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1. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Sat 7th Dec 2024. 21:08 .... although this time it`s not the Scottish Government`s doing. A massive ferry is currently docked in Leith for the winter (paying a hefty sun for the privilege) after Australia paid a Finnish ship builder hundreds of millions to build that they don`t have facilities to cater for back in Tasmania. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply
2. Author: Wotsit Date: Sun 8th Dec 2024. 06:33 The success of the Finnish shipbuilding industry makes me wonder if the Tories were telling me the truth when they blamed high wages for the demise of the Scottish industry. The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy. Reply
3. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Sun 8th Dec 2024. 10:23 Don`t take this as gospel as it`s only a Google search and referencing pay comparison sites but wages in Finnish ship building industry appear to be the same or a little lower than here in the UK. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply
4. Author: Big T Par Date: Sun 8th Dec 2024. 19:37 How ironic seeing this,. As I`m currently on the ferry from hell from Amsterdam to Newcastle and it`s absolutely all over the place. Never felt so sick, in my life. Horrendous Reply
5. Author: parsmad68 Date: Mon 9th Dec 2024. 10:33 Big T Par, Sun 8 Dec 19:37 How ironic seeing this,. As I`m currently on the ferry from hell from Amsterdam to Newcastle and it`s absolutely all over the place. Never felt so sick, in my life. Horrendous I looked up Hell using skyscanner and didn’t find anything. Mustn’t have an airport. Hope you are feeling better and know your pain from experience Reply
6. Author: Big T Par Date: Mon 9th Dec 2024. 11:07 parsmad68, Mon 9 Dec 10:33 Big T Par, Sun 8 Dec 19:37 How ironic seeing this,. As I`m currently on the ferry from hell from Amsterdam to Newcastle and it`s absolutely all over the place. Never felt so sick, in my life. Horrendous I looked up Hell using skyscanner and didn’t find anything. Mustn’t have an airport. Hope you are feeling better and know your pain from experience Cheers 68. Never again will I do that. 16 hours of an absolute, puke enducing nightmare. Didn`t let up the whole trip. Guts are still churning 🤢 Post Edited (Mon 09 Dec 11:14) Reply
7. Author: Parboiled Date: Mon 9th Dec 2024. 14:40 I’ve been on the Hull Rotterdam one some years ago which was very choppy, must be quite common for the North Sea in late Autumn/Winter. Not sea sick that time, though sick bags were freely available tied on to chairs and railings etc! I was though one of a number of MOD civvies given a trip up and down the Forth on HMS Ghurkha in 1971. Jings.. view from the ship’s bridge was the squally sky, then the Forth Bridge, then the swell, rear up the FB again, then the sky then back doon again..then it was the bottom of the toilet! Reply
8. Author: widtink Date: Mon 9th Dec 2024. 16:30 If you do it enough you will get used to it. My first 6 months at sea I was as sick as a dog. Then for the next 30 years I was fine 😊 Admin Reply
9. Author: Big T Par Date: Mon 9th Dec 2024. 16:41 widtink, Mon 9 Dec 16:30 If you do it enough you will get used to it. My first 6 months at sea I was as sick as a dog. Then for the next 30 years I was fine 😊 That`s what the wife was saying. I`m like how can you ever get used to yer guts feeling that they`re in yer feet 🤢 Post Edited (Mon 09 Dec 16:42) Reply
10. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Mon 9th Dec 2024. 19:53 Was of Anstruther sea fishing one cold December some years ago, the swell was unbelievable, if they`d given me a gun I would have shot myself!🤢🤮 Reply
11. Author: widtink Date: Mon 9th Dec 2024. 23:24 Big T Par, Mon 9 Dec 16:41 widtink, Mon 9 Dec 16:30 If you do it enough you will get used to it. My first 6 months at sea I was as sick as a dog. Then for the next 30 years I was fine 😊 That`s what the wife was saying. I`m like how can you ever get used to yer guts feeling that they`re in yer feet 🤢 I can`t explain how.... I just know we were on passage to Norway one day in a force 7 or 8 with a wild sea and I didn`t feel Sick.... And never did again. One of the happiest days of my work life cos previously I`d been miserable in any sort of swell. Admin Reply
12. Author: Big T Par Date: Tue 10th Dec 2024. 00:11 widtink, Mon 9 Dec 23:24 Big T Par, Mon 9 Dec 16:41 widtink, Mon 9 Dec 16:30 If you do it enough you will get used to it. My first 6 months at sea I was as sick as a dog. Then for the next 30 years I was fine 😊 That`s what the wife was saying. I`m like how can you ever get used to yer guts feeling that they`re in yer feet 🤢 I can`t explain how.... I just know we were on passage to Norway one day in a force 7 or 8 with a wild sea and I didn`t feel Sick.... And never did again. One of the happiest days of my work life cos previously I`d been miserable in any sort of swell. I bet you were mate. That sounds horrendous and I`m getting the boke again 🤢 Reply
13. Author: NMCmassive Date: Mon 16th Dec 2024. 21:05 Funny cos I was on the Rosyth - Zebrugge route a few times. One time in particular was choppy as anything, I had to use the safety strap things to stay on the bed. Didn’t throw up but felt nauseous the whole time. Apparently I was green 😂 my old man was fine tho 🤷🏻‍♂️ also got a shot on a sail ship once, took us ages to get out the harbour and I spent my time spewing over the side, once we were out and moving steady I was fine but again my old man was perfectly fine. I guess some folk get it and some folk don’t COYP Reply

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