Thursday 22nd Aug, page-38

It was pretty awesome. There were sick bags and a lot of green faces but the bars were kept open. All the idiots, like me, went to the front of the ship, bourbon in hand and cheered every time the bow smashed into a huge wave.

Between 8 to 10 metre swell according to the crew. The barmaid on the top bar was getting thrown around trying to make cocktails and she made "the sign of the cross" blessing herself which was reassuring.

The ship flexed so much that the tiled floor in the dining area exploded on both sides of the ship! Nice.