In reply to Steve Perry:
It can get very rough up there, while at sea the biggest seas I encountered were in the South Atlantic, followed by the Pentland Firth. I used to love it although we were flung all over the place and there was always something not secured that got smashed or broken. You got to trust your ship - she will come back up again.I never got sick but it was hard to sleep and I didn't have much appetite. I found this video recently on youtube which fair got me hankering for my youth.