I witnessed a man in a kayak being overwhelmed by a boat wake last year. Rental boat way overloaded including two very elderly women, at least six kids (ages @3 to early teens) and four adults going too fast thru a no-wake zone. Not a single PFD on anyone. The kayaker flipped over and even though he was wearing a vest, was struggling but the boat operator laughed and kept going into the marina w/o slowing. We pulled over and helped the swamped kayaker. He lost most of his tackle, phone and was furious. He asked us to take to that marina. Turns out, he was a sheriff’s deputy. He borrowed my phone, called for backup and we dropped him off at the boat rental. Heard later the boat operator was arrested for BWI, failure to provide PFD to the children, failure to follow no wake, failure to have valid drivers license or ID and outstanding felony warrant. His wife was arrested for impeding an officer, outstanding warrants and refusing to ID.
But a police boat was on the way and would have arrived 30s later (possibly quicker, we see it only come into view when the other boat was already on the way back). But yes, the boater was definitely one the ball and did an excellent job. The only possible improvement I can spot would have been to use a boathook and/or life saver with a line to guide him to the back of the boat and have the engines disengaged much earlier.
The boat passed...turned around an approached into the current you have to be goingfaster than the water to have steerage.the only fault I saw was the 2 on the jet ski they couldn't bring him aboard but they could have stood by and given him one of their pfd's. You get a ticket take it to court and see what the judge says. If nothing else I'd rather a fine than letting someone drown
It’s not that easy…move all the weight to the back and it takes on water. You can have nothing in the front and in waves like that the front gets swamped with the waves.
Keep a floatation device on a long line attached to the stern of the boat. As you approach the person in the water throw the float into the water behind your boat. Go past the person then turn back around them. Go slowly and the line will be pulled towards the person in the water. They can grab the line and let it pass through their hands until it brings the float to them. Once they have the line stop the boat and pull the person to the boat.
Its simply AMAZING to me that anyone would venture into the ocean when the chop is as big as it was without a flotation device- COMMON SENSE goes a long way
@@williamanderson6006 just read the news today 4 people dead from riptidesin Florida. My buddy had gone out to save an elderly lady that couldnt swim ack, I dont think HE thought about it being a riptide.
The peoples of south Florida are stupid in a special way. Parents actually encourage their kids to not wear seatbelts here. I see it every day here on every road, kids hanging out the windows like pets.
its not necessarily representative of how rough the ocean is, its where there is a narrow channel between an inner harbour and the ocean. Tides make for very fast currents and choppy waters as water rushes through the narrow channel. I remember coming out of Ft Lauderdale and it seemed like it was always like that, but just for stretch. Wear you life jackets and go slowly rolling over them rather than smashing them ..,,, or have some grace and style and get a sailboat, a keel boat just slips through that :)
Well done to the boat who rescued the swimmer. Very scary stuff here, absolute lunatics in some the boats, should not be let out without a minder. Crazy.
I grew up in the Hamptons, and Shinneycock Inlet was my playground. You learned fast: stay on the back rockpile during incoming tide, and play on the point during outgoing tide. The incoming tide *RIPS* along the shore and yanks you right into the channel.
I've never boated in conditions like this but some of these people driving the boats seem less than clueless how to use them. Trim and power people. TRIM AND POWER.
@@camojoe83 - And people are allowed to criticize these idiots, too. Especially when they're risking the lives of children. Oh, and BTW, why do you rednecks wear pink camo? In what environment is that a disguise? Walmart?
@@camojoe83 Except that a lot of these cases, are captains that do not inform their guests about the dangers they face by being ferried around by a lunatic with no regard for safety while wearing no pfds.
@@JosephFelix-xw7ih Anytime someone uses 'captain' for a tourist on a power boat it demeans the term itself. Although anyone driving a boat is technically a 'captain', a real USCG certified captain has at least 10 years experience and education in seamanship. A real captain wouldn't inform them of the safety repercussions, they'd tell them to put their f'n life jackets on.
Damn, that guy drowning was hard to watch. Once someone goes under it can be impossible to find them. The current might take them less than 10 feet away from their last known position, but it can be impossible to locate them once they are under the surface. He was about 5seconds from going under. I went parasailing once with my wife and the boat dropped us off about 20 feet from shore. Unfortuantely it was right on top of a current and we started immediately getting tugged out once we stepped foot off the boat. She immediately started freaking out. I had to wrap my arm around her and tell myself that we were not drowning that day. I have no idea how I got us back in but I collapsed on the beach once I could breath. Scared me shitless.
