If you have been impressed by this brave rescue, please have a look at the description for information on how you can book a trip out with fun fish, who were the rescuers and also how you can support the RNLI
The same orange day tripper boat also saved another yacht that had broken its moorings 15 minutes later and drifting fast into the harbour. Amazing seamanship to get a tow line on that one as well. Great credit to the crew.
After watching this video twice, it appears that this boat is wooden hulled, or wooden sheathed with epoxy and glass, if so, and judging also by the bilge pump running at full capacity, this boat could have been minutes from disaster. It is certainly badly damaged and will need substantial repairs, so the rescue was great and timely.
The weather is like many another August, as a boy I used to enjoy watching the Atlantic rollers crashing against the West Coast & remember D Day was delayed by a June storm; once watched it snow in June in Somerset.
@@pcka12 _EXACTLY_ ! Battle of Britain - hottest summer - post war COLDEST most dreadful winter .. .. .. People suffer from selective amnesia or wilful ignorance!
The day tripper boat showed remarkable skill and finesse in boat handling, while the crew displayed courage and professionalism in boarding the vessel. They deserve a round of applause for their excellent performance.
The crew member who went on board did an amazing job, very brave in these conditions, the swell is awful, and I can see the way the boat and the pontoon were hitting each other with some force, which must be felt onboard as well. These guys deserve all the credit for a job well done. Brought back memories of visiting the harbour in our Sadler 29 thirty years ago, in far more agreeable weather I am glad to say.
Sailed at the Comet Trio Nationals this weekend with this being the committee boat on Friday. At the race briefing they stated on what good terms the club is with these guys - this was clearly showed on the video- great job saving the yacht from more damage or sinking
A great recovery of the boat - I keep coming back to this and watch it over and over.. incredible and yes, when we are next that way, we will be booking a trip to show support!
Those guys are absolute heroes. That so could have been Rolling Stone. The hull would have been holed in short order by the pontoon corner if it had not been saved. What a brave leap! And congratulations to Morning Vicar for a calmly and well-shot bit of real-time videography.
Have you notice the water being pumped out on the starboard side, after the guy went inside (visible at 2:04)? I'm wondering how much water was inside the boat and was it perhaps already coming in from the corner pontoon damage..
@@garymitchell5899 its a fiberglass hull, not steel, there is nothing left, the reason it didn't sink right away is because the huge gaping hole is mostly above the waterline. Edit: starting at 4:22 you can pretty much look inside the boat through the hole,
what a wonderful selfless act of kindness. Lad on the yacht did well, especially as he must have known it was getting damaged by the pontoon. Great boat handling also fro the trip boat. All round a bloody good job.
OUTSTANDING WORK to all the sightseeing boat crew. That yacht would probably have sunk as the stern was being severely holed by the pontoon. The automatic bilge pump can be seen chucking out GALLONS of sea water! In a few hours she would have been unrecoverable. WELL DONE!👍👏👏👏👏
A great example of what to do in a situation like this. I live and sail in Alaska and we get storms like this as well. About the only thing I would have done differently is to use a rubber snubber on the tow rope which would take some of the tension off the tow rope as the swell moved the bow of the boat up and down while being towed. Additionally, I would have added an additional tow rope, in case the first one snapped, but it's easy to sit here in my chair and say what I would have done! Kudos to the driver of the rescue boat. Well done, and the guy who jumped onto the yacht was all over it! He's to be commended!
I was in fear when he was trying to cut thoses lines free. If you happen to let your fingers near the cleats trying to undo the lines and with the swells smashing the boat the lines can and will get under extreme tension without warning and can cut and/or crumble your hand just like that.
That is an absolutely amazing piece of work as the vessel would have been lost otherwise. We were saying before he dropped the ropes, that we hopes he cuts them rather than risk fingers. Great work and great community spirit as well. We do hope that your boat is well too.!
