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  • Опубликовано: 31 окт 2008
  • Freakwave of 30 meters high.
    Vessel: Mv.Metsaborg.
    Company: Wagenborg.
    Place of freakwave: North Atlantic.
    Time: 1-2 February 2008
    Ship Length x Breadth: 135 m X 17 m
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  • @fratercontenduntocculta8161
    @fratercontenduntocculta8161 2 года назад +6943

    Remember that most of people in history that dealt with waves like this did so in a ship made of wood. I struggle to think of what an incredible ordeal an ocean crossing must have been.

    • @RevPerdueJosh
      @RevPerdueJosh 2 года назад +78

      @@Dom_Solo what would he be triggered from?

    • @Dom_Solo
      @Dom_Solo 2 года назад +6

      @@RevPerdueJosh you mad too? Aww

    • @chatteyj
      @chatteyj 2 года назад +128

      @@Dom_Solo So you are saying most nations that never ventured out to sea were civilised? Learn some history bro.

    • @Dom_Solo
      @Dom_Solo 2 года назад +20

      @@chatteyj I said none of that. Reading comprehension is key.

    • @RevPerdueJosh
      @RevPerdueJosh 2 года назад +87

      @@Dom_Solo But what would he be triggered from lol?

  • @mconner262
    @mconner262 3 года назад +11992

    Imagine being on a boat 600 years ago in waves like this thinking that you could fall off the planet at any moment

    • @Algernon7
      @Algernon7 3 года назад +1072

      They really didn't think that; even back in 240 B.C.E. a Greek mathematician named Eratosthenes came up with a clever way of estimating the actual circumference of the planet. Contrary to popular belief, no one important thought that the earth was flat. Flat earth believers were basically the conspiracy theorists of the day; it had been proven the earth was round long before. Columbus' claim was that the earth was much smaller than it was and was known to be. Since knowledge of the American landmass lying between the routes was not well known, it was assumed that the distance to Asia was open ocean and ships of the time period could not carry the provisions necessary to make such a trip. Columbus was wrong about the size of the earth and had he not blundered into the American continent, his ships would have starved at sea long before reaching Asia.

    • @stangneshakon
      @stangneshakon 3 года назад +125

      @@Algernon7 but the Vikings...

    • @Algernon7
      @Algernon7 3 года назад +531

      @@stangneshakon Right, but the Norse tribes that discovered a route to the Americas were not fully aware of the scale of their discovery nor was it relayed to the rest civilized world by the time Columbus was alive.

    • @BattleSloths
      @BattleSloths 3 года назад +311

      Regardless of the flat earth concept, the technology of wooden boats were WAY too fragile. Hundreds of thousands were lost at sea because of these waves. Scary shit.

    • @BattleSloths
      @BattleSloths 3 года назад +35

      who8myfish yup. Eratosthenes, brilliant geographer.

  • @larryh.5229
    @larryh.5229 2 года назад +1103

    My dad was a Merchant Marine and he sailed for 42 years... He always said, "no matter how big you think you are, the ocean is always bigger...you can be on a crest at one moment then looking up at a 60 ft wall of water the next".

    • @bastian6173
      @bastian6173 Год назад +11

      Still we humans manage to pollute it with our stupid plastic -.-

    • @blacksheep7910
      @blacksheep7910 Год назад +12

      @Bastian That will go on forever, no matter how hard we try to cover it up, or even try to solve it.

    • @MrShanester117
      @MrShanester117 Год назад +2

      So your dad taught you that oceans are bigger then boats? Wow. Brilliant

    • @larryh.5229
      @larryh.5229 Год назад

      @@MrShanester117 lol, obviously you'rea jack off. Do you show your ass often?

    • @aussiesurfer805
      @aussiesurfer805 Год назад

      @@MrShanester117 naaah yeaah …. and you’re a dead-set asshole, who clearly struggles to comprehend basic words, making it near on impossible for you to consider things beyond the superficial ….. yep ….
      … so aaahhhh … what did your dad teach you ? How to be a wanker ?

  • @jackking5567
    @jackking5567 Год назад +140

    I worked in the North Sea on trawlers and got to see first hand how crazy it could get. Best example was trawling one day and it was stunning - barely a wind and perfect for us. Some older experienced crew suddenly began running around screaming. The trawler engine went to full revs, we altered course and as fast they could were winching the nets back up from the sea bed. A crewman grabbed me and began shouting orders what to be doing. As we worked furiously to those tasks, I shouted to him what was happening. I'll never forget his words as he almost shouted and spat them out with a fear in his eyes - "Green water. It's green water. Did you not see it". I did see it but thought it was the sun moving behind a small cloud - not so. Seems that those old men knew a thing or two and that a sudden change in the sea there meant a terrible storm was coming in fast. I could see nothing and half laughed at him but he was furious. He screamed at me to stop and to keep working fast.
    I kid ye not - within 10 minutes of that initial change in the colour of the sea water a storm was brewing. It had come from nowhere. It appeared above us and around us. The winds and waves picked up fast. So fast that we still hadn't prepared for it fully and the heavy fishing net was still being winched up.
    We reached a point where we only had the net to finish bringing up. Some men held my upper arms with their hands and stared into my eyes. "Whatever happens, stay with the flotsun. If you see something floating, stuff it into your clothing" I was told. I was in a daze as they told me. It meant that they expected the trawler to sink. We wore floatation clothing and would float for the most but the sea was the killer - hypothermia. If we went in we had around 8 minutes before we'd die. Rescue would not reach us in time if we did and the men were telling me my body would float (if I did what they said) and my family would get closure on my death.
    The net was heavy and still coming up. The weight of the net meant that the trawler barely had the strength to go over the huge swell that had formed. The trawler was quite literally going through the huge waves at they pummeled the hull. We were in a sheltered part of the deck and would watch as the waves went over us and we'd exit the other side. The white foamy water and the more green solid colours was beautiful to watch. Eventually we got the net up. Too dangerous to lift it onto the deck and instead we chained it to the side. The whole time the skipper making a rapid race to a safe port.
    We eventually made it though coastguards were aware of us. They'd kept in constant contact throughout.
    That was the day I saw just how dangerous the sea could be.

