12 metre waves serve up a wild ride for Spirit of Tasmania ferry passengers | 7NEWS

[@mehere8038]

I'm loving the ferry operator's reaction, news gets dramatic pics, ferry operators "yeh mate, it's Bass Strait" & hangs up

[@tonysuda9066]

Sea sickness? THIS IS TASMANIA

[@mickcarson8504]

It is what it is, the Spirit of Tasmania. She pushes on and pushed on regardless of monster squall and waves, she pushes on. What a beautiful ship Tasmania has, the spirit of the southern seas. 👋🙂👌

[@natnoonoo9290]

Awww man I miss all the fun , what a phenomenonal adventure that would have been. I am use to the rough conditions of the seas because when I lived in Sydney my commute to manly on the ferry and those rough days on the harbour ,always made me smile but mostly appreciate calm waters. I have a deep respect for the Ocean or any body of water that can instantly become instantly violent and unpredictable. 🙂👍🏼

[@creperanch8968]

Lucked out a couple of years ago when i went over to tassie for a motorcycling trip. It was blowing an absolute gale at the port , so much so passersby were joking about seasickness tablets etc. The trip was beautiful 1m swell the whole way that rocked me off to sleep. Battled gale-force winds and rain the moment i got off the boat in Devonport, and only had a handful of good days in 2.5 weeks over there. Same on the way back, rode through a storm all day, got on the boat and had 1-2m swell the whole way back and slept like a baby.

[@anthonygavalas841]

Former Superfast III... 😟 Ionian sea, Adriatic.... miss you lady

[@catherder6698]

I was on HMAS Melbourne, the aircraft carrier, in the North sea above Scotland in 1977 and the waves where breaking over the flight deck, so this looks like a lake to me.

[@TheDeluche]

I been through the north sea and no joke I was sea sick. I’ve sailed all over the world and no other place has gotten me sick.

[@kyliejones8827]

Ezotyric As the North Sea or the Bass Strait? 🤔

[@seanworkman431]

I crossed Bass Strait years ago and on leaving Melbourne the Bursar announced that it was going to be rough trip and the captain had elected to fly over, it was just a joke but it sure was a wild ride.

[@tonysuda9066]

🤣🤣el kapitian el crap joke

[@seanworkman431]

@@tonysuda9066 The vessel depicted is more capable than her predecessors, twin screw, twin bowthrusters, stern thruster and stabilizers. The Empress of Australia had none of that and rolled like a snow ball. The footage is taken at the entrance to Port Phillip Bay which is a bar crossing or a dramatic change in water depth inducing large swell. No big deal and Australians can make a joke of anything.

[@Oscarcat2212]

I fly over Melbourne to get to Tasmania.

[@jan3h]

The April12 day crossing was indeed a fun ride, especially just outside the Heads. The waves looked pretty small from deck 7 where we were sitting .... then I remembered how high we were :D A memorable crossing! Glad I don't get seasick! P.S. It was not as bad as a Seacat trip I did back in 1990!

[@hb11912]

My daughter and her friend are going on the Spirit of Tasmania next month for a two week trip and hope their journey will be a calm one. I have crossed Bass Strait myself and it can be quite a rough crossing but luckily I wasn’t seasick.

[@michaelwilliams741]

I was on the ferry in late February 2004 heading to Tasmania on the night run. They run into a big strom and were hit by 20 meter waves, the window on the top right of the bridge was smashed out and a window on one of the passengers cabin, flooding them with water. They had to turn the ship around and head back to Melbourne, the captains name was Michael, i saw some of the ctew and the were very shook up by the experience. When the back end of the ship came out of the water it put a vibration through the ship you could feel it. It was to rough to get up and get around, going to the toilet was hard enough and was getting thrown around in bed. An experience i will never forget.

[@rhettcorbett3346]

Harden up people. Spare a thought for the cleaners that have clean up after u have gone decorated the floor or your room after going RALPH🤢🤢🤢. They have to deal with the aftermath. God bless em. .👍👍👍

[@tonysuda9066]

Ralph mouth? I thought it was barney

[@rhettcorbett3346]

@@tonysuda9066 Think it's the same thing. Or having a Chuck.🤮🤮🤮🤢🤢🤢

[@rhettcorbett3346]

Or Technicolour yawn. .🤮🤢🤮🤢

[@tonysuda9066]

@@rhettcorbett3346 some deep brown chunky red. Piss yellow yes put it on the pallete

[@rhettcorbett3346]

@@tonysuda9066 Ya can't say it was a boring trip. .🤭🤭🤭

[@dalemiller5893]

Get over it you knew the bass straight ocean is one of the roughest stretches, imagine the old wooden princess of Tasmania long ago.

