Gale Force Winds | Ben My Chree | Arrival in Douglas

Isle of Man Steam-Packet Company's ferry 'Ben-My-Chree' trawling into Douglas, Isle of Man at 18:00 on Wednesday, 17th of April 2013, half an hour late from Heysham in gale force winds.

[@mattwilson1456]

I am proud to work on this wonderful vessel and will be through these difficult times....Stay safe everyone

[@CommViewer]

Matt Wilson Was the ship listing to the starboard side ?

[@ulrike-klaus453]

Darauf kann man wirklich stolz sein.

[@paddyhaley2556]

Loved working on the steam packet ships with the engineers dougie and Jeff lady of mann I was ship repair Plumber

[@82lostsoul]

It’s hard to believe she’s been around over twenty years already, feels like only a few years ago I was saying my final farewell to King Orry on my way out of Heysham port.

[@tsr207]

Well done thy good and faithfully servant- she serves the island well interesting to see how the Manxman will perform in the Irish Sea in winter,.

[@petrovski1948]

My Manx grandad, Jackson Glaister, worked in the engine room on all the Manx ferries. After the wars. He loved the sea.

[@rosemarydudley9954]

Our motorbike club ferried from Dover to Calais in a force 7...boy - did I feel rough! Watching your video brings those feelings back. Otherwise, very well shot, thank you. The lorries on the front of the ferry were ACTUALLY BOUNCING, No lie.

[@mastrake]

I would love to have heard the music of the wind and the waves. That is the best music.

[@Filmitis]

I felt sea sick just watching this. Then again, I'm sick on the boating lake in the park. But, great piece of film and excellent music. Thanks for braving the gale and uploading.

[@richardjacob6365]

I`ve travelled on the Ben in a severe gale 9, and believe me it wasn`t pleasant. We had a cabin, but all topside accommodation is high on the vessel and she rolls like a pig in heavy seas. You couldn't stand up, let alone walk. Even the dogs felt seasick! I`ve been on a few rough passages across the English channel, but the Irish sea in December, never again!!

[@alickyyeardsley6960]

Richard Jacob ah gale 9 is only a breeze, I find it rather relaxing. But then again, I live on the Isle, so I’m pretty used to the weather you’d describe as severe 🤣

[@AndreA-ke2id]

Lovely looking ship, somehow it's got a look that's almost saying , 'I'm determined to get there'. Great choice of music too.

[@MrPaulfrazer]

I have been on the old Ben in a force 9 westerly from Liverpool. 5 Hours being thrown around like that - wonderful!! My car was out on the ramp and arrived covered in salt and heavy fuel oil smoke. The don't build them like that any more. let alone Lady of Mann I

[@davidcampbell7826]

Lady of mann was the best ship

[@davidgriffiths7696]

True, they were seaworthy boats. This contraption is likely kept afloat by a system of simultaneous equations and not much else.

[@andymcallister987]

Just come home from IOM, sailed over last Friday, force 9, absolutely terrifying, 5 hours

[@390h8er]

Beautifully captured - the speeded-up parts give you a different perspective of her handling. Not a big fan of the Ben or Heysham but since losing the Lady of Mann, it's all I've got. I refuse to sail on a fastcraft - 2.5 hours at sea just isn't enough!!

[@Northernspotter101]

excellent footage well done.Be great to look back on in years to come im sure.

[@tinkersong]

Really good video, well edited and use of music. Man takes on the sea. Have experienced one or two of those trips over the years going across the Irish Sea.

[@wackojacko9170]

Beautiful video mate. Currently on small ferry from corfu town to paxos. Waves are huge, on the upper deck by the door. I'm not taking any chances

[@concordskijr]

Thank you very much! They go through some conditions these ferries on the North Irish Sea!

[@kev36630]

Excellent footage. Really enjoyed watching her. I experienced an almighty roll to starboard approaching the breakwater years ago in similar conditions.

[@jonnerztube]

I love how when it passes the break water it calms down to nothing, thks for great video.

[@michaelleyland9836]

I agree with tinkersong, dramatic video, excellent choice of music.I am booked on that boat tomorrow..... I dare not show this videos to the wife, she doesn't like boat at the best of times.

[@Peorhum]

She seemed to have a slight list to starboard. At 1st I thought it as due to her heeling, then maybe the wind but as she entered more sheltered water and docked she still had the slight list.

[@williamworthington7224]

Bad weather on the sea

[@rosscopeeco69]

The weighbridge facilities at Heysham have not worked in many years so impossible to load the ship accurate and distribute weight so list could be due to that reason

[@Filmitis]

Lovely ship, great choice of music.

