i take it the sea was a bit lumpy that day ,
you would have thought they would have looked at the forcast first before putting out ,
its people like that which get other boaters a bad name ,,lol
Scary but strangely entertaining. It's almost comical where you see the passengers sitting on the floor and sliding back and forth with all the tables and chairs. Goes to show the forces involved when you see a forklift tipped over.
i just showed this to a colleague who used to be on cruise ships and he says the boat yard have screwed up as everything except the chairs should have been secured down, the forklift should have been in a garage and all the cabinets should have been both welded and bolted to the deck!
I remember coming down the Big Russell in the Fastnet storm of 1979 in a 27 foot Spinner Yacht and that was quiet scarey. Seeing the bow disappear under water wondering if it was going to come back up again. I have to hand it to my dad his boating skills were magnificent and we made it to St Peters Port ok. If only we had camcorders in those days. Apologies for mentioning the word yacht on Rib Net.
I was onboard when this was taken, and yes I did feel a little green at times!! Its a 150m pipeline survey and trenching vessel. Gets interesting at about 00:35
I'm guessing the swell is about 10-12m ish........
Ouch. We sometimes get the aftermath of rough weather on the cargo that is imported from the UK - over the years there have been a few things wrecked, and if you think that forklift was scary think of one that weighs about 20 tons sliding from side to side right across an open hold. Fortunately there was a Land Rover in the way otherwise the forks would almost certainly have gone out through the side of the boat but the casualty vehicle was - literally - about four feet shorter that it should have been by the time it arrived and the engine and gearbox of the fork lift was lying on the deck underneath it!
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