[@stephenandpaulinemccall813]

Princess of Tasmania was small-but made of steel, NOT wood . Mind you, she used to toss around a bit-but not as bad as the previous ""Taroona"-ex ww 2 troopship. Now there was a boat that rocked!!1 I know-I've been on all; of them, and the Spirits (remember there are 2 of them) are definitely the best in rough conditions.

[@belleparker2046]

and the Empress of Australia - used to do trip s from Sydney to Hobart few rough trips then.

[@trevorwright2967]

As a Pom who traveled around the world I can't see why there's no Ferry Service between Australia and New Zealand we have one in the UK from Plymouth or Portsmouth to Santanda in Northern Spain taking about three days and the Bay Of Biscay can be just as rough as the Tasman at times so why no ferry service.

[@thepilgrim7467]

Every year a traveled with exact this ship from Italy to Greece. It was my lovely ship. Im so worried about that the "superfast ferries" was selled to Australia. Now I travel with Anek lines and I am missing this beauty so much but.. She lives. I wish much fun with her. Greetings 😪

[@mvnfred]

Half the fun about going to tassie is the ferry ride over. The other half is the ferry ride back.

[@Oscarcat2212]

Credit to the builders and crew off the ship.

[@pandemicoftheunvaccinated5367]

I've crossed in similar conditions on the Princess Of Tasmania. The free breakfast was declined.

[@BuzzSargent]

The baby penguins are so cute. It is good that we can help save them when possible. Nice video.

[@Nigelperyman]

The Wellington to Picton nz cook strait just as rough

[@robbiewales3007]

I went on the spirit of Tasmania in 2004. It was smooth sailing until just after we got through the heads and into Bass Straight. It didn't get smooth again until two hours out of Devonport. Some English tourists got seasick on that trip. On the return it was all smooth sailing.

[@CandyCandy-gu6cy]

I went on it in 2005 & had the same experience. It was a horrendously rough trip going down there but smooth sailing coming back.

[@madenaraputra6887]

Very dangerous of windstorm in Bass Strait in dry season

[@AussieGunzel]

MS Estonia vibes right here.

[@smitajky]

I had one rough trip and a couple where it was like a mill pond. On the rough trip the captain ordered all the exterior doors closed and the ship was pitching strongly. I was thinking "gee bass straight is rough tonight. A bit later we saw the lights of Queenscliffe. Oh BOTHER. The ship had a corkscrew motion so it wasn't possible to walk along the corridors without being bounced from one wall to the other. I don't think the restaurant sold many meals that night.

[@vocalpro]

Why is the reporter speaking so slow? It's weird. 1.25 speed, he sounds normal

[@vocalpro]

@@lucaslaban4629 agreed. Its like he's speaking to someone with alzheimers.

[@vocalpro]

@@lucaslaban4629 yep

[@simplesimon182]

Vocal pro International, he always speaks like that, to be honest it’s bloody annoying!!!

[@wasabiginger6993]

oh that Tassy crossing! ... in 1966 crossed on a P&O liner from Hawai’i ... the stabilizers were nearly breaking the surface with each massive roll ... most were seasick ... but best place to be was up top in the fresh air

[@mitch2620]

I bet everyone onboard from Vic or anywhere on the mainland were worried, whilst Tas folk just took it in their stride! 💪

[@choppereight]

Just another day, people work in weather like this with no complaints

[@0warami_7oo]

They actually don't even go out when it does get xxl big swell

[@yecyec3927]

IS THAT SHIP BRINGING MORE CONVICTS?

[@PsyQoBoy]

Yes convicts from good ole Tassie

[@Dark-goosey]

The spirit of Tasmania is for taking people and goods between Victoria and Tasmania, so probably not.

[@BGone-mb7wz]

Yep...yo mama's onboard!

[@rhettcorbett3346]

It should be taking the all the Loser Green morons. Don't need em here. They could visit the biggest story teller of em all Flannery the Fibber.