[@forestbyrnes4010]

what is the song.

[@robertparkinson6919]

I've said my 23 footer round the break water at Douglas in a easterly, my cross trees nearly touched the sea with the role phew.!

[@nattyco]

I took a very rough journey when I was 11 in the late '50's on an earlier version of Ben My Chree. It was horrendous.

[@arthurskim7898]

The Master has many many years of his hands on those throttles. BRAVO ZULU

[@Tommylawrence09]

yep.... been on the Ben many a time in that sort of weather, at least it looks as bad as it feels when I'm on the boat in that sort of weather.

[@davidgriffiths7696]

Tommylawrence09 scrap yard

[@goodq]

He docked that as if it was a 14ft dinghy. What a boss !!

[@ScotsPipe]

The Ben My Chree the Designated Pandemic vessel for Covid Era + mv Arrow 👍👍

[@maxbacon4828]

Lets be honest .A ship these days is a steel box with a sharp front end and a diesel engine at the back end

[@TheKiteless]

Loved the video, but an inspiring backing track! I could have sworn it was Philip Glass. I've now transcribed it to guitar. That E9 arpeggio in the first section is delicious

[@englishmadcow7461]

I've so much respect and admiration for the Merchant Navy!

[@psycharol]

We have been locked down on the Island for three weeks now due to COVID 19. I am looking forward to travelling to see family soon when the Ben is back in action

[@robbieedward8773]

yes indeed, i waiting now for first chance to go over again. i love that sailing over to i.o.man

[@chonny1971]

Brings it all back! Before we emigrated in 2005, we used to go and watch the "Ben boat" go in and out. Back then we used ti go right along to the end if the spit. Used her twice to via IOM. Fond memories. ❤

[@b.r.buckeyeman460]

You should try Plymouth to Roscoff in the winter, it's a 6 hour fair ground ride.

[@paulkirkpatrick6371]

The Ben ma crea was wallowing in the sea coming into Douglas harbour but with a good skipper and crew aboard docked safely that day from belfast northern ireland

[@ianwelburn5158]

Known as the "floating skip" . In the early years she was top heavy and had hundreds of tons of concrete poured into the bottom to pull her down a little.

[@davidgriffiths7696]

Ian welburn need a bit more too

[@formbyuke181]

Brilliant footage,I remember a gale force 9 on the fantastic Lady of Man on my first ever TT in 87 on our way to Heysham.I love rough trips but my inner ear doesn't! Touch wood though I've only been ill once in 23 years of TT and Manx GP trips.

[@Rodeo378]

Took our model Ben My Chree on the local boating lake and she wobbled about a lot. One officinado said I'm glad the real thing does not do that - OH YES SHE DOES. Splendid shoot - Is John Kelly at the helm? He is a brilliant Master.

[@concordskijr]

Cheers bud, was quite difficult keeping the tripod still in 60mph gusts! :')

[@patrickkerr6159]

Wish I was on the boat, love rough weather! :P Love the videos!

[@DifficultFlannel]

Great video. 👍

[@TyphoonVstrom]

Perfect docking. The ship is only rolling around so much due to the serious wind pressure on her topsides.

[@billbeare1513]

A ballerina dancing beautifully !.🧐

[@brucemaclennan9879]

Many times in the '70s I watched this vessel docking at Fleetwood.

[@alandougan4534]

I worked on the Ben My Chree in 1971.

[@brucemaclennan9879]

@Walt Leece I used to have a cabin cruiser moored opposite where the I.O.M. ferry ships docked.in Fleetwood. I used that boat frequently through the '70s and up to around the mid 80s, so I reckon if Ben wasn't around in the 70s it must have been built in the early 80s. When the Ben departed she would about turn around to face seaward (it was a tight manoeuvre for her) and head out to sea on route for the I.O.M. (One of the commenters says he worked on the Ben in 1971).

[@ronaldswayspotter10]

Simply Amazing! Great catch! :)

[@cruiseshipcrew]

beautifully done mate!

[@theondebray]

Just as well the sea wasn't too rough that day.

[@johannesbols57]

:45 it looks like a toy boat in a bathtub getting tossed about like that!!

[@22alisaxni]

I wonder, why the ship is trimmed by the bow, facing these waves and wind....😎 Of course, the two thrusters make a good job , in manouver

[@Sarah13Diva]

I think I'd have thrown up everything I've eaten in the last 20 years on that.

