Belfast to Cairnryan during remnants of Storm Babet with Stena Line
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
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Filmed when Storm Babet was battering Scotland’s east coast, this video shows the journey across the Irish Sea during some strong winds as a result of the storm.
This reminds me a lot of a video I posted in late 2018 of the Stena Mersey in rough seas. It was one of the roughest Irish Sea crossings I've been on in terms of the conditions, yet the ship seemed surprisingly stable considering the rough conditions, and the Superfast ships are also pretty stable. Stena's old HSS catamarans rolled more even in calm to average conditions, which I find somewhat ironic considering that they have two hulls rather than one like conventional ferries do.
The ship handled it very well indeed, Stena is certainly a good way to travel. Indeed, even on this day there was some flight disruption from Belfast but the ferries had only minor delays.
The sea isn't rough. Yes, there's wind but the sea conditions are good.
Yeah, we were lucky to miss the storm and only experienced some of the remnants from it. I've heard the superfast ferries can handle a lot on the Irish sea.
good video ...Stena stay in British flag a good thing for Britsh sailors ...not for P&O for exemple !
Where is the storm?
😂😅 I was going to ask the same question
The storm was battering Scotland on the day I was travelling with widespread travel disruption. Might not look too bad in the video but there was uncertainty about the sailing running due to the weather!
@@glasgowreports9710 The storm was battering the east coast, not the west coast. Uncertainty about the weather is not the same as a storm. I have been in a real storm and what you're showing isn't anything like it. Ferries are not allowed to operate during a storm. The absolute maximum is 8 Beaufort, and that's a strong gale, not a storm.
Ferries will usually not sail if the wind speed reaches 6 or 7 Beaufort at departure. That makes it highly unlikely that anyone on any ferry will ever experience a storm.
@@jacquesmertens3369on the day we were travelling forecast was Beaufort 7/8 upon departure from Belfast, according to the Met Office. Wind gusts were high enough to reach 8 on the Beaufort scale, with peak recorded gusts of 52kts at the end of Belfast Lough. I have however updated the description to better describe that the heart of the storm was a considerable distance away, and we were merely experiencing some of impacts from it :)
@@glasgowreports9710 The path of a storm is very local and very unpredictable. Wave height is the determining factor. Local gusts have no influence on it. In order to create high waves you need consistent wind over a very large area. Based on your video footage I estimate the waves to be 3-4 m, not more. That's maximum 6 Beaufort. If the waves were 9-10 m you wouldn't be able to stand outside without holding on to the railing, and even then you'd struggle not be swept straight into the sea.
To give you an idea what a real storm on a ferry (highly exceptional !) is like: furniture would be all over the place, there would be broken glass everywhere, everything not secured would be flying across the room, and even experienced staff would be throwing up. In the middle of the ship, on the lowest deck (the most stable point of a ship) it would feel like going 10 floors up and down in an elevator in a time span of 10 seconds. The staff would close all doors. You would never be allowed on deck.
Consider yourself lucky you haven't been in that situation.
The sea was relatively calm. I estimate it between 5 and 6 Beaufort.
If there really was a storm the ferry would not have left.
Come to Ireland and see a real storm…
whoever named this video has never been to sea..