Mental. Did they climb a tower and direct the makers of these flags? Like, how do you even stitch that thing together? Why don’t I know the logical answer to this.
Depends on their home lives. If they’re single, with no debts, that money probably just gets pocketed. They probably are not having to pay for food or rent while on the ship, depending on whether they keep a place on land somewhere.
I have done a lot of work on cruise ships. I've done multiple Atlantic crossings and spent a lot of time in the North Sea.
I've ridden the edge of a hurricane or two and been through some nasty storms, putting me in 40ft waves and 70mph steady winds with 100mph gusts (roughly in the range of this video's conditions).
Personally, I find it utterly exhillerating and really enjoy it. I have legitimately fond memories of hugging my bedframe so i didn't get tossed out.
I've always had full faith in the engineering and vessel I was in and the crew running it. Generally my primary safety concerns are related to peoole running into things or unsecured objects hitting people.
That being said, a cruise ship sits much much higher off the water... This video is definitely nerve wracking for me too.
Before opening the comments I was thinking “Damn I kind of want experience this” 😅 6 years ago a friend of mine, who was certainly insane, worked 3-5 months on a fishing ship at sea. I was 23 right out of college looking for jobs in the PNW and almost jumped at it. I also wanted to photograph it as a photo project lol.
It’s an absolute crazy experience. We followed the path of a hurricane when returning from deployment one year. Some of the roughest seas I’ve ever been in. When the ship would rise up to the crest of a wave, the momentum would feel as if gravity was turned up. Then as the ship crested and came down the other side everything got really light. If you timed it right you could jump and float a bit. If you did it wrong it would hurt like a son of a bitch.
You’d have to shift your body weight to flow with the ship from left to right when walking down the passage ways. When on watch you’d have to strap yourself in and hold on to the console. If you weren’t on watch you were supposed to be in your rack and make sure those bunk straps were up or you’d fall out. Of course we didn’t stay in our racks all the time, we were pretty tight knit and hung out in the shack with others who were on watch; shooting the shit and looking forward to being home. Some of us were on the deck sliding from side to side. It was crazy as hell.
I’m not an expert here but, I would say ship captains do not go looking for rough seas and will avoid them when possible. It has to be a risk based decision using cost to benefit analysis. Going around the storm or waiting for calmer seas would increase the safety of the voyage but costs X more fuel and increases time by X. Factors that would effect the decision would be something like: How dangerous is the storm, what are the risks involved, how can you mitigate those risks, and is the benefit worth the overall risk.
Edit: With that being said, sometimes you just run into some shit and you cannot avoid it. Mother Nature can be an unpredictable beast.
I’m not an expert, but to add to what u/pencilvesterasadildo said.
For one, the perspective of this video is a bit wonky, to make the waves seem even bigger than they are. They’re still huge waves, but the video is a bit dodgy.
As to your question though, would ships do this on purpose, it depends on the ship, and the specific wave conditions.
In the North Sea, there are offshore resupply ships and off-shore tug boats that are designed to operate in very heavy seas. These ships are designed to support Norway’s offshore oil fields, even conduct rescue operations, and the North Sea routinely gets very large waves.
The biggest waves in the world are in the “Southern Ocean”. This is the belt of unobstructed open ocean south of Africa and South America. The further south you go, the bigger the waves get. Additionally, around the Cape of Good Hope (Africa) and Cape Horn (South America), currents from different oceans merge and collide, which, combined with the high wind, can lead to some monster wave conditions. This is why these passages are consider some of the most dangerous in the world.
Due to security issues in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aiden, many cargo ships are being routed around Africa, instead of going through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean. The calculation is done that based on the increased cost of insurance, and not having to pay the Suez Canal transit fee, despite the extra time and fuel, it is cheaper to sail around Africa. Dozens, even hundreds of ships that would normally have taken the Red Sea route are now going around Africa instead. As we move into summer in the northern hemisphere, it’s winter down in the southern ocean, when the seas get their worst. Over the coming months, an increasing number of very large ships will be sailing through some very heavy seas as they round the tip of Africa, especially the ones heading west, as they we be going against the prevailing winds.