FINALLY!! At 19:27 everyone is wearing a PFD. That's the first I've seen after two weeks of watching these videos. There were several after that one. Smart people.
unfortunately, that because it's likely a professional team or something of the likes. look at their shirt and pfd's, they all match. if it was a random party boat with just friends and family i'd be very impressed. but i think that boat was just professionals be professional
My son was in the Coast Guard in Miami. I toured those small Coast Guard boats, they have special seats. You don’t feel a single bounce when you’re smashing those waves.
It seems that most boat skippers are oblivious to what is happening to their passengers. The passengers become airborne to quite a height and must suffer sever bruising broken bones or server back injuries in some cases. Australia.
I live on the Long Beach Peninsula at the very west coast of Washington state. Here we would NEVER go out in the Pacific ocean with small boats and waves and currents like that! It would be a death wish!!!!
@@patriciastamp4788 I live on Puget Sound and the difference in seamanship skills between power boaters and sailors is astounding. All these idiots had to do was wait for a slack tide.
I’m addicted to this website, it’s fascintating!!! What really amazes me is the amount of people not wearing life vests, especially children. Aren’t they a requirement??
Last year, I saw a man in a kayak get overwhelmed by a boat wake. The rental boat was severely overloaded with two elderly women, at least six kids (ranging from around 3 to early teens), and four adults, all speeding through a no-wake zone. Not a single life jacket was on anyone. The kayaker flipped over and, despite wearing a vest, struggled. The boat operator laughed and continued into the marina without slowing down. We pulled over to help the distressed kayaker. He lost most of his tackle and phone and was furious. He asked us to take him to the marina. Turns out, he was a sheriff’s deputy. He borrowed my phone, called for backup, and we dropped him off at the boat rental. Later, I heard the boat operator was arrested for BWI, failing to provide life jackets to the children, failing to follow the no-wake zone, not having a valid driver’s license or ID, and an outstanding felony warrant. His wife was also arrested for impeding an officer, having outstanding warrants, and refusing to identify herself.
There has to come a time when authorities can do something about these Jet Skiers. Not just a danger to themselves but others as well. Also why does no one ever throw a life ring to the people struggling to stay afloat, at a minimum a damn life jacket or any floatation device
I agree completely. It should be unlawful for any vessel to not render aid when a person(s) are in the water presumably alone without assistance and especially when the person is not wearing a personal flotation device. I’m shocked at the number of boats who saw the man in the water and didn’t stop to render aid. Pathetic!
@@b.hanson406it’s a bystander effect, it’s not anyone’s specific responsibility but someone should help. Thankfully this is as busy as a pleasure boat area gets and there are ample rescue and recovery resources there. Also I promise you these are edited lowlights. Thousands of competent captains go through this inlet. I love rescuing people when I’m out I’ve helped 4 or 5 boaters in need and received help a few times.
@@b.hanson406 As a matter of fact IT IS unlawful to NOT render assistence to those in need of help!!!! I think this law is already centuries old and counts worldwide!!!
If you ever get sucked into a current like that you swim straight into it but with a slight angle toward the direction you want to travel. If you get sucked into a rip with a Long Beach let it pull you out until the water relaxes, swim left or right away from the rip and then back into shore!
While that's the advice given, that's not always what is possible. Like when the current yanks you into the choppy inlet full of bouncing, speeding boats. You don't necessarily get a say in where the current takes you.
When I lived in San Jose CA I knew a boater who told me that many people don"t understand currents. He said before you go sailing anywhere near the Golden Gate to stand over a toilet and flush it. That's exactly what it's like. Having ridden over the bridge on a bicycle I can attest that when the tide is going out it looks like a river.
I'm amazed that Fl. apparently doesn't have a law requiring life jackets, especially for kids. Even more amazed at the low level of boater safety knowledge displayed in these videos.
A river bar entrance is some of the most dangerous water on the planet,the Greymouth bar here in New Zealand claims lives regularly & not because the folk traversing have no clue....most fatalities are amongst the fishing community,I've lost 2 mates on that bar....it's not the price of fish you're talking about, it's men's lives-Sir Walter Scott
I took a boat safety course a few years ago. They may as well have named the class "A Thousand Ways to Die on the Water" Its really amazing to me that anyone can be allowed to just climb behind the wheel of a boat without any training
Here in Australia, you have to do a compulsory boating course to get your boat licence, to be able to use a boat of any kind. It includes a practical component and also a written exam which you need to get atleast 90%.
I’ve been in the water at zuma, Stinson, golden gate, burrard, Waimea, Baja, bonsai, makapu, Sandy’s,pipeline, and I now wear a PFD in all ocean environments. No matter what the conditions.