    • @Samuel-yv1ig
      @Samuel-yv1ig 6 месяцев назад +14

      nice story bro. My utmost respect for you. I wouldn't dare to do anything like that

    • @Ninjanimegamer
      @Ninjanimegamer 6 месяцев назад +11

      I've seen these sudden sea storms from land. They are so vicious from the beach, I can't imagine how terrifying it must be out on the ocean. The north sea has a temperament all of its own. Nothing compares to what you described.

    • @user-mm9fk8jb4x
      @user-mm9fk8jb4x 4 месяца назад +6

      My Neighbour was a north sea fisherman skipper, all his working life, his son told me it is always better that you didnt learn to swim, your suffering well not be so long, If the boat goes down.

    • @illegalopinions4082
      @illegalopinions4082 2 месяца назад +7

      You know things are about to get bad when the seasoned are on edge. Glad you guys got through OK

    • @sysiphuspeart9012
      @sysiphuspeart9012 13 дней назад +4

      I'm terrified of the open water. This is one of the most intense things I've ever read online.

  • @arizun8160
    @arizun8160 3 года назад +9448

    I never knew I wanted videos of large waves hitting boats but here I am

  • @bradygraff5876
    @bradygraff5876 7 лет назад +4694

    I can tell by his laughter, he's 10 times the man I am

    • @ElectronicPleasure
      @ElectronicPleasure 7 лет назад +334

      Trust me you'd laugh cause crying isn't an option.
      Your on the ship there is nothing you can do so you watch the waves and laugh at why you're doing this for a living

    • @sarto2010
      @sarto2010 7 лет назад +4

      ElectronicPleasure What????

    • @ElectronicPleasure
      @ElectronicPleasure 7 лет назад +34

      What, what?

    • @littleredy666
      @littleredy666 7 лет назад

      ElectronicPleasure what's with the symbols?

    • @ElectronicPleasure
      @ElectronicPleasure 7 лет назад +16

      They weren't there when i first typed it. I've seen this before on other posts too. must a YT comment bug.
      There you go, Edited and corrected.

  • @alexhendricks5322
    @alexhendricks5322 3 года назад +581

    youtube: he’ll watch basically anything at this point

    • @sine-spike
      @sine-spike 3 года назад +4

      What’s wrong with this image?
      I’m in it and I don’t like it

    • @ptrekboxbreaks5198
      @ptrekboxbreaks5198 2 года назад +2

      That's funny

    • @alexisalejos2981
      @alexisalejos2981 2 года назад +1

      I was about to search fat guy in a kayak because of youtube I just gave up

    • @Seabacon346
      @Seabacon346 2 года назад +1

      😂😂😭

  • @dickfitswell3437
    @dickfitswell3437 3 года назад +571

    When you hear laughing it means "that was fun but we should have capsized."

    • @michaelloud5206
      @michaelloud5206 3 года назад +9

      Great name Mr. Fitswell

    • @lamppuu1
      @lamppuu1 3 года назад +16

      It's a laugh for "i can't believe we didn't die!"

    • @aidanmagill6769
      @aidanmagill6769 3 года назад +1

      Yeah, you don't want broadsided by one of those.

    • @FreshwaterNautical
      @FreshwaterNautical 3 года назад +6

      Or "we shouldve split in half"

    • @SJM6791
      @SJM6791 3 года назад +5

      Yes, that’s the “I’m glad we survived that” laugh.

  • @81Heino
    @81Heino 6 лет назад +5858

    I'd pray in name of every single welder who had combined that stuff all together without any small mistake.

    • @verpauly
      @verpauly 5 лет назад +116

      unfortunately, I was on a newly build trawler that had some pretty bad welder putting it together and was in a storm not quite this bad.

    • @Alwaysgotthemunchies
      @Alwaysgotthemunchies 5 лет назад +81

      PJ Butler and.......?

    • @Ola_Uteligger
      @Ola_Uteligger 5 лет назад +211

      @@Alwaysgotthemunchies They sank, and PJ died...rofl...nah, obviously they were fine...problably some damage...

    • @calebjaymes9710
      @calebjaymes9710 5 лет назад +22

      @@Ola_Uteligger lol ur funny keep up that spirit

    • @katerica222
      @katerica222 5 лет назад +31

      @@Alwaysgotthemunchies and ship's wifi went out (((((

  • @kgstranger8179
    @kgstranger8179 3 года назад +3159

    All of this started with a video of a windmill being destroyed, then rocks falling in water, then boulders rolling down hills, and here we are

    • @RtB68
      @RtB68 3 года назад +99

      It's wonderful how RUclips does that. Starts with an unemployed Brazilian boiling an egg and finishes with a Thai girl pole dancing in a seedy bar in Phuket...or so I am told, eh? lol.

    • @danbennett9328
      @danbennett9328 3 года назад +38

      What a time to be alive

    • @KadBaine
      @KadBaine 3 года назад +5

      ME TOO

    • @scottiedavis5527
      @scottiedavis5527 3 года назад +10

      WOW same, youtube is spinning us all in the same circle?

