cavanami Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 No way it listed 45 degrees! Part of our sea trials for a new ship consisted of doing inclination tests and we had to struggle to get to 15 degrees! Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Rocked by Hurricane-Force Winds Heads Back to New Jersey https://www.yahoo.com/gma/royal-caribbean-cruise-ship-rocked-hurricane-force-winds-130856716--abc-news-topstories.html A Royal Caribbean cruise ship that was rocked by hurricane-force winds overnight is sailing back to port in Bayonne, New Jersey. The decision to change course came after the Anthem of the Seas experienced turbulent weather overnight off the coast of the Carolinas. The ship was headed to the Bahamas. Furniture tumbled over, ceilings fell down and table-top objects crashed to the floor as 40-foot waves battered the ship. No one was seriously injured. Buoy data collected near the path of the ship recorded wind gusts up to 76 miles per hour. About 4,000 people were ordered to stay in their cabins. Some passengers reported the ship was tilting (or "listing") at 45 degrees... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Famous last words, We can beat the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 That must have been degrees Fahrenheit and not Celsius. Jesting aside, as you stated Cav anything 15 or above will lead to capsisure I have worked on and commissioned numerous FSPO (Floating Storage, Production, Offloading) We would shut down operations at 7 Degrees list, at 10 Degrees my asshole was twitching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted February 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 We [prepared for the 15 degree list test, batten everything down. We put a plumb bob on the bulkhead so we could measure the max...barely got to 15 degrees and the items that others didn't batten down, they were in a pile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Once a vessel of any size takes on a list there is no coming back, 10 Degrees was "No Chopper" Sod drowning, I would prefer to be the softest cunt in the massage parlour than the richest man in the graveyard, run way, run away thats me hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baa99 Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 These new cruise ships are top heavy and present a huge surface area to the wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 cruising is my idea of hell aside from this kind of drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Cruise Ships? try this - http://www.wired.com/2016/02/conspira-sea-cruise-know-truth/ (also posted in another thread but relevant here too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Working on the cruise ships was fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 You were cougar fodder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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