Sea sick

[Gixxer86g]

A video that reminds us that we do not rule the seas.
http://www.strategypage.com/military_videos/military_photos_200806260045.aspx

[rdamurphy]

Watch this one:

http://mefeedia.com/entry/3373682/

Just bring a barf bag. Wait until the 1:15 mark...

Robert

[inflammable]

I can remember feeling like we were at periscope depth, the ship rolling back and forth, calling up the Chief of the Watch, and him telling me we were at 400 feet.

I was quite surprised that morning. Winter in the North Pacific.

James

[rpicardi1]

Don't remind me about that first week in October.

[Jim Prower]

Meh, it's just a LITTLE water.

So long as we're not capsizing, we're fine.

[inflammable]

They always told us that Destroyer Sailors in the North Atlantic were able to qualify for and receive their Dolphins....


James

[SD50]

Weeeee!!!

[rpicardi1]

Forgot about sailing in the gales of November on Lake Superior.

[Jim Prower]

Thaaaaaaaaat's floating pretty low in the water.

'course, it likely popped right back up, but, yeah, scary.

[chucksc]

I can remember feeling like we were at periscope depth, the ship rolling back and forth, calling up the Chief of the Watch, and him telling me we were at 400 feet.

I was quite surprised that morning. Winter in the North Pacific.

James
15 degree rolls at 200 ft in the Iceland Faroes gap! You betcha....

[Gixxer86g]

I couldn't imagine being on a destroyer,or frigate or CG cutter in those seas.

[Andy J]

WOW, that is rough :)

[rpicardi1]

Few people, other then those that work on ships that sail them, have ever seen how bad it can get in a storm on the Great Lakes in November. Mountainous waves, hurricane force winds, freezing spray, six foot lake effect snow storms that buried Buffalo in a 48 hour period last year, the Mackinaw Bridge closed to all traffic for days because of high wind.

[Jim Prower]

Few people, other then those that work on ships that sail them, have ever seen how bad it can get in a storm on the Great Lakes in November. Mountainous waves, hurricane force winds, freezing spray, six foot lake effect snow storms that buried Buffalo in a 48 hour period last year, the Mackinaw Bridge closed to all traffic for days because of high wind.

It does make sense: typically nasty midwestern weather combined with a gargantuan body of water.

[rdamurphy]

I seem to remember a famous video, WW2 era, IIRC, with a destroyer in rough seas rolling completely over...

Kind of brings a new perspective to those guys with the wooden ships and cloth sails., doesn't it?

Robert

[inflammable]

I kind of miss those fun parts of being at sea. Bad weather, interesting ops, war games. Even those freighters look interesting.

But all that fun didn't make up for the always being gone.

If I could have a better rotation than before (it actually was a good rotation), say 6 months at sea (port hopping), 12 or 18 doing something completely different, it'd probably be alright.

I'd have to live near the ocean for that, and the path hasn't lead back to there, yet.

James

[SD50]

Reminds me of T.S. Barry on my latest deployment.

We were in the Atlantic, homeward bound after a week of hard R&R and consumption of many, many tropical beverages. We had just signed the receipt for another round, and my drink tab was already more than I paid for my first car.

I won't lie to you my friends, the sea was angry that evening. The stabilizers must have been working hard below the waterline. Nevertheless, the hot tub seemed more turbulent than usual. The ice cubes in wife's Mojito were clinking the glass, and the little umbrella fell out of my Blue Hawaii. Fortunately, Tatiana was there with a fresh round. Seas were rising above the windows of the Riviera Deck, we were glad we booked the balcony room higher up on the ship.

Anyways, we made Port Canaveral on time.

[mjs2101]

Kind of brings a new perspective to those guys with the wooden ships and cloth sails., doesn't it?


With wooden ships in that kind of sea, it is easy to understand where the stories of sea monsters and boats falling off the edge of the Earth came from! While I would probably spend much of my time hanging over the railing, it would be an amazing experience to ride or work on an old "ship of the line" sailing ship! Of course a close second would be an aircraft carrier or battle ship.

Great pictures and videos!

Mykel

[Jim Prower]

You mean, you can't roll the boat over and it'll pop up on the other side of sunset like in Pirates of the Carribean?

:p

Those movies did kinda get me into those old ships...and then Jonotan did, too.

[rdamurphy]

Hey, can you do storms like that in MS Ship Simulator?

Robert

[Jim Prower]

You mean, in Virtual Sailor...Yeah, I guess so. I've seen some high seas on You Tube.