    • @Dafoodmaster
      @Dafoodmaster 3 года назад

      @@scottiedavis5527 sounds like a dutch thing

  • @djaz1453
    @djaz1453 Год назад +5

    I REALLY love when youtube decides to recommend me decade old videos.

  • @austins.2495
    @austins.2495 3 года назад +33

    I watch one wave video, now RUclips thinks that's all I'm into. I guess this is my life now 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @Marceloloeite
    @Marceloloeite 3 года назад +2405

    When the vídeo is from 2008 but the comments are from 2 hours ago

    • @ericmaloney3889
      @ericmaloney3889 3 года назад +26

      I don't even know how I got here.

    • @davidca96
      @davidca96 3 года назад +7

      @@ericmaloney3889 me neither

    • @still34u
      @still34u 3 года назад +6

      Seriously, what the fuck... Why am I even here?

    • @gabrielrendon
      @gabrielrendon 3 года назад +15

      The youtube algorithm has blessed us.

    • @TheChodex
      @TheChodex 3 года назад +2

      roflmao

  • @m981236
    @m981236 13 лет назад +326

    I admire the captain, the crew and the yard that built the ship.

    • @jinchey
      @jinchey 2 года назад +10

      And above all, the engineers who designed it!

    • @trey6563
      @trey6563 Год назад +1

      @jinch not as impressive as the others

    • @veramae4098
      @veramae4098 Год назад

      A line went thru my head
      "So long boys, it's been good to know you,"
      from Gordon Lightfoot's song about the ship lost in a Lake Superior storm.

    • @unaizilla
      @unaizilla 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@trey6563 trust me, the people who designed this ship are as important, if not more, than those who built it

  • @craigcooknf
    @craigcooknf 2 года назад +93

    A wave like that hit a large trawler that I was on. It bent the front bulkhead and knocked out the primary radar. Also damage the secondary. We went back in using the foghorn at night like sonar. That's the last time I went offshore.

    • @vinzklortho3013
      @vinzklortho3013 2 года назад

      Smart man

    • @Peter-zg3em
      @Peter-zg3em 2 года назад +1

      i promise you that you didn't take a wave like that in a fishing boat my guy. that is easily 20 meters. probably closer to 30 meters. that's 100 feet for the americans in the crowd. this is one of the biggest waves anyone has ever seen and survived. drilling platforms and maybe the biggest container ships in the world can take a wave that size, and nothing else.

    • @plack_benis382
      @plack_benis382 2 года назад +2

      @@Peter-zg3em we know what meters are you ponce

    • @keithkammerhofer80
      @keithkammerhofer80 2 года назад

      Fuk me where was that bro?..I'm in north Queensland used to work at a boat yard and seem some damage to vessels that should not go back in the water

    • @Peter-zg3em
      @Peter-zg3em 2 года назад

      @@plack_benis382 fam taking one look at your name i'd assume you have a tough time hitting the bowl when you piss or pour milk into your cereal. don't talk to a man like me again.

  • @martareitmajer
    @martareitmajer Год назад +5

    I love these videos. It’s so scary but I’m watching it from the comfort of my own couch.

  • @indridcold8433
    @indridcold8433 4 года назад +624

    Please note the diagnal approach to the incoming waves. I believe this is done to minimise hull stress by keeping the crest of the wave traveling from front to back while keeping the ship as level as possible. A similar approach is utilised when going over large obsticles in an off road vehicle to minimise thumping and keeping things as level as possible. If the ship were to head into the wave bow first, it would rise up from the front. The bow would get over the wave crest and then the rest of the ship would thump over the wave causing a catapult effect to the back. This would be very stressful on the structure. If the ship just let the wave hit them on the side, it could capsize the vessel. The diagnal approach seems the best approach to the waves.

    • @SkylineBNR34
      @SkylineBNR34 2 года назад +74

      Also used on lowered cars trying to get over speed bumps.

    • @plack_benis382
      @plack_benis382 2 года назад +31

      yeah. Ive seen a video of a tanker literally snapping in half because it hit a wave head on, scary stuff

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 2 года назад +12

      @@SkylineBNR34For any vehicle to get over any obsticle, it seems the diagnal approach stresses the vehicle the least.

    • @neovo903
      @neovo903 2 года назад +10

      Some ships have split in 2 going over a wave perpendicular

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 2 года назад +6

      @@neovo903 Unfortunately, it is not a guaranteed method. It is just like going over an off road obsticle in the same manner does not guarantee the vehicle will not get stuck. The best way to assure ship safety is stay on calm seas. The best way to assure your vehicle does not get stuck is stay on flat ground sigh no obsticles. But what is the fun in that?

  • @yggdrasil9039
    @yggdrasil9039 3 года назад +984

    Good surfing wave. I don't know why there's not more surfing out in the middle of the ocean.

    • @Armendicus
      @Armendicus 3 года назад +222

      The sea monsters that live our imagination: "yessssss come out here , the water's fine!!!!"

    • @m.valley3782
      @m.valley3782 3 года назад +82

      Yea bruh just imagine surfing in the Bermuda triangle, sick as

    • @deady95
      @deady95 3 года назад +59

      There is. You just don't hear much about it..