[@hans2406]

She hardly moves!

[@davidcampbell7826]

They were good days on the lady of mann

[@simpedros4766]

When they take the stabilisers in before reaching the breakwater 😫.... dread it in weather like this.

[@1Moodymare]

Ahhh happy memories 😂😂😂

[@user-wi6mi4cn7o]

Great sailors! Bravo!

[@toyotasupra6731]

Awesome video, beautiful music, sounded very much like the type of music that Chris Martin would play.

[@johnbellamy6449]

been to the island e few times. a few rough sailings if thats the right term.

[@concordskijr]

Cheers mate!

[@Oakleaf700]

That is some lively weather.

[@concordskijr]

Haha, so do I ;) Cheers mate!

[@marcuswilby8252]

Very good video! Where were you filming from on that one? This morning would have been great day for it - sun rise Manannan and Ben coming in at roughly same time and theres a cruise ship on way up to Douglas too. I should have jumped in the car and got down there doh! Watched on webcams though.

[@xr6lad]

You have to ask yourself should a competent captain even be sailing in these conditions. Yes the ship can handle the conditions but you are primarily a car/truck and passenger ferry and risking those and the damage such action can do to the car deck. It’s not like Gale force winds are unexpected in the 21st century. delaying departure should always be the first choice.

[@judieg.7945]

Sound of the water and wind would have been wonderful.

[@croagh202]

Benn there, done that.

[@blah646]

Who is taking the pictures, and are they on land.?

[@patriciabracken7546]

Douglas isle of man. 👍💜💛💚💚

[@thesevenseas]

Great footage! What a weather this is. Tough one! Is it possible for me to use and upload 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, inland barge ships, navy, etc. Of course full credit and a link to your KZbin page will be given when I upload. If you want to talk this through via e-mail, that's also possible. My email is on my youtube page. I'm looking forward to your reply. Kind regards. Thanks!

[@tommallon4052]

I did not think it possible to power slide a ship 180* and put it into a parking spot.

[@mickey5shins]

30th May 2023. Hi

[@normanmeharry58]

she is decisively listing to starboard. Bad loading or cargo shifted?

[@davidgriffiths7696]

Norman Meharry unseaworthy too high the wind nearly blows it over when it has to turn broadside on.

[@bootneck4627]

The holds were full and battoned down as she set sail for Liverpool town. All hands lost

[@CesarGonzalez-vq2mm]

Este barco se mueve mas que los precios 😎

[@ByyLuco]

Songs Really Depressing, love the footage though josh m8

[@22151995]

It be buckets all round in that choppy water.

[@user-xm2qh3wg2u]

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[@user-xm2qh3wg2u]

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[@robbiehewitt5772]

Does the ship list to starboard?

[@mr.145]

A pair of Kippers and a pint of Okells is the best remedy for this.

[@carole1a]

my god..i would have died on that ship.lol. only sea sick once. i think it was ..on the ..manx maid..in the 60s.x

[@alantaylor5810]

Bit of a blow, but I guess it's so high sided it's a bitch to manoeuvre in a strong cross wind even with a bow thruster

[@davidgriffiths7696]

Ships architects of yesteryear must be turning in their graves. It wouldn’t last 5 minutes in an Atlantic storm. I remember when the Steam packet had real ships, not like this floating fair ground ride. Just look at it wallow and bounce😁.

[@AgentRafa]

What? Naval architects of yesterday (before the mid 90's) didn't even believe that waves could be bigger than 10 meters (32 feet or whatever), they thought really big waves(20 m) only occur every 1000 years so they designed their ships there after. The 90's woke up the industry after rogue waves hit an oil rig in the North sea, they had instruments for wave measuring and they recorded 20+ m waves. Ship captains and sailors have been talking about huge waves 2 and 3 times bigger than what they thought was possible for a hundred years but they were dismissed as "sailors fairytales". Now they started researching, using modern technology, satellites monitoring the world oceans and they were shocked when they discovered that 20+m waves occur every day. It changed the game completely, and the naval architects had to take much bigger waves into account. With all due respect I think you're talking out of your arse, ships designed and built after late 90's/early 2000's are built/designed to a higher standard than the ships before that time. Search for "rogue waves" here on YT and you'll find excellent documentaries on the subject explaining what I have just said. Have a nice day landlubber:-))))

