Wow. This is one of many reasons why I never wanted to be a sailor. mad props to anyone who does this for a living.

i rode on this ship, as a passenger, the year after this happened. i saw lots of pictures of what happened all around the ship. there were many cars damaged. one picture showed the roll angle at 52 degrees. we got 35 degrees on my trip and that was fun. and by fun i mean, i enjoy hitting my head on the wall much quicker than i could do myself. the guys who work on that ship and other like it are fantastic, professional and terrible dart players.

Whew, nice recovery! The frequency of the waves+the frequency of the ship's roll= Capsize.

As long as I live I will never believe this is any type of common occurrence for these people, but if it is true, I now have an even more profound respect for the people that chose this type of profession !! no matter how many times a person lives this experience, it can never be anything less than a nightmare! To anyone doing this type of work I salute you and you have my utmost respect.

This looks like fun time all around. I did shop time in the south china sea and weathered some stiff weather, but the storms off the north Atlantic are no joke. I don't think they had any doubt she would hold up, but it can get pretty dodgy on the bridge. Everyone else is going below decks and getting in their berths.

You can almost feel the struggle between the ocean and the ship through the sounds she's making.

Yeah! 50 degrees! Finally, some action happened during my boring internship on that carrier :)

You know the meme "do a barrel roll" doesn't apply to ships

At times like this you pray the cargo is well secured. If it shifts, the ship rolls over and you're history.

Lieutenant Dan would love that shit.

I'd rather be in here wishing I was out there than out there wishing I was in here. Spoken by an Old Salty Dog.................

it's like a roadrunner was passing through the bridge, bi-bip !

you wouldnt believe how calm the skipper is on days like that. just anada day in the Office

people sitting on the couch watching youtube on an iphone complaining that it is not cinematic quality. lol. love your the statement about irrelevance

Quick! Grab me that chart! No, not that one...THAT one! No no! The other one THERE!!

That ocean is no joke

I sailed many years ago and the worst we had was approx. 35-40 degrees and as I was in the engine room wasn't as bad as those on the bridge which swung a wider arc...

I'm from the faroese, and yes, I believe it rolls 50 degrade. I have been in Flemish Cap with a long liner, where the walls become the floor.

The ship is finally turned into the swell after rolling way past 40°. The Captain was stubbornly staying on a course that was endangering the ship.

As if the wave weren't enough, a raccoon got into the garbage.

"Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"

Pleased to see all the MCA paperwork making things safer.......on the deck!!

HEY!!! You're the guys that scratched up my Hyundai !!!

The roll shown here is at least 50 degrees. One measures a 'roll' by combining the lateral deflection BOTH sides of zero degrees. And, yes, I am qualified to state this categorically.

These are the risks one takes when he spends his life at sea. The oceans are merciless.

Well this is the reason why i wanted to be a sailor

360 roll and im impressed

I bet those car carriers are real pigs to handle in any sea given the vast slab sides of those designs but that clip was beyond scary

Damn !!! That was some heavy rolling !!!

Wouldn't ever wanna be in the position with that kind of roll!

They're supposed to be tied taunt !!… Would you imagine the rumble of metal, plastic and tires piled up in a corner of the hold ???… ;)))

Insane!! Just awesome footage,really great-inspires me to go out on the sea xD

Scary as hell. Was there no way tl secure all those folders and so on? How did you clean up and sort out the mess?

the bridge appears to be a bit untidy...

I read that stabilizer fins are supposedly mounted on the lower hulls of new ships to prevent the ship from rolling that far. Truthfully, if I were on that ship, I'd be terrified that the ship would completely tip over.

AGREED! I may even quit taking baths after seeing this!

would love to experience a storm at sea... as long as i live through it... scary tho.. brave lads!

50 degree rolls on the cameramans part, yes.

lol the Custodian is going to have a hell of a clean up job after that.

"clean up on the bridge ...clean up on the bridge. that is all."

20,000 years of NOPE

for those who believe this is a 50 roll, try to pause the video at 0:22 thats about the maximum roll to the "right", this is 20- max 30 degree roll ( and the people are mysteriusly standing in an right angle.. - so. the cameraman does tilt the camera a bit extra to make it look more crazy

"Sir? The new car you ordered has unfortunately been delayed a bit.."

i could see jack and rose standing on the bow than ending up in the water lol

you have never been on a ship rolling 50° on each side! Half deck under water and pray to resurface!