[@dwaynecallow8152]

@@PsyQoBoy the convicts were sent to tassie

[@artillias]

Well great to see the media blowing this out of proportion was only 5 meter swell this comes from multiple people on board

[@belleparker2046]

I HATE THE BS MEDIA

[@sambiwan-kanobi]

I remember going over on one of Bob Clifford's spew cats in the 90's. Until this day, I've never seen so much vomit and misery...

[@lukeclarke8054]

Waves in the ocean who would have thought.

[@richtensail]

yeah ships r built 4 vos conditions, pasengers arnt. try rough seas ina small ship wit no stabilisers ven u know wat rough is!.

[@sungodnika_9]

I was onboard, it was like posiden was really angry with us. I took 6 sea sickness tabs and I am happy I didn't throwup anywhere 😏👍

[@onceANexile]

It can get rough...

[@Turtleifo]

I was in the Navy. I loved the rough weather. You would get rocked to sleep. That’s if you didn’t get thrown out of bed first. 😂

[@potzblitz49583]

At least the front didn't fall off

[@hellsrealm5096]

Alby Mangos crossed the bass straight in a 21ft surf lifesaving rubber ducky.. Aussie legends.. SPIRIT OF TAS..get a bed and a free massage.

[@davidlewis3042]

That would have been fun as hell nothing like big waves

[@markjohnstone5568]

now they know how hard trawlers get it. I've been out there.

[@andrewk579]

Yeah. Not showing my wife this footage. I'll never get her on there again.

[@CKM420]

I hope now, they understand what the immigrants go through. People dont put their lives at risk for nothing. They risk their lives so they dont die back home.

[@kyliejones8827]

I don't think anyone here disputes the horrendous travelling conditions for illegal immigrants. There is another, safer (and legal) way for them to migrate than risk their lives on the ocean.

[@BGone-mb7wz]

What's with the double plural, in the title? Terrible grammar. It's as though ch7 has outsourced the service to people whose first language is not English. I'd expect better from a child - but, ch7? Shame...

[@scrotumguts5139]

they need to do a more gooder job.

[@tonysuda9066]

To righteous

[@trevorlovering6133]

The World just Revolves on Money and Time. They could have postponed the trip across 😂😂

[@halo_rosecommentnameideas]

Oh the glory

[@jade7249]

This is absolutel rediculous,this Govt hasnt got a clue how to do it right. Why werent the terminals built 1st. So now our brand new Spirits are going to be used in other countries. I wonder if they tried to build a house what do they do. They build the house without a foundation to put the house on which to me would be very suspicious to begin witn.I vote Labor have done all my life, next election you can forget about that N

[@madmarty21]

Looks like a mean as trip hell yeah

[@alexandramunoz4551]

I would have died. Literally.

[@joebloggs619]

If it so bad on the Spirit, can you imagine the cold wet raging hell Bass Strait would have been for the early Australian explorers down there in those flimsy old style sailing vessels with sails etc to manoeuvre in rough seas and big winds down there. Just standing on the Victorian open surf beach end of Bass Street near my place in winter listening to deafening loud ocean waves crashing around as they hit shore is scary enough. Those brave early explorer sea men must have expected to be ready to die any moment one of those big icy cold winds from the Antarctic whipped up those massive waves. They'd smash up a flimsy sail boat and tear it's sails to shreds and bring down its masts in no time. I put up a big market type umbrella for shade here once and left it out over night when a storm blew up and by next morning,the raging winds off Bass Strait had torn it to shreds, though it was made of sturdy, tough fabric. Imagine what these wi D's would have done to old style cotton fabric sails ships had back then. They'd be spending a lot of time mending torn sails. They'd need to be carrying heaps of spare sail material, ropes etc in case all the existing original sails got ripped to shreds in stormy seas. Not my idea of a pleasant sailing trip, but some thrive on such wild adventure trips. Riding the Spirit to Tasmania mid winter would be bad enough for me. I was once tempted to take a winter trip on the Spirit,offering cheap fares from Melbourne but I heard how wild it can get and chickened out, gathered my courage and flew instead. I am scared of heights and flying but I wanted to see Tasmania and flying was a shorter scary ordeal than on the Spirit of Tasmania in winter. I could take a sleeping pill once on board the plane and try not to believe it might crash any moment.... Only a short hour or so from Melbourne to Tassie airport but longer on a wild sea trip.

