Sea Conditions a Tad Lively

[classic33]

[QUOTE 4474267, member: 259"]It's a dangerous place. I got bitten by a tortoise in Ventnor in 1967. Apparently the bastard is still alive.[/QUOTE]
Didn't catch owt then

 

[Salty seadog]

In years of travelling, car, bus, train, plane and boat the only time I've seen my son struggling was on the cross channel ferry last Christmas where conditions were that bad that even with stabilisers the ferry was bobbing around like a cork. Just standing up was a challenge, and walking around needed planning. I was surprised the crossing wasn't cancelled.

Had it many a time, when the wind gets up to a constant 50knt the port closes and you are left out there rocking and rolling. I love it and sleep so well, the rougher the better. feel for the poor punters though and crew who have already done a full days work then getting stuck out at sea for another 18 hours or so before getting off. I have the dubious luxury that I live on board and so when my time is up, it's up to my cabin (cell).

If you want rough you want to be in the bay of Biscay when it's chopping up, it's where 3 different water systems meet and theres 3 miles of water bellow the hull.

 

[slowmotion]

The captain and crew knew what they were doing and the quay party had the measure of it. The passengers were prepared to get their feet wet rather than dick about offshore for a few hours, as were the car drivers. I like it.

The Health and Safety wallahs probably didn't.

 

[Salty seadog]

The captain and crew knew what they were doing and the quay party had the measure of it. The passengers were prepared to get their feet wet rather than dick about offshore for a few hours, as were the car drivers. I like it.

The Health and Safety wallahs probably didn't.

This being Greece I doubt there are any H&S wallahs.
They buy up old ferries that other countries consider past it.

 

[slowmotion]

This being Greece I doubt there are any H&S wallahs.
They buy up old ferries that other countries consider past it.

I'm sure the Greeks have a practical 'work-around' for EU Health and Safety legislation and it's enforcement.

 

[Salty seadog]

I'm sure the Greeks have a practical 'work-around' for EU Health and Safety legislation and it's enforcement.

Yep, much like the French with a lot of laws, the smoking ban for example, the Gallic shrug and ignore it.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Had it many a time, when the wind gets up to a constant 50knt the port closes and you are left out there rocking and rolling. I love it and sleep so well, the rougher the better. feel for the poor punters though and crew who have already done a full days work then getting stuck out at sea for another 18 hours or so before getting off. I have the dubious luxury that I live on board and so when my time is up, it's up to my cabin (cell).

If you want rough you want to be in the bay of Biscay when it's chopping up, it's where 3 different water systems meet and theres 3 miles of water bellow the hull.

I am so glad they built the tunnel.

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 4474718, member: 259"]I remeber sp

I remember spending hours in rain-lashed car parks at Dover or Calais waitng for the weather to die down enough to get across on a ferry - no fun when you have a baby in the car. The tunnel is brilliant in comparison - apart from when it's the wrong kind of snow, and all the trains stop running.[/QUOTE]
Or they can't run normal services, so end up sending a steam locomotive in to rescue the stranded passengers.

 

[pubrunner]

The ferry crossing between Aberdeen & Lerwick is frequently very rough indeed !

Take a look at this clip and watch it through to the end - watch the big fella.

 

[hopless500]

I can remember a crossing on the Cook Strait. Even the crew were lying vomiting in the corridors.

My oldest sister and I were fine - but we were near enough the only ones.

We had a very rough crossing on the Cook Strait too. It was great fun. We attempted to sleep by wedging ourselves on the fixed benches in the canteen between the table and bench. (Once I'd turned myself round so I was effectively flying feet first into the troughs it was fine). Then we heard the galley dismantling itself and offered to help - the handful of crew looked rather gobsmacked. Someone stupidly left a dribble of water in a paper cup on the table - it upended itself on their face . Wasn't me obviously. Oh no

 

[hopless500]

The ferry crossing between Aberdeen & Lerwick is frequently very rough indeed !

Take a look at this clip and watch it through to the end - watch the big fella.

Surprised so little furniture was bolted down

 

[ColinJ]

I can remember a crossing on the Cook Strait. Even the crew were lying vomiting in the corridors.

My father told me that the crossing of the channel in his landing craft on D-Day was so rough that men and equipment were tumbling over each other in rivers of vomit. They were so desperate to get on dry land that they gave no thought to the machine gun fire raking the beach in front of them ...

 

[Profpointy]

My father told me that the crossing of the channel in his landing craft on D-Day was so rough that men and equipment were tumbling over each other in rivers of vomit. They were so desperate to get on dry land that they gave no thought to the machine gun fire raking the beach in front of them ...

Puts our little problems in perspective. Grim times and brave men

 

[Globalti]

I did a one-week tour of the Sound of Jura in May in a 6 metre BayRaider and we had quite rough weather crossing from Gigha to Port Ellen on Islay. I'm 100% a landlubber but was determined not to be seasick so I kept my eyes firmly on the horizon because I know from trying to map read in the car that you need to keep watching the outdoors. I just kept repeating "must - not - be - seasick" to myself and keeping my eyes up and despite a few moments of slight giddyness I made it. The weather was horrible though; our companions in an identical boat docked at Port Ellen with about half a ton of water sloshing around in their cockpit as their pump was broken.

 

[snorri]

Surprised so little furniture was bolted down

Video caption error , it wasn't filmed on a Shetland ferry, otherwise the furniture would have been bolted down.