Lucky or Good boat handling

[larryeddington]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBsA3wa5 ... r_embedded

Theck this URL, just for fun

[Stripermann2]

Experience is what it looks like to me. His keel, shallow or deep, helped a lot too. If you notice, he's on the power and he's coming through the opening channel, keeping steerage and his track going with the timing of the waves. Very cool.

I wouldn't be doing that in my 32.

[Wes]

Doesn't look like a fun time to be out but then again mother nature can be rather nasty and sneaky at times. You have to be ready for just about anything. I know we've been caught a few times and I learned that our Trojan can take a lot more than I ever want to.

[k9th]

Doesn't look like a fun time to be out but then again mother nature can be rather nasty and sneaky at times. You have to be ready for just about anything. I know we've been caught a few times and I learned that our Trojan can take a lot more than I ever want to.

Ditto that....and it is always good to know your skill level in case bad conditions arise quickly.

[rossjo]

Good + lucky. Those rocks were too close for me!

Did better than the Water Dog coming in Jupiter Inlet:


And no - you could not do that in an F32 - it would roll on you in a second. The F32 is the worst boat I've ever been on in a follow sea ... very wide and flat.

[rbcool]

Damn Blowboaters!!!!!! Always gotta be center of attention.

[alexander38]

one lucky S.O.B.

[Allen Sr]

Well I wouldn't want to try that in my 36 either!

[alexander38]

I'd never try it that move would put my swim platform so far up my a## it would take a month of Sundays to get it out.

[Rnd]

rossjo,

my goal is not to offend. But what is your point with the video?? I'm sure you know that Water Dog was a very well designed vessel with a very good captain who spent years going through that inlet.

You also must know that fall killed him.

Poor taste in my opion.

To each his own. I think this internet has de-sensitized us.

Randy

[prowlersfish]

The video shows How things can turn bad fast , sadly the Captain did lose his life . The Mate was able to get on the bridge and get control of the boat . Inlets can be very dangerous even to the best of boats with the best of captains . never ever take things for granted . I don't think its in bad taste as it makes you think about what can happen.

[rossjo]

rossjo,

my goal is not to offend. But what is your point with the video?? I'm sure you know that Water Dog was a very well designed vessel with a very good captain who spent years going through that inlet.

You also must know that fall killed him.

Poor taste in my opion.

To each his own. I think this internet has de-sensitized us.

Randy

Sorry it offended you. No offense meant. Don't see you post on here much, so not sure if you're upset or what.

If you run the inlets, its a good lesson. You can get in trouble no matter how many times you've been through them. If you'll look back, you'll see that I have feelings for Captain Tom Henry (died Sep 3, 2010) and his family's loss. I've lost several friends to the ocean, dirt bikes, cars, cancer, etc. - so we mourn their loss, but can always learn.

I do look forward to your cheerful, helpful, fun posts in the future.

[Peter]

lucky... ....and unlucky....(l'm sure no offence was intended, just takes a second for things to change....)

[Audrey II]

"Lucky or Good boat handling" I would say it was a combination of both I don't know what they where doing out there in the first place. Judging for the size of that inlet I would have tried to wait out the storm before I tried to risk that maneuver.

[RedBelly]

Wow. You guys think that was a close call? You really don't want to go out on the Chesapeake in my Albin Vega in December then...