article_snippet.sent: Huge waves as high as 40 feet smashed glass panels, shattered plates and cups – and left many on-board violently seasick as the Carnival Spirit pitched from side to side.
article_snippet.sent: Another passenger told the Sydney Morning Herald  of the horror and panic of being on board while the Carnival Spirit was battered had left passenger Courtney Randall traumatised . '
article_snippet.sent: At one stage, I looked out the window and one of the waves crashed up against the glass.
article_snippet.sent: The crew had pleaded for calm on board Carnival Spirit, saying Carnival Spirit was built to withstand the storm, which has been described as a 'once in a century' weather event.
article_snippet.sent: Carnival Spirit the Carnival Spirit has been damaged and stranded outside Sydney Harbour on Tuesday morning .
article_snippet.sent: While Carnival Spirit was stuck at sea, one passenger told the Daily Telegraph that 'there was a large wave that hit at 7.30 last night that tore one of the doors off causing a whole lot of water to come flooding through the deck'. '
article_snippet.sent: Even as we speak Carnival Spirit is creaking and moaning,' passenger Kurt Foster said. '
article_snippet.sent: Damage to The Carnival Spirit was minor and The Carnival Spirit was scheduled to depart of for a seven-day Isle de Pines cruise this evening.
article_snippet.sent: Eleven metre waves have been recorded off-shore as Carnival Spirit remains stranded outside Sydney Harbour .
article_snippet.sent: Waves of nine metres have been battering the ship for the past 24 hours .
highlights_snippet.sent: the Carnival Spirit has suffered damage with smashed glass panels and a door ripped open by the crashing waves .
  