Thursday 6 January 2011

Video: Tanker in big storm



H/T Filippo

1 comment:

john jay said...

theo:

i have stood next to oil tankers in the 1100 foot class, docked in port angeles, washington for deck & anchor repair, and the like.

there is a lot of bow above the water line, and i just cannot imagine green water breaking over the side of the deck like that.

i spent some time in alaska on crab boats, in the bering (not as a deck hand, but as a materials handler, laughing, sounds better than "grunt") sea, in some mild weather.

my good friend, i just about freaked when i saw the film of this tanker heading into those kinds of seas at an angle to the waves, some running very near to 90 degrees off the bow.

amazing. quite a film.

the ocean remains a very dangerous place, and that boat was in harm's way in those seas.

john jay
milton freewater, oregon usa