In New Zealand we have ferries running between the North and South islands. In 1965 the inter island ferry running the longer route from Lyttelton to Wellington struck Barrett’s reef and sunk with the loss of 51 lives. She encountered winds in excess of 200mph in the entrance which stopped the radar turning in zero visibility. There is a lot more caution now and ferries stop running when the swell gets over 6 metres and there are gale force winds.
Some idiot decided that a new ferry didn’t need accomodation for the crew given that a normal voyage takes 4 hours. The ferry had to shelter for 2 days and at vast expense the vessel had to be retrofitted.
It was also never considered that the vessel would have to dock in Singapore 12 days steaming from NZ.