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January 24, 2009
Down And Up – Rough Seas

Cruiseship Balmoral leaving the Spanish port La Coruna on January 20.


Photo by José Ricardo Rodriguez Montero – bigger


Photo by José Ricardo Rodriguez Montero – bigger

More here, here and here and one before that ride started.

BBC:

Two passengers have been taken to hospital with broken bones after a cruise ship from Kent was hit by 50ft waves in the Bay of Biscay.

Posted by b on January 24, 2009 at 15:55 UTC | Permalink
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Same freak high winds which brought down a sports facility in Barcelona?

Posted by: jawbone | Jan 24 2009 16:33 utc | 1

Had a crossing like that once over the North Sea in the summer of 2005, gale force 8. I was at the front of the ship, watching the prow disappear. Rest of the family was busy losing lunch…

Posted by: ralphieboy | Jan 24 2009 17:23 utc | 2

you know what i think is hilarious? the name. balmoral… in french? bas le moral. translated it means:
bas (silent “s”): low
le: the
moral: morale
morale is low for sure for the folks who were on that boat.

Posted by: charmicarmicat | Jan 24 2009 17:36 utc | 3

reminds me of this video of a cruise ship in very bad seas…

Posted by: Jeremiah | Jan 24 2009 19:15 utc | 4

In the Wikipedia article on the Balmoral, there is mention of adding a 30m mid-section but I don’t see how they got from this to this. Damn cunning those German engineers!

Posted by: blowback | Jan 24 2009 19:23 utc | 5

nature – she is majestic but cruel, heartless – as the divine donatien de sade once sd

Posted by: remembereringgiap | Jan 24 2009 19:40 utc | 6

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