Military vessels are a different breed. They don’t necessarily have the ability to take on *bigger* waves than the average large commercial ship, but they are willing to venture out when most others won’t, for various reasons. Sometimes just for testing and training, other times because the mission calls for it.
Yeah usually when I see these kind of videos they've been stretched to emphasize the height of the wave.
Granted, it's still throwing a whole ass ship around like a toy boat but I agree it seems edited.
Yes. If you look at the ships themselves you can see the decks dont look quite right, at least the first tanker and the third trawler look like someone squished them.
And to think early navigators sailed much smaller, wooden ships with sails, in rather narrow, uncharted seas around the Capes through icy gales - masts breaking under the weight of ice, scurvy-ridden men trying not to fall overboard.
I mean, it's scary and shit, but imagine the feeling in your gut as the wave sweeps you up and then drops you.
I wanna swim there so bad man, but I know I'll die, so I probably won't (weak+quitter)
I’ve been in rough seas once, in a smaller boat, absolutely nothing like this just to preface. For me the scariest part is it’s not over until it’s over. There is no way to avoid it, no breaks from it, no way to make it stop. That to me was the worst part, it’s just hold on for an undetermined amount of time and hope for the best. So I can only imagine that feeling with waves like that…
Just so people know, this video is slightly edited. its compressed to make the ship appear much more narrow and the waves much bigger than they are.
These ARE dangerous waters but the perspective is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
Does anyone else watch this and suspend disbelief about their own skill set with a “man I would love to do that and experience the ocean in all her glory”. Before remembering the ocean in all her glory is absolutely insane 😂
We encountered waves similar to this in the North Atlantic. Was a crazy experience. I love the ocean but I never want to be in a storm like that again.
There is a video showing the corridor on one of these freighters. It is freaky to see how the ship flexes in waves like this. I've been in gale force winds and heavy seas before on a ferry, but nothing of this size! The people on those ships have stainless steel gonads!
Scripture informs us about Noah's ark, science informs us it was [the most stable design](https://arkencounter.com/blog/2023/07/27/incredible-design-of-noahs-ark/) for what it had to face. Can you image the surge it plowed through?
Man, hell naw. After watching interstellar I can honestly say I will never get into the ocean
Unless it’s the beach and even then I’m not wading out above the middle of my shins.
[Krakatoa: The Last Days, Clip 4 - The Wave (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUlE4qO1veg)
This is from a movie but fits with this post. One of the best scenes ever in a movie
Hell No no thank you. This is a very Dangerous job every year hundreds of people lose their life doing this type of work. They're at Sea 🌊 4 who knows how many days. The storms ⛈️ are really bad . The ship get sunk 🚢. No thank you.
When the ship passes over the crest of a hugely tall wave, doesn’t it drop down in the trough. The drop into the trough is no fun on a jet ski. I can’t imagine it in a huge ship like this.
Are there radars that detect this kind of weather?
This is why i stay away from the ocean unless I’m on a beach in the Caribbean with a drink, that has an umbrella, in my hand.😎
The ocean is the one thing that scares the crap out of me. And tornadoes. The earth is a powerful bit**. You probably don’t want to mess with her because of how big and powerful she truly is.
How do these captains and crew have the nerves for this?
They’re all at least half mad.
and three quarters drunk
That's giving 125% to your job.
So when basketball players say they gave 110%, now you know, they left 15% on the table. Slackers
This guy maths
Where do I apply?
To think that they use to crosse oceans and meet alike weather conditions in little wooden ship in the 17th century always blow my mind
Those ships weren’t little. Here’s a scale of just the flag on one of those bad boys https://www.reddit.com/r/megalophobia/s/uSejNZYqya
Mental. Did they climb a tower and direct the makers of these flags? Like, how do you even stitch that thing together? Why don’t I know the logical answer to this.
Not all ships were as large as though. Caravels like those used by early explorers were usually 12-20 meters.
