Passengers Kept Drinking as a Cruise Ship Fought a Violent Storm
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Water is pouring across the deck, not from the sea, but from the ship's own swimming pool, thrown clean out of its basin by the force of the waves.
It was, by most accounts, a fairly ordinary reaction for British holiday makers who decided that a storm, however dramatic, wasn't reason enough to abandon a perfectly good drink.
A captain calling off a docking attempt isn't rare. It's not a crisis. It's just seammanship doing exactly what it's meant to do.
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A powerful Atlantic storm forced the P&O cruise ship Ventura to abandon its docking attempt near Cherbourg in November 2019 — and turn straight into the waves instead. Furniture slid, pool water sprayed across the deck… and passengers just kept drinking. This is the full story of that night, plus the other time, back in 2012, when a Ventura storm actually cracked the ship's hull. 🌊⚓ 👍 Like, subscribe, and comment below: would you have stayed for your drink? Episodes: 0:00 – Intro: chaos on deck, calm at the table 0:35 – The ship and the journey: who Ventura is, the Cherbourg trip 1:30 – The decision to turn around: why the captain called off docking 2:40 – What it was like on board: the pool, the pitching, the flooding 4:00 – The passengers who didn't move: drinks in hand through the storm 5:00 – Why this story went viral: the "stiff upper lip" angle 5:50 – Ventura's other storm: the 2012 Bay of Biscay hull crack 7:15 – Two storms side-by-side #CruiseShip #Ventura #POCruises #StormAtSea #CruiseShipStorm #AtlanticStorm #CruiseDisaster #ShipStorm #EnglishChannel #BayOfBiscay #cruisevacation