I think I would have been happy for the captain to slow down a little after seeing that. I wonder how much damage was done to vehicles down below and how many rolled out of bed??
keep Safe on the roads and out there. (on the ocean waves in that case)
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Thanks blaze the link worked - there are 2 ferry trips that I have not looked forward to due to stories about how rough it can get i.e. Bass Strait & Cook Strait. I have done both trips a couple of times and luckily it was no rougher than crossing a lake. This Tassie video suggests that a few people on board would be feeling a little sick but generally the ferry is handling the conditions well. I saw a photo in a pub on the wall in Picton of a ferry crossing Cook Strait in extreme conditions and I really had second thoughts about boarding. Don't know if this link will work but check this one out of a ferry leaving Wellington Harbour and tell me if you would prefer to fly.
We went across in 2000 in the old black Devil Cat.
Seas were 4.3M. We were told that it didn't go if there were 4.5m. seas. It was a rather long trip as they had to deviate to get the most favourable angle with the seas.
Fortunately we had dosed up on sea sickness pills & although a little drowsy, were OK.
About 90% of passengers were lying on the floor with brown paper bags in hand.
A nightmare trying to get to the rather messy & smelly toilets. Stepping over uncaring bodies with the craft pitching violently.
But spectacular with the purple water spraying over the top deck.
WE had left the van with relos at Castlemaine & stayed overnight in a nearby Motel. They tied the front of the Patrol down using the bull bar! Why, who knows? The BB was pulled on a fair old angle but easily fixed by loosening the bolts & tilting it back into place.
Smooth as glass on the way home a few weeks later.
Been in worse across the bass straight back in the old days ferrying troops up top...When you see the flight deck of an Aircraft carrier dissapear under for a spell you know its a tad rough :)...
Exactly the type of stories I had heard before my rather uneventful trips - you can understand why so many sail powered ships ended up as shipwrecks in those areas. Watching the footage of the Sydney to Hobart a few years ago when so many lives were lost gives you some idea of how rough it can get in that part of the world.
HMAS Sydney for me , five milk runs up top and one on the Stewart escorting the Sydney :), Worst one was Port lookout midnight watch watching flight deck go under and all the was chained to it lol...See the bow go under , water wash over everything ontop and then the bow come streaming awash out of the wave spraying green and white stuff everywhere lol.. And to think i enjoyed every minute of it !!!!...Singin Bell bottom trousers n coats of Navy blue Lol.....
Had simmillar happen with my 20ftr on a waaaaaay much smaller scale mindyou a few times heading home from reef fishing up this neck o the woods and the better halfe one the floor crying:( , but have to be expected if one heads out over the horizon enough times fishing ey :)...
Bit older n wizer now ..................................I think ???????..........
I think I would have been happy for the captain to slow down a little after seeing that. I wonder how much damage was done to vehicles down below and how many rolled out of bed??
The intro to the video indicated "Port Lonsdale" and Bottom of the ebb." To me that indicates that the ship is just clearing The Rip in bad water conditions. That is probably the roughest part of most trips. I think the pilot would be selecting the best speed for safe navigation and keeping a good enough speed to eliminate any chances of broaching. After the fiasco last April I think they would be taking extra measures to prevent the trailers from breaking loose and toppling onto other vehicles. There also would not bee too many sleeping in their bunks at that time of Day
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Planning a Tassie trip with the Van but have to do min of three months to at least cover the cost of Van n tug crossing , meaning making it worthwhile. Whilst i have toured Tassie with just a hire car and loved the place would like to do an extensive trip take in all a tad more ..Camerawise :)..
HMAS Sydney for me , five milk runs up top and one on the Stewart escorting the Sydney :), Worst one was Port lookout midnight watch watching flight deck go under and all the was chained to it lol...See the bow go under , water wash over everything ontop and then the bow come streaming awash out of the wave spraying green and white stuff everywhere lol.. And to think i enjoyed every minute of it !!!!...Singin Bell bottom trousers n coats of Navy blue Lol..... Had simmillar happen with my 20ftr on a waaaaaay much smaller scale mindyou a few times heading home from reef fishing up this neck o the woods and the better halfe one the floor crying:( , but have to be expected if one heads out over the horizon enough times fishing ey :)... Bit older n wizer now ..................................I think ???????..........