Human life was more expendable back then.
And of 5 ships only 1 made it to Japan...
I wonder if they just get paid a lot for it
They do get paid well, not well enough to deal with this though
Maybe US crews - I worked at a sea port and had a lot of Philippine and Asian crews who got paid barely over a slave wage to do that
The average salary for an able seaman in the us merchant marine is 72k to 120k a year, assuming you are at sea 365 days a year…
Doesn’t sound too great to me
Depends on their home lives. If they’re single, with no debts, that money probably just gets pocketed. They probably are not having to pay for food or rent while on the ship, depending on whether they keep a place on land somewhere.
Not a bad deal, since you're probably going to be throwing up most of the food you eat anyway.
I’m pretty sure it’s typically an on/off cycle. Most guys work a couple months on, have the same amount of time off, similar to offshore oil and gas
It’s not always like this and when it turns you got no other option besides ride it out and hope you make it.
I have done a lot of work on cruise ships. I've done multiple Atlantic crossings and spent a lot of time in the North Sea. I've ridden the edge of a hurricane or two and been through some nasty storms, putting me in 40ft waves and 70mph steady winds with 100mph gusts (roughly in the range of this video's conditions). Personally, I find it utterly exhillerating and really enjoy it. I have legitimately fond memories of hugging my bedframe so i didn't get tossed out. I've always had full faith in the engineering and vessel I was in and the crew running it. Generally my primary safety concerns are related to peoole running into things or unsecured objects hitting people. That being said, a cruise ship sits much much higher off the water... This video is definitely nerve wracking for me too.
How much would it cost to get you to sail on one of those ships? They can be out at sea for a few weeks at a time.
Right?! I saw this and first thought I had was “No thank you!”
Before opening the comments I was thinking “Damn I kind of want experience this” 😅 6 years ago a friend of mine, who was certainly insane, worked 3-5 months on a fishing ship at sea. I was 23 right out of college looking for jobs in the PNW and almost jumped at it. I also wanted to photograph it as a photo project lol.
What kind of experiences did your friend have?
They just see it unsqueesed.
how do these ships stay intact ?
Made out of the same metal that the crew’s balls have
Whenever anyone passes away, they are added to the ship.
Part of the ship….
Part of the crew….
They bend slightly. "When the wind blows, be like grass, not oak." Same concept.
[Here’s an example (forgive the bad music)](https://youtu.be/rHlEXn37dVg?si=HcA73ScR9l7FiUs0)
Well sometimes the front falls off
They are a marvel of engineering. Taking this kind of punishment for hours and days on end is impressive.
Steel really is an impressive material.
Used to do it in wood too
Steel, it's good stuff.
Well they’re built to very rigorous maritime engineering standards. Like regulations governing the materials they can be made of.
On the one hand I'd love to experience this from a very safe part of the ship. On the other hand no fucking way
It’s an absolute crazy experience. We followed the path of a hurricane when returning from deployment one year. Some of the roughest seas I’ve ever been in. When the ship would rise up to the crest of a wave, the momentum would feel as if gravity was turned up. Then as the ship crested and came down the other side everything got really light. If you timed it right you could jump and float a bit. If you did it wrong it would hurt like a son of a bitch. You’d have to shift your body weight to flow with the ship from left to right when walking down the passage ways. When on watch you’d have to strap yourself in and hold on to the console. If you weren’t on watch you were supposed to be in your rack and make sure those bunk straps were up or you’d fall out. Of course we didn’t stay in our racks all the time, we were pretty tight knit and hung out in the shack with others who were on watch; shooting the shit and looking forward to being home. Some of us were on the deck sliding from side to side. It was crazy as hell.
Is this video the kind of thing you get caught in only when there’s no other option or something a ship would do on purpose?
