Ferry ride from hell
 

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Pretty amazing watching a ship getting tossed around like that.

Anyone have a Cigar...

Wonder what the cars look like in there, as I don't think they strap them down.

In 1974 I crossed the English Channel from Dover to Oostend in a ferry much smaller than that. I couldn't afford a hydofoil ticket. The seas were so rough they forced everyone below decks. No horizon to watch, it was incredibly hot and stuffy. About 20 minutes out of port, people started getting sick. All the bathrooms were full, all the trash cans were taken. People were vomiting on the floor. The smell was overwhelming. I puked for hours.

I got off the boat in Belgium, cleared customs and found a local park. I wrapped my coat around myself and slept for four hours. It was awful.

And I was looking forward to a video with Dr. Porsche at the wheel....

Moses-
I had a similar experience crossing the channel in a large hovercraft back in '72. Hadn't thought about it in years!

72 and 74, you want to know what I was doing then?

Filling your diapers? :D

I think I was on that ferry with you.

Mom, my brother and I were hunkered down on the floor in a corner of the bar.

Whether or not it was the same one it was still a scary ride.

Wow, that looks like one helluva boat ride! You'd pay at least $40 to get a ride like that at an amusement park.

I was on a Carnival cruise in the Gulf of mexico in '98 during Hurricane George.

That was interesting. At one point the captain told us it was 300 nautical miles away, and I thought to myself, "how fast does a hurricane travel?" Wondering if it decided to change direction, how much time we'd have to beat a hasty retreat.

Judging by how rough the sea was when it was that far away, I'd hate to see what it's like at say, 50 miles away.

It's a really weird feeling being on a ship that big that is moving around that much. It's a bit like a smooth earthquake, only more nausea inducing.

Not sure if it was that ride, or the 7.0 'quake in Seattle 2001 that was the bigger rush.

There is a small strait/sound dividing my part of southern Sweden from Denmark. Usually very quit sea, small waves. Big ferries.

Even on a totally calm day I get severely motion sick on those ferries.

Suffice to say I would not have survived that journey..

In 1971 I went from Tilbury (UK) across the North Sea to Sweden in a Swedish Lloyd ferry similar to the one in the vid.
It was also getting thrown around like that for at least 8 hours of the trip.
We had New years eve on board, it was me, my buddy & a couple of crew at the bar. Everyone else was throwing up.
Man it was bad. The front would go down, then the screws come out of the water & the whole ship shudders and vibrates, then it rolls, then the front comes up, then down like a roller coaster, & CRASH it hits the water.
This cycle goes on & on hour after hour.....You had to put bunk boards on the side of the bed to stop being thrown out. I had a top bunk & had to time getting out just right or get hurled against the ceiling, floor or wall depending on what the part of the cycle the ship was in.

But the fun we had when we got to Sweden was well worth it......

I'm sea sick just reading this thread.

I've been across the channel several times by ferry, Dover to Calias and Oostend, and luckily the seas were pretty smooth. Not so lucky on the ferry from Igoumenitsa to Brindisi. I had to force down a plate of spagetti for lunch on a pitching ship after barfing all night.

Best thing I have learned in sailboat racing is do not be down below if it is bumpy. If you have to be, get horizontal and close your eyes as soon as possible.

That ferry bouncing along does not look fun at all.

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I've tried that line myself.

dagriff,
LOL!