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Definitely a good video. But honestly, during my time at sea in the 70s, going around the Cape of Good Hope approaching from the east coast of Africa, there were many times when we went through seas a great deal rougher than that.
This particular location is notorious for being rough, and there were many times when the entire front end of the ship (similar in size to that on the video - but an oil tanker) would come down off the swell top into the trough, and disappear below the surface so that it looked like the sea was coming towards the rear accomodation block engulfing everything in it's path. The natural buoyancy of an oil tanker meant that the ship would slowly creep back above the wave just in time for it to do the same again .... and again and again.
The first time this happened, I nearly sh-t myself, but although it never exactly got enjoyable, it did become less frightening.
Cheers
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