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One of the world's widest, longest and largest ships, with overall length (LOA) of more than 340 meters sail through the extremely bad weather, rough sea with very big waves. Ship is trying to be steady as she goes and keep the course in a straight line but it is almost impossible since a strong wind blows from ships starboard (right) side, pushing a waves all over the deck (topping up). She was extremely difficult to navigate and very hard to control in such heavy weather condition. Vessel was just few miles from the shore (coast) and any extraordinary maneuver without control could be dangerous and fatal for crew, ship add cargo. Description of one crew member: "Big ship sails in bad weather with rough sea, giant waves and strong wind. Huge ocean waves and strong wind forced big ship to brake and sink fast. Amazing Ocean sailing around Isla Grande de Tierra Del Fuego, South of Cape Horn was rough and frightening. Strong wind made ship roll critically, side to side creating sagging and hogging moments. This was the worst weather ever and very scary moment since ship is fully loaded with iron ore and can sink extremely fast. In such weather condition just one little crack can make ship sink fast. Especially if engine blackout from some reason and ship lose control than sea waves can break ship on half. Luckily engine didn't stop or blackout. Otherwise this video will never be posted. In heavy weather no one can help you when you sail around Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, South of Cape Horn where two oceans meet each other, no way that any plane, helicopter or rescue team can come and give you hand. You are absolutely alone, related on ship engine only and of course good navigation skills, good seamanship. Navigation is something that you learn and getting experienced by the time but machinery is something else, it can surprise you momentarily and we pray for ship engine to run and propeller not to brake. We sail close to the coast with so many rocks and reefs around and this put some additional pressure on us". Another report:"Worst weather ever, very strong horrible wind and huge monster waves in big storm almost sank the ship. Rough sea with Giant Ocean waves top over the ship deck during our trip passing around Cape Horn (Tierra del Fuego) between Chile and Argentina. Waves cover up the deck and force the vessel from starboard side while stormy weather with severe wind and waves roll the vessel side to side. I thought that we will surely sink because of engine blackout from the other day. Engine did not stop luckily. Another scary thing were reefs in shallow sea and any engine stoppage for more than few minutes can allow the rough sea and big waves to brake and push the vessel to the reefs where it will brake and sink for sure. Ship of this size is more fragile in such weather condition than medium size vessel because it is too long and it can easier brake on half. No way that somebody can rescue or help in that kind of weather, helicopter is helpless because wind was so strong, visibility poor and sea with enormous wave crests. Luckily, ship went through without engine problem, did not sink but it was really critical moments that we all went through since engine show disturbing working sound with a lot of vibrations. Little story about Cape Horn is that before the Panama Canal was built, Cape Horn was one of the most dangerous and feared places by sailors on earth. Polar storms and wild seas have taken at least 800 cargo vessels traveling from the Pacific to the Atlantic and Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. Few were lucky enough to pass unharmed through this wild place so close to Antarctica (500 miles only) before the building of the Panama Canal, the other 30,000 lives lost before were very tragic. Even now, the tip of South America is a very dangerous place that will never be tamed by humankind. Visit http://www.globaladdressfinder.thebest-all.com. Contact me for information about: How to sail? How to navigate? How to behave on board the vessel? How to load the ship? What to bring on board? What to do in bad weather? What is fore-peak and after-peak on ship? Where is ship anchor? How ship crew spend the day? What documents to prepare? How to calculate and find ship position? What is ARPA radar?