Usually when you’re just out sailing the seven seas - as you do - you’re riding the waves.
Maybe you’re bobbing along in a little dinghy looking for fish, or perhaps relaxing on a cruise ship or even on one of those catamarans on a day trip on your holiday.
Either way, the waters under the boat and you’re staying pretty dry.
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But in a terrifying moment during a storm, a monster 50-ft wave ended up absolutely devouring a ship out at sea.
Captured from an upper deck on the boat, the horror film-like footage shows the boat bouncing up and down along rocky waters in the North Sea.
And then, a humongous wave towers over the ship before crashing down onto it, making most of it disappear from view.
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Filmed several years ago now, the camera (protected by being inside) then seems to be under water momentarily as the boat reappears below, flooded by the water.
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It’s pretty scary to imagine and I’m cowering in fear just watching it – let alone how most of us would react being there.
Just think – you’re chilling on a boat and see this absolute wall of water crashing towards you and taking you under.
Except, the bloke filming the moment seems to be absolutely loving it.
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He lets out a laugh as the ship approaches the wave and in a seemingly British accent says: “That’s f**king awesome!”
The wild video has racked up millions of views on YouTube and users commented to admit: “I’m in the Navy and I would sh*t my pants if I saw that.”
Others joked: “It’s not even a nervous laugh, he’s clearly loving it!!”
As another added: “Lol he is laughing his a** off while I would be throwing up.”
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Many said that ‘only sailors are crazy enough’ to be laughing in this kind of scenario.
Others pointed out: “The thing I never realized until recently is that it's not simply getting hit by the big wave that's bad, it's that you are lifted up into the air 60 ft from the previous wave and then dropped 60 feet when you pass over it only to be hit by a 60-foot wave when you hit the bottom.”
Plenty said they were sat at their dry homes absolutely sh**ting themselves while the bloke in the video was ‘having the time of his life’.
Well, I think I’d rather just be watching it than experiencing, that’s for sure.
Jess Battison