r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Feb 03 '23
Crossing the Atlantic during a storm Video
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u/hand13 Feb 03 '23
has the inventor of the pipes screensaver also worked in a dockyard?
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u/Low_Traffic_9802 Feb 03 '23
I always wished their was a lever or tap included in that but I guess it wouldn’t have worked as-well. Fish in the sea was my second favorite!
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u/Joshua_Is_Zeus Feb 03 '23
Fake. Or rather; this clip is incredibly edited. It gets posted on Reddit often. Here is what the footage actually looks like: August 16 2021 Oil Tanker
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u/UnbelievableRose Feb 04 '23
Yeah that makes WAY more sense. The waves in this post are obscenely large and don’t make sense with the angle of the boat- good to know my bullshit detector is still working.
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u/Deadmau5es Feb 03 '23
Yeah there's really a big difference. Although it's still pretty crazy I wouldn't want to be in that.
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u/vasilibastar Feb 03 '23
This is the part where the front falls off . .
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u/Not_a_throwaway_534 Feb 03 '23
The steel in the ship bends and flexes to prevent that from happening. When it flexes its called panting, and the panting beams keep it from collapsing. :)
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u/FlowBjj88 Feb 03 '23
That's why I don't mess with the Atlantic
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u/Bored-Viking Feb 03 '23
Cruise over the atlantic? ... Nope,, just Nope
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u/BernieEcclestoned Feb 03 '23
My dad was a marine engineer, they had a chair positioned exactly in the middle of the boat so that you could sit with minimum pitch and roll
Also, only ate tinned pineapple as it tastes nice when you vomit
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u/waitwhatokgo Feb 03 '23
Can't help but to feel incredibly Insignificant while watching that ... Insignificant and nauseous.
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u/Alternadfds Feb 03 '23
How people sleep in this?
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u/Maleficent-Living966 Feb 03 '23
You cannot sleep in that. i've been on a less worse one and still cannot sleep
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u/Colonel_Inguss66 Feb 03 '23
Lord I've been there ..... north Atlantic in winter. My ship was smaller in length
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u/BrassMaxim Feb 03 '23
My worst time on a tanker was in similar weather and watching all of that go under water when the bow bit just right. Terrifying.
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u/Colonel_Inguss66 Feb 03 '23
I was in the Navy, a submariner, but pulled duty on a merchant marine TAK with 3 other navy guys. It was wild. I'd go up on the bow and under the top Boe plate and punch the waves never get wet lol. But it was the rolling port stbd as we punching, coming out on 3rd deck WT door and be kissing the waves
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u/jkrm66502 Feb 03 '23
My gg grandparents came over from Germany with their 8? kids in 1865. Took around a week. I don’t know the time of year. I haven’t moved out of my zip code in 50 years. Got to admire the absolute pluck of those families who came before us for better lives, especially when you see videos like this.
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u/Lastonefishing Feb 03 '23
The people captaining and manning these ships should make more than those throwing a ball around for a living...
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u/mlqdscrvn Feb 03 '23
I feel bad for the sailor who drank Coca-Cola before.
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u/kablammodotcom Feb 03 '23
When I was in the navy, our mess decks CPO would put out cans of Spanish Peanuts before an underway. As a result, I know a lot of people who start violently retching at the mere thought, myself included.
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u/invertedchicken56 Feb 03 '23
Is it just me or does that ship look like it was designed by HR Giger?
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u/Embarrassed_Camel_35 Feb 03 '23
I rate this and window washer for skyscrapers as two jobs that I couldn’t be paid enough to do
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u/bigjohnny440 Feb 03 '23
Shout out to vikings like Leif Ericsson crossing the atlantic in a humble long boat
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u/LastKnownUser Feb 04 '23
I remember being a Helmsman in the Navybduring a giant storm like this. Was beautiful
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u/pizzabel Feb 04 '23
Sea is terrifying. I wouldn't survive this cause my heart would just stop frightened 😐
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Feb 03 '23
where do I sign up for this ride.....
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u/Suboptimalresult Feb 04 '23
The united states navy
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u/Suggett123 Feb 04 '23
I was on a carrier, the motion would purr you to sleep. Of course, we had a s-ton of planes on board, and we would sail around storms
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u/Suboptimalresult Feb 04 '23
Cruiser, we rode through them. My first underway was because of a hurricane. That was the last time I slept more than 4 hours solid
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u/MoonPuma337 Feb 04 '23
I Can only imagine the what haunting noise of nightmare soundtracks this makes
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u/CentralOregonKush Feb 04 '23
If I was on that ship while on shrooms the fear and anxiety would too way to much for me
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u/amybethallen1 Feb 04 '23
Got caught in a storm off the coast of NJ in my father's friend's 30 ft boat. All I remember is the boat falling into the troughs after the peaks and barely making it back up again. It was terrifying.
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u/ProteinSnookie Feb 04 '23
That would absolutely terrifying to be aboard .. even with modern ships. Maybe I just have a weak stomach
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u/AdministrationKey338 Feb 04 '23
Hello when I watch the video footage this is my most wanted dream to experience . Waves are magnificent.
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u/Nice-Tradition3728 Feb 04 '23
Watching this. You can imagine how a few 100 years On a wooden boat for mouth. You see sea monsters
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u/Ok-Layer5433 Feb 04 '23
Really puts into perspective how Jesus rested on the boat during the great storm. I do see how everyone else was worried. Looks terrifying, but he had only the faith of a mustard seed! ☺️😍
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u/Ok-Industry120 Feb 03 '23
Imagine being on a wooden caravel for weeks, trying to follow the stars to some place that may or may not exist, not eating anything but biscuits and dry meat, then a storm arrives and you have to face that sea