That is correct and that is what I did cut the ropes no way off getting them untied as the hitch’s went too tight no damage done to ours thankfully yellow boat was my uncles and the orange is my work boat for grockel trips
@@stuartcrang5697 Honestly Stuart, that was a brilliant leap and this video has certainly gone viral - The damage looked awful, given that the edge of the pontoon was just gouging another piece with every wave - however, I am sure it will be repairable which is better than a loss! Will definitely look you up as we run a news site over on the East Coast... but good drills in cutting away for sure and I am glad that all went well... with leaps onto a vessel like that, you have a career ahead as a ship pilot surely!
that's the problem with floating pontoons, great for boarding and loading supplies but they can cause havoc to the side of the boat even in small swells, buoys are best and a small row boat. well done the man who boarded it,
Thanks for sharing… very impressive! I‘m happy, that my Shrimper is lying pretty save in a harbour in a kind of fjord- the „Schlei“. Hope your boat is doing well!
The month matters not, this is England, our weather has always been hit and miss, we had our 5-6 weeks of very hot dry weather in May/June, just because we are in summer time means nothing on this island. Yes good job by that crew.
Excellent boat handling skills and a massive, well done to all 👍👏👏 this is what happens at sea unlike our roads when people just pass you buy when you need help 🙄
I better go and check my boat tomorrow morning. Looks horrendous. I hope Morning Vicar is OK. Thanks for braving the weather to show us what our poor boats have to endure on their moorings.
Humm , well yes , really great skilled boat handling performed in this rescue : Watching the rescue boat being handled by placing its Stern in that Sea Way reminded me of my Time on the Thames in Police Launches , we were taught how to turn our Boat 180 degrees into the Tide , Current , Wind etc in order to reach persons trapped on the Bridges , an action repeated in this Video , very well performed : Congratulations Skipper
5:50 Interesting how the larger square platform (bottom right of screen) is barely phased by the choppy weather compared to many of the small boats being thrown around like mad
Neat work fellas - hope you got a decent salvage award for the risks and hard work you had to do. My guess is they went back to secure the pontoon too, to prevent it wrecking other boats
Hi. Thanks for watching. No salvage award as such, It was his uncle’s boat, which is why he took the risk to jump aboard. These guys moved a couple of other vulnerable yachts off their moorings as well. It was a coordinated effort from many interested parties using available skills and resources, the small trip boat, being stable, with a low speed, powerful engine was the best option for the job. If this video shows anything,it’s how a small community looks after each other. It turns out that the pontoon had not broken its moorings, it was a very low tide and the extra slack in the chains combined with the weight of the yacht allowed the pontoon to twist too much which in turn put extra stress on the lines. The cleat on the pontoon holding the bow line was the first point of failure and that’s what set up the situation at the start of the video. Im glad to report that the yacht has had a temporary fix and will be used for the rest of the season. I’m sure a more permanent repair will come over winter.
@@Morningvicar I have fished for my living and spent decades in coal mines and in both jobs we always had each others backs regardless of risks. Not so many places that really happens today and I always applaud it when I see it. be good, be safe and be lucky ... OG
Awesome seamanship! That poor old sailboat looked nearly finished. The port quarter was almost worn through, and probably won't have lasted another twenty minutes before sinking.
Bilge pumps clearly working on the boat; you could see an arc of water shoot from the starboard side. At first I couldn’t figure out why he wasn’t trying to secure a new bowline - then we see the towline. Makes good sense to tow it somewhere more protected, into the Lee of all wind, especially as it had to have been taking on water. Great job.
If these are the two individual pontoons just off the Brixham Yacht Club on Overgang Road, it doesn't appear they've broken their moorings, but the yacht is only secured, bow and stern, to a single dock cleat. If the yacht had been moored with spring lines fore and aft, and bow and stern lines, she may well have survived the wind and chop. What's amazing is that the single dock cleat has survived so far.
@@achosenman9376 Exactly. The two springs apear to be one line, not a smart idea. In fact I bet the owner tied the line onto the aft cleat first, then to the pontoon middle cleat, and on to the bow cleat, and the aft line was jammed so had it to be cut, unable to be released.
I think u need to have a closer look at the video, I am the guy that went aboard the vessel (maryflora) she had a bow stern and 2 springs up the after cleat pontoon had ripped out witch then created the vessel Tk snake in the water witch after snacking so much the bow line gave way witch the. Put her stern quarter. On the corner off the pontoon.
Until they build a west east arm on the open end of the harbour Brixham will always be problems with winds for the NW to NE. I was on my yacht well up the dart (swinging mooring) during the storm and it was bad.