It's almost as though everyone knows this is a dangerous place, so that's why there's a hundred cameras and the jet ski guys around? Which ironically makes it one of the safest pieces of ocean.
Guy in the midnight express is gonna have some expensive repairs leaving it wide open while coming back down in the water. Pent prop, bent prop shaft and maybe worse
Fun fact about the physics of standing in a boat: Fighter pilots handle 9g - nine times the force of gravity - enough to make them pass out. A boat can subject you to up to 30g momentarily - enough to compress your spine and damage your leg joints.
I was raised on the water; my family were watermen here in Md. I was using boats at age 6, and we started a small marine construction business, so I pushed small barges etc. There is no love to go out on a choppy day like that. All you do is get beat to death or swamped. We would pick narrow rivers and tributaries on days like that. The tide and current bottles in the mouth of Haulover, some boats are just not made for it then add chop, it's a recipe for disaster....
QUESTION: I’ve never owned a boat or driven one… What’s the solution/trick to navigating big waves near an inlet like this? Some people (regardless of the boat) seem to do a better job than others…. Drive fast? Slow? Is the hull design/shape a factor? Or are the boats who seem to have an easier time just have a better Capt behind the controls? THANKS-
Apparently trim bow up slightly and have enough speed to keep the bow raised. If you crest a big wave, turn slightly away from the direct line. Stay 5m from the break wall for minimum chop. That’s all I’ve learned watching these.
these aren't big waves, at all, they are close together tho. What happens at the inlet, the ocean is "firing" right into the inlet, the waves pop up right AT the inlet, into the inlet, soooo.... you have to know.... is the water rushing OUT of the inlet or IN the inlet? Then which way am I headed? Seems juvenile I know, but a guy driving a boat is an automatic danger to himself, his passengers and everyone in the other boats around him. That statement seems weird BUT, the boat will not steer without throttle, things get sticky, boats get close togther and shyt will happen. The second you need to chop the throttle, collision avoidance or whatever, the boat no longer rides waves, steers, or does anything at all. It'll just HIT whatever it's pointed at. Collision avoidance. It won't do that. It won't turn away, it won't quickly back up especially if 3 nanoseconds before it was under power. It HAS NO BRAKES. IF IF IF you absolutely have to RIGHT NOW slam it outta Forward, into Reverse because DEATH IS NEAR, you've just knocked the props off (a bigger boat), regardless of size, it'll take, for full on-the-gas into full panic stp by reversing, it'll eat up 30-40 yards. It will hit whatever it's pointed at. Plus ALWAYS ASSUME every boat Captain is drunk, and his passengers too. It's 100000% true. Not many good decisions coming. The BEST thing to do when in a boat ...... keep the water OUT of the boat, keep the passenges IN the boat. No one wears a life jacket and no matter what you say, n one ever will. It's insane really. Take the fattest, no swimmingest grandma and she refuses to wear one, cause it ain't "cool". Soooo... THAT automatically means that ALL life preservers shall be stowed in a matter as to make them unusable. People have them, in a wad, under a seat, tangled up so tight it takes 10 minutes to get one out. As for the video, most guys are "tourist"ing around, they PLAN on dousing the kids down, part of the fun. A lot of these wave runner accidents, they are rentals, they let anyone get on. Being in the inlet is the most dangerous place on the whole water. No room for error. A boat without the throttle held down is just a log in the water, a painted upholstered log.
Could you imagine being in that position just about drowning, and then watching the jetski come by, smiles and doesn't stop?! Id want 5 minutes alone with that fool after I recovered!!!
It absolutely blows me away with some of these boats even attempting this!! A lot of those I wouldn't even want to take out on the river that we have 😂.
The guy in the water was almost turned into red mist climbing on the stern without the captain shutting down the prop. I do feel that the JetSki was particularly heroic. First not using the tow line and last passing the drowning guy.
I remember boating with my dad when I was a kid, when it would get bad like this he’d pile us in the back and force us to sit there until it flattened out. I see why now
Guy stuck in the inlet is a terrifying situation...... Off of Key West at Mallory Square there's a cut w/ an island across from it & I went in & finally got myself out but there was no boater to help. There are big ladders every so often but at low tide you got to wait on a swell to have a chance to grab that ladder & then ya still gotta pull yourself up -n- out. That day I thought I was gonna drown. Water may look pretty/blue but danger lurks. peace
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from Denver, CO I've sailed I/O Haulover many times...
