Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees

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By Thursday, most parts of the UK are poised for a "much calmer" forecast and further spells of wet and breezy weather should peter out by the end of the week for a drier weekend. However, the facts are that less than seven month ago the Maritime and Coastguard Agency detained the Balmoral at North Shields after the ship failed a Port State Control (PSC) inspection.

You can get down to sea level to shoot your stormy shots, however it's much safer to find a location that gives you a vantage point that looks down onto a cliff or sea wall but still puts enough distance between you and the sea. Rugged coastlines look great sat against a moody sky and together they give you something very different to the usually sunset shots people take at the coast when on holiday. I think he Saga ship was sheltering in Falmouth yesterday, but I do not know where she is home porting.

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It used to be considered the most dangerous ship passage in the world, sailing vessels taking weeks just to round the Horn and even today, rounding Cape Horn is still considered a major accomplishment by today’s sailors. Violent, chaotic, notorious and unpredictable are all words used to describe this sea passage in which over 20,000 sailors have lost their lives. The extreme, turbulent elements depicted here contrast with the tranquil atmosphere of its pair, ‘Calme’, reflecting ideas fashionable at the time about the beautiful and sublime in nature and art. They are the only great pair of marine views by Vernet in a British public collection. We've seen one report that passengers' injuries ranged from sprains to broken bones. One guest, who sustained significant injuries... reportedly transported to the hospital upon arrival in Dover. Satellite picture of the South China Sea – Serglo – from NASA World Wind Globe, Wikimedia Commons) Southern Ocean

According to Windfinder, the winds on the North coast of Spain are forecast to significantly subdue in the early hours of Sunday. Offshore speeds of about 25 - 30 knots seem to be more likely by midday on Sunday... but still these winds will be from the West. I have had appointments, (including a hospital one), yesterday and have been to a social event this morning/lunchtime, so have not been into the net much over the last few days, but I was able to follow these main details via social media (from posts by people on the ship), which includes seeing a couple of letters which were sent to cabins onboard. The company has reported that a small number of cabins have been damaged. The ship arrived at Dover this afternoon... much later than planned.HMS Endymion rounding the Horn – Drawing by Herbert Roxby, Wikimedia Commons) Irminger Sea, between southern Greenland & Iceland Borealis was to have headed to the Azores from Liverpool yesterday, prior to heading on to Madeira, but has had to abandon that plan. She is now in Belfast today and (I think tomorrow), before heading on to Cobh, Vigo and Madeira. It is expected to generate winds of up to 75mph and cause dangerous conditions along coastal areas, especially Irish Sea coastlines. Either before or after this incident, at about 8.30 pm last night, it looks like FOCLs abandoned all attempts for the Balmoral to sail south late last night and after an hour or two of deliberation set a course for Porto Lexioes, on the Portuguese Coast, where it's was expected to arrive about 2.00 pm this afternoon.

Though bearing the name of the famous English seaman Sir Francis Drake, whose ship was blown far south after passing through the Strait of Magellan, the passage was first traversed in 1616 by a Flemish expedition led by Willem Schouten. Lewis Carroll is the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgeson, the English writer best known for the Alice in Wonderland books. About 10.30 this morning, the Balmoral published a course for Bilbao... about 300 nm off the original course. It seems a very long way to avoid a storm and so it may be that the Balmoral is hoping for some assistance from a ship repair yard or considering the option of flights to... ?

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He added: "In addition to the winds, there's going to be some large waves as well, so some big stormy seas, and therefore there might well be some coastal flooding where the waves break on to promenades and on to coastal roads." Many of us are going through difficult times right now and this list of quotes about the sea is intended to encourage and inspire you. Martin Luther was a 16th-century German professor of theology. This quote is often incorrectly attributed to the civil rights movement activist with a similar name – Martin Luther King Jr.

Two yellow rain warnings will also be in place covering areas of Scotland between 3pm on Wednesday through to midnight - one in central Scotland, from the north of Glasgow across towards Aberdeen, and another in the far south-west of Scotland. Ships are safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. So set sail on the stormy sea of love. You’re going to get soaked at times, but at least you’ll know you’re alive. Dan Millman Australia’s stormiest location is on the shores of the Timor Sea where 100 thunderstorm days a year is the norm. Beneath the sea lie considerable reserves of oil and gas, resulting in a number of offshore petroleum projects and considerable exploration activity. With so many storms and cyclones passing through the area oil and gas production are often interrupted. Although petroleum production facilities are designed to withstand the effects of cyclones, production is often reduced as a safety precaution and workers are sometimes evacuated to the mainland.What world lies beyond that stormy sea I do not know, but every ocean has a distant shore, and I shall reach it. Cesare Pavese