We moved to Argentia in 1964 when I was 9 but I still remember the ferry ride - it looked just like this - my father was the only one walking the decks not seasick..I remember one man hit his head - really enjoyed hearing the "Newfie" accents, too!

Wow! I sailed in Newfoundland and it wS unforgettable. God bless Newfoundland. Loved it, miss her.

Also, my Dad was CO of the Marine Barracks from '64 to '66 - I have great memories of Newfoundland :)

The way the dishes were smashing it sounded like you was in a Greek taverna

'No turning back!'' lol ;) I crossed the English channel in a severe gale, and the ferry was tiny, [ Falaise] and I said to dad ''how many more hours?'' as I had a mortal dread of people being sick near me.. I remember being glad to disembark when the 5hr trip was over. As it was rough, it took much longer than usual.

This is just a typical winter crossing between port aux Basque NL an north Sydney , NS. Maybe 35 - 40 knots of wind or 65-75 km/hr. Ive crossed this when it was 110 m/hr or 177km/hr.Off NS near sable island where it is fairly shallow there are marker bouys marked in meters to a height of 30. and seas in winter have been to this height that's ..98 feet hight waves.The biggest waves Ive known about was off spare point/ spare harbor, out side st louis's bay, Labrador in march month, this area of the north atlantic in winter is the roughest ocean in the world, where a shoal maked 20 fathoms on the chart had seas breaking over them. That's 120 feet high.

i was on the top deck a few months ago when me and my uncle was going back home. 5 meter waves. when i went up top it was like that feeling when your really drunk only sober lol

The sea's are always rough, even when they're 'calm'! Sorry about the person who died though! Point of advice though: If you know you are someone who gets sea sick then don't take the boat! Take a plane instead! And if that makes you sick, don't bother leaving the island! It's not so bad there anyway! Hometown Proud! Newfoundland Rocks! lol

The William Carson sank in 1976 after hitting an ice burg. We returned from Argentia in July 1973 departing from Port aux Basques to North Sidney on the WV William Carson.

That Cabot Strait can be a bear when its blowin a ten gale.

My first time across was in winter. Took over 12 hrs to cross.

Good god, what's with all the noise? Must be the cases of Molson Ex on the bridge! Lol!

Been there. I was in a cabin sitting on the shower floor with my precious bag the whole ride back.

killer video!!!

Went to newf on family vacation in 1972. Crossed onthe William Carson. She sank later that year

Man that ship creaks more than my back..

Which ferry was this? I worked on the crew that welded the bow visor shut on the MV Caribou after she hit a rogue wave. Seas were 20+ ft abd the wave bent her hull plating so you could see where the "ribs" were and opened about a 12" gap in 15' of the visor seam. It bent a 36" steel beam against its backbone, the hardest way to bend a beam. That was a "massive" wave.

its a very scary storm, huge waves

You gotta love the Newfie accent

Try Cook Strait in NZ when its rough.10m waves are the usual. And yes I did contribute to the vomit vessel!

Ok now thats some big waves

I've been on Acadian princess 30 years ago water over the windows you couldn't stand up move around.

Had one crossing like this---trust me absolutely no fun.

Now you say oh vic it's not that rough any more, then you tell me how they take 25 foot waves out of the sea, my god man I get sick just watching the waves, I'll have to fly:)

What was the date the video was taken? Thanks

I was there when you were recording this. Is it possible that you can send that to me so i can download that to my computer? There was fellas that has crossed there for many years and never experienced anything like that before. Im over once a week and i know that was a nasty boat ride!

hey westvillwhat can you explain me what a swell is? i was ont he camille marcoux in february and there was a big ass swell hitting the side boat that it almost capsize on its side the captain had to stop the ship and change the course to avoid it what exactly is a swell i hope you can explain it so people don,t whine about OH iwaves aren't even that big! and all that stuff thank you!

