never forget the storm we were in on this ship!! everyone was sick, falling all over the place!!! and my dad was sitting in the sky deck reading the newspaper like it was nothing lol
I rode her on the afternoon crossing from Holyhead to Dublin on March 12, 1999, returning to Holyhead on the night crossing two weeks later. She was pretty new then, I think only about two years, and was up to that point the largest ship I had even been on. Very impressive.
Many years ago as a kid was coming home from a family holiday in France and was on board a P&O boat to Portsmouth (When P&O were doing the long crossings) an was coming back in a Force 10/11 peaking 12 mid channel the decks were closed due to the sever weather and the chairs outside were strapped down. It was ace being a kid it was like being on a roller coaster the ship was going up and side to side we were the only family plus the crew who wasn't being ill everywhere and looking very green. Days later it still felt like we were still on the boat, 😀😄⛴🌬
Yes, that is a fairly well known sensation..I never suffered from it as a kid, but do as an adult if the ferry is rough..''Mal de debarquement' is the term...Luckily I don't feel sick with it, but some people do....and that must be horribly unfair..
Came across on the Epsilon in force 8 few weeks ago, it was my first experience of bad weather on a boat, scary at first, but started to enjoy it when we got stuck in, it was like a fairground attraction . . I'd reckon I could take a force 10 😆
Classic Van Der Giessen De Noord ship riding the Irish Sea Waves. I know because I live on the Isle Of Man and we have the same yard built ferry Ben My Chree what is smaller tho .
Like the natural sound effect on this vid, not overlaid with music, just the rushing sea and the wind ok, it is buffeting the camera mike a bit , but apart from this it is nice to hear the sea.
I’ve travelled to and from Ireland with Irish Ferries about thirty times in the last ten years and generally they are efficient.They would not sail in dangerous conditions
Sea conditions very rough...I recall being delayed for 36 hours on the St. Brendan ferry from Fishguard to Rosslare in Hurricane Charlie during the 1980's...now that was a frightening experience...needless to say, we were relieved to reach port!!
I did Roscoff to Plymouth with Brittany ferries on board Armourique back in 2012. Started off fun and just a bit choppy. 30 mins in and: stuff falling off shelves, people spewing up everywhere and even worse had no cabin so had to sit around the bars and restaurants smelling and watching it. turned a 6 hour crossing into a 8 hour. At least we could get into Plymouth without waiting outside the port.
Yes, the sight and sound and smell is grim...why oh why don't people use travel sickness meds..they really do help many people. But nope, the unwise pile into food and booze, and half an hour later, up it all comes. Nasty :)
@@Oakleaf700 agreed went over to wales the other week on irish ferries and came back on stena a few days later , rough conditions on both sailings and my first time travelling by ferry but took 1 travel sickness tablet before departing and was largely ok even managed to fit in a bite to eat , honestly thought those travel sickness tablets we're a con but after taking them i'd highly recommend them
@@@rhysgallagher58 Oh , travel sickness tablets are no con :) ..But I understand why people doubt them. I doubted them too before discovering what a help they are. I get nauseated in cars sometimes, and took a tablet after the nausea kicked in , and it wasn't very effective...the trick with ALL travel sickness pills/patches is to take them as per instructions on box...usually before travelling. They seem to work by dulling down the impulses to the brain that triggers nausea and vomiting..Glad you were ok, It is an infamous Crossing, St George's Channel {Fishguard-Rosslare} is even rougher than Irish Sea on a bad day.
I remember traveling from Rosslare to Fishguard in 1969 on Duke of Rothesay a few weeks later when returning to Fishguard the weather turned part of the way across with a nasty swell, I was repelled and nauseated by the the disgusting spattering of people’s guts on to deck, you would turn away to another part of the boat only to at first hear another disgusting spattering and splashing noise as someone else spilled their burning stomach acid ridden contents onto another part of the deck, the stench inside the vessel was HORRIFIC, consequently I spent the entire crossing on deck clinging on to the hope that I too would not succumb, I managed not to but the nausea was terrible, people looking pasty and shuffling into corners their companions trying to console them to no avail, from that day on I have been truly horrified by sea sickness, absolutely TERRIFIED of it…that was 1969 in AUGUST, I will never forget the sheer filth of those passengers spattering their guts up in various corners or at the foot of companion ways!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ian McGreevy yeah true, go towards the centre of the ship and stand there, the ship will rotate around you so you dont get sea sickness coz your in a neutral area
Great video.. I was on a Stena in force 10 and touched force 11 in parts from Holyhead to Dublin in 2011 or 2012..Stena Nordica..stayed in truckers lounge because the adrenelin was pumping and couldnt sleep..pissing and showering wasnt fun either..BUT, we survived!!!!
