Dangerous attempt to board Yacht off Pitcairn Island during storm

1. Don't anchor in a surf zone.  2. If you find yourself anchored in a surf zone and off your boat for whatever reason, WAIT until the surf is down to board your boat.  3. If you're boarding your boat in choppy conditions in a surf zone, and find yourself hanging by your hands from the stern pulpit with your legs free in the air above the water, understand that kicking your legs doesn't do anything except entertain those of us watching.

One of my first additions to a new to me old boat was to add a four step telescoping ladder under the boarding flat(or boarding step). Worth any amount $ in this situation.

I always thought that I have balls.

How'd they even get off the boat without a ladder?

windward side gives you lift, visibility, timing and forward motion towards the rails or deck.

To me the biggest mistake made was not getting out of there sooner. Notice there were no other boats around?

This is all shown in the great documentary Take Me to Pitcairn. The story behind this is fascinating, I highly recommend checking it out.

Ein absolut fahrlässiges und lebensgefährliches Manöver! Man kann kaum hingucken! Man sollte sich eben informieren, wie es vor Pitcairn zugeht!

A truly idiotic triumph of balls over brains. How the hell do you suppose they got into the dinghy in the first place? Did they parachute? they also appear to be on short scope. The waves are big, but the wind hasnt matched them. Yet. The storm is building and moving in.

Boarding ladder? A fender or two suspended sideways from a length of line is all it takes. I've cruised thousands of miles and anchored out more times than I can count. You never get off of the boat without a means to get back on easily - learned that the very first time I anchored and jumped overboard and cleaned the bottom. Oops! Looking up at the rail 3 feet over my head I realized my mistake. But I had crew aboard, am a strong swimmer, and was wearing swim fins, so I took a lung full of air, submerged myself and kicked as hard as I could to launch myself up at the rail, caught it, and scrambled aboard. This was at Catalina Island in flat water, with a 20 foot boat with low freeboard, and it was very tricky re-boarding from the water.

Never made that mistake again. Betting these noobs didn't either. With seamanship like that, how the hell they got that boat out to Pitcairn without killing themselves is the real mystery. Guess that's one way to gain experience...if it doesn't kill you. The prudent thing to do under those circumstances is to stay on shore and pray the anchor holds

There is no use in critiquing this. My guess is that they learned from this. When you are done sailing you are not done being captain.

Love all the advice from the basement specials sitting at home. I wonder how many of them would even have attempted going out in that little dingy, never mind boarding the bulk of a yacht that could crush you at any moment if a wave caught it right.

Pathetic either these guys are senior citizens that do not even have the strength to pull themselves aboard or they are drunk.

Boat looks like a Hudson Force 50. Wish the whole thing was filmed.

I've never commented on vids before but this one I can't resist.  what if the dinghy had flipped.  I would stay on shore and had more cava with the chief until the storm blew through.  Hope no one was injured.  Joe aboard SV Carpe Diem

BTDT....... every cruising boat does it once. It's not as big a deal as
it looks but there is a lot to be said for a good boarding ladder (tied
on).

And from the shore, giggling and sniggering, until he got on board.

Excellent job!

¡Un par de narices! Los dos cada uno en su papel. Eso o acabar con el barco embarrancado...

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. So many "should have done's" involved they are not really worth listing. Lets face it, anyone who has owned a boat of any kind for more than 5 minutes has made mistakes. It's how we get ourselves out of these that dictate whether we live to cock up again another day. I could feel myself saying to the younger fella, "the boat isn't worth it". But then I think back to some of the things I have done for both my own and boats which do not belong to me and I found I was being the hypocrite about things.. Chances are that if I were there, I would have been the one to volunteer to do the jumping and swimming and then wonder, "WTF have I just done and why"?
So all I can say is that I presume the boat / yacht was rescued and all was well at the end of the day? I hope so anyway. Best of luck with future sailings and may history not get too many chances to repeat itself upon you both.

i konw this you need to prepare the operstion on shore think it thru and have a plan instead of just going and winging it could have bought with them in the dinghy an old car tire on a short rope. first approach of boat quickly clip on the tire second approach climb on boat using tire as a step, because he lack upper body strength