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by duke63 » 31 Dec 2015, 19:31
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by Blade » 31 Dec 2015, 20:06
Is that today ????
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by duke63 » 31 Dec 2015, 20:15
It was posted on one of the IOM Facebook pages so would guess its recent.
Glad neither me nor my bike are on there.
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by Blade » 31 Dec 2015, 20:37
Crikey. I was on a crossing like that once. Not good
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by Rossgo » 03 Jan 2016, 08:49
Jesus, this is why I hate the sea, I would of been panicking!!
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by Blade » 03 Jan 2016, 11:06
Don't worry Rossgo
They give out life jackets on planes so I'm
sure someone would have gone round the ship handing out parachutes
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by Rossgo » 03 Jan 2016, 12:33
Haha it's brilliant logic these companies have isn't it
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by Deegee » 03 Jan 2016, 16:26
The worst part of that would have been the smell of puke everywhere, nowt wrong with a rough crossing except the bikes and cars going through the spin cycle down below.
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by Rossgo » 03 Jan 2016, 17:04
Do bikes get strapped in as Deegee brings up a good point with that
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by C00kiemonster » 03 Jan 2016, 19:00
Rossgo wrote: Do bikes get strapped in as Deegee brings up a good point with that
They strap them very well,
I've been on that ferry when it's been like that. Utter puke fest
Bikes fared well tbh. Apparently they didn't do so other earlier years and scrapped a lot of fairings....
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by Rossgo » 03 Jan 2016, 19:03
Cheers for letting me know. Good that they do strap them down, could see it doing a lot of damage if they didn't in that sort of weather
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by Blade » 03 Jan 2016, 19:18
Tbh I have seen some badly secured cars and bikes on that crossing and god knows how they never broke free.