Did the Portsmouth to St Malo last week overnight, see was completely flat but could feel every smallish wave. This ship looks nice and steady over big waves
Millpond. Our October 6 2020 crossing from Bilbao was just the same until we left Bilbao harbour. The ship was very late departing as the weather had been so bad on the way down to Spain. Within 40 minutes we understood. We were in lying down in bed, trying not to be sick. She failed, despite pills swallowed. I took pills later, but held it all in. We had splurged on an expensive commodore (?) cabin at the front: luxury. Waves repeatedly hit our windows directly from the bow as it went under, for more than 12 hours. The ceiling groaned for around 8 hours. We stayed there for 18 hours in bed, trying not to be ill. The next morning, the whole ship was in shock: PTSD It began to be ok halfway across the channel to Portsmouth. So, we could finally go and see how our poor dogs had faired in the pet kennels. They seemed alright.
The Channel can cut up rough. Worst ferry crossing I ever had was as a child on a very old, tiny ferry {Falaise} from Dieppe to Newhaven. A young man {26} actually died of seasickness aboard her..{a lorry driver transporting a cargo of oranges from Seville} She was 'almost on her beam ends' at the time...It was mentioned in an online forum, by her Quartermaster. Bigger ships definitely handle bad weather better as regards rolling.
I remember reading stories about that. These links make for an interesting read :). www.ournewhaven.org.uk/page_id__2693.aspx www.ournewhaven.org.uk/page/the_day_we_nearly_lost_the_chartres?path=0p69p87p70p
@@ferriesinfocus The poor lorry driver might have had another health problem causing his untimely Death? I wonder if Diabetic, or a ruptured blood vessel from the force of heaving. Many years ago I was taken to Casualty {A friend called an ambulance, unknown to me} after vomiting repeatedly all day.. The Ambulance crew deemed it necessary to be taken to Hospital..I couldn't even stand up..had to be stretchered downstairs and out the door while neighbours gawked. It was a stomach bug, as had a temp. The doctor at Casualty listened to my gut and said ''You really have been puking, haven't you?'' He said the brain can go into ''puke overdrive'' where it just keeps signalling the ''puke'' order...and it rapidly leads to dehydration/exhaustion after many hours. I had an injection to ''switch off'' the puking...such a blessed relief. 🙏 But if a person was diabetic, the glucose balance could send them into a far more dangerous condition. RNLI, Bless them all, 👍 do go out to rescue severely seasick sailors who can no longer command their yachts.
@@jimlepeu Roll is really nauseating. Falaise allegedly had stabilisers, but her crew said they weren't very effective. I can vouch for the fact they were not ...But she was a very old ship.
Great footage! Nostalgia! 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.
Remember back in the 80s going from le havre to forgotten where ,chanderliers falling of the ceiling,all the food given away free ,because nobody could eat.
Thanks for this great video. Video without music and with the original ships sounds are the best.
Thanks :), I agree but sometimes there is so much background noise from passengers I need to use music
Please do more of these crossings they are great!
absolutely amazing!!!! i love stormy crossings!!!!
Thanks. Too bad Mother Nature intervened and made this crossing much calmer than it should have been :)
great video, cant believe i havent seen it before. Its a brutal force the ship encounters when they hit the waves. =)
Thanks
Did the Portsmouth to St Malo last week overnight, see was completely flat but could feel every smallish wave. This ship looks nice and steady over big waves
Millpond. Our October 6 2020 crossing from Bilbao was just the same until we left Bilbao harbour. The ship was very late departing as the weather had been so bad on the way down to Spain. Within 40 minutes we understood. We were in lying down in bed, trying not to be sick. She failed, despite pills swallowed. I took pills later, but held it all in. We had splurged on an expensive commodore (?) cabin at the front: luxury.
Waves repeatedly hit our windows directly from the bow as it went under, for more than 12 hours. The ceiling groaned for around 8 hours. We stayed there for 18 hours in bed, trying not to be ill. The next morning, the whole ship was in shock: PTSD It began to be ok halfway across the channel to Portsmouth. So, we could finally go and see how our poor dogs had faired in the pet kennels. They seemed alright.
The Channel can cut up rough. Worst ferry crossing I ever had was as a child on a very old, tiny ferry {Falaise} from Dieppe to Newhaven.
A young man {26} actually died of seasickness aboard her..{a lorry driver transporting a cargo of oranges from Seville}
She was 'almost on her beam ends' at the time...It was mentioned in an online forum, by her Quartermaster.
Bigger ships definitely handle bad weather better as regards rolling.
I remember reading stories about that. These links make for an interesting read :).
www.ournewhaven.org.uk/page_id__2693.aspx
www.ournewhaven.org.uk/page/the_day_we_nearly_lost_the_chartres?path=0p69p87p70p
@@ferriesinfocus Oh yes, They really are good!
Lots of reminiscences by staff and crew...and miserable passengers! 🤢🙂
@@ferriesinfocus The poor lorry driver might have had another health problem causing his untimely Death?
I wonder if Diabetic, or a ruptured blood vessel from the force of heaving.
Many years ago I was taken to Casualty {A friend called an ambulance, unknown to me} after vomiting repeatedly all day..
The Ambulance crew deemed it necessary to be taken to Hospital..I couldn't even stand up..had to be stretchered downstairs and out the door while neighbours gawked.
It was a stomach bug, as had a temp.
The doctor at Casualty listened to my gut and said ''You really have been puking, haven't you?''
He said the brain can go into ''puke overdrive'' where it just keeps signalling the ''puke'' order...and it rapidly leads to dehydration/exhaustion after many hours.
I had an injection to ''switch off'' the puking...such a blessed relief. 🙏
But if a person was diabetic, the glucose balance could send them into a far more dangerous condition.
RNLI, Bless them all, 👍 do go out to rescue severely seasick sailors who can no longer command their yachts.
Modern ships have stabilisers to reduce roll these days.
@@jimlepeu Roll is really nauseating. Falaise allegedly had stabilisers, but her crew said they weren't very effective.
I can vouch for the fact they were not ...But she was a very old ship.
We had force 9 back from Bilbao to portsmouth last year !!
I'm hoping to get that one day :)
Great footage! Nostalgia! 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.
Remember back in the 80s going from le havre to forgotten where ,chanderliers falling of the ceiling,all the food given away free ,because nobody could eat.
4 meter swell?
It was a rough crossing from Portsmouth to Caen. Did any of the passengers suffer from sea sickness?
Not that I know of :)
Is Caen beautiful? I have only ever crossed from Dover to Calais. Portsmouth to Caen is a much wider crossing.
@@filmsforallnations Caen is a nice place, lots of history :)
Amazing !!!!!
Magnifique,
magnificent
Merci :)
What’s the big deal? That’s nothing!
That’s better than crossing the Tasman on a good day!
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