    • @romptown
      @romptown 3 года назад +128

      Yeah thing looks great if you like waves that are 50ft thick and choppy as fuck

    • @ricorodriguez9678
      @ricorodriguez9678 3 года назад +12

      @@romptown haha yep

  • @Der_Pong
    @Der_Pong 2 года назад +46

    Big respect to all sailors as they're far from home and close to danger

  • @ppapdddar6159
    @ppapdddar6159 3 года назад +36

    As a person who plans on, once retired, go cruising the world in a small (40-50 ft) sailboat. This thing really freaks me out.
    Since I learnt about 'rogue waves', I am rethinking the whole sailing thing.

    • @oswaldomayberry9260
      @oswaldomayberry9260 2 года назад +8

      You gotta kick Dale and Brennan out of the house first!

    • @yatzeegamingop
      @yatzeegamingop Год назад

      Rogue waves are not dangerous to sailboats. It's small enough to not get damaged and it's impossible to capsize sailships.

    • @elijazfrazelsassafraz3100
      @elijazfrazelsassafraz3100 Год назад +3

      @@yatzeegamingop id hate yo break it to you but it is possible for *any ship* to capsize given the right circumstances

    • @mpenn
      @mpenn Год назад

      @@yatzeegamingop Sailboats will capsize for sure but they self right easily due to the keel.

    • @jeffreyoneill6439
      @jeffreyoneill6439 3 месяца назад

      They are not “rogue” waves. That is the sea.

  • @TannerCh
    @TannerCh 3 года назад +248

    They're just lucky the front didn't fall off!
    "A wave hit the ship!"
    "Is that unusual?"
    "Oh yeah, at sea? Chance in a million!"

    • @DomH1994
      @DomH1994 3 года назад +11

      Very lucky the ship wasn't made out of cardboard or cardboard derivatives. Not to forget how difficult it would have been tow it out of the environment.

    • @sauercrowder
      @sauercrowder 3 года назад +6

      Yeah not luck, it was built to very rigorous maritime engineering standards. And they had at least double the minimum crew complement here.

    • @shannon3994
      @shannon3994 3 года назад +3

      What's the minimum crew requirement?

    • @wharris302
      @wharris302 3 года назад +4

      @@shannon3994 one I suppose

    • @briciolaa
      @briciolaa 3 года назад +1

      omg where was this from? i remember it was hilarious but not the title of the video
      nvm found it again yay ruclips.net/video/3m5qxZm_JqM/видео.html

  • @yakacm
    @yakacm 9 лет назад +316

    Turns into a submarine for a few seconds.

  • @Sol-os5pk
    @Sol-os5pk 3 года назад +133

    The shipmen are speaking Dutch and saying "Shit dude look at that" "DAMN" "Jesus" and "What a Unit". Understandable reaction.

    • @Gumaonetwothree
      @Gumaonetwothree 3 года назад +7

      And something about filling 3 swimming pools

    • @pjotrtje0NL
      @pjotrtje0NL 3 года назад

      @Clay Lapointe and you know that because…?

    • @slinkerdeer
      @slinkerdeer Год назад +1

      I think everyone understood that "Shieet!"

  • @FoxTailGames
    @FoxTailGames 3 года назад +402

    bro stellar job to that captain for spotting that wave forming and turning into it

    • @davidlang1125
      @davidlang1125 3 года назад +10

      Obliquely to ease the vessel through peaks and troughs.

    • @joedurso5192
      @joedurso5192 3 года назад +5

      Barely

    • @ojmikey
      @ojmikey 3 года назад +7

      he really is a captain

    • @Texas240
      @Texas240 3 года назад +59

      The catch 22 is that if the wave is tall enough and steep enough, the ship hull can crack as the front portion becomes unsupported while the stern is still in wave.

    • @nypzzgdh7712
      @nypzzgdh7712 3 года назад +4

      Idk Could Captain Says "Holy F**k" While Turning Against The Freak Waves

  • @fourlamb1
    @fourlamb1 5 лет назад +204

    Mate!!!!! That is terrifying. Either it was 30 metered or not, that's irrelevant. The ship was pretty close to snapping in two by the looks of things, or at least suffering irreversible damages.
    Thumbs up to the welders, ship builders and especially the crew and captain, if he was steering the ship.

    • @Seahorn_
      @Seahorn_ 3 года назад +26

      That vessel was now where close to snapping in two. And you the steering automate wishes to thank you for the thumbs up as he was steering the vessel.

    • @thanesgames9685
      @thanesgames9685 2 года назад

      @@Seahorn_ ruclips.net/video/YxCWHY2P5wc/видео.html

    • @Seahorn_
      @Seahorn_ 2 года назад +12

      @@thanesgames9685 Big difference between a rusty 50 year old ex soviet coastal vessel and a proper maintained 20 year old sea going vessel aint it? Probably also properly loaded. Again that vessel was not near breaking point and the auto pilot still wants kuddos.

    • @jerryvan-hees7130
      @jerryvan-hees7130 2 года назад +1

      That's what they said happened to the Edmund fritzgerald.

    • @Seahorn_
      @Seahorn_ 2 года назад +2

      @@jerryvan-hees7130 Is a laker, not an ocean going vessel

  • @demonhalo67
    @demonhalo67 3 года назад +23

    No sailor worth his salt would underestimate the power and might of rogue waves.

  • @jacobcarolan1172
    @jacobcarolan1172 3 года назад +10

    After seeing these ships up close at the Panama Canal this video is mind blowing . That wave is like insane.

  • @allninelivez7631
    @allninelivez7631 2 года назад +3

    That butterfly feeling. I heard it in their voices.

