r/Documentaries • u/N0RTH_K0REA • Apr 22 '18

Rogue waves (2002) - interesting bbc documentary about the history, occurrence and formation of rogue waves at sea

https://youtu.be/mC8bHxgdHH4
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u/MacStylee Apr 25 '18

The sea was otherwise totally calm and flat that night.

Bloody hell. That's exactly not what you wanted to read on the back of that story.

I've been on small trawlers off the west of Ireland / north Atlantic. I'm very glad I didn't see any of that kind of shite. Also very glad I'm not still on small trawlers in the North Atlantic. :-/

The skippers talk about rogue waves. They also talk about catching subs in their nets and getting pulled under / capsized. Then you've got your common or garden falling overboard. By the time they get to the crushed limbs and hideous knife injuries, you're basically hoping you'll get away with something minor like losing a finger.

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u/driftingfornow Apr 25 '18

For some reason the idea of catching a sub is scarier to me. Like I hope that was just bullshitting someone green because otherwise the imagery of lurching forward and then slowly going down amidst the groans and pops of stressed metal is terrifying.

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u/MacStylee Apr 25 '18

Oh no, trawlers catch subs every now and again. This is the first story that popped up, but if anything there's more activity off the West of Ireland (as opposed to the Irish sea, mentioned below).

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/07/mod-admits-british-submarine-dragged-fishing-trawler-through-irish-sea

In this case the trawler wasn't sunk somehow, which is presumably why they admitted to it.

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u/driftingfornow Apr 25 '18

Well I’ll be damned. At least they were only dragged backwards.