One crossing i did in 94 on the Arahura was a nightmare. Cars and trucks got damaged.We were being hit in front and side on, getting thrown around like a rag doll. It was the scardest ive ever been. I remember while i was spewing, crying out loud "Please Lord, if you get me off here , i promise i'll be a good boy" Haha! Lol true story.
I remember that day , my wife and I were watching a ferry coming past island bay , could have been your ship. Weather was horrific. I remember they said on the news that a lot of vehicles were damaged on the ship.
@@markberryhill2715 Yes Mark, i shouldnt laugh, i actually felt we were gonna roll right over, it was scary. Youre right, that one sentence prayer is what may of saved me, thanks.
In April 1968, my then new husband and I were returning from Lyttelton to Wellington after honeymooning in the South Island on the WAHINE overnight in extremely rough seas, an omen for what was to come in many ways.... and on many levels! The day we arrived home in the Waikato, one week later, came the news the WAHINE was down in Wellington Harbour in extreme weather conditions with the loss of 51 lives. And for the record, the marriage ended several years later after extremely “rough weather” too!!!
This video kind of reminds me when I was 8 years old my brother and I stole some bigger boys homemade raft and we sailed it from sackets Harbor in up state New York up into the Bay of lake onterio trying to get to our swimming spot up the shore about a mile and the weather got so bad somebody had to come and rescue us I was scared shitless. I still love the water, I just show it a little more respect. With age comes wisdom I hope
I know those waters, We used to cruise all over there intil 9/11 and I've never been back .... Sackett's, Henderson, Chemont, Main Duck, Sodus, Little Sodus, Putneyville ... It's a nice (and quaint!) corner of the World. Sackett's used to be a major military base and the waged war on Canada from there. I wandered around the old abandonned Madison Barracks before they were redeveloped. History ozzes out of the place and anyone who was anyone in the US Army in the 20th century was there.
Been there, done that. What the video can't capture is the sensation of such a massive ship seeming to lurch to an almost complete halt each of these waves crashes into it.
Nice to see a slightly rougher day. The only time I’ve taken the Interislander was a beautiful summers day with perfect visibility and flat as a mill pond.
In 1995, August I think, my family was onboard a sailing Wellington to Picton. Almost everyone was sitting on the floor in the lounges. At one stage all we could see out of one window was cloud....and out of the window on the opposite side of the ship....was water...deep angry grey water. There was a tremendous banging and crash....followed a couple of minutes later by a PA announcement from the Purser.... "Would the owners of the two cars that were on the upper deck please come to the office" I staggered sternwards to have a look...the railings were bent and the gates that had been there were no longer....and there was a 2 car sized open spot on the deck inboard...... Ironically the family within metres of us that had boasted how lucky and happy they had been to squeeze on board....on their way to a skiing holiday....came back from the Purser's office much less less happy......
The crossing my wife and I did in 1996 was dreamlike: clear blue sky, smooth seas. Kiwis told us that we were lucky not to experience the usual crossing.
I remember sailing from Lyttleton to Wellington only one week after the Wahine sank in 1968 Very rough overnight crossing Kids being sick and porters opening and closing portholes most of the night tipping out bowls of stomach contents We sailed past the Wahine as we entered Wellington in the morning. You could make out the top of the bridge breaking the water line and the slurry of oil in the sea. New Zealand's worst maritime disaster. The Cook Strait has long been known as one of the most dangerous bodies of water on the planet. Nick Australia
@@nicholasbishop3300 Hornby Primary. Our trip wasn't the week after the Wahine disaster though. Do you know how long the wreck was visible for? We were on the Maori.
I’m so gutted that iv never crossed the cook straight on a rough day 😭😭😭😭😭 I spent a lot time working at sea On the southern ocean and always love heading up to the bridge on those really gnarly days after my shift on the lower levels 😁
The ol Interislander, used to go across 2-3 times a year, got my sea legs from those trips, some where nuts, remember running up and down catching zero gravity moments watching people spew and we were laughing, got hurt a couple of time's, I'd probs sook up now.
Done 13 Hoki seasons skippering a boat in Cook Straight, it can be pretty nasty at times. Nothing worse than a 40 ton bag of fish as it starts blowing 50 kts of southerly lol
I guess that qualifies as heavy weather for commercial ships / ferries. Real heavy weather is when the bow drives through the wave/swell and you have solid water over the bridge windows. I've been there while I was in the RCN and it was 'interesting'
In your own interest, I hope that the vehicles are inside the ship during the crossing (as with Norfolkline as on the Calais - Dover route) and are not exposed to massive salt water showers!