  • @euphoritch2
    @euphoritch2 11 лет назад +28

    respect to the captain, what a control of such a rare rare adrenalized situation .....very talented to keep a big machine like that in even bigger waves

  • @NoaVanSnick
    @NoaVanSnick 3 года назад +124

    "Wat een ding joh" lmfao

    • @jebooiii6462
      @jebooiii6462 3 года назад +11

      "moeje kijken"

    • @Kameraman712
      @Kameraman712 3 года назад +1

      Wat is er zo grappig?

    • @Dafoodmaster
      @Dafoodmaster 3 года назад +3

      lekker nonchalant

    • @ActuallyLemons
      @ActuallyLemons 3 года назад +6

      mis alleen nog de "wajoooo" maar misschien is die meer voor vuurwerk bestemd

    • @Dafoodmaster
      @Dafoodmaster 3 года назад +2

      @@ActuallyLemons eens

  • @forgotaboutbre
    @forgotaboutbre 3 года назад +17

    Captain did a great job rolling to port over that wave. Imagine if he went head on? That would seriously be testing the engineering of that beautiful ship.

    • @Seahorn_
      @Seahorn_ 3 года назад

      That had nothing to do with that wave, and had everything to do with the gale they were sailing in.......

    • @forgotaboutbre
      @forgotaboutbre 3 года назад +3

      ​@@Seahorn_ Can you clarify what had nothing to do with the wave? My comment is about the great job the captain did rolling over the wave.
      How is it the captain's skillful traversal of the wave has nothing to do with the wave?
      wtf m8

    • @Seahorn_
      @Seahorn_ 3 года назад +1

      @@forgotaboutbre That vessel is in a gale. A vessel will adjust course and speed to better deal with the waves when in gale. They did that too (long time before the sea state were to this level).
      I am 99.999999% sure that they use the auto pilot, to steer the vessel. Even then, in that condition.
      That rolling that you see is just the vessel reaction to the wave(s) there are no humans at that moment involved with steering.
      The humans on the bridge (most probably only the officer of the watch) just braced themselves when the waves past (and hopefully the chairs did not break as they have flimsy chairs on these vessels)

    • @forgotaboutbre
      @forgotaboutbre 3 года назад +6

      ​@@Seahorn_ Oh okay, in that case I withdraw my compliment to the captain, and re-apply my compliment to the auto-pilot software, which does a fantastic job at navigating the swell in a way that minimizes hull stresses.

  • @mawfish1
    @mawfish1 3 года назад +7

    This is truly a rogue wave. So much higher than all the others. It breaks for such a long time.

  • @tubefreakmuva
    @tubefreakmuva 8 лет назад +295

    finally a good rogue wave video, bravo!

    • @AdamSmith-qp8ys
      @AdamSmith-qp8ys 8 лет назад +19

      +tubefreakmuva it's just a big wave, not rogue

    • @Hanibaltherogue
      @Hanibaltherogue 8 лет назад +5

      +tubefreakmuva A nice big wave, nothing to do with a so called rogue or freak wave... still good footage!

    • @Lightningchase1973
      @Lightningchase1973 8 лет назад +19

      +Hanibaltherogue A wave a lot bigger and steeper then the highest other waves around ... whats the name? Freak wave! what else? It was quite some luck, the wave was breaking a bit later, wrong timepoint might have broken the vessel.

    • @duknilch
      @duknilch 8 лет назад +13

      +Adam Smith This is wrong, it is a rogue wave

    • @NyanCatHerder
      @NyanCatHerder 6 лет назад +4

      Lightningchase1973 It's hard to be sure just how large this wave is, but a rogue wave has to be at least twice the significant wave height (the average height) in an area. This one doesn't *appear* to be double the average.

  • @carlosvanvegas
    @carlosvanvegas 9 лет назад +14

    Damn that must make you love life at that moment, no matter how experienced you are on these ships...

    • @justacrlon3963
      @justacrlon3963 8 лет назад +5

      that makes think of my dry soft bed. and my soft comfy pillow.

  • @nancyharman4795
    @nancyharman4795 Год назад +2

    The calm inside the cabin creates such a contrast with the ferocity of the waves outside -- just a few objects falling to the floor indicates any disturbance! And he's able to LAUGH!!! Kudos!!! 😺💕🐾

  • @balalunga1
    @balalunga1 Год назад +2

    My dad was a spice tradesman in the 13th century. He sailed around the whole world and told me there are no savages as scary as the ocean.

  • @trumpet001
    @trumpet001 12 лет назад +14

    That's a big wave! also worth remembering the waves never look as big on film

  • @kttn_wolf5621
    @kttn_wolf5621 8 лет назад +150

    I have to admit the captain did a hella job steering if he was the one steering the ship
    good video

    • @Rogersb8
      @Rogersb8  8 лет назад +27

      +kttn_ Wolf Tnx mate :)

    • @FlatBroke612
      @FlatBroke612 7 лет назад +3

      He wasn't, bet you a dozen donuts a Filipino was at the wheel.

    • @beauniekerk1884
      @beauniekerk1884 5 лет назад +3

      Open sea, so auto pilot was on

    • @dr.fishing5740
      @dr.fishing5740 5 лет назад +6

      Autopilot is turned off in rough seas

    • @martijnheil8825
      @martijnheil8825 4 года назад +7

      @@FlatBroke612 voices were speaking Dutch

  • @burnstick1380
    @burnstick1380 2 года назад +44

    For those wondering how such waves are formed:
    When multiple smaller waves with the right frequency come together they can result in a way bigger wave.

