Twice passed thru' the Corryvreckan (in calmer conditions!) aboard the PS "Waverley" out of Oban, and when staying at Kinauchdracht, the most northerly farmstead on Jura, which is just a short walk across the peat moors from the passage between Jura and Scarba where the Corryvreckan is located. George Orwell author of "1984", so the inventor of Big Brother, was nearly drowned here while staying on Jura at Barnhill in 1948 when he was terminally ill with TB. Foolhardily he took his stepson out in a small boat with an outboard motor and tried to pass through the strait. The outboard motor was swept away, and the boat left at the mercy of the whirlpools. Luckily, they were swept ashore, and rescued. he was working on "1984" at the time, so the novel nearly didn't get completed!
I've actually Canoed these waters back in 1979, when I was 15 years old, the Whirlpool was not in full flow & we camped on some desolate Islands near by, spent 10 days around the same area, even canoed @ Connel Bridge & Loch Lomond..
That looked more like a tide rip rather than a whirlpool. That having been said, it's a hell of a tide rip. We have a similar one here at Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy. The second largest whirlpool (The Old Sow) in the world is nearby at Deer Island.
There is a rip tide there but the flow of water, at over 10 knots, rotates around a rock pinnacle rising from the sea bed which causes the whirlpool effect. It is a very nasty place, particularly at spring tides.
These boats are amazing they can over turn without sinking inside everyone is strapped down with harnesses not sure on the location but these are nearly identical to the English lifeboats
Some great boat handling there: s'pose he's (or she's) got to get practice in those conditions in case they need to rescue less proficient folks on the water. RNLI rocks!
I guarantee you it isn't a She in this case, enough of the constant political correctness, seriously. When is the last time you saw a woman working on a garbage truck, or out in an ice storm fixing power lines, you wont. And you wont find a woman piloting that boat.
@@dajhrm Generic comment that is plainly sexist towards women, now that I've pointed out the prejudice behind that comment, you'll probably call me a snowflake, politically correct or whatever the fuck it is you guys say these days, because I remember these kinds of comments back in 2016/2017 and they still have no facts to back them up, so instead they retort with "Political correctness is destroying freedom of speech, these snowflakes are so sensitive.", I'm still struggling to see why you needed to post that generic comment under the dude's comment. Was it because you got offended by "(or she's)"? Of course, you get scared of women having more success than your ego.
@@anonymousceleb1148 He is actually right tho, feminists only want clean 'easy' jobs. Hardly a que of women wanting to be bin men or slurry spreaders. You may think hes wrong but it's kind of noticeable. I cant remember the last time I saw a female road worker.
I spent a week on Scarba back in the early eighties and paddled all around that area, went through the gulf twice, once to go and climb up the cliffs on Jura and once just to play, got to admit though it was not springs when we did it, although it was interesting to do in a sea kayak.
Went through that on a McBrain's ferry. Funny story about McBrains fleet. One of their boats was supposed to have sunk. They claimed the insurance of course. Several months later one of their smaller ferries suddenly seemed to be about 20 ft. longer than it had been. Hmmm....
Brothers going into the merchant marines ( USMMA) - while he will be manning larger boats than that still makes me a wee bit nervous knowing all that’s out there ... the sea is both a loving mother and a fearsome master !
Actually since that comment I actually researched the phenomenon and its amazing. I never really thought that this kind of thing existed in reality. I've been to Oban many years ago and they happen to make my favorite scotch there, but if I'd realized there was a whirlpool I'd have spent a lot less time drunk and more time seasick.
There's a place like this, (not as aggressive) btw Vancouver Island & the mainland in B.C. Canada. The tides come around the Island from North & South & meet close to there, & yes there's times when no boat should try & travel tbrough it, as the water gets choppy & directions of prevailing currents are unpredictable.
Reading interesting stuff about whirlpools and maelstroms, this one - the Corryvreckan, is the third largest in the world after The Old Sow near the Bay of Fundy in Canada and the maelstrom off the Lofoten Islands in Norway.
What do you think is causing all those big waves? The Corryvreckan is a fearsome tidal race, that when it hits an underwater pinnacle creates a whirlpool. Whirlpools don't necessarily look like the water emptying down the plughole in your bath!
