other symptoms). Standing up/getting out of bed to fast can make me sick, riding in the back of a car kills me for a day, tried a rollercoaster and the pain and instability lasted for several days.

And yeah I soiled myself...even if I could have crawled my way to the bathroom I physically couldn't get myself up onto the toilet. And I couldn't control myself very well after a while so it just all came out and I rolled around in it for hours. After a while there is literally nothing left in your body, but you continue to heave anyway...makes it hard to breathe, thats a very scary thing.

Obviously the worst experience of my life.

 

[DaTT]

Might as well race a train. At least you won't have an MT casket funeral.

Don't forget it's pronounced NYE-KON if you have a Nikon camera shooting pix...

I will post pix when I return...

 

[Q]

3:14 I was like WTFFFFF

 

[a777pilot]

There's an old definition that this reminds me of after watching that at sea video: Being aboard a ship is like being in jail, but with a chance of drowning.

 

[DaTT]

Want to get real seasick, look at this older Aircraft carrier listing hard and then sinking!

http://youtu.be/WLrxSt3YwTQ

I can't believe I watched the entire video.

 

[Hugo Drax]

I can't believe I watched the entire video.

LOL, watch this you wont be disappointed.



http://youtu.be/8aTxMSqWBtc

 

[skyking]

Everybody sees that video differently. I see the big seas and rough ride, but I also imagine the helicopter pilot and cameraman who went out there. "hey, wanna take some really cool vid? Only problem is, we are going to DIE if we have any mechanical problems!!"

 

[nCred]

Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Everybody sees that video differently. I see the big seas and rough ride, but I also imagine the helicopter pilot and cameraman who went out there. "hey, wanna take some really cool vid? Only problem is, we are going to DIE if we have any mechanical problems!!"

I thought about this as well. I was like whotf is taking this footage.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

My great uncle was a Coastie and had to do rescues in that kind of shit. He claimed that it wasn't a good trip unless the rolled the boat once while out.

 

[Jeff7]

Time to invest in a submarine.

 

[0roo0roo]

I cannot see the "video", care to link to a site like youtube?

As far as "screws out of the water" condition, I've experienced it before. We were hit with a 77' rogue wave.

Our propulsion system will trip offline if there is a sudden increase in speed due to screws coming out of water. I presume your ship being much smaller has conventional screw and rudder arrangement. Trashing a gearbox in those conditions would be scary, you think?

And for the people that say they would like to go for it, knock yourself out! The people that say they would love to be on a ship in these conditions have never done it. Those that have and want more are just freaking insane! D:

I will say I do like to feel the motion of the ocean, and I don't like to see people not enjoying themselves on their vacation. That does make me sad. However I don't mind the waves but it does get old if it lasts more than 8 hours. Going on for days is absolutely insane and I'd wage less than 1% of the folks could take it before experiencing serious health / safety issues. Luckily these conditions are very rare for us.



Those are spinning windows. Idea is a spinning disk flings off the water continuously and allows better visibility than trying to wait for windscreen wipers to catch up.

i hate non youtube video sites too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG6FhK96dBg

 

[pyonir]

Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.

The sea was angry that day my friends!

 

[Rubycon]

Ah ha that loaded instantly, so I've see that one before.

This shows what goes on inside:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE_ri8PkihE

This is why ships start to creak when the seas pick up. Despite seemingly rigid steel they flex quite a bit. I duct taped a laser pointer to a bulkhead and the dot about 80 feet downrange was moving over 6" and that was in relatively mild 15 foot seas.

If you've watched those videos taken in Japan of the skyscrapers swaying back and forth it reminds me of that. Scary and I'd rather not watch it.

It's quite different up in the lounges. With 10' seas and gale winds the chop can occasionally cause someone's beer to fall to the floor. You would think we were running aground by the way some people react. They should be happy, their half full glass of beer is getting replaced with a full one for free!

 

[Red Squirrel]

Would be fun... from inside the safety of the bridge.

 

[Rubycon]

Would be fun... from inside the safety of the bridge.

You're not immune there either. When green water reaches the superstructure it easily has enough force to remove a window or two.

 

[fatpat268]

Cruise ship, nasty listing!!

http://youtu.be/V4w2o3LJleo

Am I a terrible person for laughing the entire time? :whiste:

 

[amish]

Ah ha that loaded instantly, so I've see that one before.

This shows what goes on inside:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE_ri8PkihE

cool video. the popping and cracking would put me on edge. the shots on deck didn't seem too bad until the 2:07 mark...i just sat in awe waiting for the camera to stop going up.

 

[DrPizza]

I've been on a lake when it got bad; as fun as it looks, there's a point beyond which you're scared shitless.