Australia,
I witnessed a man in a kayak being overwhelmed by a boat wake last year. Rental boat way overloaded including two very elderly women, at least six kids (ages @3 to early teens) and four adults going too fast thru a no-wake zone. Not a single PFD on anyone. The kayaker flipped over and even though he was wearing a vest, was struggling but the boat operator laughed and kept going into the marina w/o slowing. We pulled over and helped the swamped kayaker. He lost most of his tackle, phone and was furious. He asked us to take to that marina. Turns out, he was a sheriff’s deputy. He borrowed my phone, called for backup and we dropped him off at the boat rental. Heard later the boat operator was arrested for BWI, failure to provide PFD to the children, failure to follow no wake, failure to have valid drivers license or ID and outstanding felony warrant. His wife was arrested for impeding an officer, outstanding warrants and refusing to ID.
Snitch
Good job!
Solo kayaker who doesnt know or cant do a self rescue? thats pretty risky
Good shit! I hate bad boaters with a passion!
@@davidsaldivar4302 Another troll heard from....
Much respect to the boater and folks that came to the rescue of the drowning man. He would not have lasted much longer.
But a police boat was on the way and would have arrived 30s later (possibly quicker, we see it only come into view when the other boat was already on the way back).
But yes, the boater was definitely one the ball and did an excellent job. The only possible improvement I can spot would have been to use a boathook and/or life saver with a line to guide him to the back of the boat and have the engines disengaged much earlier.
@@realulli It was a Yamaha jetboat, no props to worry about.
No thanks to the POS subhumans on the jet ski that just passed him by....
The boat passed...turned around an approached into the current you have to be goingfaster than the water to have steerage.the only fault I saw was the 2 on the jet ski they couldn't bring him aboard but they could have stood by and given him one of their pfd's. You get a ticket take it to court and see what the judge says. If nothing else I'd rather a fine than letting someone drown
Its crazy how many people dont seem to understand the simple solution of moving weight back on a boat
Most of them aren't even wearing life jackets.
@@DaveGIS123 Not putting a life jacket on your child should be straight out illegal. Fucking hell that shit behaviour pisses me off.
@@AllNamesWasTakenlol💯💯
As well as raising the bow up and out of the water
It’s not that easy…move all the weight to the back and it takes on water. You can have nothing in the front and in waves like that the front gets swamped with the waves.
15:29
Nicely helmed boat.......
Captain traversing the inlet with no drama or stress to himself, his passenger or the boat...
Probably because he knows what he’s doing and not racing in!
I figure they probably include a competent captain every once in a while to boost the stupidity of all the others haha.
Rode that wave in like a boss!🌊🌊🌊
What does he do different? Taking it slow and easy? Not familiar with boating outside of racing J-boats a long time ago.
@@Sercer25 To my untrained eye it looks like his syncing with the waves and just riding them into the inlet instead of powering through them.
Keep a floatation device on a long line attached to the stern of the boat. As you approach the person in the water throw the float into the water behind your boat. Go past the person then turn back around them. Go slowly and the line will be pulled towards the person in the water. They can grab the line and let it pass through their hands until it brings the float to them. Once they have the line stop the boat and pull the person to the boat.
Yeah that’s expecting an awful lot from these AIMERS that have more money than sense. But yeah, basic seamanship 101
It is so ridiculous (and foolhardy) the number of people on these boats without life jackets!
Especially when there is huge waves and they could easily get tossed overboard.
Its simply AMAZING to me that anyone would venture into the ocean when the chop is as big as it was without a flotation device-
COMMON SENSE goes a long way
Notice that the cops are wearing PFDs.
this is 'merikkka after all
Florida
free
dumb
Doesn’t appear to be a speed limit either 😳
Common sense goes out the window when on the water. They want to go as fast on the water as they go on land.
15:50 FL7264PD - congratulations to the man, finally someone who actually knows how to drive a boat! Kudos!
And 15:17 boat driver too.
Yes, he just went right through those waves without a single bounce.
So I was wrong.
Not everyone at this inlet is a moron.
HE WAS SMOOOTH WIT IT
Followed and matched speed with the same wave crest coming in the whole time
And it’s always astounding to see that these little boats designed mostly for lakes and flat waters are trying to exit inlets on rough days.
how bout the pontoon boats
Don't forget to put way more people in your boat than it is rated for!
Lots of Democrats voters would.
True. But for this place this is a calm day, not a rough one.
THE swimmer caught in the rip tide , glad someone finally helped .
one of my high school buddies died in a riptide at 55 yers old. Helping an Asian lady.
Man that's tough ,as fun as the water is its dangerous
@@williamanderson6006 just read the news today 4 people dead from riptidesin Florida.
My buddy had gone out to save an elderly lady that couldnt swim ack, I dont think HE thought about it being a riptide.
This is natural selection at work here.
Never would I risk my family’s life by taking a boat out in those waves
And with NO life jackets being worn! That's reckless for your family.
