Watching an in depth news show about the liners who have had bad experiences last week, I had my own experience years ago. The luxury ship this week had 26 ft. waves- 2 passengers were killed, many sick, a lot of destruction aboard.
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MY TRUE TALE
I was traveling alone on the Crystal Harmony, New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania. Everything was lovely. The evening after we left Australia the Captain announced several times...'We will be going thru the Tasman Sea tomorrow. This is the roughest sea in the world. Do not be alarmed. We will get thru it with no trouble.' My confidence was totally with the captain who had been this route before. If he wasn't worried, I made up my mind not to worry either.
At dinner, there was a definite rock to the usually smooth trip. I finished dinner and went to the nicest bar on the ship with two officers who sat at my table the entire trip.
The captain had announced we will be getting THIRTY foot waves...and we did get them. Aside from me, the two officers and one barman, NOBODY was in the bar. We stood and talked and all of a sudden the big grand piano at the other end of the room came sliding down towards us, pushing two very heavy arm chairs. The heavy glass exit door flew open and we flew out of there. Not for a single moment was I afraid. Not once did I get sea sick.
I took the elevator up to my cabin on deck 8, opened the door and found the glass bowl of fruit broken to bits. The one round arm chair was on its side.The curtains were flapping, rolling along the rods. Waves were hitting my outside terrace and the door. I got in bed and went to sleep.
In the morning I am sure there were no more than 10 people in the dining room besides me. All chairs had been stowed away. The few tables in use had the protective edges up so dishes wouldn't slide off. I ate my usual wonderful meal and went down to walk around the shops.
Now remember this--it was the Crystal Harmony--all hanging glasses in the bars were shattered, doors and windows to the shops were broken.
Clothes were scattered everywhere, on the wide, twisting staircases, in the shops. In the Casino the heavy slots were laying wildly around the room.
The sissys with 25 foot waves evidently were doing things they shouldn't and were in places they shouldn't be.
The entire next beautiful day dining, sports, shopping was much less than usual.
The busiest place was the doctor's office. Maybe a few people were bruised, I can't say, as I was too busy looking at the double rainbow in Tasmania's harbor.
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