@@stevebarlow3154 Whirlpools are circular currents creating a vortex. There are none on the video, or at least none that the boat rides. Sorry. Whirlpools do not necessarily generate big waves either, some can be very smooth in fact. And "fearsome tide races" do not necessarily generate whirlpools either, although they do often generate waves and some can be dangerous to small crafts. An underwater pinnacle generate lots of uprising turbulence ("mushrooms") and a few whirlrpools. But whirlpools are mostly generated along eddy lines between two opposing currents, like main currents and back eddies that form along shoreline. Honestly, I think you have no clue what you are talking about. Do some research before posting.
Do they even have water in Nevada. I hope they get water soon,Mead working on crumbs. Vegas is going to be hurting,maybe those Casinos should cough some dough and build a nuclear power plant. I'm not sure what there plans are. Scary.
And no doubt you’ll find some fool or fools doing bravado who would chance it for a swim 🏊♂️ no thought or consideration for those expected to save them.
There are two types of tide depending on the position of the Moon in relation to the Earth. The big tides are called Spring tides (known as King tides in Australia), the smaller tides are known as Neaps.
Strictly speaking it is a tidal race, but it creates numerous whirlpools along the race, including one big one where the current hits an underwater pinnacle. Probably the most dangerous part are the overfalls off the seaward (Western) end, which are fearsome in a storm.
Corryvreckan is actually a maelstrom which are the largest and strongest whirlpools and the boat shouldn't have been anywhere near it. Even lifeboats can be dragged under by such power.
It is benign at certain times of the tide, and in good weather, I assume they were doing training in case they need to rescue folks . Fishing boats use the passage quite often, but they don'tuse it in bad weather. The safest route is along the shore not through the middle.
"Even lifeboats can be dragged under by such power" Do you have any evidence supporting that? A report, some vid, a photo maybe? A lifeboat swallowed by a whirlpool should have made the news uh? But I bet you have absolutely nada because this is just utter BS. Those whirlpools can sink a small log for a couple of seconds, but that's about it. They are too turbulent (i.e. irregular) to drag a big buoyant object underwater, as opposed to a large dam intake for instance. And by the way, that lifeboat is never anywhere near a whirlpool in this vid.
You wanna see a whirlpool? Come over to my place and I take you to the mother-in-law's. Man, it's a beauty. Sucks down everything. That's why I don't get too close! Sorry Ma if you're reading.
Strong Rip Current with opposing Tide and some Wind...no whirlpool at all....this happens all the time near me in narrow channels in the San Juan Islands...meeehh...
You really should do your research before you sounds so sure bout the topic at hand, because you sound very sure of your reply but Buddy it IS in fact a Whirlpool. 😂😂😂
@@gully3775 Unless you have to swim past/near it as a geezer did recently whilst swimming around the entire coast of Britain. That's what brought me here to have a look.
It's a major series of extremely powerful whirlpools and very frightening even at slack water times. Amazing to experience on a yacht but as I say only at slack water times and not ever when it's in full flow.
Life boats are small boats that hang on the side of ships to save LIVES in case the ship sinks!!!! That is no STINKING LIFEBOAT!!! Perhaps is some countries they may call that a "lifeboat" but it is STILL a HUGE OVERPOWERED coast guard type POWEER BOAT!!
Abe Davis Abe, I'm afraid to have to tell you that you are talking out of your arse. I live in Swansea in the British Isles. We have lots of RNLI lifeboat stations all around our coast and even on the Thames. The biggest class of boat in the fleet is the Severn class. Here in Swansea we have both an inshore boat and an all-weather Tamar class lifeboat. Now read the link below and wipe the egg off your face. rnli.org/what-we-do/lifeboats-and-stations/our-lifeboat-fleet
Abe Davis Here is The Mumbles lifeboat station here in Swansea. It is a Tamar class boat; the last to be built of that class. The latest boats are of the Shannon class. ua-cam.com/video/HjfS4pZhxmA/v-deo.html
Abe Davis Here is an example of a real lifeboat rescue in operation. Sadly, a coastguard helecopter winchman lost his life in this one. For your information, vertually all lifeboats in the RNLI fleet are crewed by unpaid volunteers.