I assume the Chile Eating Contest has been postponed?

This would be fun as hell if it was like an amusment park ride where there wasnt really a possibility of dying

good capitan!! chance of course on time. the from the waves.

I would be scared of this box shaped ship at any moment to roll over in the big swell.

on a rough seas there is no ship where papers,books,rectangles,etc are not flying over the bridge.Even refrigerators in cabins,drawers,lockers which are fixed to the wall with screws and L-profiles are pulled out and dancing around the cabin.

Batten Down the Hatches+!

Gotta question...how would someone like myself work on a big ship like this?

you can't notice the movement between the window frame and the horizon? does the cameraman tilt the horizon too? this is a car carrier, they do tilt that badly

Up until the one that takes you down, you get used to it.

thanks

That's some big blue out there...

you're correct, except for the fact that this vessel does not have a door at its bow. and if the door is properly closed, modern ro-ro ships can be presented with oncoming waves.

that's rolling

Strange colors, strange sounds, god damn, this would win hollywood's scariest movie ever :). Nahh it's just another day in the sea...

- One thing is for serten, theres gonna be a huge clean-up at that bridge, thats for sure!

cool vid

I guess now they know what the purpose is of the wooden planks at the front of the filing cabinets and bindershelfs.

oooh I see, those extension of the bridge is just like cat's beard, if it touches the water, then the ship will be turn over

Dude,.... CAAAAMERRRRAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS CAPTAIN!!! :"Cleaning lady to the bridge"

I measured - the ship never went past 15 degrees. The cameraman, on the other hand, was going all over the place.

How fast can rudder move, every 10 seconds change from side to side?

Hey man is this on the Courage? I worked on the Indy 2 for a while and heard some stories about them dipping the bridge wing on that boat. The biggest roll I've seen on the Indy so far was about 35 degrees.

That's the real deal there.

0:16, YOU WERE LAUGHING!

If the bridge is that trashed, I'd love to see the cars

So this is why my car arrived with the mother of all dents in it.

Captain needs a rally seat

When the center of gravity rolls past the center of buoyancy it will capsize.

master is master....you can go into the storm or you can avoid it! His decision is an ultimate decision,regardless the owner!!!!

captain is going like "im riding those bitchies"

@ 5:57 "HAVE YOU EVER SEEN WEATHER LIKE THIS IN THE PACIFIC?" "No, it's a small body of water, usually it doesn't get too rough"

Yes,,there are different way's to clean up...

Loooool!

I would imagine the cars below are all smashed up for sure.

nothing like crossing the north atlantic

that's one tidy command bridge...

Would of love to seen the Galley

When a ship puts out to sea, it's customary to tie down all possible missile hazards. The bridge on this vessel seems to have missed something. I was aboard a US Navy destroyer in the fall of '69 in the N.Atlantic in a storm. We took 2 - 51 deg. rolls. The ship was only capable of sustaining 57 or 58 deg. without capsizing. It was flat out scary. The sea can be an enchanting mistress or terribly unforgiving. She has an allure that only a seafarer will understand.

Think I'd have turned that biarch around and gone home if I were captain.

Wow

That is what NO man wishes to hear! I imagine meals at sea help break the monotony, and men are always hungry. Not like you can easily phone for a takeaway pizza, either.

You will almost get seasick only to watch this.

By customer demand "new car smell" has been replaced by "fresh ocean breezes."

glorious seamen!

the cargo go OWNED lol

already shitted my pants

50 DEGREE ROLL UFFFFF THATS HELL OF A LOT....WHAT WAS YOUR ANGLE OF FLOODING.....

i would have been in a life boat by now lol

Stand still PLEASE!

I WOULD HAVE TO LIVE AT THE NEXT PORT OF CALL BECAUSE MY CAREER IN SAILING WOULD BE OVER.

I tip my hat to those guys. no way in hell I'd do that job

I've been up there during the summer but it was nothing like that holy shit lol

Captains have tactics to help keep the boat upright. But of course boats can only handle such big waves no matter how they're handled. Captain Techniques (Some): Hit the wave at a 45 Degree angle Don't go to fast or to slow, go fast enough to conquer the wave, but not to smash, and dont go to slow as to be lifted and rolled by the waves. This technique is known as graceful gliding. - Those are a few.

Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?