When did you last see the Sea State described as Phenomenal?

I don’t think the GOAT title should be awarded on race performance alone, you’ve got to include character.
On that scale Rossi’s right up there along with Ago, Sheene, Schwantz and Roberts Snr. Whilst Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Kokinski will never factor.
I’m excited like a small boy about this season, especially after last year’s yawnfest.

mcmoonter – I think you’re right.

Little known fact: When it did its maiden voyage to Orkney under the P&O flag with a load of travel press on board for a big jolly the windows on the bridge were smashed when it hit a freak wave during a storm – they’re a long way off the water normally…

Gunz, I agree. I’ve seen a few post-race celebrations in my time, and those guys have phenomenal waves.

Likewise ned, I’ve high hopes for Crutchlow this season and with a bit of luck we’ll often see him on the podium. I hear he’s been practising his waves in preparation.

forget windsurf jump…..

That’ll be the wrong thread then. Sorry.

Sorry Gunz couldn’t resist 🙂 Always makes me chuckle when I see random answers on the wrong threads.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-21339819

Yeah but, yeah..butttt… it wasn’t that windy when Lewis jumped the pier. .

Fanny’s the lot of ya!! Steampacket That all!! 😆

left Holyhead in a Force 8 planning to go to Dun Loaghaire, 2.5m STEEP waves on a Sweden 42. Broached with a third of the Jib up, turned round after 45 minutes and had a shower in Holyhead Marina. We’d planned to sail across for a race from Dun Loaghaire to M2 weather Bouy and back, then back to Holyhead the next day. So that’d have been 3 Irish sea crossings in 3 days, with a 2m swell and a weak westerly wind. Not fun. Bloody fantastic boat though.

Hope my mate currently 16 days into rowing the Atlantic is alright 😐

one word. Godzilla.

We have a chap at work who is waiting for he and daughter to get back out to family on Tiree – looking unlikely at the moment. Some massive waves and wind according to his wife on the island at the moment – and they have lived there for 20+ years. I reckon work’s 4m RIB would be a goer if the ferry doesn’t run… 😉

Wwasas and McM-yep the Suiliven was indeed that ferry. We have a couple of recycled ferries here ! That Cook St footage is pretty common, I used to work offshore (seismic boats) and when the props are out the water is gets interesting. I’ve had a couple of crossings where the Tory channel was at 14m and that. Was unpleasant. One of the crossings resulted in a tipped railway carriage which squashed some blokes new rally car , can included !

The Suilven was a Cal Mac ferry on the Stornoway-Ullapool crossing before being sold and sent off to NZ

Hmm reminds me of leaving South Georgia in sub antartica and making acqaintance with a storm that recorded the lowest ever pressure recorded on SG. All in a homemade badly kept steel ketch. The ketch has recently been tarted up and has been starring on the BBC programmes about the Greenland Ice.

48 hour sewing parties anyone?

Lucky Me! I’m home on leave!

I work on a Drillship that’s right out where that storm is at it’s worst.
My mates onboard have run for cover off the coast of Shetlands, that means it is somewhat horrible. That ship is 228m long and close to 100,000T. I’ve been there in 70kts+ wind,and seas up to 13m. Makes for very loud engine noises.

Im on a semisub halfway between Shetland and Norway at the moment – make no mistake it was rather bumpy a couple of nights ago…we had a 17.6metre heave at one point, and for about 4-5hours we were well over 14 metres.
Seadog..you arent on the Stena Carron by any chance are you, i know they went running for cover the other night?

Smogmonster – That’s right. Bonkers place for a Drillship – But it makes for interesting work! 😀

On the Spey here..