This is a tidal race - nothing whatsoever to do with a whirlpool. You are truly demented if you believe the RNLI would risk an expensive craft and its entire crew in a whirlpool - you are barking mad.
Do some research, it's a whirlpool, the third largest in the world. However, it is well known to be navigable by powerful craft and this is clearly a training exercise.
Real life whirlpools look nothing like the water going down the plughole in your bath! This is a ferocious tidal race that when it hits an underwater pinnacle creates a large whirlpool. The lifeboat or any reasonably sized boat has more than enough buoyancy to travel through a whirlpool without problems.
Highly skilled seamanship these RNLI guys KNOW what they're doing - but man, the power of those engines really is something!!
He drifted that boat sideways like a boss!!
Twice passed thru' the Corryvreckan (in calmer conditions!) aboard the PS "Waverley" out of Oban, and when staying at Kinauchdracht, the most northerly farmstead on Jura, which is just a short walk across the peat moors from the passage between Jura and Scarba where the Corryvreckan is located.
George Orwell author of "1984", so the inventor of Big Brother, was nearly drowned here while staying on Jura at Barnhill in 1948 when he was terminally ill with TB. Foolhardily he took his stepson out in a small boat with an outboard motor and tried to pass through the strait. The outboard motor was swept away, and the boat left at the mercy of the whirlpools. Luckily, they were swept ashore, and rescued. he was working on "1984" at the time, so the novel nearly didn't get completed!
why did you spell through as thru'? you're barely saving any time with that abbreviation
@@DaveDexterMusicHe’s trying to be american 😂
I've actually Canoed these waters back in 1979, when I was 15 years old, the Whirlpool was not in full flow & we camped on some desolate Islands near by, spent 10 days around the same area, even canoed @ Connel Bridge & Loch Lomond..
Connel Bridge is a great wee place.
These boats are much tougher than they look. I know cause I’m building them. That was just a test run
What’s the prop size?
Wow Dylan, that is amazing.
It may not have been sucked into the vortex of the whirlpool, but it was certainly feeling its effects!
That looked more like a tide rip rather than a whirlpool. That having been said, it's a hell of a tide rip. We have a similar one here at Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy. The second largest whirlpool (The Old Sow) in the world is nearby at Deer Island.
There is a rip tide there but the flow of water, at over 10 knots, rotates around a rock pinnacle rising from the sea bed which causes the whirlpool effect. It is a very nasty place, particularly at spring tides.
These boats are amazing they can over turn without sinking inside everyone is strapped down with harnesses not sure on the location but these are nearly identical to the English lifeboats
That's because it's a Scottish life boat
They are identical! That's because the RNLI covers the whole of the British Isles, including the Republic of Ireland.
Some great boat handling there: s'pose he's (or she's) got to get practice in those conditions in case they need to rescue less proficient folks on the water. RNLI rocks!
Andy Owens real heroes
I guarantee you it isn't a She in this case, enough of the constant political correctness, seriously. When is the last time you saw a woman working on a garbage truck, or out in an ice storm fixing power lines, you wont. And you wont find a woman piloting that boat.
@@dajhrm Generic comment that is plainly sexist towards women, now that I've pointed out the prejudice behind that comment, you'll probably call me a snowflake, politically correct or whatever the fuck it is you guys say these days, because I remember these kinds of comments back in 2016/2017 and they still have no facts to back them up, so instead they retort with "Political correctness is destroying freedom of speech, these snowflakes are so sensitive.", I'm still struggling to see why you needed to post that generic comment under the dude's comment. Was it because you got offended by "(or she's)"? Of course, you get scared of women having more success than your ego.
@@anonymousceleb1148 He is actually right tho, feminists only want clean 'easy' jobs. Hardly a que of women wanting to be bin men or slurry spreaders. You may think hes wrong but it's kind of noticeable. I cant remember the last time I saw a female road worker.
@@dajhrm As an RNLI member I can tell you that there are quite a few women crewing on both the all weather lifeboats and the inshore boats.
I would not want to be in an underpowered vessel in that mess.
wow - you get a sense of the power of the boat and at the same time it looks like a child's toy tossed in a washing machine.