Wow that harbour is usually safe as houses. A very unfortunate combination of wind direction and tide. A good illustration of how pontoons can turn into battering rams things go pear shaped. That yacht has a charmed life still to be afloat having sustained such extensive damage.
The stamina and strength of the guy who dashed around a violently tossing boat was quite phenomenal - such balance on someone so slightly built. I'm amazed and the knowledge of how to release it makes me realise why spending time on a boat that size in bad weather is going to result in bruises by the dozen and even a risk of injury. I am impressed.
Anyone know how / why the rescued yacht is pumping water out with no-one aboard? See to the right hand side from 0:25 and onwards. Do owners leave pumps active while they're moored or is there some sort of automatic activation if the bilges start to fill up?
Brixham seems vulnerable to these kind of gales. Had one there last year too, remember marina staff running around all night to fix mooring lines and deal with unfurling genoas .
It was very brave and very well done but too dangerous for the guy who jumped imo. That jump could've turned into a disaster very easily. But it didn't, so nice work.
skipper of the trip vessel is a decent boat handler, those craft are not the most maneuverable compared to a rib, and in those conditions it is very difficult, even experienced powerboat instructors like myself struggle sometimes. just need to plan and know what you are doing, also use the elements to help you. as he went head to wind to maintain control
If you have been impressed by this brave rescue, please have a look at the description for information on how you can book a trip out with fun fish, who were the rescuers and also how you can support the RNLI
Well done guys. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
The same orange day tripper boat also saved another yacht that had broken its moorings 15 minutes later and drifting fast into the harbour. Amazing seamanship to get a tow line on that one as well. Great credit to the crew.
Some people/crews really take the initiative and step up when things go wrong. Heroes come in every uniform, every sport, and every hobby.
The owners season is ended, but with a haul out and repairs, at least he still has a boat. He should reward these people.
After watching this video twice, it appears that this boat is wooden hulled, or wooden sheathed with epoxy and glass, if so, and judging also by the bilge pump running at full capacity, this boat could have been minutes from disaster.
It is certainly badly damaged and will need substantial repairs, so the rescue was great and timely.
The weather is like many another August, as a boy I used to enjoy watching the Atlantic rollers crashing against the West Coast & remember D Day was delayed by a June storm; once watched it snow in June in Somerset.
@@pcka12 _EXACTLY_ ! Battle of Britain - hottest summer - post war COLDEST most dreadful winter .. .. .. People suffer from selective amnesia or wilful ignorance!
The day tripper boat showed remarkable skill and finesse in boat handling, while the crew displayed courage and professionalism in boarding the vessel. They deserve a round of applause for their excellent performance.
Great rescue, well done to all involved.
This was nuts. That leap of faith. Wuff.
Very brave and very dangerous. Shocking how big the swells were inside a harbour. Well done.
Unusually large tide for August clashing with massive winds causes big trouble.
Looks as if the wind is coming from the east (ish). There's not all that much shelter from that direction in Brixham
Northerly wind
The crew member who went on board did an amazing job, very brave in these conditions, the swell is awful, and I can see the way the boat and the pontoon were hitting each other with some force, which must be felt onboard as well. These guys deserve all the credit for a job well done. Brought back memories of visiting the harbour in our Sadler 29 thirty years ago, in far more agreeable weather I am glad to say.
Sailed at the Comet Trio Nationals this weekend with this being the committee boat on Friday. At the race briefing they stated on what good terms the club is with these guys - this was clearly showed on the video- great job saving the yacht from more damage or sinking
That skipper is very skilled, well done folks.
Expert seamanship & brave guys at work, well done guys !
My eyes popped wide open several times watching this epic recovery. Amazing seamanship and bravery.
Nice to see that there are people out there who still care for others, well done that boat crew 👏.
Wow, that was a lively scene. Impressive skills and courage on display.
Fantastic rescue and thanks for posting
A great recovery of the boat - I keep coming back to this and watch it over and over.. incredible and yes, when we are next that way, we will be booking a trip to show support!
Thanks for watching
Great boat rescue. Love the fact your talking was very minimal. Thanks
That was painful watching the pontoon digging into the yacht. Kudos to the boat handler as well as the determination of the boarding person.