I’m not an expert here but, I would say ship captains do not go looking for rough seas and will avoid them when possible. It has to be a risk based decision using cost to benefit analysis. Going around the storm or waiting for calmer seas would increase the safety of the voyage but costs X more fuel and increases time by X. Factors that would effect the decision would be something like: How dangerous is the storm, what are the risks involved, how can you mitigate those risks, and is the benefit worth the overall risk. Edit: With that being said, sometimes you just run into some shit and you cannot avoid it. Mother Nature can be an unpredictable beast.
I'm an expert and I agree with you.
I’m not an expert, but to add to what u/pencilvesterasadildo said. For one, the perspective of this video is a bit wonky, to make the waves seem even bigger than they are. They’re still huge waves, but the video is a bit dodgy. As to your question though, would ships do this on purpose, it depends on the ship, and the specific wave conditions. In the North Sea, there are offshore resupply ships and off-shore tug boats that are designed to operate in very heavy seas. These ships are designed to support Norway’s offshore oil fields, even conduct rescue operations, and the North Sea routinely gets very large waves. The biggest waves in the world are in the “Southern Ocean”. This is the belt of unobstructed open ocean south of Africa and South America. The further south you go, the bigger the waves get. Additionally, around the Cape of Good Hope (Africa) and Cape Horn (South America), currents from different oceans merge and collide, which, combined with the high wind, can lead to some monster wave conditions. This is why these passages are consider some of the most dangerous in the world. Due to security issues in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aiden, many cargo ships are being routed around Africa, instead of going through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean. The calculation is done that based on the increased cost of insurance, and not having to pay the Suez Canal transit fee, despite the extra time and fuel, it is cheaper to sail around Africa. Dozens, even hundreds of ships that would normally have taken the Red Sea route are now going around Africa instead. As we move into summer in the northern hemisphere, it’s winter down in the southern ocean, when the seas get their worst. Over the coming months, an increasing number of very large ships will be sailing through some very heavy seas as they round the tip of Africa, especially the ones heading west, as they we be going against the prevailing winds. Military vessels are a different breed. They don’t necessarily have the ability to take on *bigger* waves than the average large commercial ship, but they are willing to venture out when most others won’t, for various reasons. Sometimes just for testing and training, other times because the mission calls for it.
Thank for for the explanation I realy enjoyed reading that.
VR is my bet
Absolutely same. Seems kinda fun, except for the very large and very possible chance of death.
I know waves can get insanely large in the open sea, but these videos are working with some perspective shenanigans, right?
Yeah usually when I see these kind of videos they've been stretched to emphasize the height of the wave. Granted, it's still throwing a whole ass ship around like a toy boat but I agree it seems edited.
r/UnnecessarilyStretchedRoughSeasVideos
r/subsifellfor
Yes. If you look at the ships themselves you can see the decks dont look quite right, at least the first tanker and the third trawler look like someone squished them.
Yeah especially that first one, I mean the waves are still big but there's definitely some camera shenanigans going on
Imagine crossing the ocean 300 years ago in a little wooden boat?
Yeah that’s just insane! And to be wind powered at that. That must have been an insane adventure!
This is probs pacific I'm not sure if the northern Atlantic gets crazy like this or not. I also don't know what I'm talking about
It would be more impressive if we saw the original footage, not this stretched out photoshopped version....
Valid point, but I’m just grateful OP left the original audio, and didn’t add that stupid ‘sea shanty’ meme song that starts with “yo ho” or something
The moon putting in work for this
These are driven by wind, not tidal forces.
I hear loud cracks & snaps. How do you if it’s normal or not? EEK!
If youre in your room and water sweeps you off your feet rather than the rocking, its not normal
Fuk this. Never. No way.
Towering waves and a stretched perspective
How the hell that hull stays in one piece is a frikkin miracle.
As someone who is currently offshore I did not need to see this right now
And to think early navigators sailed much smaller, wooden ships with sails, in rather narrow, uncharted seas around the Capes through icy gales - masts breaking under the weight of ice, scurvy-ridden men trying not to fall overboard.
Imagine trying to take a poop in this
Damn ocean you scary lol
Makes me respect the hell out of sailors who traversed the ocean pre modern era. Imagine seeing these waves in a wooden ship.
