Hamnavoe in heavy seas

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[matttd]

I reckon the St Ola could take a bigger sea- The old Claymore and Petalina B were good vessels too were they not?

[Orkneygal0100]

@matttd i totaly agree wi u! but the new Pentalina is pretty gd 2 i am so excited cos i am cumin back up 4 a holiday on saturday!

[pillster95]

i was out at the back when that happend it was mental

[LittleAngelCakez]

omg iv been on much worse. iv been of the saint ola the p&o boat it was omg

[Orcadien]

I was on that Crossing

[lyallbaybum69]

To be honest,i feel that the Hamnavoe is poorly designed and is way too top heavy.

The previous two Ola's seemed more at ease on rough weather.Anyone agree?

Pretty damned luxurios inside though!

[Enheduanas]

The Hamnavoe is pretty top heavy, but anyone who does this route alot can tell you that if her stabilizers are working she can ride much heavier seas than the st ola.... theres even a song about how rubbish and roly poly the st ola was!

[lyallbaybum69]

Which Ola are we taking about? I sailed on the last three,from 1970 right up until P&O lost the tender.

As an expat Orcadian,my last three trips back to Orkney were in mixed conditions,i just felt that even on a calm day,there was more motion on the Hamnavoe than on the Ola....In fact,for the first time,i threw up the entire crossing!.Could have been all the beers the night before though,eh?

Whatever,the Hamnavoe is a bonnie vessel.

[Thekempy]

that would be awesome!!!!!!!!!!

[joelang1699]

Not when you actualy work on it and are trying to sleep, after a few weeks of this it gets rather tiresome. I have been in a lot lot worse though, the rolling is worse for sleeping than the pitching.

[longhopelass]

Was that the time that the KGS bairns had to get off Orkney, because they were going on a trip to Moena in Italy. My lass was on that boat and she said it was incredible. There was a picture of it in the paper that week as well.

[wirhannah]

That is absolutely terrifying...

[datobsta]

holy fuk that is bad!

[SAINTSROWNUMBER1FAN]

holy shit

[lewisb25]

I wonder what it was like further out to sea

[crumbz8852]

i was on the boat that day holy hell it was rough my little sister spewed the whole way across lol

if you look at the pictures of it ont he orcadian website you can see folk standing out on the back deck i was staning next 2 the window with a group of people it was good fun

you just cant beat a pentland firth crossing

[bahhah1]

i remember the ola getting battered like this back in the day...i also have a picture of the sunniva in similar conditions, with the propellers stickin out of the water.

[calmac20]

any chance you could send that pic o the sunniva, i used to work on it! murraycowie_456@hotmail.com

[bahhah1]

have had a look for the picture and i cant find it anywhere, real sorry. i was gonna scan it in etc. if i do end up finding it ill email it straight away.

cheers

[machineofwar]

i work on the Hjaltland and that kind of weather is pretty normal for winter, we just tend to punch through it. People complain when we dont sail but if they were out in that weather they would soon wish we didnt sail.

[Maverickhorse]

Holy Shamoly!! ha ha.

Im off to Orkney in June for my yearly fishing trip!

The crossings have always been calm, this gives me the heeby jeebys tho!! :-0

[PeugeotLad]

I used to live in Orkney and the older Ferries were a lot worse than that, luckily its newer modern ferries now, am 30 btw lol.  Nice to see Orkney again.

[sixthtimelucky]

omg good video and heavy seas to.

[xxxmrsdeppxxx]

Why did i just watch that..... I'm on the ferry 2night :0

[Imalrightma]

This is not good. Im a Eng. Cadet and going to be sailing for the first time with Northlink Ferries....oh shit! Should be going to sea at the end of Mar 08.

[BenCar1986]

OMG...i was one year ago there and i puked all the night :S

[lisastarzabdn]

i was on the hamnavow 2 weeks ago and i thought it was bad.. it was nothin compared to this!! lol

[donbribon]

eso es lo que se llama un pantocazo

[whassigo]

If any potential tourists are watching this don't worry - in the summer the Firth is just like a mill pond. (hey - my nose just started to grow longer)

[Yorgo]

Looks a bit Rough

[solentferrycam]

Nice clip!

[deekay242]

I'm surprised that the boat went that day, nomally Northlink cancel sailings at the slightest puff of wind!

[Canusaymyname]

wow i v e been offshore when it was 20 foot waves and i though that was scary

[JonHend]

I think you will find that everything IS bolted to the floor! Even the chairs in the restraunt are attached to the floor by cables!

[eatmychuddies]

Are you certain that's routine? Nothing that isn't bolted to the floor is going to be in one piece on that baby! Thanks for posting this.

[phunky1980]

i would NOT wanna be on that. that would be dangerous to even be on. you might bounce around inside the ship.

[ferrynut]

Scottish ferries ROCKS in heavy seas! ;o)

[JAStewart]

fuck me!

[BiggerAl88]

...That's Orkney for you! Would have loved to have been there to see that!

[TroutHead7007]

bloody hell that IS rough!

[nomonkeymind]

amazing! thanks for posting that!!!