Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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Haha that's awesome. Back in the day it was on standing orders for The Salmon Song to be playing for the on coming crews for QRA in the Falklands - we overdosed on Road Trip and Dude, Where's my Car whilst waiting for the Argies to invade.
..and it's sad 🤣
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Wonder what sin this punishment was for, greed?
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During the service, he invited his wife Hannah Tamaki to the stage. She told the crowd her husband had been close to death following the incident.
"I could have been a widow today. Honestly, that is how serious it was. It could have got worse."
She said the incident happened four days after their wedding anniversary, on which they had said a special prayer.
"We were praying and I said 'let's pray against the spirit of death. There's a feeling I don't like'. We prayed together against the spirit of death.
I'm guessing the irony escapes her.
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@antipodean didn't he say Gay people caused the earthquakes? If so, what caused this to happen? Vegans?
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@taniwharugby said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@antipodean didn't he say Gay people caused the earthquakes? If so, what caused this to happen? Vegans?
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this made me laugh...watch to the end
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yeah nah....
29M views · 120K reactions | Experience the power of the wind, waves...
Experience the power of the wind, waves and sheer speed of the Volvo Ocean Race. This RAW 100 gives you the perspective only the sailors really know: the raw power of the Southern Ocean. Get the...
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@taniwharugby I watch the Volvo Ocean Race religiously as I'm not good enough to ever take part. I love the power and sound of the boats straining against the forces at the ragged edge of speed. Particularly in the Southern Ocean. Here's HMNZS Otago, which is a fair bit bigger
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@antipodean I saw that clip on instagram yesterday, mental!
I'm surrounded by sailors here, one neighbour did the last Sydney to Hobart, another who is 73 goes sailing by himself for weeks at a time around the east Coast, another neighbour buggars off the islands at least once a year.
My elderly neigbour took me and TR Jnr out to the Poor Knights last year, sea no where near as bad as either clip, but was pretty decent swell and wind, suffice to say I lost a couple of kegs that day...
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I miss my yacht but that's extreme. I have seen seas almost as big and certainly had waves crashing over me at the helm but nothing with that sort of power.
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Still recall in amazement listening to Shaun Quincy telling of some of the seas he faced in the Ta$man in this...
without even considering the fact his father faced them in this...
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That HMNZS Otago video reminds me of a northbound inter-island ferry crossing I did in 1994. I was sitting out the back and the waves were so big that when the ferry was in the trough of the wave the crest was above the level of the stern railing. The view from the bow must have been much better to watch.
Suffice to say a lot of people inside were seasick, children were getting thrown across the room into walls and glasses and plates were falling off benches and smashing on the floor. Fun times for those of us that don't get motion sickness.