Or rather a sense of how powerful the whirlpool is...
it looked like a bathtub toy. Now I see how rowboats and small sailboats fear whirlpools.
It would make a great Red Letter adventure gift.
Been in it on a whale watching trip in the Dolphin II boat, very impressive indeed.
“Skill” doesn’t do it justice. Amazing.
I spent a week on Scarba back in the early eighties and paddled all around that area, went through the gulf twice, once to go and climb up the cliffs on Jura and once just to play, got to admit though it was not springs when we did it, although it was interesting to do in a sea kayak.
Went through that on a McBrain's ferry. Funny story about McBrains fleet. One of their boats was supposed to have sunk. They claimed the insurance of course. Several months later one of their smaller ferries suddenly seemed to be about 20 ft. longer than it had been. Hmmm....
Brothers going into the merchant marines ( USMMA) - while he will be manning larger boats than that still makes me a wee bit nervous knowing all that’s out there ... the sea is both a loving mother and a fearsome master !
There is a thing qhere u circle the whirpool with ur boat until u get enaugh speed then u pop out of it and ur safe, thats how u get out of it
I've seen something like this near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, but not to this extent, this is pretty radical.
This whirlpool is off the Isle of Jura, inner Hebrides, Scotland. I have seen it from land.
Tegoblue, you wrote "I have seen it from land." ..... which, I would suggest, is where you or others should continue to observe it from! :-)
Jay , good advice, which I am happy to accept, thank you.
Wow....that's impressive.
Should try the passage through the Cuan Sound nearby, it has an interesting standing wave!
Bealach a' Choin Ghlais (or Grey Dogs) between Scarba and Lunga is an interesting passage as well.
Spent a lot of tome there Patrick, we have had some great fun in our rib
What is that -a huge current or a river?
It's a whirlpool.
Actually since that comment I actually researched the phenomenon and its amazing. I never really thought that this kind of thing existed in reality. I've been to Oban many years ago and they happen to make my favorite scotch there, but if I'd realized there was a whirlpool I'd have spent a lot less time drunk and more time seasick.
Caver461 it’s in Scotland this whirl pool even though you said this 2 years ago haha
Caver461 I just did research Oban is in Scotland, I even live in Scotland
Caver461 the whirlpool here is listed as the third most powerful in the world. Which I find kind of amazing considering it’s in such a remote area.
There's a place like this, (not as aggressive) btw Vancouver Island & the mainland in B.C. Canada.
The tides come around the Island from North & South & meet close to there, & yes there's times when no boat should try & travel tbrough it, as the water gets choppy & directions of prevailing currents are unpredictable.
It's called Seymour Narrows also home to the largest man made exlposion at the time to try and reduce the whirlpools can still be a scary ride
Where was the vortex.... i just saw a little bit of rough water....nothing out of the ordinary.
“Come on lads, let’s get the boat out and have a play around.”
Coming from the US I'm sure that's a "hold my beer" kind of moment 😂
Why?
Severn class?
Good learning spot for coastal guards.
Reading interesting stuff about whirlpools and maelstroms, this one - the Corryvreckan, is the third largest in the world after The Old Sow near the Bay of Fundy in Canada and the maelstrom off the Lofoten Islands in Norway.
if you're gonna boat in those *extremely dangerous* waters, that's the boat you need!
the captain is playing
Some captain had fun that day :)
Man those Severn class life boats are tough.
Except it's a Trent class..... A bit smaller than a Severn
the number 14 gives you a clue..
it's 14 m long.
a severn class has a 17 number.
that is 17m long...simples
was there a human inside
I think he had enough at the 0:58 mark because until then....no engines and after that dip, he guns it out of there.
He hardly got that thing above idle. Those things are very impressive at full tilt!
I've never seen a boat surfing before
😎 OUTSTANDING SKILLZ 🇺🇸
I remember doing that on
Beach ball.
Wow, Train hard rescue easy
This boat never rides any whirlpool whatsoever in that vid. There might be a whirlpool in the area, but it is NOT riding it.
You've never been there have you?
@@jimhood1202 lol... No need to have been there to see that there no boat riding any whirlpool in this video.