I had one rough crossing. I was warned and took some seasickness pills and found a seat . All The restroom doors 🚪 were locked in an open position. The employees were rushing around with pails and mops cleaning up vomit. Some ladies staggered over to a nearby seat and I heard them talk about the friend they left lying on the floor somewhere on the ferry.
I’m just glad it was this ferry and not the Aratere. Nose to tail I can handle. The Tere likes to sway wildly side to side. One sailing about a year ago was hideous. Furniture flying. People sick. The roof in the forward lounge collapsed. A glass front fridge fell over. That was a nasty ride
@@urareknaw They're not built like they used to be built, then, the Arahura, Arahunga, Aratika and Aranui were far sturdier ships. When common sense goes out the window and the management starts ordering Sailings across the straight in anything over a grade seven storm. They're asking for trouble. And unnecessarily putting lives at risk. I watched with sadness standing on the beach at Seatoun helping those who were lucky enough to survive as the Wahine went down.
They had already cancelled the Aratere 2 hours earlier. The Bluebridge vessel left Wellington then turned around and came back. Their Captain quit that sailing. This ferry was an hour late leaving and the weather had become even worse. It was by no means the worst sailing I've had but it was the biggest swell. Some ships handle it better than others
Hey Boots n Braces, do you have an email address at which we could contact you regarding this video? We would be interested to discuss a license to use this video if this is generally possible? (i.e. via email) 🙂 Cheers, Felix
Windows on these ships are not strong enough to withstand a substantial wave yet the crew stand right in front of them--laughing--awaiting their doom. Videos abound of waves smashing in the windows on the bridge and drowning the electrics rendering the ship inoperable--in heavy seas. Why are these windows not reinforced against such events?
One crossing i did in 94 on the Arahura was a nightmare. Cars and trucks got damaged.We were being hit in front and side on, getting thrown around like a rag doll. It was the scardest ive ever been. I remember while i was spewing, crying out loud "Please Lord, if you get me off here , i promise i'll be a good boy" Haha! Lol true story.
Don't laugh, your prayer may have been the one that saved y'all. Lol?
I remember that day , my wife and I were watching a ferry coming past island bay , could have been your ship.
Weather was horrific.
I remember they said on the news that a lot of vehicles were damaged on the ship.
Only one time I got a bad crossing, was back in 78 when I was leaving Wellington for Canterbury. At least your faith got you through.
@@daveyboy6985 Hey could be that one Davey boy thanks.
@@markberryhill2715 Yes Mark, i shouldnt laugh, i actually felt we were gonna roll right over, it was scary. Youre right, that one sentence prayer is what may of saved me, thanks.
In April 1968, my then new husband and I were returning from Lyttelton to Wellington after honeymooning in the South Island on the WAHINE overnight in extremely rough seas, an omen for what was to come in many ways.... and on many levels!
The day we arrived home in the Waikato, one week later, came the news the WAHINE was down in Wellington Harbour in extreme weather conditions with the loss of 51 lives.
And for the record, the marriage ended several years later after extremely “rough weather” too!!!
This video kind of reminds me when I was 8 years old my brother and I stole some bigger boys homemade raft and we sailed it from sackets Harbor in up state New York up into the Bay of lake onterio trying to get to our swimming spot up the shore about a mile and the weather got so bad somebody had to come and rescue us I was scared shitless. I still love the water, I just show it a little more respect. With age comes wisdom I hope
I know those waters, We used to cruise all over there intil 9/11 and I've never been back .... Sackett's, Henderson, Chemont, Main Duck, Sodus, Little Sodus, Putneyville ... It's a nice (and quaint!) corner of the World.
Sackett's used to be a major military base and the waged war on Canada from there. I wandered around the old abandonned Madison Barracks before they were redeveloped. History ozzes out of the place and anyone who was anyone in the US Army in the 20th century was there.
Been there, done that. What the video can't capture is the sensation of such a massive ship seeming to lurch to an almost complete halt each of these waves crashes into it.
Nice to see a slightly rougher day. The only time I’ve taken the Interislander was a beautiful summers day with perfect visibility and flat as a mill pond.
that's the North Sea - harder than the Coral Sea
In 1995, August I think, my family was onboard a sailing Wellington to Picton.
