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#4535427 - 09/01/20 03:02 AM you cant pay me enought to work on a ship (huge waves)  
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my uncle worked on a tanker, he told me stories when we were kids, but i never had the imagination to see this. after all as a kid, big waves is big as the ones on the beach.

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#4535431 - 09/01/20 04:44 AM Re: you cant pay me enought to work on a ship (huge waves) [Re: Blade_RJ]  
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Never forget the the conversation I had with my father who was a Merchant Marine during the 50s between duties in the Army in Panama. He had a
fall trip on an ore carrier across Lake Superior during a Storm warning. Hurricane force winds and waves to 25 ft on a inland sea. He had wanted to eat
for his next work schedule on the ship. Crew quarters in the back of the ship and you had ride the cable up the Galley. He lost sight of the front the ship
3 times before making his mad dash. What a sinking feeling that would have been.
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#4535437 - 09/01/20 08:45 AM Re: you cant pay me enought to work on a ship (huge waves) [Re: Blade_RJ]  
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Not for me, a life on the ocean waves. I was seasick in a rowing boat in a sheltered cove once.
If I can see the horizon I'm okay, but i once took a channel Ferry to France at night on what was said to be the worst sea conditions for many years. I was holding down on passenger decks awash with vomit until I espied some French truckers downing Full English Breakfasts washed down with beer which triggered seemingly endless hurling...so much I'm sure i siphoned my underwear up through my alimentary canal.
I was on my was to a Kendo tournament in Lyon, I had my Daisho with me (this was 1970!) and was so ill I was eyeing my wakizashi considering Seppuku, if I had had the strength to wield it.

Only a bad crossing on the now defunct Hovercraft service came close, but I could endure the 35 minutes travail without mishap, the the stewards did run out of sick-bags I was told.

All that North Sea wave power funnels into the narrow of the English Channel, making it one of the most dangerous of the busiest of sea ways. For that reason I'm sure if Germany had attempted an invasion of England in 1940, at night in converted and often towed inland water barges, neccesitating carrying 12,000 horses in the first wave as the Heer where not as mechanised as propaganda spouted, it would have been an unmitigated disaster that may have altered the course of the war.



#4535439 - 09/01/20 09:09 AM Re: you cant pay me enought to work on a ship (huge waves) [Re: Blade_RJ]  
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Rogue waves have swallowed ships.


There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
#4535441 - 09/01/20 10:30 AM Re: you cant pay me enought to work on a ship (huge waves) [Re: Blade_RJ]  
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After leaving the army I worked on the ships for over 5 years... it's one of the best jobs to have in my opinion.
I have seen such fantastic sights out at sea, things that most people in the world will never experience, and yes, huge storms and waves were one of those experiences.
Just standing on the bridge on watch during those storms is something I will never forget. One minute, all you can see is the sky, the next, just the sea as you hurtle back into it. If you are not hanging onto a grab rail you would be catapulted straight across the bridge at high speed. Couple with the violent upwards and downwards motion is the hard rolling of the ship at the same time... it's a pretty awesome experience.

#4535444 - 09/01/20 11:10 AM Re: you cant pay me enought to work on a ship (huge waves) [Re: BD-123]  
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Originally Posted by BD-123
For that reason I'm sure if Germany had attempted an invasion of England in 1940, at night in converted and often towed inland water barges, neccesitating carrying 12,000 horses in the first wave as the Heer where not as mechanised as propaganda spouted, it would have been an unmitigated disaster that may have altered the course of the war.






The Germans were nowhere near as ingenious as the Normans. wink


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#4535507 - 09/01/20 06:01 PM Re: you cant pay me enought to work on a ship (huge waves) [Re: Blade_RJ]  
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So you'd rather settle for conquering domed brazilian peaks and licking through winding crevices in brazilian valleys, than riding undulating waves eh?

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#4535514 - 09/01/20 06:25 PM Re: you cant pay me enought to work on a ship (huge waves) [Re: Blade_RJ]  
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I've never been to sea in a cruise ship so I don't know if I'd get sea-sick or not.

The closest I got was a trip in a 'Trent' Class lifeboat that ironically broke down about a mile out to sea. We had to return on one engine but it was still quite rapid.


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#4535516 - 09/01/20 06:34 PM Re: you cant pay me enought to work on a ship (huge waves) [Re: Blade_RJ]  
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I got sea sick watching that video. I need some Dramamine please.


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#4535520 - 09/01/20 07:26 PM Re: you cant pay me enought to work on a ship (huge waves) [Re: Chucky]  
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Originally Posted by Chucky
I've never been to sea in a cruise ship so I don't know if I'd get sea-sick or not.


I've been on 3 cruises, only ever had one night that the sea was a bit rough and I quite enjoyed it. No water breaking over the bow however. My wife didn't care for it at all.


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#4535533 - 09/01/20 10:14 PM Re: you cant pay me enought to work on a ship (huge waves) [Re: Blade_RJ]  
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I've had "nightmares" about huge ocean waves anywhere from 50 feet to thousands of feet tall coming toward me my entire life. I used the term "nightmare" loosely because in the actual dreams they never get to me, and for some reason I'm only moderately afraid of them whereas if I saw anything like those waves in real life I think death by heart attack before they even touched me would be a real possibility.

Oh, and I'm always on land with these.

I'd be a real mental mess out at sea among huge waves. I might be able to cope with some heavy drinking, but you can only do THAT for so long...

#4535539 - 09/01/20 11:35 PM Re: you cant pay me enought to work on a ship (huge waves) [Re: Blade_RJ]  
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You don't have to be at sea to see BIG waves.


There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
#4535540 - 09/01/20 11:43 PM Re: you cant pay me enought to work on a ship (huge waves) [Re: Blade_RJ]  
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Flower corvettes in the Atlantic.


There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.

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