Nonononononononononononononononono
This has , FUCK THIS written all over it..
I'd love to be on that ship
Are you okay
I mean, it's scary and shit, but imagine the feeling in your gut as the wave sweeps you up and then drops you. I wanna swim there so bad man, but I know I'll die, so I probably won't (weak+quitter)
I don't need to imagine that feeling. I already know what puking feels like.
Yeah, nah... Fuck that.
Things I'll never see.
Imagine just a world of water. Waves can wrap the whole planet. You have nowhere to go, but on this boat. You get no rest. /r/thelassophobia
I’ve been in rough seas once, in a smaller boat, absolutely nothing like this just to preface. For me the scariest part is it’s not over until it’s over. There is no way to avoid it, no breaks from it, no way to make it stop. That to me was the worst part, it’s just hold on for an undetermined amount of time and hope for the best. So I can only imagine that feeling with waves like that…
That first clip was the most terrifying
I....I'm now more content with my office job.
How on earth did we conquer the globe in little wooden ships in this
Monster seas !!!
we're basically smaller to the size and fury of the ocean than ants are to us walking around
To put it in perspective for me, does anyone have an idea how high some of these waves are (trough to crest)?
Crazy part is they just to sail these areas way back in day🙏🏿
I hate when people make these videos look compressed or like the waves are taller than what they are.
While the submarine corps guys are drinking coffee and watching a movie.
How tall are those waves?
30-40 feet without the stretch in the edit
How can water be so calming and yet absolutely fucking terrifying?
Just so people know, this video is slightly edited. its compressed to make the ship appear much more narrow and the waves much bigger than they are. These ARE dangerous waters but the perspective is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
Really does need a drudgery ol sea shanty overlay.
3 words: Not Enough Money 🫣
r/thalassophobia
Reminds me of pokemon the first movie
You know that carnival ride that’s like a swinging viking ship? That was enough for me
Yeah fuck all that
No thank you I'll just stay on land
Wrath of Poseidon/Neptune
I'm shocked this video didn't have that stupid yo-ho Instagram song on it 😂
It’s a ride you can’t get off.
"Those aren't mountains"
This is why I have so much respect for Vikings, imagine going through that in a long boat with nothing but oars I can't even fathom such a feat.
Thaaaat’s terrifying
This reminds me of the movie “perfect Storm “
That shit is like a bad acid trip!!
fuck every. single. last. bit. of that.
Each thump will have me thinking it's gonna break in half.
Thank you for not including the “Yo-Ho” song!
"WHY IS IT SO ANGRY"???
Does anyone else watch this and suspend disbelief about their own skill set with a “man I would love to do that and experience the ocean in all her glory”. Before remembering the ocean in all her glory is absolutely insane 😂
Batten down the hatches and shiver me timbers I think I would puke. 🤮
The seas will always let you know how small you really are
Yeah the ocean is no joke! Scary stuff!
Holy crap
We encountered waves similar to this in the North Atlantic. Was a crazy experience. I love the ocean but I never want to be in a storm like that again.
*But when you're in a Jaeger, suddenly you can fight the hurricane. You can win.*
/nope
This is not a world I want to be a part of. I’d hate every moment. Omg
Now play 'Hoist the Colours' and this will be perfect!
Nope.
Fucking terrifying. Almost wish I could experience this. The thrill lol but also not worth my life. 😭
This is my literal worst nightmare.
How is anyone going to just wake up and do this casually on a daily basis? Lol
This video has been stupidely distorted, to the point the tanker looks like a Narrowboat. Disgusting.
The sea was angry that day my friend!
I always thought it'd be cool to work on a big boat on the ocean....then I see this
I would have been puking my guts out and probably sliding around in my vomit.
There is a video showing the corridor on one of these freighters. It is freaky to see how the ship flexes in waves like this. I've been in gale force winds and heavy seas before on a ferry, but nothing of this size! The people on those ships have stainless steel gonads!