Ahhh....how cute....was that a wake?

i remember year's ago I was catching a ferry from argentia(Newfoundland) to nova Scotia and the sea was fuckin angry that day, we were in like 15 to 20 foot waves and it was ROUGH as fuck. I thought for sure at one point the boat went completely to one side so far that the people who were drinking in the bar were spilling there drinks.

nice

Man I haven't been on da ferry in years

I dunno if it's the same Ferry,I was on to, St Pierre in September 17 2011 but a Passenger actually passed on,While the Ferry was crossing. Poor guy had a Cardiac Arrest we were administering CPR,and there was even a Physician,t to the scene,where poor guy fell,and took over,pumping his chest. The Gentleman never,came back and was breading,through a Chest pump frm the Ferry's Fist Aid kit,placed in by this Dr Lennox from Halfax NS. I hoped for the best,but as I found out later,they'd flew him to St Johns,NF & Lab.but unfortunately he passed on few days later,his family,ok'd the Drs to stop the machine.I guess the Dr figured,poor guy must have been,unconscious,5-10 before my Wife and saw him laying there,He suffered Unrecoverable,Brain Damages,from lock of Blood circulation to,his Brains!x Sad he was still a young Man at 45. RIP Scott Prigmore.1966-17.Sept 2011. Can you please,let me kn if this was the same Ferry ride?

Which ferry was this?

Ya. Gotta love those new boats eh. Lol.

The dishes are hittin the floor lol

It does look very bad. I used to take that ferry trip( which really can toss you around a bit) and then drive to Argentia. I get sea sick just looking at this..

I think I was on that ferry

The sea was angry that day my friends...like an old man bringing soup back at a deli

That's pretty scary.

It isn't so much the height of the waves so much as the pitch (the distance between peaks). These waves are bad-rough, but not bad-serious.

a few years back, we drove over on the bridge for free but hadda pay for the ferry boat which was very calm....can't imagine being on such seas so we lucked out. sorry but is was PEI, not where the Newfies abide.....

The proper title for this would be: Newfoundland ferry in massive waves "MUST HEAR".

This must have been scary

like they didn't design the kitchen pro-actively to prevent stuff from breaking? Nah nobody would have ever been able to figure out that the boat would go over waves.

0:22 now we know what it must have sounded like on the Estonia car ferry when it tipped 35 degrees in a few seconds... terrifying

So 15 foot ( as they claim) waves are "massive" and a "must see". Maybe they.bave never seen water before. Only when you try to cross that water in bathtub it would be a problem. I want my time spend on this back .

Call those ways massive? In Cook Strait (New Zealand) that's just a normal swell. COME ON GUYS!!! Wait till you get vehicles bring washed overboard

i'm thinking about the cars man...must be a wreck in there

ahah i wish i had abetter cam then my blackberry ahah the video dosnet do it any justice on how crazy it was lol

What a ya at by’es?

What do you mean "massive" waves? They're not massive, you can still see the horizon looking so flat. Wait 'til the waves are so big that the horizon keeps vanishing behind towering waves, then the ferry will REALLY heave! I'd love to be on it in 50 foot swells, that would be well exciting! Miles better than insane brutal frying HOT sun!

I stand corrected.

Haha if this was after the ferry was shut down for a couple days.. I wanna say 2009 just before christmas it was 11m seas

seen bigger waves in my bath,lol

That would have made me sick and nerves at the same time best to take a strong sleeping pile and sleep threw it .

the noise of the waves against the ship, make me sick.......

Doesn't sound like there's any plates left to fill order 25.

Average waves. Was that your first time on thw ferry crossing? Not a single one even broke over the bow. Had a little mist.

I would have been so sea sick that the best thing for me to do was jump overboard and get it over with quickly.

Big waves...15 foot the bloke says.. thats only between 5 and 6 on the scale..

I don't like title's like these. How did the passenger die? It just leaves you hanging.

im not sure how iwould send it

I think I'll stay on land

Where were the massive waves? Seemed quite below average

1977

*ANNOUNCEMENT:* "Table #25, your coffee's ready . . . Oops!, sorry, it's on the deck . . . Are you in a hurry?"

I didn't see Jack...... nor Jill.

last saturday

The worst was the smell of vomit in the whole fucking ship!

Those americans have never even caught a ferry in their life!

I just got seasick by Ipad

: Then he’s right about that too.

Wises, that's not big waves, you would know rough sea if it bit ya

that camera quality was very frightening

lol whining? people that worked on the boat for a long time said it was one of the worst crossings they ever been on it was in november 2011 from port aux basque to north sydney nova scotia

it wasn't that massive. I have experienced much bigger pounding wave

waves for school girls

I've been out in my canoe with my family and grandmother in worse stuff than this....

Waves my arse. That is nothing. Try crossing a shallow sea in winter - like the North Sea, English Channel or Irish Sea.

it was the blue putees i do beleive

So you show the boring view outside but fail to film the excitement of everything flying all over the place. You're fired.

More views if you had videod the destruction

A bit "Titanic"-ish. Please stop

this is nothing