This is scary

[karohemd]

nevla linked to this:

It's rather harmless at first but when the whole interior starts moving about later, it gets really scary, especially the large cupboards and the forklift in the second footage.
On all ferries and ships I've been on, tables were usually bolted to the floor so they couldn't move.

Also, because the camera stays in the same plane all the time, it's hard to judge how much the ship is actually listing/tilting but by the violent movement of the objects (and people), it must be massive.

Comments

[eryx-uk.livejournal.com]

Cool. I'd love to see what the weather was like outside. Just to see how bad it was.

[trizia.livejournal.com]

Really terrifying.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Oh, my god. It must be really violent to get that forklift moving. That is very scary indeed.

[trizia.livejournal.com]

Any idea of where/when this was?

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Somewher off New Zealand a couple of years ago. Click the video for the page.

[brrm.livejournal.com]

It's the Pacific Sun cruise ship, in 2008. There's a full incident report (PDF) here:

http://www.maib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports/2009/pacific_sun.cfm

[trizia.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Wow - I'm amazed that ship didn't sink!

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

It's a shame there is not outside reference but by the way solid, heavy objects that should not move are moving, it must have been one hell of a storm.

[brrm.livejournal.com]

31 degrees, estimated by the angle that pictures in the art gallery were dangling off the wall in CCTV. See the PDF linked in my other comment for details. :-)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Impressive!

[ulfilias.livejournal.com]

I Agree Rod Stuart is terrifying !!!

I did once go on the seacat out of dover. A 45min journey which too almost 4hrs as it was Gale force 9. Not much could move arround apart from the people and most of them were very green and sick.

Comming back was better as they got one of the big ferries out for us. Still was storm force 10 !!!

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I was on one of those, too. At first we went, "Cool, it's like a rollercoaster!" but after about five minutes this turned into "Make it stop!".
I'm usually quite sturdy when it comes to seasickness but even I had to concentrate hard towards the end. Up until that time I'd never understood why they say seasick people look green until I looked at my travel companion.
The Seacat has the advantage that you sit in there like in a train or plane which feels a lot more stable than the usual lounge seats on other ferries.