Pacific Sun Cruise liner in very heavy seas. Internal CCTV footage of service area

On August 1, the Pacific Sun ran into a heavy storm off the coast of New Zealand, 25 foot tall waves and 50 knot winds.
View of the service area.
To watch, a view from the bar : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGVzwft5_I8

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• CCTV
• Pacific
• Sun
• Cruise
• heavy
• seas
• bar

[BlankBrain]

Occurrences like this are where the expression “loose cannon” came from. One loose cannon bouncing around in heavy seas could break others loose, tearing the whole ship apart.

[bcooper606]

LMFAO! I bet that romm was all fucked up at the end of this! That stuff shoud have been tied down!

[MrZambooni]

What is the name of that ship?

[Oakleaf700]

Yes, as a kid we crossed the Channel /North Sea every year, and you knew you were in for a rough ride when all the lorries and cars were ''chocked'' and strapped to the sides of the ship, and in the passenger areas, the furniture was bolted down, and the chairs were on chains. But these were ships that regularly sailed rough waters so the crews were experienced.

[henrikarvidsson]

That is so bad seamanship. I used to work as a skipper..hmm not to tie things up before a storm wow..how clever!

[WaveArsenal]

why didnt someone batten the fucking hatches!?

[Deeked]

@BlankBrain Thanks for the info brother.....

[kill13NUKEKING]

ha shouldnt it be straped down?

[mattj79]

Forklift looks like a 3 tonner (capacity) which would make it about 6 to 6.5 ton actual weight.

[TK42138]

@drysdriz

Hi, thanks for the info. Maybe it was freak weather or perhaps a sign that this type of weather is becoming far more common. Wouldn't be too surprised if ship loading hatches are designed for regular immersion. Hate to think how many sea sickness cases there must have been...