The peoples of south Florida are stupid in a special way. Parents actually encourage their kids to not wear seatbelts here. I see it every day here on every road, kids hanging out the windows like pets.
Yep, I'd rent a family & A boat. ROLL TIDE!
its not necessarily representative of how rough the ocean is, its where there is a narrow channel between an inner harbour and the ocean. Tides make for very fast currents and choppy waters as water rushes through the narrow channel. I remember coming out of Ft Lauderdale and it seemed like it was always like that, but just for stretch. Wear you life jackets and go slowly rolling over them rather than smashing them ..,,, or have some grace and style and get a sailboat, a keel boat just slips through that :)
Only on lake with calm waves!!!! 😢😮
that dude swimming is one lucky man he was seconds away from disaster
What was he doing in a channel in the first place? 🤪🤔
The video says he was dragged from the beach by the current @@Stllno
And the crowd on the jet ski just go bu.
Midnight Express the king of the Inlet!! Always amazing how much better it handles Haulover compared to most other boats.
Cant ever go wrong with a Midnight E
Well done to the boat who rescued the swimmer. Very scary stuff here, absolute lunatics in some the boats, should not be let out without a minder. Crazy.
I grew up in the Hamptons, and Shinneycock Inlet was my playground. You learned fast: stay on the back rockpile during incoming tide, and play on the point during outgoing tide. The incoming tide *RIPS* along the shore and yanks you right into the channel.
I've never boated in conditions like this but some of these people driving the boats seem less than clueless how to use them. Trim and power people. TRIM AND POWER.
I have (once) and it’s absolutely miserable for everybody on board. Doesn’t matter the occasion, boat wouldn’t touch the water on a day like this.
@@bradi8548 I grew up driving small boats on popular lakes in Minnesota. If you did it wrong you could swamp it. Trim and power.
@@alexcawthorne811 No, I'm not pointlessly pedantic.
@@alexcawthorne811 so you're just here to act like an ass? Got it.
@@alexcawthorne811 people as pedantic as you are really lame.
Most people in Florida think a PFD is a sandwich at the deli.
@CarlCumby - If we weren't talking about actual human lives at risk I'd laugh.
@@camojoe83 - And people are allowed to criticize these idiots, too. Especially when they're risking the lives of children.
Oh, and BTW, why do you rednecks wear pink camo? In what environment is that a disguise? Walmart?
@@camojoe83 Except that a lot of these cases, are captains that do not inform their guests about the dangers they face by being ferried around by a lunatic with no regard for safety while wearing no pfds.
@@JosephFelix-xw7ih Anytime someone uses 'captain' for a tourist on a power boat it demeans the term itself. Although anyone driving a boat is technically a 'captain', a real USCG certified captain has at least 10 years experience and education in seamanship. A real captain wouldn't inform them of the safety repercussions, they'd tell them to put their f'n life jackets on.
Damn, that guy drowning was hard to watch. Once someone goes under it can be impossible to find them. The current might take them less than 10 feet away from their last known position, but it can be impossible to locate them once they are under the surface. He was about 5seconds from going under.
I went parasailing once with my wife and the boat dropped us off about 20 feet from shore. Unfortuantely it was right on top of a current and we started immediately getting tugged out once we stepped foot off the boat. She immediately started freaking out. I had to wrap my arm around her and tell myself that we were not drowning that day. I have no idea how I got us back in but I collapsed on the beach once I could breath. Scared me shitless.
FINALLY!! At 19:27 everyone is wearing a PFD. That's the first I've seen after two weeks of watching these videos. There were several after that one. Smart people.
I came to comment the same! I was so happy to see several in the next few clips after that! There *are* some smart people on those boats after all. :)
unfortunately, that because it's likely a professional team or something of the likes. look at their shirt and pfd's, they all match. if it was a random party boat with just friends and family i'd be very impressed. but i think that boat was just professionals be professional
@@thespaceelefant2441 Thanks! I never noticed that. You make perfect sense 👍.
My son was in the Coast Guard in Miami. I toured those small Coast Guard boats, they have special seats. You don’t feel a single bounce when you’re smashing those waves.
awesome!! any video?
It is not due to the seats only, they have a deep V bottom that soften the impacts.
The boat going right past a person drowning blows my mind
I couldn't believe my eyes. What is wrong with those people?
You referring to the JetSki or the larger blue and white boat?
3:30 min in.
7:12 min in two girls in water overturned jetski.
Today’s population is quite ignorant and selfish.
One of my favorite things to do on the Internet is watching idiots in Boots. I love the channel
well I don't see any idiots in boots in this video but that does sound like a hoot!