What do you think is causing all those big waves? The Corryvreckan is a fearsome tidal race, that when it hits an underwater pinnacle creates a whirlpool. Whirlpools don't necessarily look like the water emptying down the plughole in your bath!
@@stevebarlow3154 Whirlpools are circular currents creating a vortex. There are none on the video, or at least none that the boat rides. Sorry. Whirlpools do not necessarily generate big waves either, some can be very smooth in fact. And "fearsome tide races" do not necessarily generate whirlpools either, although they do often generate waves and some can be dangerous to small crafts. An underwater pinnacle generate lots of uprising turbulence ("mushrooms") and a few whirlrpools. But whirlpools are mostly generated along eddy lines between two opposing currents, like main currents and back eddies that form along shoreline. Honestly, I think you have no clue what you are talking about. Do some research before posting.
@@laurentboquet941 Have a look at Corryvreckan Maelstrom & Thunderchild 2 documentary' ua-cam.com/video/wn92La1FR_c/v-deo.html
Ok boys, it's a nice sunny day, where are we going to go and do a bit of training today?.....I Know....😉
Cheers from another Coasty!
That is one stable arse boat.
pfffft. the tidy-bowl man has dealt with far worse for over 60yrs!
Pracice, Practice
The boats like: ALL HELL NAH!
Let's make a training exercise ' playtime ' 👍
Is that in Nevada?
996601 996601 scotland
We don't have water or boats like that in Nevada
Do they even have water in Nevada. I hope they get water soon,Mead working on crumbs. Vegas is going to be hurting,maybe those Casinos should cough some dough and build a nuclear power plant. I'm not sure what there plans are. Scary.
And no doubt you’ll find some fool or fools doing bravado who would chance it for a swim 🏊♂️ no thought or consideration for those expected to save them.
That's nearly as dangerous as my ex wife
not half as dangerous as your future ex-wife
Lol she can't possibly be that bad?!
🤣😭
I think they were just having fun, knowing they had the power to pull out at any time.
A hell of a way to test a life boat,,,, that had to be one damned brave crew on that bitch!!!
"Spring" tides? In September, in the northern hemisphere?
You don't know what springs are? Go fart somewhere else..............
There are two types of tide depending on the position of the Moon in relation to the Earth. The big tides are called Spring tides (known as King tides in Australia), the smaller tides are known as Neaps.
If that's a real whirlpool then that's the biggest that I've ever seen.
Strictly speaking it is a tidal race, but it creates numerous whirlpools along the race, including one big one where the current hits an underwater pinnacle. Probably the most dangerous part are the overfalls off the seaward (Western) end, which are fearsome in a storm.
Corryvreckan is actually a maelstrom which are the largest and strongest whirlpools and the boat shouldn't have been anywhere near it. Even lifeboats can be dragged under by such power.
They offer tourist trips, and even when it's at its strongest, it's safe. They even go into the centre and switch off the engine.
Michael Wright lol nice
It is benign at certain times of the tide, and in good weather, I assume they were doing training in case they need to rescue folks . Fishing boats use the passage quite often, but they don'tuse it in bad weather. The safest route is along the shore not through the middle.
I've been through it twice on RIBs and once on the PS Waverly - it's not dangerous at some states of the tide and weather.
"Even lifeboats can be dragged under by such power"
Do you have any evidence supporting that? A report, some vid, a photo maybe? A lifeboat
swallowed by a whirlpool should have made the news uh? But I bet you have absolutely
nada because this is just utter BS. Those whirlpools can sink a small log for a
couple of seconds, but that's about it. They are too turbulent (i.e. irregular)
to drag a big buoyant object underwater, as opposed to a large dam intake for
instance.
And by the way, that lifeboat is never anywhere near a whirlpool in this vid.
looked like a toy to me
You wanna see a whirlpool?
Come over to my place and I take you to the mother-in-law's.
Man, it's a beauty. Sucks down everything.
That's why I don't get too close!
Sorry Ma if you're reading.
+Andy Jay Rodney Dangerfield would use that too. Good job.
Andy Jay LOL I see what you did there
They want to find out if it is one of those self righting lifeboats !!!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
This is a toy boat
Two MAN 860 hp diesels at play there.
