Wait, wait, people were complaining about 15ft swells on a CRUISE SHIP? I mean, we're talking like a big thing, right? How big was the ship?
See, this is why I don't go on cruises. Other passengers would be getting sick and I'd be telling them all about the time we did 18 footers off teh coast of Australia and the entire front end of the boat came out of the water, then slammed back down and buried the 5" gun on the front up to the barrel (this was when I was on a Spru-can, the mighty USS Fletcher).
Oh and then there was SIX WEEKS of 12 foot swells that we had to take athwartships when we were hanging around South America. 12 footers when you can turn the bow into them are nothin, taking 'em on the side is a killer though.
Anyway, glad you had fun and wish I'd been there to be smug about the waves!
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Date: 2007-11-06 02:22 am (UTC)See, this is why I don't go on cruises. Other passengers would be getting sick and I'd be telling them all about the time we did 18 footers off teh coast of Australia and the entire front end of the boat came out of the water, then slammed back down and buried the 5" gun on the front up to the barrel (this was when I was on a Spru-can, the mighty USS Fletcher).
Oh and then there was SIX WEEKS of 12 foot swells that we had to take athwartships when we were hanging around South America. 12 footers when you can turn the bow into them are nothin, taking 'em on the side is a killer though.
Anyway, glad you had fun and wish I'd been there to be smug about the waves!