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QM2 doesn't have a rudder. She has four huge submerged electric motors under the hull. the two just behind midships are fixed for propulsion. The rear two pivot, a bit like two giant outboard motors, this makes her very maneuverable.

I recall waking up and asking my partner "are we moving" We were doing 20 knots 😂 Such a stable ship. I almost wished for some harsh weather just so we could feel some movement.

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It was great thanks! 👍

Maybe because the technology has advanced so much that icebergs can be detected far ahead of time? Or because there're always ships somewhere nearby in case of emergency? Or because ships sail further south from where _Titanic_ did in order to avoid possible ice fields? Or because it was a moonless, dead-calm night when _Titanic_ sank, and it'd have actually been easier to spot icebergs in a storm? Or because _Queen Mary 2_ is quite literally built not only to withstand this weather, but not be bothered at all by it? Or because lifeboats are now covered to avoid capsizing and dumping the passengers, and there are enough for everyone?

It was exhilarating and we felt 100% safe. We were a bit disappointed that we barely felt any movement, so sat by these windows to get a feel of how rough the sea was.

I wouldn't be thinking about Titanic in a storm (she never encountered one, and the sea was very calm when she sank). I would think about the original Queen Mary and how she almost capsized in bad weather though. Just for grins, I would have the song "The Morning After" cued up though😁 Poseidon didn't have much luck after that😛 I know the QM2 was built for this, so I really wouldn't worry about her nearly capsizing like her elder family member.

Thank you! 😊

Not really surprising, the queen Victoria is a vista-class cruise ship but with a reinforced bow to be able to cross the North Atlantic in relative comfort. The same seems to be with the Queen Elizabeth. QM2 was built to take these storms and not be slowed down

Maybe so--there are certainly more severe storms. But keep in mind that most cruise ships are ill prepared to deal with them. The QM2 is an ocean liner, not a military vessel. Although she puts all other cruise ships to shame, she's not intended to be up to the same standard as some of the ships you've likely been on.

😂 scared me on my couch 🛋️

We loved it! The best thing about the QM2 is that u can litrally watch a storm going on outside and your wine glass will not fall off the table, it was very therapeutic just watching it for me personally Xxx

@@gemmacoleman9234 Exactly right! We crossed a few years ago and had some stormy weather as well. Just like in your video, the waves were crashing at the windows, but the ship just sailed smoothly along, completely unfazed by the rough seas.

all these are a pittance compared to the plating of vintage Battleships, which have 12 inch armor solid steel plates.

I'm quite sure the hull plating is not 2" thick, it should be mostly 17mm thick with 35mm on reinforced areas. Typical cruise ships are about half that

I read that the majority of the QM 2's steel plating was 38mm thick.

I just returned from a transatlantic trip on QM2. Even though there were large waves it was perfectly steady. 90 mph cross winds made the ship list a little but the captain rearranged the ballast water to straighten the ship out. Wonderful ship. 😊

@@jssilverton seriously? Choppy waters but you was ok, no sea sickness ect?

@@simonstones1918 I don’t get sea sick, but the ship was very steady. The dancers on the stage in the theatre danced normally. Even the swimming pools didn’t move much.

@@jssilverton and this was with quite rough seas, yes?

Life is about taking risks. You never do anything that does not involve risk. Even going out of your home and walking to the corner store, you can always be vaporized by lightning.

The water is almost always transparent and brilliant where I swim, 3 blocks from my summer home, in Saronis, 25 miles south of Athens, Greece. Especially when there is dead calm.

You should have went for a swim in it.

a cruise ship would not survive the North Atlantic in the winter, they are barge hotels, not real ships.

I was on The Norwegian Escape during a storm , from Southampton to Miami in November, it was fine and a much nicer ship than The QM 2 .@@anastassiosperakis2869

Crazy this was almost the norm for people back in the day who would travel around by sea without cellphones. It's also crazy to think the queen mary 1 rolled heavily in high winds like this back in the day.

@@jeremyreese9663 The wooden sailing ships that predated ocean liners were completely at the mercy of the ocean, and it wasn't unusual at all for them to get lost. Building with lighter, stronger steal, marine steam engines and later turbines, and electric lights all brought bigger, more luxurious, faster, and safer ships into play. Massive vessels that are far less bothered and far more reliable. Thomas Andrews, one of the designers on the Olympic-class, and William Francis Gibbs, designer on _SS America_ and _SS United States_ , would drop their jaws at what vessels look like today.

​@@BNuts Agreed.

Imagine being in the Pacific it makes the Atlantic look puny.

your math is off by a few thousand miles, there is always help a few hundred miles from a ship, there are THOUSANDS of OTHER SHIPS using the shipping lanes.

Even in the middle of the Atlantic ocean land is never 4k miles away. Do the math based on NY to Southampton being 3500 miles.

Yes this was our first cruise. A couple we met on board advised us that this would have been a very uncomfortable journey on other ships.

I have met Steven Payne, the NAval Architect who designed the QM2 in my office. I am a professor of Naval Architecture at the U of Michigan. He gave us a seminar about the design of QM2 and its construction. Your Miami cruise ships, floating barge hotels, really, cannot cross the North Atlantic in the winter.

Yeah.......today's design is money!!

The wine in my glass hardly moved she handles it that well, the waves are loud when they hit the ship though.

Gemma Coleman, I can imagine. I'm planning on doing the 26 night Southampton/Caribbean in December 2021, and the rough seas are actually what I'm looking forward to the most. Perfect weather in July? Pfft! Where's the adventure in that!? Just kidding! Can't get here fast enough

That’s why I’d love to do a winter transatlantic crossing,especially in one of the lowest level staterooms! You get the same view as from onboard an oceangoing sailboat but stay warm, dry and safe! Lol

@@tonyhinojosa7710 and how was that trip Tony?