# Leaving port in storm

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leaving-port-in-storm/65401>\
**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Created:** [February 12, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leaving-port-in-storm/65401 "2023-02-12T22:48:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leaving-port-in-storm/65401/1 "2023-02-12T22:48:00Z")

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> **[The coasters of past and present . | Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/1438097609607576/permalink/5949687471781878/)**

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**Author:** ![dbeierl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/dbeierl/32/11833_2.png) [@dbeierl](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/dbeierl)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leaving-port-in-storm/65401/2 "2023-02-13T01:27:01Z")

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Private group, can’t see.

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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leaving-port-in-storm/65401/3 "2023-02-13T11:40:35Z")

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Ooops!!  
Here is another link that should work for you:  
https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=900&width=720&href=https://www.facebook.com/Shipsphotograph/videos/tough-day-for-this-ship-and-crew-today/1317920718765120/

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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leaving-port-in-storm/65401/4 "2023-02-13T12:05:57Z")

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This appears to be same place at the same time:

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/d/d/ddf146d7b490a249c24504a33694ce5467ff2f07.jpeg "Navigazione estrema! da Ponza con la nave Tetide") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bKBEbvTOJA)

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/d/a/daf07f62292d5a99d5fe316bd40162347df41f04.jpeg "Ponza, le impressionanti immagini del traghetto in balia della tempesta") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s2AM40fYXQ)

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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leaving-port-in-storm/65401/5 "2023-02-13T12:12:06Z")

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The opposite. This one is arriving:

> **[Fred Olsen Ferry Docking During Storm on Tenerife](https://etenerifeholidays.co.uk/tenerife-videos/fred-olsen-ferry-docking-during-storm-on-tenerife)**
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> Fred Olsen Express ferry struggling to dock in Los Cristianos harbour as a storm hits Tenerife.  

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**Author:** ![Capt\_Phoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/capt_phoenix/32/281_2.png) [@Capt\_Phoenix](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Phoenix)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leaving-port-in-storm/65401/6 "2023-02-13T12:55:57Z")

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More like _attempting_ to leave port in a storm.

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**Author:** ![Urs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/958977/32.png) [@Urs](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Urs)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leaving-port-in-storm/65401/7 "2023-02-13T13:59:35Z")

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> [@ombugge](#):
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> This appears to be same place at the same time…

Yes, it is the same place, the Ponza island in the Tyrrhenian Sea; in a sudden strong storm last January.  
The Ferry to Naples had to leave the badly protected port of Ponza, where the sea was even more chaotic.

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**Author:** ![slingblade59](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/slingblade59/32/36150_2.png) [@slingblade59](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/slingblade59)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/leaving-port-in-storm/65401/8 "2023-02-20T21:06:11Z")

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Sometimes, the better part of valor is to face the sea, rather than the possibility of facing the rocks.