Caution: Rough Seas Ahead

Bobbin' like a cork!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPBaqh3dcVM&feature=player_embedded

Lunchtime! Lessee...we got cream cheese & sardine sandwiches, cold, greasy pork chops, and hot strawberry milkshakes to wash it all down with.

What's the problem with that. That's a fishing boat and you've got a good recipe for chum when it comes back up.

i guess this impressed me most: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cWyHLup7FY&feature=related

984 feet supercarrier uss kitty hawk in pretty rough waters

yes, while i know next to nothing about this, i was wondering if that ship should have had a more head-on angle to that wave.

this also leads me to a series of seriously newb questions.

1) for those levels of sea states, would a Nordhavn be capable of surviving those conditions?

2) are there passenger (charter/private) yacht sizes that should definitely not be 'steaming' in those conditions?

3) is it ever justifiable for a skipper of a private/charter vessel to be caught in those conditions (i did see that small sailboat out there in one of the pics)?

in my US Naval Days i have been in those type of conditions, with water over the gun mount..etc. but manufacturers of trawlers like Nordhavn in essence state, anywhere, anytime, and i just wonder if they mean this?

Mike

I don't care how big your boat, the ocean can always get bigger. As for charter boats, they get caught out just like cruise ships, etc. but doubt if they'd be anywhere near 90' seas. If so, doubt they'd be counting on a big tip. My question though is: what were the plane and the helicopter doing on the flight deck in those conditions?

naaa i don't think so, i mean there's a helicopter aboard and a couple of planes, but how should there anybody start? not speaking of landing

Your post lost a few words there, but that plane and helo should be below deck where they can't get washed overboard. That's what, about $60m sitting there.

as far as i know, they're pretty good tied on the deck, and i suppose those just there for the reason, that the hangar might've been full. but even if not, i don't think the navy would run that ship in that storm if they wouldn't be sure about the planes and stuff.

You're talking about the same people who buy million dollar toilet seats.

well secured is one thing, but those craft are being subjected to potential damage. put another way, i would not want to be put on the catapult with that aircraft.

not being a carrier sailor, i would still say that carriers generally don't carry more aircraft than they can stow, which is why they have mission specific aircraft configurations.

Mike

hm, yeah, right... i guess there's something wrong with those guys *hrhrhr*

I guess it could be a salt spray corrosion test or water ingress test!!!!

anyway I would not like to be the next flight crew.

That was my thought as well.

Marejada ocean tug practicing nose stuffs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yCCPioL4Ro&feature=player_embedded#!

Those are big honking waves but they don't look like 90' to me.

I know it a little late but this is a description posted with the video on a Military Strategy web page.:

This carrier is 90,000 ton. Imagine what this is like on a 2,200 ton destroyer? The aircraft seen in the attached video is a helo from a deployed helicopter squadron (HS-14) based at the U.S. Naval Air Facility in Atsugi , Japan . The carrier is the USS Kitty Hawk, based in Yokosuka , Japan . The "Hawk" was underway for CQ (Airwing Carrier Qualifications) in the Sea of Japan during the week of March 22, 2008.

The chopper seen on the ship's bow, tied down at helo Spot 2, is a Sikorsky SH-60F from HS-14. The pilot had just landed on deck, and his helo was tied down on Spot 2 because the seas were too rough to move it to a safer place. Fortunately, it only suffered some minor damage (blade crutch support socket) and a lot of salt water intrusion from the sea...

While viewing the video and estimating the size of the waves, keep in mind that the carrier's flight deck is approximately 60' above the ship's normal water line.

Raw video: Cruise ship gets slammed & camera rolling when the second wave comes through the forward windows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO_xLED4Fa0&feature=channel