50 degree rolls aboard Car Carrier, Sea Year

Winter North Atlantic, very angry seas
Confronting a storm is like fighting God. All the powers in the universe seem to be against you and, in an extraordinary way, your irrelevance is at the same time both humbling and exalting.
~Franciose LeGrande

[@JHSchonewille]

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.

[@Willysmb44]

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.

[@presistancelydeccer7338]

me is otherwise lol.

[@SupaEMT134]

Willysmb44 "Mad props"???!!!?? Okay dude

[@geyotepilkington2892]

@@SupaEMT134 Its when someone pisses an airplane off

[@THEtompullin]

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.

[@A_10_PaAng_111]

THEtompullin Well bully for you 🙄

[@joelang6126]

There are no passengers on a car carrier.

[@tompullin5049]

@@joelang6126 true. but it's an easier term to use than having to explain supercargo

[@joelang6126]

@@tompullin5049 True

[@DoggyBaggg]

@@joelang6126 Very true.

[@mangore623]

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

[@chrissycahill8570]

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.

[@theshyguitarist]

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

[@donhaze8131]

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

[@Linuxdirk]

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

[@ZipZenac]

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

[@TreyLutrash]

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

[@frankdrebin8785]

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

[@chevyvictor]

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

[@bantalee2002]

well he better clean it up.

[@budhamisapa566]

Lieutenant Dan would love that shit.

[@andrewpestotnik5495]

Budha Misapa YOU CALL THIS A STORM???

[@gaasedal]

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.

[@Bigwavemaster1]

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

[@Royalhighlander]

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...

[@JohnPaciulli]

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

[@ajlisknillat]

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

[@ShippingHarbors]

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

[@privateer177666]

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.................

[@nikmorriseu]

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

[@markfryer9880]

Wind, waves, and currents would all play havoc with such vessels. You sure wouldnt want to suffer engine failure.

[@57Jimmy]

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

[@dkphantomdk]

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

[@J.Cameron.Stuart.Adams.]

dkphantomdk He started filming just after the series of 50 degree rolls which threw open the cabinets and drawers on the deck that caused the mess on the bridge. By the time he was able to get to the bridge and started filming the vessel was steering into the seas.

[@A_10_PaAng_111]

dkphantomdk For those who think they know more than everyone and want to prove it all the time for attention...We don't give a fuck how many degrees you want to call it. And to time stamp it to prove it? What a whacker 🙄🤦🏼‍♂️

[@johnferguson7235]

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.

[@julesjulius187]

How did you know it turned into the waves

[@julesjulius187]

+hoshino yeah but I didn't see it, on what time frame is it?

[@julesjulius187]

+hoshino yeah cheers

[@irvingwood]

Agreed! Just looking at her heading in relation to the sea and swell, she appears to be wandering all over the compass, while the direction of sea and swell appears to be relatively stable. If you have a confused or cross sea and swell you should set a course between them, with one on each bow. To have them all on the same side is to court trouble. Captain Colin Smith. M.Sc.

[@kendalwilliam3980]

@@irvingwood thank you for that sir

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

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?

[@rouschno1]

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

[@rokomekota]

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.

[@RSTAR2009]

That ocean is no joke

[@hughcapetien]

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

[@triton115]

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.

[@julesjulius187]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha

[@chelleoj]

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

[@jmanthirtyseven]

I laughed out loud.. truly

[@janebook294]

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAAAAA

[@heathfiedler]

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

[@abmackay]

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

[@SUP2EMAN]

Been nice to know ya

[@diverla]

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

[@nessuno1948]

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

[@neardood1]

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

[@karutonko3430]

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

[@VinzentDk]

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

[@TheDane2006]

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

[@46monkeyes]

SERTEN?? That is the WORST misspelling I've even seen in decades of teaching! LMAO!!

[@guily6669]

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

[@siemens198195]

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.

[@Michael-nc9cp]

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

[@mk2escynick]

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

[@sixmagpies]

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.

[@vincent7520]

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 ???… ;)))

[@Sailgsb3718]

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.

[@chestercheeto9768]

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

[@Steve14737]

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

[@Helo735]

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

[@KOSKentOlaf]

Wonder what happened to the cars?

[@CAPTAINQUINN]

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

[@Oucluscupitumamo1]

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

[@qb6025]

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

[@TheMyteeQuinn]

360 roll and im impressed

[@tvbNEWSreporter]

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

[@jawadad802]

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

[@rokomekota]

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

[@1redrubberball]

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.