    • @TJTurnage
      @TJTurnage 2 года назад +2

      Yes, you can get simple linear addition with different wave and swell sets. Guessing thats what’s happening here since the biggest wave is not strikingly larger (like 2x) or steeper than the surrounding waves. But there are sometimes non-linear effects where energy from a wave group area gets drained and refocused into (usually) one extremely tall and steep wave compared to its surroundings.

    • @parausdamani8382
      @parausdamani8382 2 года назад +1

      Constructive interference

  • @machinegun_
    @machinegun_ 3 года назад +52

    watched one viral clip of water braking through restaurant and suddenly youtube thinks i like big waves hitting ships

    • @machinegun_
      @machinegun_ 3 года назад

      @Temporary Account what

    • @machinegun_
      @machinegun_ 3 года назад

      @Temporary Account english is hard man 😔

    • @Rogersb8
      @Rogersb8  3 года назад +3

      And do you like big waves hitting ships?

    • @mimip8834
      @mimip8834 3 года назад

      LOL

    • @machinegun_
      @machinegun_ 3 года назад

      @@Rogersb8 no

  • @MoilAndToil
    @MoilAndToil 15 лет назад +15

    Mmm,
    I'm glad you mentioned that you saw it on Radar and fetched you camera.
    .
    Thinking and actting to share the information and pictures; that's what RUclips is all about -thanks for posting.
    cheers.

  • @Acidwave88brah
    @Acidwave88brah 9 лет назад +60

    Shit you could see the hull torque

    • @e36racer44
      @e36racer44 6 лет назад

      jonny Harrison when?

    • @DarthCookieKS
      @DarthCookieKS 6 лет назад

      SJW Motorsport 46 0:32

    • @e36racer44
      @e36racer44 6 лет назад +1

      Darth Cookie still can’t see
      42 seconds looks it bends to left?

  • @MrJJandJim
    @MrJJandJim 3 года назад +8

    Perfect example of why you need to steer into a wave; if it hit sideways, the ship would either break or flip.

  • @RidiPwn
    @RidiPwn 3 года назад +68

    Somehow RUclips figured I would watch this 12 years later

    • @nobrainsnoheadache2434
      @nobrainsnoheadache2434 3 года назад +2

      and it was right . . damn, future, you scary!

    • @DerEchteBold
      @DerEchteBold 3 года назад

      I guess in my case YT thought, because I already watched it 6-7 years ago I might watch it again now.

    • @RidiPwn
      @RidiPwn 3 года назад

      @@DerEchteBold that is even more weirder then mine case lol

    • @DerEchteBold
      @DerEchteBold 3 года назад +1

      @@RidiPwn
      Haha ...but I actually did!

    • @RidiPwn
      @RidiPwn 3 года назад +1

      @@DerEchteBold awesome

  • @Bassmaster3250
    @Bassmaster3250 8 лет назад +68

    Yaaarrrrr, the seas were angry that day.

    • @davidcoates4333
      @davidcoates4333 8 лет назад

      lmfao😂😂😂

    • @dividddevil
      @dividddevil 7 лет назад

      David Coates we have the same name 😵😵, I'm the better David js

    • @KiloByte69
      @KiloByte69 6 лет назад +5

      Like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli.

    • @tinycockjock1967
      @tinycockjock1967 3 года назад

      Yarrr

  • @CyrusNixes
    @CyrusNixes 15 лет назад +114

    You actually captured a rogue wave on camera! Thats probably the biggest wave I have ever seen on film - probably bigger than all of the "biggest ever" waves surfed on Oahu.
    Thanks for posting. Shows how even a full sized ship can be sunk.

    • @davelowesky8054
      @davelowesky8054 2 года назад

      No. People have surfed 100 foot waves. That was probably close to it.
      And it’s not hard to sink a full size ship like that. Especially the longer it is, the easier it is to break.

    • @borderlineiq
      @borderlineiq 2 года назад +3

      @@davelowesky8054 Really, the premise of The Poseidon Adventure was that rogue waves are a known hazard, even though exaggerated in the movie. With all the vessels afloat at any one moment, it's pretty much inevitable that a great ship eventually is in the path of a tremendous wave, or even a tsunami.

  • @PsychoWya
    @PsychoWya 3 года назад +15

    Well how I ended up here at 2:30 am is beyond me😂

  • @deongarth333
    @deongarth333 2 года назад +2

    What makes the wave more horrifying is seeing how old the filming is as this would be something you see from the 196ps but in color as the old frame in the video makes it seem much more realistic in a way.

  • @tomlovelock2499
    @tomlovelock2499 3 года назад +26

    Well I'm on an drunken quarantine hotel adventure and somehow I've been enlisted into the merchant marine.

  • @FreshlySnipes
    @FreshlySnipes 2 года назад +3

    You can see the entire ship bending as the wave hit 🤯

  • @nk361
    @nk361 3 года назад +4

    Your lives could have been saved purely because an engineer double checked his math and got a different answer.

  • @NewTireSmell
    @NewTireSmell Год назад +2

    Imagine being in seas like this and seeing the front of the boat go under and the ship plow underwater. This actually happened on the mv Derbyshire

  • @1oldmariner
    @1oldmariner 6 лет назад +13

    As long as you have a good ship and a reliable crew, these are the moments you live for. From the language I think it's a Dutch ship.

    • @foppo100
      @foppo100 4 года назад +1

      It is a Dutch crew.

    • @Rogersb8
      @Rogersb8  3 года назад +2

      Yes dutch !

    • @FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_
      @FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_ 2 года назад +1

      @@Rogersb8 I guessed Dutch from your last name. I remember the Anglo-Boer Wars and how 'boer' was Dutch for farmer.

