Not me or our boat ... ours was a lot smaller that that but its the stomping ground where we fished for herring and the north sea has some interesting weather for sure. PS what they call terrifying footage is really just another day at the office. No one on board of that boat is even slightly concerned and there are smiles all round.

Boy howdy, I know that feeling. I found myself leaning and breathing as those swells rolled in. Like riding a horse.

Fortunately, I did not experience those swells much. My father did. Old hat for himself.

Thanks for the share, Michael. Makes me happy to be inside and warm.

You have my respect, Scuba. I couldn't do it!

Wow

These guys are on a anchor handling vessel. So they are not going anywhere and just hang out near the oil rig they are looking after. They sail a few miles downwind and then turn around and stick the nose in it and go a few miles upwind always within sight their rig.

I like to think that I could handle that, but I don't know for sure. I did go on a fishing charter in the Gulf of Mexico, and they warned us that it was as about as rough as they were allowed to go out in.
There were quite a few of the others that were " chummimg the waters" for us , but I didn't feel the slightest bit out of sorts. I even ended up having a couple beers and a fried egg and ham sandwich.
That was a fairly short trip and it was only rough for the first hour or two.
My question is , when out in something like that, does it get any easier the longer it lasts, do you get used to it, or does it get worse ?
Also, do you have any idea how big of a vessel that was, I would think that would make a big difference as well,or maybe not

A buddy of mine used to have a term for that.

" It's getting nautical out there " lol

Thanks for posting , Scuba

I'd be smiling and laughing too... A liquid laugh after I blew my groceries all over the boat

I delivered several boats from Taiwan in the '70s to Japan, Guam and some other islands. The Pacific is not so Peaceable all the time. The 30 foot boats were easier then the 50 footers. You learn to roll with the waves. the biggest fear is not knowing where you are, no GPS or anything like that at the time, are you close to land? reef? And you are not sure of your speed either, sometimes a 6-8 mph boat is really doing 15 but you dont know it and it does not feel like it either.....long time ago......jk

Now just how would a guy get any good sleep on that boat?

Getting sea sick is a very individual thing. We had a captain on the patrol boat I was on that got sea sick when leaving the harbor. Once he had that out of his system he was fine, no matter what the weather turned out to be after that. I had to turn around once and bring the boat owner back to shore on a delivery because he did not stop chumming the water and i thought if he did not stop his feet were going to come up or he would have serious issues with dehydration. It depends on the boat as well. some do better on small boat and others on larger ones.
As to the size or anchor handling vessels, they are usually around 150' and are purposely built for rough weather. This will give you an idea of what they look like

Fishing charters usually do not go out when they know its going to get a bit rough. Insurance and injuries and all that jazz.

Yup JK I usually like to be on a smaller boat when things get rough as you don't tend to sit on two waves at once. in a storm in the bay of Biskay, I saw a container ship that was having a really rough time, where as I in my 36 foot sail boat was going up one side of the waves and down the other like driving on a hilly country road. The bigger (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) to the crap beaten out of it as it was siting on 3 waves at once and the bow kept dropping into the throughs then run into a wall of water on the next one. My only worry was to run into a container that they may have lost in that storm, as i was still sailing at a good clip, all be it with 3 reefs in the main.

Lee cloth to stop you from falling out of you bunk and its the best sleep you will ever get. Like a baby when your mother rocked the pram. The thing s that on a boat, you are constantly moving, even just sitting down. Your body will try and keep itself upright. So your muscles are not keeping still until you lie down. Thats why I sleep so well at sea I guess.

Growing up I always thought of myself as a small creek / river , kind of guy, and didn't feel the need to have anything to do with the bigger waters. After a couple of cruises and a few charters, I find myself wanting to buy a big ol boat to retire on and just sail around the Gulf, although I'm not sure I can afford a boat and a divorce.

We have done quite a few houseboat vacations on the Mississippi river and on Bull Shoals lake in Arkansas, and I will agree with Scuba1, I get some of the best sleep when we are on a boat.

Well at least I sleep well AFTER I get up and double check the anchor, when my wife wakes up in a screaming panic, that we are "floating away". Every time a barge would go by it would gently rock the boat, and she would freak out, and make me go out and check the anchor. It only happened....every night.... for the duration of every trip on the river..... and for 2 or 3 nights afterwards, when we were at home in our bed. Finally we switched to going on the lakes only. all is well now.

Scuba, in my sailing back then I don't think there were any container ships yet and the then old freighters were left over from WW II. They might have had radar but who know if anyone was awake at nite. I always tried to sleep during the day and be awake at nite. If you were in the boat, down in the hull you could hear (fell - sense) the vibration of the prop from miles away. Once down below I heard some weird scraping noise in an odd pattern and it turned out to be a turtle scratching on the side of the boat. Had many birds taking a rest on the rigging and went many many miles without catching any fish. Then a change in the color of the seas and you caught more than you could possibly use. Wake up in the morning and find flying fish on the deck when there was a full or bright moon. Half the time I had trigger fish swimming along with me and have been followed by the white tip sharks. Not many sharks as they are too good of a money maker for the locals......jk

If I were on that boat in that sea, it would take about two seconds for me to lose my lunch.