[@granskare]

the bridge appears to be a bit untidy...

[@kingiescastel]

cool vid

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

[@isilder]

RORO have a blunt end that should never be presented to the on coming wave. The wave may destroy the doors and flood insides. The door failure (forgot to lock it closed properly) caused a RORO ferry capsise when there was no huge wave. But a huge wave could cause failure of a door that is locked properly.

[@youtert]

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

[@StormsandSaugeye]

+youtert The searches all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her

[@foppo100]

What with all the mess on the bridge? If the vessel is heaving that far over bring her round into the swell.Or are they scared losing time getting to their destination?

[@markfryer9880]

I agree, it would be better to have avoided the storm front or if caught out, then the best option would be to find the smoothest course headed into the waves and wind if they dont match up. I am also concerned by the mess on the bridge and if it indicates a matching scene below decks with the cars. The cars may start out all lashed down, but if one breaks free then it can start a chain reaction by breaking other cars free to the point where the ships stability may be lost and then the vessel, crew and cargo.

[@Joewalton92]

Ide have some serious questions for the chief officer ! think he may need to recalculate the ballast plan and or cargo distribution, I was onbored the MV Alam pesona in worse weather than this and we only rolled roughly 30 degree

[@beautifulpaintingwi]

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

[@highvelocity123]

That's some big blue out there...

[@Hugabunnybear]

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.

[@ThePaul1307]

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

[@charliedelta1995]

thanks

[@Oakleaf700]

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.

[@johnrizzo2394]

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

[@stereopolice]

Celsius or Fahrenheit? Breakfast, lunch, or dinner?

[@OrcinisOrca]

@ 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"

[@GIANNHSPEIRAIAS]

captain is going like "im riding those bitchies"

[@CannedHam6]

What are the cars in the hold doing when all this is taking place? Do they tie them down or restrain them in any way OR just stick them in park and set the brake?

[@redbeagle100]

Many many years ago I shipped out on the US flagged containership SS Jacksonville and it's true about the North Atlantic...one day as smooth as a pond,the next day 50 foot swells.

[@nadejdajeanschmidt1015]

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

[@johanconrad4093]

Well... Assuming the front most windows are horizontal at 0° heeling, you could measure an approx. heel in the angle between roof and sea at 0:22 into the vid. It appears to be no more than 30° at the most. And it seems pretty fair; heavy wind and rough sea gives and extraordinary heeling moment, and the rising moment should top 'round 25°

[@Archer28M]

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

[@rokomekota]

cool that you agree...i have years of experience in merchant marine so i know what i'm talking-regarding continental people-it means people who never saw and tasted the sea,they don't know that is salted,people let's say or from kansas or switzerland

[@randybennett5523]

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

[@jtuds]

How many cars beneath the deck would have smashed together during this?

[@pg396]

I assume the Chile Eating Contest has been postponed?

[@zetaiotapike2000]

it's probably strapped down and fine, if the cargo was sliding around down there it would create hell for the ship and would really affect its stability. That's not saying that somethings didn't come loose though but if it were to slide on that really big sway it could have flipped the ship over

[@Smithyards]

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

[@Ratboy141]

Do cars ever fall off in weather like this or are they down in the deck

[@1985mohez]

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

[@beyondonethousand]

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

[@PianolaDanOz]

Would of love to seen the Galley

[@timmybibby8206]

any boat you ever step on can sink, no doubt................the ocean will always win

[@tepids]

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

[@germanshepherdlover2613]

How many cars did they lose?

[@BOBTUNNELTON]

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

[@chris77777777ify]

Captain needs a rally seat

[@F3502000]

Probably close to the pressure of pucker! :-)

[@ShippingHarbors]

Ok, first of all there is no such thing as a "god". It's just nature ;-) Seconds --> Very nice video !!! Thumbs up ! Third : I see the name of the vessel is "Sea Year", but that name doesn't exist anymore on AIS. Is it allready scrapped, or did it change name? What's the current name?

[@rokomekota]

even when the stuff is secured the damages always occurs....ship depart from A to B...1 day navigation...first you secure the cargo in port(if possible)...and after departure...then you receive a gale warning or not(if you are near some banana rep.)..and it happens in few hours that you are in storm or heavy swell...who cares about flying papers or books...cookie must also prepare something to eat...so frying pan's,pot's are in use at the time when storm hits...and objects fly's...even on bridge

[@italiasassy]

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

[@theartist124]

Batten Down the Hatches+!