Those guys are absolute heroes. That so could have been Rolling Stone. The hull would have been holed in short order by the pontoon corner if it had not been saved. What a brave leap! And congratulations to Morning Vicar for a calmly and well-shot bit of real-time videography.
Have you notice the water being pumped out on the starboard side, after the guy went inside (visible at 2:04)? I'm wondering how much water was inside the boat and was it perhaps already coming in from the corner pontoon damage..
Oh no... I'm mistaken! It's pumping out right from the start of the video, even before the rescue person gets onboard!!
there is a huge hole in the side, it was already taking on water,
@@analysedeanNah obviously it was taking on water through the hatches. If there was a hole in the hull it'd be much lower. That's scraped paint
@@garymitchell5899 its a fiberglass hull, not steel, there is nothing left, the reason it didn't sink right away is because the huge gaping hole is mostly above the waterline.
Edit: starting at 4:22 you can pretty much look inside the boat through the hole,
Fabulous efforts from crew and skipper 👌 heartwarming 😊
Amazing effort from that chap. Bravo!
Brilliant work at boat rescue.
what a wonderful selfless act of kindness. Lad on the yacht did well, especially as he must have known it was getting damaged by the pontoon. Great boat handling also fro the trip boat. All round a bloody good job.
Great job lads, we all hope there’s somebody like you with such great seamanship around, the day we all need it. ❤
Amazing effort and bravery...
Amazing bravery and the true spirit of sea farers.
This crew should have a award❤❤
OUTSTANDING WORK to all the sightseeing boat crew. That yacht would probably have sunk as the stern was being severely holed by the pontoon. The automatic bilge pump can be seen chucking out GALLONS of sea water! In a few hours she would have been unrecoverable. WELL DONE!👍👏👏👏👏
A great example of what to do in a situation like this. I live and sail in Alaska and we get storms like this as well.
About the only thing I would have done differently is to use a rubber snubber on the tow rope which would take some of the tension off the tow rope as the swell moved the bow of the boat up and down while being towed. Additionally, I would have added an additional tow rope, in case the first one snapped, but it's easy to sit here in my chair and say what I would have done!
Kudos to the driver of the rescue boat. Well done, and the guy who jumped onto the yacht was all over it! He's to be commended!
I was in fear when he was trying to cut thoses lines free. If you happen to let your fingers near the cleats trying to undo the lines and with the swells smashing the boat the lines can and will get under extreme tension without warning and can cut and/or crumble your hand just like that.
a rubber snubber was the way to go
That is an absolutely amazing piece of work as the vessel would have been lost otherwise. We were saying before he dropped the ropes, that we hopes he cuts them rather than risk fingers. Great work and great community spirit as well. We do hope that your boat is well too.!
He had a knife and cut them
@@flybywire5866 Exactly - that is what we were hoping he would !!! Seen too many people get their pinkies trapped!
That is correct and that is what I did cut the ropes no way off getting them untied as the hitch’s went too tight no damage done to ours thankfully yellow boat was my uncles and the orange is my work boat for grockel trips
@@stuartcrang5697 Honestly Stuart, that was a brilliant leap and this video has certainly gone viral - The damage looked awful, given that the edge of the pontoon was just gouging another piece with every wave - however, I am sure it will be repairable which is better than a loss! Will definitely look you up as we run a news site over on the East Coast... but good drills in cutting away for sure and I am glad that all went well... with leaps onto a vessel like that, you have a career ahead as a ship pilot surely!
@@stuartcrang5697 Good reminder for people who spend time around boats to have a decent knife easily accessible!
that's the problem with floating pontoons, great for boarding and loading supplies but they can cause havoc to the side of the boat even in small swells, buoys are best and a small row boat. well done the man who boarded it,
What brave men. Well done to them
Thanks for sharing… very impressive! I‘m happy, that my Shrimper is lying pretty save in a harbour in a kind of fjord- the „Schlei“. Hope your boat is doing well!
Wow, that was nasty. Mega kudos to a brave, skilled and professional operation.
The month matters not, this is England, our weather has always been hit and miss, we had our 5-6 weeks of very hot dry weather in May/June, just because we are in summer time means nothing on this island. Yes good job by that crew.
I agree, I live in the Netherlands, and I remember summer storms every now and then over the last 60 years. It's a 'normal' occurrence.