  • @LindaTCornwall
    @LindaTCornwall 3 года назад +4

    What is really interesting is the rushing sea foam prior to the large wave, which gives the impression of surface water moving faster than deeper water which is acting like a seashore and creating the white foam. This is the Mv.Metsaborg and this video is the only verified footage of a freak wave measuring 98ft from trough to crest. Incredibly scary... it's hard to see that height because the video compresses the image! But I remember reading about it at the time that scientist were able to measure it by the angles against ship measurements etc or something like that.

    • @pendragonU
      @pendragonU 3 года назад +2

      I have seen 110 to 170 ft tall waves, only once you see them you believe them and you never forget, tho you may wish they were never true and with that, the possibility to see them again in your sea life. They truly make you feel in place, and not just you but even your ship regardless sizes... they moved slower than those, towering above like an elephant passing by you, they were like deadly pyramids thousands of tons above passing by our Navy carrier. They were between two to three times our size, but "the valleys" we were forced to go through may have at times make them see higher. Once, all you could see of horizon all around us was a sea wall made from different ones, like if we were a rubber ducky going down the tub drain, it raised the hairs of my arms. Thankfully none of them crashed on us or dripped from their tops even a few hundreds of tons of solid spray our way upon our flight deck, it would have caused some major harm.

    • @woutzweers
      @woutzweers 2 года назад

      Wat een ding joh!

  • @tedsertori9282
    @tedsertori9282 Год назад +1

    Incredible! I've been searching the internet for a "true" rogue wave video and i finally found one!

  • @Brolly5
    @Brolly5 2 года назад +1

    Really gives you an appreciation for ancient cultures that dared to enter the sea in wooden ships.

  • @boxhawk5070
    @boxhawk5070 7 лет назад +17

    They got so lucky that wave crested before it got to them.

  • @ateyourchips1164
    @ateyourchips1164 3 года назад +10

    Went from a cruise ship, to a normal ship being hit by a giant wave, to this

  • @BilobateDrip
    @BilobateDrip Месяц назад +2

    All i can think about is the crew standing at 15-20° having a casual talk 😂

  • @paulgonzales3116
    @paulgonzales3116 2 года назад +1

    Spent 3 years in the U.S. Navy sailing the Atlantic and Pacific. We got involved in so many storms that it became like a walk in the park. Just turned over and went back sleep.

  • @jaber4life
    @jaber4life 7 лет назад +11

    Imagine the feeling in your gut as the wave picks you up and drops 60ft in 5 seconds

    • @THypher1
      @THypher1 5 лет назад

      It is a rollercoaster ride (and quite literally gut spilling if seasick) in 30/40 foot waves if you are at either end of the ship in particular, as I've experienced on a far larger ship (the good old QE2 to be precise before her retirement to Dubai in 2008). Using a lift/elevator in the above mentioned weather is a very strange feeling too and can be risky so far as the lift/elevator jamming in the shaft or otherwise stopping due to the ships movement.
      60 foot waves would be the above magnified somewhat to say the least!

  • @robertyoung8646
    @robertyoung8646 8 лет назад +10

    This one one of the many theories of how the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on that faithful evening in 1975,called a three sisters wave

    • @lairdriver
      @lairdriver 8 лет назад +2

      +Robert Young It had it's back broken. The Great Lakes are some of the most dangerous bodies of water in the World in the winter. As huge as some of these ships are, there is always something out there waiting to sink it.

  • @safyakhan7857
    @safyakhan7857 3 года назад +1

    Yet another legendary video posted over 12 years ago

    • @smatchimo645
      @smatchimo645 3 года назад

      now search for icebergs flipping over. enjoy.
      specifically Fleeing from an Iceberg Tsunami

  • @Russian_Bot_
    @Russian_Bot_ Год назад +1

    Seeing a video like this makes you appreciate the feat of Ferdinand Magellan and his crew in 1519 so much more. Truly an incredible feat

  • @enogael
    @enogael 13 лет назад +4

    Love how that monster wave looks menacing in the distance at 0:25

  • @ASquirrel-4607
    @ASquirrel-4607 3 года назад +16

    11 years later. RUclips: I think it's time........

  • @RayTheomo
    @RayTheomo Год назад +1

    The fact that's its in 240p. And that mechanical humming with the background noise sounds like the entire sea is growling at you.

  • @vortozan5395
    @vortozan5395 15 дней назад +1

    There’s a reason old maps have so many sea monsters depicted in deep oceanic areas. They had to imagine reasons for why no one returned.

  • @nigel900
    @nigel900 2 года назад +13

    It’s really hard to contemplate the stresses put on these ships.

    • @alterego157
      @alterego157 6 месяцев назад

      It's just water. It can't hurt you.

  • @nickmclay3485
    @nickmclay3485 7 лет назад +107

    "does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours."

    • @timmillan6701
      @timmillan6701 5 лет назад +5

      Certainly one of the most chilling lyrics I have ever heard. That song scared the hell out of me when it came out

    • @rickallen6378
      @rickallen6378 5 лет назад +1

      To your mothers house.

    • @rickallen6378
      @rickallen6378 4 года назад

      @Trent McTrump Where is that cook now?

    • @dmmchugh3714
      @dmmchugh3714 4 года назад +1

      I first heard of the tragedy though the G. Lightfoot song.

