Cape Horn Storm - MS Veendam - Holland America - December 2010 

I agree. My wife and I were on it . Later the captain wrote on a T Shirt I still have, "30metre waves (that's 90ft!), 90 kt winds (one and a half hurricane strength)". The ship suffered considerable damage, even buckled the upper bow, not to mention the damage in the restaurants, shops, casino and staterooms! I saw people huddled together praying! I can not understand why we left the Falkland island that day, knowing what was in front. Next time I go by plane! Gerry Dick. Australia

Imagine the european navigators passing trough this in wooden ships

Awesome that you made it . It could’ve went the other way .

Young Jin Lee frightening.

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Thus is a false statement as Holland AND Princess are both owned by Carnival LLC, this ship is very small and only holds around 1000 passengers. As both Princess & Holland Ships are built very similar.

Tierra del Fuego is a Chilean Province, and Cabo de Hornos is a Chilean commune, and both territories are within the Magallanes Region, Chile. Cape Horn does not belong to Tierra del Fuego

@@Andy-xm1fg this might be a shock to you, but when people around the planet talk about Tierra del Fuego, they are not talking about the Chilean province with that name. For anyone on Earth, (except maybe some Chileans) Tierra del Fuego is the name of the archipelago region at the southernmost tip of South America. This region is divided politically into three provinces, two Chilean and one Argentinian. Yes, there is a Chilean province called the Tierra del Fuego Province, and, yes, Cape Horn is not part of that political region, but Cape Horn is part of the other Chilean province within the Tierra del Fuego Region: the Antártica Chilena Province. While part of this province is in Antártica, the other part of it, the one that includes Cape Horn, is within the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. To round things out, the third province within the Tierra del Fuego region is another province called Tierra del Fuego, but that one belongs to Argentina.

They say it is better to have a shitty boat in a storm than a giant ship or something Idk

We were on this cruise. Never have i been so frightened in my life. Sat in the lounge on the 8th deck, I believe, and watched waves hit the windows. Went to the dining room, and when we looked out the back window, all we could see was a wall of water. Tables and chairs slid across the floor. Everyone was sent to their rooms, and sandwiches were brought to our rooms. The ship pitched and rolled all night. I could actually feel my body lift up off the bed. Several broken arms from falling, and crushed fingers from slamming doors. People were trying to call their families to say goodbye. When we got to Ushuaia, and were able to get off the ship, we saw some smashed cargo doors, and officials were trying to discourage our photos. We also saw the Clelia II docked there. It had to be rescued due to engine failure. We had watched it on the news before we hit the really bad weather.

+ForedeckShuffle We were on the ship. This video was probably taken about midday on the 13th. The waves would come in sets. Like 4 big ones in the 50-60 ft range. By 6 pm they much bigger, probably 70-80 ft. I know because our cabin was on the 5th deck. At times the crest of the waves were above our port window. On the 8th deck where the library was the waves appeared to be a eye level. When were were told the official reading everyone knew no one would believe us. Everyone wanted written proof. So Holland America agreed to print a captain'slog which contained the statistics. They issued one to each cabin. That is where the 98 ft comes from. Our captain who had done 23 years in the North Atlantic and 4 years at Cape Horn said he had never experienced anything like it. A true storm of the century. This was also confirmed by the locals in Ushuaia. So I know the video does not look like it but it really did get that big.

I was on this cruise and the rogue 98 footer hit about 3:00 at night ran out about 1000 ft of anchor line they had to get close to shore to bring up! Yes there really was one big rogue wave!

Unfortunately I was unable to record the biggest waves because during the worst of the storm we were asked to not leave our cabins. I know the waves reached 100 ft because it was registered in the Captain's Log we were given upon deboarding. The captain told us it was the worst storm he had ever confronted at sea. The ship was battered. We lost one anchor and for two days couldn't bring in the other one, and parts of the outside deck were blocked off because the damage made the deck unsafe to walk on. The ship made it to shore thanks to the crew and the captain who used every tool, like flooding half of the hull and chaining the ship's angle, to keep the ship from rolling.

some of the hull panels buckled inward.

And he’s not been seen or heard from since.

rocket scientist, the description says reached. I didn't assume for a moment he was referring specifically to the time period when the video was shot.

Connie, thanks for your comment. I live in the Caribbean and grew up on boats skipping from island to island and have lived though innumerable amounts of storms including 3 cat 4+ hurricanes, so this event did not frighten me. I figured the crew and captain knew what they were doing. During the worst part of the storm, we were asked to stay in our cabins so I was unable to take images from the worst of it. Nonetheless, when we were deboarding we were given a copy of the Captain's Log which recorded the wave measurements and winds speeds.