I first read this story when it came out some time ago. An amazing story.
In the crew's quarters below the bridge, Saw "Lucky" Kyin, the ship's 41-year-old Burmese steward, rinses off in the common shower. The ship rolls underneath his feet. He's been at sea for long stretches of the past six years. In his experience, when a ship rolls to one side, it generally rolls right back the other way.
This time it doesn't.
Read it at http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-03/ff_seacowboys