Like Ron Desantis?
@@Stars4Hearts tf?? looordy those of you that suffer with TDS need help! seek help!
Sounds like a name for a movie "Idiots in Boots"
It seems that most boat skippers are oblivious to what is happening to their passengers. The passengers become airborne to quite a height and must suffer sever bruising broken bones or server back injuries in some cases. Australia.
How can 2 boats drive past a struggling person thats drowning, almost running over him??? Wha5 is wrong with people!!!!
I live on the Long Beach Peninsula at the very west coast of Washington state. Here we would NEVER go out in the Pacific ocean with small boats and waves and currents like that! It would be a death wish!!!!
New Americans?
It's shocking how some boaters can overlook such a critical situation. Do you think it's due to ignorance or negligence?
The 2nd boat returned for him
@@patriciastamp4788 I live on Puget Sound and the difference in seamanship skills between power boaters and sailors is astounding. All these idiots had to do was wait for a slack tide.
9:27 lol that kid's getting whiplashed all over the place and the driver doesn't even seem to care haha
Was looking for this comment lol
I’m addicted to this website, it’s fascintating!!! What really amazes me is the amount of people not wearing life vests, especially children. Aren’t they a requirement??
It's concerning indeed. Do you think there should be stricter enforcement or education campaigns about life vest use, especially for children?
I live in Florida and Haulover is great entertainment. Jupiter Inlet is also fun.
Top tip. Wait until you are in danger of sinking, then start handing out the LSJs.
This video should be titled "Stupidity Plus"
more money than brains !
Plenty of immigrants.....
Idk, I’m pretty smart, but I don’t see stupidity beyond no PFD.
Always makes me crazy to see those fools running bow riders at Haulover with kids on the bow, no life jackets. Incredible...
That should be a hefty fine every time...
Agreed. Where are the law enforcement dudes?
Last year, I saw a man in a kayak get overwhelmed by a boat wake. The rental boat was severely overloaded with two elderly women, at least six kids (ranging from around 3 to early teens), and four adults, all speeding through a no-wake zone. Not a single life jacket was on anyone. The kayaker flipped over and, despite wearing a vest, struggled. The boat operator laughed and continued into the marina without slowing down. We pulled over to help the distressed kayaker. He lost most of his tackle and phone and was furious. He asked us to take him to the marina. Turns out, he was a sheriff’s deputy. He borrowed my phone, called for backup, and we dropped him off at the boat rental. Later, I heard the boat operator was arrested for BWI, failing to provide life jackets to the children, failing to follow the no-wake zone, not having a valid driver’s license or ID, and an outstanding felony warrant. His wife was also arrested for impeding an officer, having outstanding warrants, and refusing to identify herself.
The magical inlet where clowns go to remind everyone that acquiring a boating license should be a way more involved process than it actually is.
It is not even a process at all. If you are an adult you're allowed to operate a boat period Unfortunately they let any idiot do it
@@chadbreton4951 Yep.
what license?
@@rykehuss3435 Exactly.
Remind us you know nothing about boating without telling us you know nothing about boating. There is no "boating license" LoL!
Some noses and eye sockets come awfully close to some sharp corners on their crafts, like the corner of the window on the bowriders.
The Apache 47, just amazing, my favourite boat of all time :):):), from Australia
I love how this video combines thrilling footage with insightful commentary.
That location is a chiropractors dream.
I like how they cheer as they swamp the drowning guy. The sheer lack of knowledge and common sense I see here is alarming.
And the Winner : Midnight Express!
Have I told you yet today how much I love The Midnight Express?
The only boat in my humble opinion. That can handle these swells and deep ocean are the Viking yachts. They are just built for it.
There has to come a time when authorities can do something about these Jet Skiers. Not just a danger to themselves but others as well. Also why does no one ever throw a life ring to the people struggling to stay afloat, at a minimum a damn life jacket or any floatation device
I think the Jet Skiers are not at all an exception!!!
I see VERY few sensible people in these vids….
I agree completely. It should be unlawful for any vessel to not render aid when a person(s) are in the water presumably alone without assistance and especially when the person is not wearing a personal flotation device. I’m shocked at the number of boats who saw the man in the water and didn’t stop to render aid. Pathetic!
@@b.hanson406it’s a bystander effect, it’s not anyone’s specific responsibility but someone should help. Thankfully this is as busy as a pleasure boat area gets and there are ample rescue and recovery resources there. Also I promise you these are edited lowlights. Thousands of competent captains go through this inlet. I love rescuing people when I’m out I’ve helped 4 or 5 boaters in need and received help a few times.
