I’ve been in 20-foot seas in a considerably smaller vessel, and suffice it to say: it’ll make a God-fearing man out of the staunchest atheist.
You weren't on the Northern Light back in '62, were you? My ship responded to a distress call on the way back from the Carribean, and took that beautiful sailing yacht under tow in 15-20' seas until a Coast Guard tug arrived to take over. That was one uncomfortable lookin crew!
Me too. and 40+ foot seas even. I hear ya. :-)
Just seems odd to me. A 25-30ft wave isn't even going to put green water over the bow of that ship. Maybe a little... and even if it was a freak wave on the beam... I don't know. It just seems like plenty of boat for that sort of seas.
A ship I was stationed on got hit with about a 60ft rogue wave, on the beam... ship rolled about 60 degrees. This ship was less than half the size of that cruise ship. One guy died in a freak accident on the bridge by falling and hitting his head. I suppose something like that could've happened here as well, it's just that it's a lot more ship and a lot less wave. Obviously something did happen, I guess.