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Originally Posted by Skybird
That's why ships should obey speed limits.
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This isn't turning heel; it's definetly a swell roll. Decreasing speed will make it worst. There are no speed limits on the ocean, except for what's prescribed in the steering rules. (Maintain a safe speed; it's not so much a speed limit as its a guide line)
I'm thinking stabillizer or engine faillure. (Stabillizers don't work if the ship isn't making way through the water)
One of the things that alway amaze me about cruise ships is that they don't secure anything unless the deck officers get really annoyed and force the hotel staff to do something. You go on a cargo ship, the chairs, the TVs, the tools, everything down to the salsa bottle on the table is secured. Now, that might be excessive for a cruise ship, and quite frankly, that video wasn't too bad. Nothing big started flying. (Had to rodeo a car once - now that was sport.)
As for the other questions... Well, you either sit down to use the toilet (There's usually a handle nearby) or you do it in the shower. For showering, well, you try to avoid it unless you really have to, and then you use the handle. It never starts suddenly. (Well, from the point of view of someone who spends way too much time on ships. Passengers are a whole different beast.)
Turning heel or cargo shifting is different and unexpected, however, but that's usually just one lean and a recovery. Not that it can't cause damage or injury.