    • @alexm7627
      @alexm7627 3 года назад +8

      “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
      Romans 8:38-39

  • @BigG344
    @BigG344 2 года назад +1

    These ships are like cities on the water. And these waves make it look like a toy. Now imagine being on that ship and seeing those waves in person. Terrifying

  • @tr33c21
    @tr33c21 Год назад +1

    I love the casual dutch chatting like they are watching this as if its a video

  • @alezz9169
    @alezz9169 3 года назад +6

    1:01 all this happening but you're still fascinated by seeing Ronaldinho on board

  • @MrBooojangles
    @MrBooojangles 15 лет назад +10

    That looks bloody scary.
    Thanks for posting the statistics of your ship sounds like the size of freight ships that we get here in the Channel Islands (because of small harbours). I think I would have been seasick if I was on there in these waves.
    Luckily you did not have to bail out into a liferaft or the waves would have looked a million times bigger.

  • @sweettoko995
    @sweettoko995 2 года назад +1

    The fact that waves can move these 10,000 tonne hull ships like they're toys makes u realize how small everything is.

  • @leoniemillerl4487
    @leoniemillerl4487 3 года назад +2

    I thought the waves were scarey enough before the big one came!

  • @poisonoussnakes906
    @poisonoussnakes906 3 года назад +6

    ‘Wat een ding joh’ is not the reaction you normally have when your boat almost does a 90° turn lmaoo. Respect

    • @Rogersb8
      @Rogersb8  3 года назад +2

      hahah wat een ding joh. I saw this wave on the radar, then I started filming.

  • @jappieskater
    @jappieskater 13 лет назад +7

    Much respect for all the saillors out there in there 40 ft boats, especially the solo once!

  • @JSDudeca
    @JSDudeca 3 года назад +2

    They are lucky they were not 10 seconds faster. That breaking wave had a ton of energy and was waning when ot hit them.

  • @JasonX00
    @JasonX00 3 года назад +1

    How intriguing to watch a video regarding a situation I never want to be in.

  • @unita39hse
    @unita39hse 3 года назад +7

    As big as that wave looked bet it was bigger to the seaman looking at it !!! Like a cliff Amazing seamanship! You have to admire the captain and crew and the ships themselves as well as the awesome ocean !

  • @78a67h
    @78a67h 6 лет назад +28

    30 metre or not, they were in real danger as after the wave broke you can notice the ship undulating. This is how ships break in half when the structural safety limits are exceeded and the fate of all on board is then sealed.

  • @Your_Resident_Redleg
    @Your_Resident_Redleg Год назад +2

    Wood tends to have natural floatyness to it while metal sinks like a rock. Idk.. people underestimate wooden ships. They’re more sturdy than they may appear. Tho I’d imagine that many were smashed by great waves too without a doubt.

  • @thegigglystinkfinger8515
    @thegigglystinkfinger8515 2 года назад +2

    The ocean is the most terrifying on this planet. I'd take being lost in the middle of the woods hands down over being stranded in the ocean.

  • @thomasautengruber8369
    @thomasautengruber8369 3 года назад +3

    After getting back to port safely, I‘d write a thank you letter to the ship builder and designers.

  • @MicAdams-bb5sh
    @MicAdams-bb5sh 6 месяцев назад +3

    Crazy how water gives life and can be so deadly.

  • @agator2660
    @agator2660 3 года назад +2

    I'm no captain but looks like he carefully negotiated with the wave to not snap in half but not get sideswiped.

  • @rainerfantasie9573
    @rainerfantasie9573 Год назад +1

    I am amazed they were able to film this before pixels were invented.

  • @SuperSnaky
    @SuperSnaky 9 лет назад +3

    ik wordt al zeeziek als ik er naar kijk... petje af dat jullie uberhoubt kunnen filmen met dit weer...
    Thanks
    Behouden vaart !!
    Gijs

  • @ShitKid1337
    @ShitKid1337 3 года назад +50

    youtube algorhythm is a thing of beauty, isn't it

  • @sammylacks4937
    @sammylacks4937 3 месяца назад +1

    It's unreal imagining the stresses on the hull of a ship. When stretched between two waves think of the weight in the middle. Then when balanced on a wave like a see saw imagine the force trying to break hull in half.

  • @RaymondBCrisp
    @RaymondBCrisp 2 года назад +2

    I met a ship captain that showed me footage of a 100 ft rogue wave crashing into the 1000+ ft oil tanker he was piloting. It damaged several catwalks that went between structures on the deck. Crazy stuff!

    • @Smedley1947
      @Smedley1947 6 месяцев назад +1

      Just one cubic meter of water weighs a metric ton, 2200 lbs.

  • @RydalS
    @RydalS 3 года назад +3

    11 years later I watch again in amazement.

    • @Rogersb8
      @Rogersb8  3 года назад +1

      Welcome back ! :)

  • @SMGJohn
    @SMGJohn 3 года назад +3

    These waves put tremendous amount of strain on the ships hull, modern ship building is impressive, steel ships have broken in half before from 30 metre waves.

  • @coconut889
    @coconut889 2 года назад +1

    Captain speaking dutch and telling when the ship will hit the wave: truly an experienced fella

  • @N0L4NN
    @N0L4NN 3 года назад +2

    POV: You saw one big wave video In your recommended and you're now on your third big wave video

  • @ImTheMousse
    @ImTheMousse 3 года назад +6

    i like this from the algorithm. more vintage youtube please

  • @OldieWan
    @OldieWan Год назад +3

    That wave was the size of a building! 😲

  • @robertphillips6296
    @robertphillips6296 2 года назад +1

    The old cook came on desk saying “Fellas it’s too ruff to feed ya!” Later “Fellas it’s been nice to know ya!“

  • @worldcooking
    @worldcooking Год назад +2

    Unleashing the fury of the ocean is impressive!