A Cruise Ship In Heavy Seas

An interesting video with situations that few expect.

A cruise ship in heavy seas. Remember seeing water submerge porthole then lift then submerge. Going on a cruise is a great way to spend a family vacation but you better hope you dont get hit by a storm. Such weather disturbance claims the lives of many ships.

Todays video on five cruise ships in heavy seas. Tales have been heard about sailors harrowing experience being battered by the huge. In the end we see a ship is sunk by the power of the waves.

Captain Herman Zini of Royal Caribbeans Allure of the Seas noted. The Oriana is a 69000 gross ton cruise ship that can hold up to 1900 passengers and nearly 800 crew. In addition many modern cruise ships are built so that the structure of the upper parts of the ship is not as heavy as the structure of the lower part of the ship.

What keeps them from rolling is ceaseless active stability control under continual hydraulic and electrical power from diesel generators. On Golden Princess trans-Atlantic 8-02 we had bow. Todays video on five cruise ships in heavy se.

You can reduce the odds of running into heavy seas cruise holidays with a little research and planning. A cruise ship could probably do the route for a 7-day cruise in like 4-days if they sailed in straight lines at full speed but they leave lots of extra time so they can sail in sunny skies or divert for emergencies etc. The thickness of the hull at the waterline is much thicker than in the upper levels.

Inside the worlds largest cruise ship Harmony of the Seas -13 May 2016. Their main problem would be that the big cruise ships are all very tall and narrow and slab-sided fundamentally designed to roll in a heavy sea. Going on a cruise is a great way to spend a family vacation but you better hope you dont get hit by a storm.