Straits Shipping Suilven in Heavy Seas

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Suilven came into operation for Strait Shipping in 1995. For seven years Suilven ran between Wellington and Picton before being transferred to the Wellington to Nelson service in late 2002. She was sold and left for a new life in Fiji in April 2004.

http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Calmac_Suilven.html

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Straits Shipping Suilven in Heavy Seas

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  • That's pretty ...

    That's pretty impressive. As a regular visitor to NZ I've taken the car ferry from Wellington (north island) across the straits to Picton (south island) many times and it was never like that.(thank goodness)

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  • I work with the ...

    I work with the bosun who was on the ship that day, he reckons the swells were about 15 metres high!

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  • The ship is the MV ...

    The ship is the MV Suilven.And its the Cook strait in between the north and south islands of New Zealand....and thats a good day.

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  • Missed wakeboarding ...

    Missed wakeboarding opportunity!

    By tornadolighting [Affiliate User] 1191861308 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • hey where are going?

    hey where are going?

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  • Fuckk that

    Fuckk that

    By n2dpun [Affiliate User] 1191341654 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • damn, thats crazy

    damn, thats crazy

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  • ha! that must of ...

    ha! that must of really cost car insurance companies. they should strap your cars 2 the ferry like those lorries which carry cars do. i don't know if they already do that but i don't really care coz, 1: i like damage and whatever and 2: i'm only 13 so even a dumb person knows that i don't drive a car or have a car or whatever ............... a car. and 1 more thing, who care's what type of boat it is, it's a ferry that going up and down in the sea, that all we need 2 know!

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  • This is a ferry ...

    This is a ferry crossing the Cook Strait near Wellington, New Zealand. It is filmed from the end of Queens drive in Lyall Bay. See also planes arriving in rough weather in wellington.

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  • Dear dear doctor, ...

    Dear dear doctor, this ship is indeed the`Suilven` an ex Caledonian MacBrayne ferry which plied between Ullapool and Stornoway on the Western Isles of Scotland,before being sold to NZ over 10 years ago.
    She was and still is by her performance a fine ship,

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  • wow!

    wow!

    By M80M80 [Affiliate User] 1171367114 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Why is everyone ...

    Why is everyone getting into a tizz about this video ?
    Does it really matter which ferry it is ? this is YT not the NY Times. There's a better video, well same thing with sound, makes if much more fun, but folks are screaming about that too, talk about retentive !

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  • Go to google and ...

    Go to google and search "Suilven hitting heavy swell as it exited" and you will find a whole site about this story and the video.

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  • acutually i made a ...

    acutually i made a mistake its the atlantic frieghter that has the rear bridgehouse sorry

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  • yeah, that has ...

    yeah, that has already been established.

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