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seems to me he should have jibed and headed into the wind and the waves, maybe it was shallow to the left. Oh well, always good to see a sailboat take a beating and bounce right back up.
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2;16 knowing the boat could sink...???? I don't think so.
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fantastic video... the helicopter pilot has balls and skills. and the father who probably should never have been there with his 2yrs old in the first place is a lucky bastard.
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That guy should be jailed for taking a 2-year old out in such conditions when he barely knows how to sail. I wonder if he's a Hoofer Sailing Club instructor. What a moron.
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was für ein cooler Heli Pilot
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Thats not the USCG
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The boom is not 'loose' in the strictest sense. It is held out to the port side. The boom vang has been connected to the port rail. That keeps the boom from swinging around much (until at least he looses he whole rig). I agree with the suggestion that streaming a 'warp' (line, rope, anything, ...) from the bow MAY have made for a less disastrous situation.
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First rule of mother nature is that it has no mercy......
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jesus, these ppl nust be americans.
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Too bad they never say what put the sailboat dead in the water. It looked like he still had sails up and there was wind obviously but for some reason he was stationary except for the waves. Also, this is why there are safety harneses on boats and they should be used. It is hard to tell from the video, but it appears he was not wearing a PFD. The rescuers got caught in a bad situation as well in too small a boat for the conditions. Glad to see all survived though.
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You woulda sucked just as bad or more, sorry to break it to you. Anyone can be an armchair quarterback.
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i would have vomitted.
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Notice the difference here. The power boat was rolled and stayed rolled. The sail boat was rolled, dis-masted, and no one but a 2 year old aboard and it was still floating and upright.
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OWNED
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No shit. Good pilot in the helicopter. Hovering right off the water with waves that high, he must be nuts. At least it all worked out, I guess. I hope that guy on the sailboat took some more lessons on sailing a boat before he takes one out again. I'm no expert, but even I can see him fucking up everywhere.
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what a bunch of plonkers
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well use the second jib halyard to make a temporary forestay, get rid of the jib, ease on the backstay, and try to get out of there, or deploy asea anchor and bring the main down but hobby sailors like this don't have sea anchors because it is an expense ....
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Why didn't he just sail on the main?
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Is it just me or are the "rescue" ppl here just multiplying the risks over and over. Helicopter was just being stupid crazy for some ppl that weren't really in much trouble. Could have all actually been as serious as the commentators voice with them all being so amateur.
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I had a similar situation to this but in a narrow channel in my sailboat, I motored over a pot bouy and the rope wrapped round the prop. before you all go you shoulda seen the bouy I was single handed and had no idea the bouy was there, however its becomes a matter of sailing and after 7 hours of short tacking I escaped the channel, thats why boats with masts and sails are called sailboats. I use the sails as my MAIN propolsion system and the engine as a secondary unit.
This is such an important video ! You can see what happens when two different types of boats face similar huge waves. The sailboat manages to upright herself thanks to her keel. The motorboat can not because she has no keel. All the occupants of the sailboat survive the slamming and this includes a 2 year old infant. In the real event portrayed in "The Perfect Storm" the sailboat forcibly evacuated by Coast Guard takes no damage and is eventually located drifting many days later. I read that in the event of a storm or post-storm conditions with huge waves, the skipper can deploy an underwater chute/drogue from the bow or stern. This allows the boat to be perpendicular to waves and receive the waves from the bow or stern. The boat gets some pretty good beating but does not slam as the one in the video who was in parallel position to the waves. Being in severe storm conditions is incredibly hard. The wind alone causes fatigue as even moving your arm requires effort. The spray comes into your face so hard that you can not open your eyes sometimes. I remember once crying because of salt coming into my eyes. There was no such extreme wind on this video. So, the skipper's inability to change the boat's position is likely his lack of sailing skills. He could have tried a bucket instead of a chute. And the genoa is there half of it under the boat, untouched probably for many hours. Why not get rid of it ? It is adversely affecting And this skipper was facing a worse threat than the seas. A GREAT & DEADLY danger. Look at the mainsail and the boom. The boom is actually loose and he forgot to secure it. This is a major threat. If a sudden gust of wind (natural or heli caused) were to push the mainsail, the skipper or others could be hit in the head real hard with the wildly swinging boom. This would cause an almost certain death ! It is like being hit with 40 baseball bats at once ! This video also shows that instead of panicking (which is a human thing but can be partly controlled thru training and experience) one can focus on the very basics of sailing and take care of the boat and thus occupants. The skipper's failure to check the weather before and inability to control the boat resulted in a distress situation and others were forced to come. But the police powerboat had no sense to go into such conditions. They are certainly very courageous, good willed and heroic but I fail to understand how come they sail into such waves with a small powerboat ? They eventually get capsized. And for God's sake, please take sailing lessons and do not sail like this ... lucky idiot who caused tens of thousands of dollars rescue effort. I get hurt when people say bad things about boats and sailing beause they had a -perfectly avoidable- experience like in this video. This is not sailing, storms or waves. This is lack of skills ! Sea is a magical place to be. It shapes you like a master sculpter. Respect nature and learn the rules...Then your life will get easier !