Cruise passengers get a white-knuckle ride as massive breakers batter and threaten to capsize their sailing boat among the surfers off Hawaii
- A ship carrying passengers after a sunset cruise almost capsized in in Honolulu
- The strength of the wave redirects the boat’s orientation and almost capsizes it
- The captain, with the help of the passengers at the wheel, keep the ship upright
Passengers of a ship had the shock of their lives as their boat battled through rough conditions, almost capsizing.
The footage, taken in Honolulu, Hawaii, shows the charter chip being carried by a big wave while making its way back to dock after a sunset cruise.
A witness who saw the scene unfold said: ‘[The captain] was coming into the channel to dock the boat, right when the biggest set of the day came.’
Passengers of a ship have had the shock of their lives as their boat battled through rough conditions, almost capsizing off Honolulu, Hawaii. The footage shows the charter ship being carried by a big wave while making its way back to dock after a sunset cruise
A concerned onlooker can be heard in the background of the clip saying: ‘The boats gonna capsize bro.’
The strength of the wave knocks it off its course to land and almost capsizing it.
‘Bro that boat’s gonna go. Oh my god look at that,’ the onlooker says before adding: ‘They’re in trouble bro.’
The strength of the wave knocks it off its course to land and almost capsizing it. A concerned onlooker can be heard in the background of the clip saying: ‘The boats gonna capsize bro’
Luckily the captain and the passengers, who surround him at the wheel, were able to keep the ship upright together.
At that moment the camera pans to a nearby group of surfers making the most of the waves.
The other passengers of the boat are seen holding on to the mast and boom, trying their best to stay on the vessel.
The captain and passengers at the wheel manage to keep the afloat as the wave crashes ahead of them.
Luckily the captain and the passengers, who surround him at the wheel, are together able to keep the ship upright as the wave passes and breaks in front of the ship
Just as another wave is about to break, the ship is reoriented back toward the shore and the captain uses its momentum to get the boat back to the dock quicker
Just as another wave is about to break, the ship is reoriented back toward the shore.
The wave does not appear as big as the one before it, but the captain uses its momentum to get the boat back to the dock quicker.
The onlooker, now relieved, can be heard says: ‘Oh my god boat, they’re gonna be ok. Yeah captain, good job, killed it.’