@@lux_moto It is, we live in similar climates.
Well done to the crew of the pleasure boat. Remarkable action by the crewman.
Excellent boat handling skills and a massive, well done to all 👍👏👏 this is what happens at sea unlike our roads when people just pass you buy when you need help 🙄
Heroic stuff, bravo. Boat has quite the gash on the side
I better go and check my boat tomorrow morning. Looks horrendous. I hope Morning Vicar is OK. Thanks for braving the weather to show us what our poor boats have to endure on their moorings.
Not only saved that yatch but any other it may have drifted into, I do hope these lads got some pints bought in the local, they well desserve a few!
Humm , well yes , really great skilled boat handling performed in this rescue : Watching the rescue boat being handled by placing its Stern in that Sea Way reminded me of my Time on the Thames in Police Launches , we were taught how to turn our Boat 180 degrees into the Tide , Current , Wind etc in order to reach persons trapped on the Bridges , an action repeated in this Video , very well performed : Congratulations Skipper
Thanks for watching
My own boat was damaged in a storm like this, I would have been very grateful for help like this.
This is August in Britain which is on top of the World ) we need people like these whom risk life/injury to help,very brave.
5:50 Interesting how the larger square platform (bottom right of screen) is barely phased by the choppy weather compared to many of the small boats being thrown around like mad
An amazing and enviable effort to watch. I would have been useless, seasickness having set in pretty quickly.
Thanks for watching
Well done for helping
well done that team,someone will be very thankful indeed
Great job, well done 😊
Good video.
You can clearly see the bilge pumps on the yacht were both working, spitting out water on the starboard side.
@eSysmanSuperYachts - Definitely one for your boating news!
Neat work fellas - hope you got a decent salvage award for the risks and hard work you had to do. My guess is they went back to secure the pontoon too, to prevent it wrecking other boats
Hi. Thanks for watching. No salvage award as such, It was his uncle’s boat, which is why he took the risk to jump aboard. These guys moved a couple of other vulnerable yachts off their moorings as well. It was a coordinated effort from many interested parties using available skills and resources, the small trip boat, being stable, with a low speed, powerful engine was the best option for the job. If this video shows anything,it’s how a small community looks after each other. It turns out that the pontoon had not broken its moorings, it was a very low tide and the extra slack in the chains combined with the weight of the yacht allowed the pontoon to twist too much which in turn put extra stress on the lines. The cleat on the pontoon holding the bow line was the first point of failure and that’s what set up the situation at the start of the video. Im glad to report that the yacht has had a temporary fix and will be used for the rest of the season. I’m sure a more permanent repair will come over winter.
@@Morningvicar I have fished for my living and spent decades in coal mines and in both jobs we always had each others backs regardless of risks. Not so many places that really happens today and I always applaud it when I see it.
be good, be safe and be lucky ... OG
Awesome seamanship! That poor old sailboat looked nearly finished. The port quarter was almost worn through, and probably won't have lasted another twenty minutes before sinking.
Good job, well done and no adverts 👋👋👋
Bilge pumps working overtime. Cheers to the rescuers !!
Bilge pumps clearly working on the boat; you could see an arc of water shoot from the starboard side. At first I couldn’t figure out why he wasn’t trying to secure a new bowline - then we see the towline. Makes good sense to tow it somewhere more protected, into the Lee of all wind, especially as it had to have been taking on water. Great job.
And those bilge pumps would have given up the ghost at some stage as the battery bank depleted.
Great save fantastic seamanship good old English weather 👍
Thanks for watching
Great rescue, no safety glasses no helmet!!! Just brought his big pair of brass⚽⚽! Family friendly people.
Well done sir!!!
Fantastic work !
Splendid work.
If these are the two individual pontoons just off the Brixham Yacht Club on Overgang Road, it doesn't appear they've broken their moorings, but the yacht is only secured, bow and stern, to a single dock cleat. If the yacht had been moored with spring lines fore and aft, and bow and stern lines, she may well have survived the wind and chop. What's amazing is that the single dock cleat has survived so far.
The remaining lines are spring lines. Both the bow and stern lines have parted.
