In message , MuddyMike
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This actually occurred in 2008 in the Pacific. It's quite a large
ocean, with not a lot of places to run to when the frequent, sudden
storms show up. The cruise ship involved was actually heading for a
port, but didn't quite make it, and was in the process of turning into
the waves, which had changed direction, when it broached, resulting in
the incidents in the video. It was actually quite big news in
Australia at the time, as it is an Australian-registered ship/company,
and was in the news again this week when the CCTV footage here was
released. There were no major injuries.

More information at
http://www.maib.gov.uk/cms_resources...Sun_Report.pdf

Mike

That explains a few things, I wondered why the ship wasn't turned to
head into the wind, although the area exposed to the wind on those tall
cruise liners doesn't make it easy.

On a smaller scale (!) we had holidays on the Thames, and the "plastic"
boats were awkward to handle on a very windy day, compared with the
heavy timber one we had on the first holiday.
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Gordon H
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