Nevermind the PWC'ers. The captain of the first boat is the bigger jerk.. Almost sinks the boat with all those people in it...
@@b.hanson406 As a matter of fact IT IS unlawful to NOT render assistence to those in need of help!!!!
I think this law is already centuries old and counts worldwide!!!
I am learning more about electrical
wire, then ever. Ty
If you ever get sucked into a current like that you swim straight into it but with a slight angle toward the direction you want to travel. If you get sucked into a rip with a Long Beach let it pull you out until the water relaxes, swim left or right away from the rip and then back into shore!
While that's the advice given, that's not always what is possible. Like when the current yanks you into the choppy inlet full of bouncing, speeding boats. You don't necessarily get a say in where the current takes you.
Miss Lucky barely made it with that Anchor holding them back. Love the drone shots.
When I lived in San Jose CA I knew a boater who told me that many people don"t understand currents. He said before you go sailing anywhere near the Golden Gate to stand over a toilet and flush it. That's exactly what it's like. Having ridden over the bridge on a bicycle I can attest that when the tide is going out it looks like a river.
I'm amazed that Fl. apparently doesn't have a law requiring life jackets, especially for kids. Even more amazed at the low level of boater safety knowledge displayed in these videos.
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A river bar entrance is some of the most dangerous water on the planet,the Greymouth bar here in New Zealand claims lives regularly & not because the folk traversing have no clue....most fatalities are amongst the fishing community,I've lost 2 mates on that bar....it's not the price of fish you're talking about, it's men's lives-Sir Walter Scott
“Let’s go out of the inlet”, they said. “It will be fun”, they said.
Tuff times in the water today , WOW 😳
@2:34 dude grabs a handful of cake
Anyone else 🙏🤞 that the cat with a full foredeck, was going to properly stuff? 🤣😂
The absolute sheer stupidity of some of these people never ceases to amaze me.....
Pelican Pete is struggling with lunch... That Regal is overloaded
I live 7973 kilometers away. But one day I will visit this interesting place myself!
I took a boat safety course a few years ago.
They may as well have named the class "A Thousand Ways to Die on the Water"
Its really amazing to me that anyone can be allowed to just climb behind the wheel of a boat without any training
The Midnight line boats 😍😍🙇🏽♀️ those are beautiful
Dang!!! Those waves weren't messing around on that day!!! I would have stayed inside the harbour that day for sure!!!
Holy shit i just had 10 beers and watched that. My pulse is through the roof! great video. Incredible!
dude... that's way too many people going so fastly so closely together in such gnarly wave action!
Here in Australia, you have to do a compulsory boating course to get your boat licence, to be able to use a boat of any kind. It includes a practical component and also a written exam which you need to get atleast 90%.
18:12: Kudos to the guy telling his girl to hold on appropriately before it gets too crazy!
I’ve been in the water at zuma, Stinson, golden gate, burrard, Waimea, Baja, bonsai, makapu, Sandy’s,pipeline, and I now wear a PFD in all ocean environments. No matter what the conditions.
That first boat should be impounded and the captain charged with endangerment…
That boat at 14:10 almost looks like a cartoon. That's a caricature of what a "fast boat" should look like. Wow.
This is proof that motorcycles aren't the only vehicles that can catch big air.
It seems like this is a great way to see that everyone has their funny moments.
It's almost as though everyone knows this is a dangerous place, so that's why there's a hundred cameras and the jet ski guys around?
Which ironically makes it one of the safest pieces of ocean.
Guy in the midnight express is gonna have some expensive repairs leaving it wide open while coming back down in the water. Pent prop, bent prop shaft and maybe worse
Idiots Towing the JetSki by the Handlebars .... pure Class
23:31 triple Mercury. Abrazo amigos, muy buenas tomas.
How people don't die or are severely injured here every day is beyond me.
oooh. I am so liking this channel!!!
Fun fact about the physics of standing in a boat: Fighter pilots handle 9g - nine times the force of gravity - enough to make them pass out. A boat can subject you to up to 30g momentarily - enough to compress your spine and damage your leg joints.
Nice seamanship by the Sea Fox Skipper.
15:26 on....
no stress to him, his passenger, the boat....
So relaxing to watch
The sea was angry that day my friend....like an old man trying to return soup!
I was raised on the water; my family were watermen here in Md. I was using boats at age 6, and we started a small marine construction business, so I pushed small barges etc. There is no love to go out on a choppy day like that. All you do is get beat to death or swamped. We would pick narrow rivers and tributaries on days like that. The tide and current bottles in the mouth of Haulover, some boats are just not made for it then add chop, it's a recipe for disaster....
Drone sequence near the end is outstanding.