Almost everyone was sitting on the floor in the lounges.
At one stage all we could see out of one window was cloud....and out of the window on the opposite side of the ship....was water...deep angry grey water.
There was a tremendous banging and crash....followed a couple of minutes later by a PA announcement from the Purser....
"Would the owners of the two cars that were on the upper deck please come to the office"
I staggered sternwards to have a look...the railings were bent and the gates that had been there were no longer....and there was a 2 car sized open spot on the deck inboard......
Ironically the family within metres of us that had boasted how lucky and happy they had been to squeeze on board....on their way to a skiing holiday....came back from the Purser's office much less less happy......
The crossing my wife and I did in 1996 was dreamlike: clear blue sky, smooth seas. Kiwis told us that we were lucky not to experience the usual crossing.
This man proves it doesn't have to be sunny in order to enjoy a holiday.
"The seas were angry that night my friends" (George Constanza)
Great marine biology quote! lol
As a windsurfer I see these conditions rather exciting. As a passenger on a ferry rather terrifying
It would be the opposite for me lol I would feel a lot more safe on a ferry
I remember sailing from Lyttleton to Wellington only one week after the Wahine sank in 1968
Very rough overnight crossing
Kids being sick and porters opening and closing portholes most of the night tipping out bowls of stomach contents
We sailed past the Wahine as we entered Wellington in the morning.
You could make out the top of the bridge breaking the water line and the slurry of oil in the sea.
New Zealand's worst maritime disaster.
The Cook Strait has long been known as one of the most dangerous bodies of water on the planet.
Nick Australia
I had the same journey, a school trip to wellington, but without the vomiting 😄
@@RM-ti8nf Just out of interest what school was that?
@@nicholasbishop3300 Hornby Primary. Our trip wasn't the week after the Wahine disaster though. Do you know how long the wreck was visible for?
We were on the Maori.
I’m so gutted that iv never crossed the cook straight on a rough day 😭😭😭😭😭
I spent a lot time working at sea On the southern ocean and always love heading up to the bridge on those really gnarly days after my shift on the lower levels 😁
😂😂😂 walking around while the waves are going is funny tho
Omg ...I've done many crossings over cook strait , never ever like this ...I would just be freaking out so much .. jeepers 😢😮
thanks for filming and sharing boots n braces.
i wore boots n braces back in the 80s in melb, bovver boyz
Trojan Skins 69. Oi Oi
@@urareknaw oi oi oi
The ol Interislander, used to go across 2-3 times a year, got my sea legs from those trips, some where nuts, remember running up and down catching zero gravity moments watching people spew and we were laughing, got hurt a couple of time's, I'd probs sook up now.
That's the Cook Strait calm today and mountainous seas tomorrow
I remember going over to the south island & boy was that a ride to remember..
Done 13 Hoki seasons skippering a boat in Cook Straight, it can be pretty nasty at times. Nothing worse than a 40 ton bag of fish as it starts blowing 50 kts of southerly lol
Gotta love a good rough sailing across the Cook Strait.
That a calm sailing compared to ones I was on crossing the strait !
I guess that qualifies as heavy weather for commercial ships / ferries. Real heavy weather is when the bow drives through the wave/swell and you have solid water over the bridge windows. I've been there while I was in the RCN and it was 'interesting'
NO THANK YOU….!!
I choose land….!!!!
Don’t fool with Mother Nature 🌬🌊
Any more video, its good to watch.
A couple of the other drivers put up more of the same. This vessel handles it pretty well unlike the Aratere which was canned the night before.
When this happend we got stuck and out bridge washed our we live up the waihopai valley which is out of renwick which is out of blenheim
Awesome mate 👍
Aarrgghh, tis but a light breeze, lad, a mere gentle zephyr.
How fun!!
Yuk!! I'd be in the toilets vomit-crying 😖
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Rougher swells than the Manly feqrry usually has to deal with.
That “Moneyshot” joke was absolutely brilliant. You should do more of that comedy routine.
gelombangng nya sangat besar, semoga selamat sampai tujuan
Beautiful video . . .
Where’s the damn windshield wipers?
like of Perfect Storm movie
Tá nervosinho o mar, mas pra dizer que esta preocupante, falta muita pauleira ainda e pelo pouco que conheço já esta se acalmando.
