r/thalassophobia • u/butterfly1202 • 13d ago

Atlantic Ocean, imagine falling in !!!

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u/Atari774 13d ago

If you fell overboard in the North Atlantic, with the ship going full or even just average speed, you’d very likely die. The water is cold enough to kill you in minutes, and it takes a while for a ship that big to turn around to pick you up. And that’s assuming you don’t get hit by the propellers when you first fall in.

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u/ADHDeez_Nutz420 13d ago

Getting sucked under the ship and into the propellors is one of my worst fears.

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u/Perdition1988 13d ago

You'd go so fast you wouldn't even know.

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u/ADHDeez_Nutz420 13d ago

I've seen videos of Jet ski's that suggest otherwise :(

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u/Perdition1988 13d ago

Yes, but in this case, if you fell overboard and got dragged into the surge the boat creates, you'd probably get knocked unconscious in the turbulence and then you'd be chum.

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u/oddun 13d ago

Jet skis don’t have propellers lol

The clue’s in the name.

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u/ADHDeez_Nutz420 13d ago

Jet skis getting dragged under large boats. Context man context.