My worst crossing was aboard the mv norsun we were in amsterdam and on the way back to the ship on the coach the wind was ripping branches off the trees, we arrived at the dock and the wind was nearly overturning the coach, after we boarded my wife and i went for an early meal just in case, as they were preparing to leave the dock the wind caught the ship and slammed it into the jetty damaging the cargo door, so we were delayed four hours while two blokes in a cherry picker bashed the door shut with a sledge hammer, when we finally got out to sea it was a force 11 the ship was flooded out with people spewing up, i thought it was curtains that night, the wife was terrified lol.
Spinaway...my nightmare...''triple S'' of rough seas...the Sight, Sound and Smell of people chundering, and on a ferry there is no escape. [except in a cabin with thick walls] yuck.
I would have deboarded if I saw two dudes on a cherry picker bashing that door. I woulda told them to board and see how their handiwork held up on the crossing.
Ahoy! Is it possible for me to use and share this footage on my youtube page? I share footage from all kind of activities on our ocean. Cargo ships in the 1960s till now, oil rigs, fishing vessels, etc. Of course full credit will be given to the owner of the footage. Looking forward to your reply. Kind regards. Cheers.!!
For the average landlubber passenger, that journey would have felt like forever. Transderm Scop is one of the best anti seasick meds..get it from your doctor. One of the best meds out there.
@@fenrichlee2867 the back on most modern ferries is open so it can transport haz chem vehicles....this is certinely not a half ferry ..you should look it up...
I'd say it was fun to be o the Isle Of Inishmore that day. I remember being on the Stena Nordica from Holyhead back to Dublin on the night sailiing, and I remember the ferry rising up and down with the waves. I didn't really mind it, until I feel unwell and it wasn't that fun then
I suggest that "lads working in the engine room" went the way of stokers shovelling coal into boilers. Nowadays don't they just take a walk around now and then to make sure nothing's gone wrong that can't be detected on remote instrumentation and monitors?
Say they feel it a lot less down there since they are below the waterline and the movement is a lot less it be more hell for the crew high up on the bridge at the bow or anyone near the stern
i went on this ol tub in the late nineties when she was on dublin holyhead pre ulysees. got off tuther end steaming. .....memorable albeit drunken crossing.lol
I shall arise now and go to Inishmore And my face shall turn a very patriotic green Over the gunwhale I shall bend and feed the little fishes Despite the Dramamine(tm).
How in God's name do these boats stay afloat. It terrifies me every time I sail? I do not get sea sick, I panic like crazy though. Anyone know if there is a cure for my fear? Angela
Angela Hawes Your fear is called Naviphobia and the only thing that cured me of it was going on a ferry in a storm (Beaufort 7) and that was blumin scary!
Angela, just learn how a craft is designed, a little deeper into stability, and you would see how well planned, designed, and built. Knowledge would eliminate your phobias👍
If you'll notice under the bow is a bulbous projection that's filled with air. It prevents the bow from going under in rough seas like the one pictured here.
i used to sail in heavy weather like this in races but their was always a commitee boat or other racers to pull me out. if there is no reason to risk it the rule is the free board of the bow is the max size of the sea thats permitted . i would have not traveled on the sea on this day unless it was a race.
+Loch Garman Really?? The old "Mail Boats" used to sail WHATEVER the weather! On the 23rd both the Ulysses and the Stena Adventurer had to mooch around then lie at anchor into the wind outside Holyhead Harbour because the wind was too strong (G8 gusting SF10) for them to get onto their berth.
+SuperCoastie1 Do you think this is because they are ''too big'' and the wind catches their sides and blows them about? ferries now are vast compared to the little ones of old.
JULIE RIDGE That's so funny. They forage for money so badly that they can't even take the ship out of their money-making stormy trips to paint it. Just look at the letter "I" in "Irish. Hope the autos aren't dented too badly.