@@achosenman9376 Exactly. The two springs apear to be one line, not a smart idea. In fact I bet the owner tied the line onto the aft cleat first, then to the pontoon middle cleat, and on to the bow cleat, and the aft line was jammed so had it to be cut, unable to be released.
I think u need to have a closer look at the video, I am the guy that went aboard the vessel (maryflora) she had a bow stern and 2 springs up the after cleat pontoon had ripped out witch then created the vessel Tk snake in the water witch after snacking so much the bow line gave way witch the. Put her stern quarter. On the corner off the pontoon.
Until they build a west east arm on the open end of the harbour Brixham will always be problems with winds for the NW to NE. I was on my yacht well up the dart (swinging mooring) during the storm and it was bad.
You know what … give these people a reward. Brave.
Wow that harbour is usually safe as houses. A very unfortunate combination of wind direction and tide. A good illustration of how pontoons can turn into battering rams things go pear shaped. That yacht has a charmed life still to be afloat having sustained such extensive damage.
Brilliantly done, and brave
👏 BRAVO! guys, Super Effort.... Wel Done❤👍👍👍👍👍
Incredible 😮
Bloody nice work lads! I hope none of you had to buy your own beers for at least a week.
what a great man.
Great work 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Well done! The pontoon would have holed the hull and sunk the yacht in the next hour, or so.
It already has holed it, you can see on the rear quarter.
Great effort !
Thank you! Cheers!
That shouldn't have to buy another drink again for that display of courage and seamanship...👍
The stamina and strength of the guy who dashed around a violently tossing boat was quite phenomenal - such balance on someone so slightly built. I'm amazed and the knowledge of how to release it makes me realise why spending time on a boat that size in bad weather is going to result in bruises by the dozen and even a risk of injury. I am impressed.
Serious agility and skills
Well done you are heroes.
Well done Brixham people
Top Lads, saved what looks to be a serious character cruiser.
Good job. No wonder so many bilge keelers get damaged on drying moorings wit hard landings.
Wow so lucky the pontoon didnt punch a hole in the hull of the boat. Very good of these people
what a hero bro nice job to that group
Incredible seamanship, that is alot of swell for the location, those pontoons are still well tucked into the harbour.
Thanks for watching
Brilliant job
Top marks to the rescuers, I hope your boat is ok
Impressive. Great seamanship
Superb job
That wouldn’t have been afloat much longer. The port quarter was already holed and you can see the bilge pump running regularly
Watching that dock wood slam into and scrape the hull makes me cringe with each wave.
Not just scraping but bashing a hole...
Same. Physical hurt.
Anyone know how / why the rescued yacht is pumping water out with no-one aboard? See to the right hand side from 0:25 and onwards. Do owners leave pumps active while they're moored or is there some sort of automatic activation if the bilges start to fill up?
Bilge pumps are normally wired through float switches so automatically activated when bilge water level increases.
She had punched a hole under the water line as well as I found out after checking once in more open water
@@stuartcrang5697yeeshhhhh. Your boat?
@@stuartcrang5697 Hi, was that you aboard her?
If so, hats off to you. 👍
Not my boat it’s my uncles , yes I’m the own that went aboard her 😅
Some one owes them lads some beer what a rescue 👏
Been there and witnessed a lump of pontoon floating free , a few years ago . Scary 😮😮😮
That looked a bit doggy, well done.
Agreed, pretty ruff.
nice one gentleman well saved
Oh my, very very brave guys to help this boat, I hope the owners buy them a few rounds of drinks 🍻
Brixham seems vulnerable to these kind of gales. Had one there last year too, remember marina staff running around all night to fix mooring lines and deal with unfurling genoas .
Outstanding. Remind me never to take my boat to that “harbor”
Courage matched by nimbleness.
It was very brave and very well done but too dangerous for the guy who jumped imo. That jump could've turned into a disaster very easily. But it didn't, so nice work.
Totally agree. I crossed the road today and could have got run over. I wasn’t.
Great seamanship!
Well done that man.
skipper of the trip vessel is a decent boat handler, those craft are not the most maneuverable compared to a rib, and in those conditions it is very difficult, even experienced powerboat instructors like myself struggle sometimes. just need to plan and know what you are doing, also use the elements to help you. as he went head to wind to maintain control
This boat owner needs to buy them a good drink, as without their help the boat would have sunk eventially.