QUESTION: I’ve never owned a boat or driven one…
What’s the solution/trick to navigating big waves near an inlet like this?
Some people (regardless of the boat) seem to do a better job than others….
Drive fast? Slow? Is the hull design/shape a factor? Or are the boats who seem to have an easier time just have a better Capt behind the controls? THANKS-
Apparently trim bow up slightly and have enough speed to keep the bow raised. If you crest a big wave, turn slightly away from the direct line. Stay 5m from the break wall for minimum chop. That’s all I’ve learned watching these.
these aren't big waves, at all, they are close together tho.
What happens at the inlet, the ocean is "firing" right into the inlet, the waves pop up right AT the inlet, into the inlet, soooo.... you have to know.... is the water rushing OUT of the inlet or IN the inlet?
Then which way am I headed?
Seems juvenile I know, but a guy driving a boat is an automatic danger to himself, his passengers and everyone in the other boats around him.
That statement seems weird BUT, the boat will not steer without throttle, things get sticky, boats get close togther and shyt will happen. The second you need to chop the throttle, collision avoidance or whatever, the boat no longer rides waves, steers, or does anything at all. It'll just HIT whatever it's pointed at.
Collision avoidance. It won't do that. It won't turn away, it won't quickly back up especially if 3 nanoseconds before it was under power. It HAS NO BRAKES.
IF IF IF you absolutely have to RIGHT NOW slam it outta Forward, into Reverse because DEATH IS NEAR, you've just knocked the props off (a bigger boat), regardless of size, it'll take, for full on-the-gas into full panic stp by reversing, it'll eat up 30-40 yards. It will hit whatever it's pointed at.
Plus ALWAYS ASSUME every boat Captain is drunk, and his passengers too. It's 100000% true. Not many good decisions coming.
The BEST thing to do when in a boat ...... keep the water OUT of the boat, keep the passenges IN the boat.
No one wears a life jacket and no matter what you say, n one ever will. It's insane really.
Take the fattest, no swimmingest grandma and she refuses to wear one, cause it ain't "cool".
Soooo... THAT automatically means that ALL life preservers shall be stowed in a matter as to make them unusable. People have them, in a wad, under a seat, tangled up so tight it takes 10 minutes to get one out.
As for the video, most guys are "tourist"ing around, they PLAN on dousing the kids down, part of the fun.
A lot of these wave runner accidents, they are rentals, they let anyone get on.
Being in the inlet is the most dangerous place on the whole water. No room for error.
A boat without the throttle held down is just a log in the water, a painted upholstered log.
That guy almost drowned. Can't believe the assholes on the jetski smiling and passing by him when he desperately needed help.
Could you imagine being in that position just about drowning, and then watching the jetski come by, smiles and doesn't stop?! Id want 5 minutes alone with that fool after I recovered!!!
Buen video saludos
That tag at 430 may be my new favorite
It absolutely blows me away with some of these boats even attempting this!! A lot of those I wouldn't even want to take out on the river that we have 😂.
What's with the crazy pelican
Who would take a kid out on a boat in those conditions and not have a life vest on them?
It's alarming how many overlook such a basic safety measure. Should there be more emphasis on educating the public about the importance of life vests?
Mostly just boats bobbing up and down.
キャー怖い！😮
シコシコペーション🎉
The guy in the water was almost turned into red mist climbing on the stern without the captain shutting down the prop. I do feel that the JetSki was particularly heroic. First not using the tow line and last passing the drowning guy.
Florida
> Annual drowning deaths, 2015-2019: 2.01 per 100,000
> Total drowning deaths, 2015-2019: 2,197
Tumbs up for the hungry Pelican ! ♥
What a dude trying to that jetski, almost like you think it was with purpose 😂
HOW ON EARTH CAN ANYONE ENJOY BOATING ON THIS SEA OF MASSIVE WAVES BEING BOUNCED AROUND LIKE A PING PONG BALL!!!
The almond shaped cabin cruisers porpoise like a see-saw! 😂
4:35 Good work by the captain there.
Strange how the intro tune never wears off
Thanks for saving that guy !
I remember boating with my dad when I was a kid, when it would get bad like this he’d pile us in the back and force us to sit there until it flattened out. I see why now
Guy stuck in the inlet is a terrifying situation...... Off of Key West at Mallory Square there's a cut w/ an island across from it &
I went in & finally got myself out but there was no boater to help. There are big ladders every so often but at low tide you got
to wait on a swell to have a chance to grab that ladder & then ya still gotta pull yourself up -n- out. That day I thought I was
gonna drown. Water may look pretty/blue but danger lurks. peace
So beautiful👍👍