[@davidgriffiths7696]

etikkboksen no that speech about rogue wave is almost irrelevant, I checked out the subject years ago which is about ocean waves anyway, not a small stretch of water like the Irish Sea. Modern ships are often built with a higher centre of gravity, hence more unstable, like the one in the film which I had the amusing experience of turning into Douglas bay on. I have a boat, and have often been out on the Atlantic in small craft. We have proper waves there. Sorry to ruin your little speech😆

[@AgentRafa]

​@@davidgriffiths7696 Cool, we can almost have a live debate here, that's rare on YT. Thank you for replying so fast. How is rogue waves "almost irrelevant" my friend? Take a look at the old school supply vessels from the 80's and compare them to their modern day sisters. The bow is much bigger because they must resist and deal with much bigger waves than they thought was possible in the 80's. It demands better stability and a stronger hull. Center of gravity: yes ships are taller now, with huge superstructures but that doesn't mean the center of gravity rises, because they compensate that with adding ballast. Modern ships are better and stronger than old school ships, and that's a fact.

[@davidgriffiths7696]

@Walt Leece those old ships would never roll over if something went wrong. The wooden planking, the coils of hemp rope on the green painted decks where I would occasionally take a nap in the sun and wind in the rounded stern, the bench seating and canteen at the front, the old weather tarpaulins, the sturdy black stanchions, the awesome sight of green water washing up against the thick glass rectangle windows opposite down the steeply sloping deck when backing into the harbour, the crash of plates smashing, butter and toast and a cup of tea, the crash and shudder of the hull, the blast of wind and spray through the car decks at the back, the roar of the open boat generators under the stairs, ah those days are gone, but not forgotten, the glory days of the Isle Of Man Steam Packet Company! That’s when ships were ships, voyaging manfully on the high seas!

[@biggedybiggedybong8032]

Its a 'ship' not a 'boat'!

[@Oakleaf700]

Plenty of green faced passengers on board?🤢

[@mintsquishies5515]

Would of been very sick if I was on there 🤢 🤮

[@alickyyeardsley6960]

Charlotte Moran I was actually on this boat last month and it was just like this and I enjoyed it 🤣🤣

[@rolfbuwert9349]

There is a man (or woman) who knows how to handle a boat.

[@hythesailor]

Deck Officers having to work for their money there!

[@Jerseywonder56]

That! is why I fly over!

[@georgestyer2153]

The music is about as sick as the passengers

[@coryjake_0583]

im going on this boat this year un june

[@ryanlarter5111]

Lovely boat! Staff are friendly I'm traveling on the boat to Liverpool mannin

[@leytonmurphy57]

+coryjake_05 I guess u go to the TT then? I've been going since 2007 but I go from Liverpool now on the Steam-Packet fastcraft Manannan. 2 Hours 45 Minutes instead of 3 Hours 45 Minutes.Don't get me wrong though, really nice boat.

[@coryjake_0583]

well im coming from Liverpool then coming home from the other place

[@humourbarman6917]

👈👍🙏

[@bootneck4627]

Snay feld tyne Wald Ben my chree . Lost in the Irish sea . Old song

[@KiwiSentinel]

Looks like Beaufort 5-6 to me

[@user-xm2qh3wg2u]

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[@ryanlarter5111]

What's the song?

[@leytonmurphy57]

+Ryan Larter Do you like the song coz I find it really sad and it makes me remember losing my grandma and stuff

[@ZacShepherd]

To build a home cinematic orchestra.

[@Oakleaf700]

Leyton M, Yes, it is a poignant tune...... just the sort of thing to remember our dear departed older relatives.

[@nanettemclean5]

Anybody tell me where this boat sailed from please?

[@PANofSCOUSE29]

Liverpool

[@strawberryy]

Nope heysham

[@PANofSCOUSE29]

@@strawberryy I will be right one day. .lol

[@davidcampbell7826]

Heysham liverpool

[@sarahcrossley-haworth1283]

100% Heysham 😘

[@MegaBeforeandafter]

its small.

[@leytonmurphy57]

+Casper C The Manannan is smaller

[@Oakleaf700]

Tardis.

[@user-xm2qh3wg2u]

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[@1701_FyldeFlyer]

What appalling camera work!

[@barryhodge7568]

We

[@mubeensakharkar4369]

🖒🖒🖒

[@ushoys]

Weather like this is why I don’t live in the UK

[@larryslemp9698]

Starting at about 0:42, it looks like a friggin' toy boat man!! Yeah, and your crap 'noise' sucks!! We want to hear the O C E A N !!

[@bobkanary3096]

Too bad it's ruined by the music. Stopped watching.