Would love to see pictures of 30 ft. wave!

[ACruisingWeWillgo]

If anyone has pictures from the last couple of weeks bad weather. I would love to see some big waves, from the comfort of my den not on a boat.

[KarlaC]

I would like to second that motion!!!

 

Someone has to have them.;)

[orcatek]

Here are some from a long time ago. A HAL ship in the North Atlantic if I remember correctly.

 

The ship was fine. These waves were not 30 feet, but rumored to be 30 meters high as they crashed over the bow easily.

[LVUNDERBIRD]

That is incredible.

 

Thanks for sharing the pictures.

[RSGS315]

I feel for you, as I can relate to this.

We were sailing from New Zealand to Australia in late March 1998 on the Sky Princess, and were caught in a Cyclone in the Tasman Sea. We had 65 ft. seas for several days, but didn't lose power, thank God. The ship was traveling at about 7-9 knots, and the stabilizers were working. This ordeal lastet 4 1/2 days, and we missed the Fjordlands and Hobart, Tasmania alltogether.

We were not allowed to go on deck, and all the doors were chained, as it was too dangerous. Some windows were broken, and a forward railing on the top deck was broken in half.

We purchased some photos from the ship's photographer, that were taken from the forward lounge on the top deck, and they look like a scene from the "Perfect Storm" movie.

Most people were sick for days, and the dining room was fairly empty. My husband and I are good sailors, we discovered, as we didn't miss a meal. We had to wear sneakers at all times, as we were staggering about, bumping into each other or the bulkheads.

We went back 2 years later, this time in January, and had excellent weather.

Happy Cruising, Ginnie

[CruiseShelly]

Here is a link that takes you to a short video of a LARGE wave obscuring the windows of the Golden Lion Pub on the QM2 Deck 2 back in May. It had to be a 20-30 foot wave easily!

 

http://www.*****/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=006307

[shoreguy]

Here is a link that takes you to a short video of a LARGE wave obscuring the windows of the Golden Lion Pub on the QM2 Deck 2 back in May. It had to be a 20-30 foot wave easily!

 

http://www.*****/travelpage/ubb-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=006307

 

Here is a direct link:

 

QM2 Wave

 

 

I love the nervous laughter :eek:

[Druke I]

Been in seas like that (Golden Princess, 8-02 Trans-Atlantic) and it can be bumpy. Several windows on Prom Deck shattered due to ship's flexing that trip, and many people were somewhat under the weather.

 

Worse trip was on little Golden Odyssey, (a 10,000 tonner), Nov 86, in the China Sea, attempting to outrun the back end of a typhoon.

 

We had green water over the bridge, screws out of the water, and I'm told that the inclinometer was "pegged" several times. Adm Halsey lost 3 destroyers to capsizing in those same waters, closing days of WW2.

[OceanDreams]

I was checking to see if anyone has photos of the "Dawn's" experiences. I heard that they too had high waves over the bow.

 

OceanDreams

[ArkansasFish]

Thank you all so much for letting me see that!!

I been at sea all week with a bunch of wine-ers griping about the waves. Now I got something to show them!!

[e.durban]

Stunning QM2 shots. Girlfriend and I had lunch in the pub Sat and Sun of our Mother's Day cruise and the weather was so good that (as we sat by one of those windows) she wished for 'a little storm.' Now that she's seen the clip she's not so sure!