dredger working in heavy seas nearly sinking.......

[steveop]

a dredger in heavy seas, nearly sinking during loading

http://www.dredgemovies.com/dredge%20movies%20-%20video%204.html

[Daniel B]

This model of dredgers have no freeboard. This one is working, not sinking. And so,the sand go into the hopper while the surplus water simply is shed overboard. I agree that to a layman, all that water may make the action looks like a shipwreck. 

[patnav]

Man that is nothing!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE-FW7e2MNY

Check this out, THIS is almost sinking,,,,,,well worth a watch!!!

[chrisg46]

People really don't have much appreciation of what conditions at sea can be like, especially in rough conditions.

Daniel is certainly right about the dredger - if it was too rough to work, she'd stop working, but this looks fine. The fishing boat looks pretty good in this kind of weather, running downwind, and taking the odd sea over the stern. I wouldn't fancy working on deck, cos it would be cold and wet, and a bit dangerous, but fishermen tend to know what they're doing . .

Sinking? No chance.

[Captain Ted]

this is entrirely normal,,actually is has to be like that, otherwise it would not work.
guess whoever posted it like that, banked on people who don,t know for the AH,s and OH,s