All powerful, don't try it with a 7hp outboard on your inflatable lol.
I do not want to be in that in a rowing boat.
Imagine falling into the middle of that!!!
Was that wise?
Life itself isn't exactly wise but we do it anyway!
It's not a whirlpool at all.
is not whirlpool is rip current
+bnibtouta :D It's a full blown natural maelstrom. The third largest whirlpool in the world.
DarkFilmDirector the sound of it can be heard 10 miles away
rip current you will be missed.
Andrew Fernie ty. It's amazing how many people are unaware of the differences in water related phenomena.
Yea not a rip, but I don't see a whirlpool there iether. What I see is called a tidal race.
Strong Rip Current with opposing Tide and some Wind...no whirlpool at all....this happens all the time near me in narrow channels in the San Juan Islands...meeehh...
Try doing some basic research - Corryvreckan is recognised as the 3rd largest whirlpool in the world.
ua-cam.com/video/U5SKPVPIZ3I/v-deo.html
It's a fucking whirlpool. By definition.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Corryvreckan
You really should do your research before you sounds so sure bout the topic at hand, because you sound very sure of your reply but Buddy it IS in fact a Whirlpool. 😂😂😂
New pants please 💩💩💩💩💩
Whoever films outdoors on windy days, with no windscreen for mics , and plan to share their videos with public, should be punched in the face
Blimey!
Oh dear..... you do suffer from first world problems......
Don’t watch the video, it’s not that series at all
@@gully3775 Unless you have to swim past/near it as a geezer did recently whilst swimming around the entire coast of Britain. That's what brought me here to have a look.
What whirlpool? Where? All I can see is fast flowing water. More youtube false advertising and a boring video. Thumbs down.
It's a major series of extremely powerful whirlpools and very frightening even at slack water times. Amazing to experience on a yacht but as I say only at slack water times and not ever when it's in full flow.
Real life whirlpools don't look like the water going down the plughole in your bath! This is the third largest whirlpool in the world.
Fake fake fake !!!!!!!!!!!
I hate life
Glad the RNLI has one boat that won't be helping illegals into England and the rest of the UK.
It is NOT a "life boat"!!! It's a zillion HP Coast Guard cutter!! CLICK BAIT!!
Abe Davis
It is indeed an RNLI lifeboat. It looks to be rather like a Trent class RNLI lifeboat.
Life boats are small boats that hang on the side of ships to save LIVES in case the ship sinks!!!! That is no STINKING LIFEBOAT!!! Perhaps is some countries they may call that a "lifeboat" but it is STILL a HUGE OVERPOWERED coast guard type POWEER BOAT!!
Abe Davis
Abe, I'm afraid to have to tell you that you are talking out of your arse. I live in Swansea in the British Isles. We have lots of RNLI lifeboat stations all around our coast and even on the Thames. The biggest class of boat in the fleet is the Severn class. Here in Swansea we have both an inshore boat and an all-weather Tamar class lifeboat.
Now read the link below and wipe the egg off your face.
rnli.org/what-we-do/lifeboats-and-stations/our-lifeboat-fleet
Abe Davis
Here is The Mumbles lifeboat station here in Swansea. It is a Tamar class boat; the last to be built of that class. The latest boats are of the Shannon class.
ua-cam.com/video/HjfS4pZhxmA/v-deo.html
Abe Davis
Here is an example of a real lifeboat rescue in operation. Sadly, a coastguard helecopter winchman lost his life in this one.
For your information, vertually all lifeboats in the RNLI fleet are crewed by unpaid volunteers.
This is a tidal race - nothing whatsoever to do with a whirlpool. You are truly demented if you believe the RNLI would risk an expensive craft and its entire crew in a whirlpool - you are barking mad.
Do some research, it's a whirlpool, the third largest in the world. However, it is well known to be navigable by powerful craft and this is clearly a training exercise.
Omg what is it with you know it alls 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Real life whirlpools look nothing like the water going down the plughole in your bath! This is a ferocious tidal race that when it hits an underwater pinnacle creates a large whirlpool. The lifeboat or any reasonably sized boat has more than enough buoyancy to travel through a whirlpool without problems.