[@tonysuda9066]

1700 mariner vs tsunami It's a bit choppy 1800 steam cruiser vs canonball: ah well at least a firework show to send us off 1900 ship passenger pass the lifeboat Leonardo we've hit a bump 2020 snowflake vs sea spray! Aunty Karen please write a bad review

[@sydneysmooth21]

It's a ship not a boat

[@downunderfulla6001]

Stay off boats if you can’t handle the water.

[@coolkingx9867]

I wonder what happened in the car park😂😂

[@benkemp7242]

Anyone who owns a boat cringed at these people

[@CorstaDMack]

I remember being 12 yrs old on that's shiet, and getting flung out of the bunks 😂 no joke

[@seanworkman431]

What does "that's shiet" mean? I believe you got thrown from your bunk but what did you hit your head on?

[@KingBabzy]

Don't tell him that Sean he'll sue them for giving him brain damage

[@dwaynecallow8152]

What sooks, the boats designed for it. Should have taken chances on a plane.Or the Seacats that used to run across bass strait lol

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

It turns around in the Mersey

[@LordZelda]

Can the presenter talk any slower?

[@surfrescue3232]

Poor nick is still pounding the pavement ... he’s 120 this year !

[@belleparker2046]

moron from melbs

[@chaddempsey5153]

They need your money and dont care about the people.

[@susanahrawlinson]

Scary 🤢

[@robertenglnad8029]

About 57/58 years ago i crossed the Irish sea in a Force 10 gale. i had b never been so sick as i was that night. As rich Australian i paid about eight shillings for a bunk on the ferry but ten minutes out of Hollyhead , Wales, I was throwing up. i staggered out through the lounge area where those sitting up overnight were staying and the floor carpet was awash with vomit and sawdust the crew had thrown onto the mess, This of course didn't help my condition at all so, clutching onto any thing that was not moving and made my way outside , finally finding a steel post behind the bridge and next to the dock hold. I sat there for well over ten hours bringing up bile until there was nothing left to bring up. It was November and bloody freezing. The waves were coming right over the top of the bridge, a life boat was torn off its davits and the spinning screen on the bridge had be stove in. I was terrified the ship was going to sink and then hoping it would, to put me out of my misery. I had to be helped up the gang plank to get off the boat,. I vowed then that I would never go to sea again!!!!!!

[@Penguin-6268]

At least i wasn’t on then

[@robinkaye]

Just another day on the office.

[@horsehead8306]

Bloody land lovers🤣🤣🤣🤣 I would have enjoyed every minute of it 😎

[@AussieGunzel]

Me too buddy, ships and boats are life.

[@marleybutler4633]

Stay in the centre of the ship

[@bcampbell611]

I would Jet ski that!!!

[@belleparker2046]

Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of Rum !!!

[@MrMgblue22]

Those ferries are a disgrace, you can’t get passage they are constantly fully booked, full of freight, and trucks, to say they are Tasmania’s road to the mainland is a huge joke, they are old, too small, to expensive, a complete joke....

[@nickhiscock8948]

They are getting 2 new much larger ferries in 2024. So that issue should improve.

[@surfrescue3232]

Listening to that woman’s vocal fry and faux American accent would have made me pray the ship sinks !

[@thvtsydneylyf3th077]

tasmanians are so odd

[@tommarsters4205]

Not good

[@itsmePassport]

Weak... toughen up princess.

[@deadnitezn.z.4938]

They acting like they got wet!🤦

[@again5162]

Stay away the journey is too rough for fairy's

[@flyingfox10001]

I remember when I was a penguin, life was hard with many dangers and obstacles! What about the old girl, “EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA “ vessel way less built for the conditions from Tasmania to Sydney, don’t know haw they made it sometimes I’m sure!

[@JoTheSnoop]

My Mum had been on the Empress of Australia with two of her brothers. One of my uncles have been on quite a few cruises but was only seasick once - on the Bass Strait crossing!

[@tinymountaingoat4531]

😧

[@Baboy1989]

Soft

[@spiritofecstasy23]

Read Psalm 107 verse 23 until 32 you don't need to be Afraid.

[@VINvIN344]

but the rest of that fantasy book of drivel.....

[@mitch2620]

I bet everyone onboard from Vic or anywhere on the mainland were worried, whilst Tas folk just took it in their stride! 💪