Ship in a gale
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Internal footage of a ship in a storm.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=975_1283799588
Scary but looks like a fun ride.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=975_1283799588
Scary but looks like a fun ride.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BFux2AAMso&NR=...
This one is incredible, the entire crew buggered off and left the passengers to die.
This one is incredible, the entire crew buggered off and left the passengers to die.
Mini1275 said:
Have to laugh - the 'Google Ads' banner that popped across the bottom of that vid was for 'Jobs on cruise ships'!voyds9 said:
Internal footage of a ship in a storm.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=975_1283799588
Scary but looks like a fun ride.
The fat bloke walking up hill at 20 seconds did it for me http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=975_1283799588
Scary but looks like a fun ride.
I can remember as a young apprentice doing some sea time on a Destroyer up in the North Pacific, right up the front at the pointy end under the gun was an area that was three decks high and open so around 40' high, as bored young men do we used to get down there in the really rough weather and as the front of the ship would rise and fall if you timed it perfectly you could jump up as the ship dropped and reach the ceiling to grab some of the fire mains or other pipework running along overhead, you could then hang there 40' up in the air like some kind of superhero, you then had to time letting go just as perfectly so that you had a gentle drop and met the deck below as it was coming up again, time it wrong and you'd be looking at a fall similar to that from a 4th/5th floor window!!!!! We got a b
king pretty soon after that and the area got put out of bounds during rough weather 
king pretty soon after that and the area got put out of bounds during rough weather Mini1275 said:
Never underestimate the power of the sea, that looks seriously fking scary....mel said:
I can remember as a young apprentice doing some sea time on a Destroyer up in the North Pacific, right up the front at the pointy end under the gun was an area that was three decks high and open so around 40' high, as bored young men do we used to get down there in the really rough weather and as the front of the ship would rise and fall if you timed it perfectly you could jump up as the ship dropped and reach the ceiling to grab some of the fire mains or other pipework running along overhead, you could then hang there 40' up in the air like some kind of superhero, you then had to time letting go just as perfectly so that you had a gentle drop and met the deck below as it was coming up again, time it wrong and you'd be looking at a fall similar to that from a 4th/5th floor window!!!!! We got a bking pretty soon after that and the area got put out of bounds during rough weather
That sounds like a lot of fun!king pretty soon after that and the area got put out of bounds during rough weather There a view from another angle here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Ch397Ipps
Brings it home when you realise the guy at 1:22 at the table in the foreground is trying to protect his kid by hiding him under it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Ch397Ipps
Brings it home when you realise the guy at 1:22 at the table in the foreground is trying to protect his kid by hiding him under it.
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