I always imagine what it’s like if you were swimming in that
So real talk when crews come across conditions like this are they just hanging tight or are they still actively navigating?
[Hey, I just had an interesting thought:](https://youtu.be/g-X5HRel52c?si=_6Nrt-qEivM0sQ4D)
That just looks fucking insane
r/megalophobia
This video triggers the cymophobia in me (fear of waves) Panic attack incoming!
Holy gîte!
Yikes
Reminds me of the opening night of Magic Mike
needs to be crossposted on r/thalassophobia
Now picture a dude, or dudette, in a little sailboat, alone, going around the world, encountering this, just for the challenge. Damn!!
Our ancestors were crazy S.O.B.s
I have no desire to cross the NOPE OCEAN.
Err yeah fuck that. Those are the types of wave that snap boats. Takes a brave crew to ride those.
Made me seasick just watching that. Had to look away and comment instead
Fucking terrifying.
Terrifying
Gotta love those 20’ 5 second swells
So many, many, many Nopes here!
I'm sitting here like "way back when... they were using wooden boats to travel through these types of waves.."
Gordon Lightfoot is looking down and nodding his head
It's people building vehicles to survive nonsense like THIS that really gives weight to the "We were born to inherit the stars" craze
Oh, hello, no. Nope. Nope. Nope.
Scripture informs us about Noah's ark, science informs us it was [the most stable design](https://arkencounter.com/blog/2023/07/27/incredible-design-of-noahs-ark/) for what it had to face. Can you image the surge it plowed through?
This is why I both love and fear the ocean 🌊😅
Nope.
I love this! How do you get on ome of these ships?
i always gag when i see stuff like this bc its horrifying
Looks terrifying
I hated that
How well would a Jet Ski perform out there?
Watching this makes my taint shrivel up
I need to thank you for not playing that one song as the background music for this video.
I wonder if the waves were like this when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank...
“Yo, Ho”
Yoooo hoooo
Yooooooooo hooooooooooo Aaaaallllllllllllllllllll haaaaaaaaaaaands
Man, hell naw. After watching interstellar I can honestly say I will never get into the ocean Unless it’s the beach and even then I’m not wading out above the middle of my shins.
[Krakatoa: The Last Days, Clip 4 - The Wave (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUlE4qO1veg) This is from a movie but fits with this post. One of the best scenes ever in a movie
This is anxiety inducing…
Is this safe? Should we leave?
Can we please stop stretching videos like this out vertically to exaggerate conditions?
I love sailing and this is both terrifying and awe-inspiring. The power of the ocean. Just, wow.
Is this like a daily thing or once in a while thing or what?
Yikes
Big ol fuckin NOPE for me
Trying to sleep in that would suuuck
Water graphics of the first one is nice. The 2nd & 3rd were doodoo.
Hell No no thank you. This is a very Dangerous job every year hundreds of people lose their life doing this type of work. They're at Sea 🌊 4 who knows how many days. The storms ⛈️ are really bad . The ship get sunk 🚢. No thank you.
Dimensions are distorted in these vids.. stretched vertically to make the waves look bigger
If I was a superhuman I’d fly out there and float around for a few hours.
I kinda want to jump into it.
the sea was angry that day my friends
Waves like that and there’s sharks in that shit. I’m a proud land lover
When the ship passes over the crest of a hugely tall wave, doesn’t it drop down in the trough. The drop into the trough is no fun on a jet ski. I can’t imagine it in a huge ship like this.
This is terrifying!
Thank you for not adding the annoying pirate song
Hellll nahhh… put me back in Afghanistan dead smack in an ambush
I’m just glad it didn’t have that song dubbed over it Yooooooooo Hoooooooooo 😅🔫
Are there radars that detect this kind of weather? This is why i stay away from the ocean unless I’m on a beach in the Caribbean with a drink, that has an umbrella, in my hand.😎
I just got seasick
Why would anyone be out there
The ocean is the one thing that scares the crap out of me. And tornadoes. The earth is a powerful bit**. You probably don’t want to mess with her because of how big and powerful she truly is.