Super Tanker in a Typhoon - Plowing through 110 foot Waves !!

What else can do that? not even a carrier?

No big deal OP, I do that in my 13' Boston Whaler......







LOL

I look at that, and I think I would OD on Dramamine

WTF those waves are absolutely huge! Where was this? How long ago?

This is like what we were warned about in the bible.

Lego pirate proves how freak waves can sink ships
[link to www.newscientist.com]

Just because it's big, doesn't mean it can't sink.

I think she was in the South Pacific??

Last Edited by LOVE GLP on 05/13/2012 09:49 AM

I read that these ships bend in those sea conditions. If that goes on for to long, the boat just my come apart..

If those sea conditions are no big deal to you Then you have my respect !.

Thinking about being a coxswain going up and down in those waves, and as long as you could get plucked out, when that Whaler gets filled with water, might work

Last Edited by LOVE GLP on 05/13/2012 10:17 AM

bibletard.

I trust people that be leave in something. Most of the time.

I trust people who are slightly skeptical in what they want to believe in.

I know what you mean, but there is so many people that be leave in nothing right now.

Ships try to avoid storms like this at all costs but they do sometimes get caught in them. These freighters are designed to withstand this sort of thing. I am a licensed Master and have been in 40 foot waves but I gotta hand it to these guys.

Problems arise when you lose one of your engines. If the ship can't power into the seas then she will turn sideways and most likely go down.

Other problems are sea sickness. The motion in these storms is like a roller coaster that goes on for hours or days. Sometimes a week or more. If a sailor can't hold fluids down then they run the risk of dehydrating and dying.

I remember one storm where I tied myself into bed so I wouldn't get thrown out. I could feel my intestines sloshing around and pushing against the side of my body. I have also seen things like coffee mugs float in mid air. Anyway... Cool post.

Does the patch behind the ear help in those seas? or do you need an IV in the end.

What do you guys use for sea sickness ?

5 stars and a karma OP! Excellent video- makes one feel so small against the elements.

Thanks for posting this.

You Sir have my utmost respect. Incredible. You need to get an account and share your experiences with us.

I am embarrassed, showing my age I guess-(only 45 but wow that was a bad one! lol) you have an account and I gave you karma. Must have gotten side tracked for a split second. That's all it takes anymore haha! Thanks for the one in return too.

At any rate, I want to go out to the deep sea now. We just moved to FL. maybe someday I will get to. Not that I could withstand what you have, but I would like to experience being far away from shore.

It would, I imagine not be too unlike being in space, maybe at the edge of the atmosphere before going into deep space. I just feel the ocean is another area I would love to see further explored.

Last Edited by starrynites on 05/13/2012 11:16 AM

Thanks

That is really what it is. One of the largest pieces of engineering that humanity can construct, just being tossed about, and the clip says so much, without saying anything …

If that makes any sense

Looks kool, but I'm not sure those waves are 110 ft.

From the troph to the top of the waves looks to be about that high, because the bulk head is about 80 feet? The waves go well above that -- Some of them, not all :)

Love GLP, it made all kinds of sense to me. It was a powerful video. The crew would have to be some brave people too! I admire them and others like them, like yourself.

PS I edited my earlier post to reflect you having an account. My bad. lol

Insane! I would lean towards 100+ waves, but more than that it's the whole idea of riding that storm out till things calm down and they are only 50'.

As far as wave size is concerned, compare this record wave ride at 78'.

That wave is so big. It looks like he going to slow

I was worried because the ship seemed to be crossing the waves at an angle, rather than going straight into them.

You are supposed to shoulder into them, not stem on. This way some of the energy is transfered athwartship into a beam roll rather than taking it directly on the chin.

Shows what I know. I thought they had sail strait into them

I love music in another language, takes out the literal meaning of words and replaces it with raw emotion!

What would mix that with ?

Wow, kinda made me sea sick- I'm a wimp that way.

I would be so sea sick I would be done