In your own interest, I hope that the vehicles are inside the ship during the crossing (as with Norfolkline as on the Calais - Dover route) and are not exposed to massive salt water showers!
Inter islanders ferries NZ stowage for vehicles are bottom stow. NZ.Wtn - Picton v England,…..Calais - Dover its not a competition.
This particular vessel has below and above deck stowage. It carts a lot of livestock up top. Hard to avoid spray in that weather
I don't wanna go to the south island that bad.
🤣🤣😘
I guess this is why our captain wouldn't let us out on deck to enjoy the view.
How far is the wheelhouse above deck and down to the waterline?
Wow, looks like at least force 9, strong gale. 23-33 foot seas with dense spin drift streaks. Maybe pushing into 10.
I had one rough crossing. I was warned and took some seasickness pills and found a seat . All The restroom doors 🚪 were locked in an open position. The employees were rushing around with pails and mops cleaning up vomit. Some ladies staggered over to a nearby seat and I heard them talk about the friend they left lying on the floor somewhere on the ferry.
How's that for a window wash
سبحان الله العظيم سبحان الملك القدوس
Terrible mis respetos a ustedes amigos
i hope you get more subs I'm in nelson city 👍
Wayper ciarmin tak ada bos
You like Shortie?
Free ship wash
Cadê o limpador de parabriza.
That's nothing..try it in a 40m fishing vessel for days on end in the Cook Straight. That harden's you up.
Just a normal day on the Straight then.
I’m just glad it was this ferry and not the Aratere. Nose to tail I can handle. The Tere likes to sway wildly side to side. One sailing about a year ago was hideous. Furniture flying. People sick. The roof in the forward lounge collapsed. A glass front fridge fell over. That was a nasty ride
@@urareknaw They're not built like they used to be built, then, the Arahura, Arahunga, Aratika and Aranui were far sturdier ships. When common sense goes out the window and the management starts ordering Sailings across the straight in anything over a grade seven storm. They're asking for trouble. And unnecessarily putting lives at risk. I watched with sadness standing on the beach at Seatoun helping those who were lucky enough to survive as the Wahine went down.
A bit bumpy, nothing compared to some I've experienced as crew aboard K1
Wow I can't believe they sailed with swells that big. How were the passengers and their vehicles 🤦🤔🙏
Sailings were cancelled not long after this.
There were just normal passengers on board. The swells flew😇😇
They had already cancelled the Aratere 2 hours earlier. The Bluebridge vessel left Wellington then turned around and came back. Their Captain quit that sailing. This ferry was an hour late leaving and the weather had become even worse. It was by no means the worst sailing I've had but it was the biggest swell. Some ships handle it better than others
The people that lived in the bottom were probulbly puking from that.
Place please
scary, this is real proof of God's power
Wipers might be a good addition.
It’s not the bridge
@@Steve-rm6gx I know, it's a boat.
@@dougdavis8986 Really ..
In those waves you don't want to know what's ahead.
was thinking the same thing but I see Steve`s comment makes sense if it`s not the wheelhouse.
Sounds like a very young crew…. Are they qualified and up to the job?
That wasn’t the crew. Passengers on the viewing deck.
@@urareknaw . Oh dear….my humour is wasted.
@@josephinebennington7247 yeah I didn’t get it. It’s my voice you can hear and I’m 55
Shout out
NOAH : HOLD MY BEER.
This is why is rather fly to the sth island!!!
480 sup of 0,5 milion sayou ?
they don't call it the roaring 40's for nothing! lol
Ombak estrimm
2 cool, ✌
Охринеть........
It was rug on the polo to Pico on the north Li be in 75 down the line U f stick
@41 sec the seamen say moneyshot! Ironic?
That was me.. What was ironic about it?
@@urareknaw
Sploosh all over the window...
plus play on words "seamen" (semen)
Hey Boots n Braces, do you have an email address at which we could contact you regarding this video? We would be interested to discuss a license to use this video if this is generally possible? (i.e. via email) 🙂 Cheers, Felix
Hello bro
Windows on these ships are not strong enough to withstand a substantial wave yet the crew stand right in front of them--laughing--awaiting their doom. Videos abound of waves smashing in the windows on the bridge and drowning the electrics rendering the ship inoperable--in heavy seas. Why are these windows not reinforced against such events?
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29 year old heap of junk,should be scrapped.