Amazingly cool and interesting boat footage
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chilistrucker said:
jeez, i think i'd honestly cack my pants.
think the worst i was ever in was a force 10, but that was on a bloody big ferry on route from portsmouth to bilbao. i was ok, but wouldn't have fancied it much stormier.
we used that boat alot with the lorries, so i got to know some of the crew. 1 of the barman was reassuring me by saying the only time you need to be concerned is when the crew start putting their life jackets on
made sense i guess.
i asked if he had ever had to do it, and he said just once, on a new years eve cruise.
Fair weather small trawlers can take the the short waves keep the bow into it.think the worst i was ever in was a force 10, but that was on a bloody big ferry on route from portsmouth to bilbao. i was ok, but wouldn't have fancied it much stormier.
we used that boat alot with the lorries, so i got to know some of the crew. 1 of the barman was reassuring me by saying the only time you need to be concerned is when the crew start putting their life jackets on
made sense i guess.
i asked if he had ever had to do it, and he said just once, on a new years eve cruise.
Fishtigua said:
Alex Thomson walks up the mast of Hugo Boss.
Makes a nice change from doing the keel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4loB_UGxw8
Trying to work out how he's secured on. He must be, because when the boat comes upright he's hanging on something, but I can't see anything as he runs up the mast.Makes a nice change from doing the keel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4loB_UGxw8
Bloody impressive either way, that's a big mast!
Ari said:
Fishtigua said:
Alex Thomson walks up the mast of Hugo Boss.
Makes a nice change from doing the keel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4loB_UGxw8
Trying to work out how he's secured on. He must be, because when the boat comes upright he's hanging on something, but I can't see anything as he runs up the mast.Makes a nice change from doing the keel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4loB_UGxw8
Bloody impressive either way, that's a big mast!
Fishtigua said:
Pretty impressive, looks a sturdy little thing, I like!Mashedpotatoes said:
Blown flat boats sound great especially at 4:20
http://youtu.be/b4hAe0g5tHw
Got a pair of Kiekhaefer Big Block V8s in the workshop from the '60s. Carl Kiekhaefer was the founder of Mercruiser/Mercury engines and raced in the original Donzi Offshore.http://youtu.be/b4hAe0g5tHw
I think there are only about a dozen original motors left, the last parts were bought from a boatshed in Iraq. If anyone knows of some spares, let me know.
The sound is quite outstanding, open pipes just howling.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Kiekhaefer
Fishtigua said:
Mashedpotatoes said:
Blown flat boats sound great especially at 4:20
http://youtu.be/b4hAe0g5tHw
Got a pair of Kiekhaefer Big Block V8s in the workshop from the '60s. Carl Kiekhaefer was the founder of Mercruiser/Mercury engines and raced in the original Donzi Offshore.http://youtu.be/b4hAe0g5tHw
I think there are only about a dozen original motors left, the last parts were bought from a boatshed in Iraq. If anyone knows of some spares, let me know.
The sound is quite outstanding, open pipes just howling.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Kiekhaefer
In 1927 he briefly worked as a draftsman by Evinrude Motors before being fired for "...frequent, disquieting and brazenly insubordinate arguments concerning design and product development...".[1]
I like him.
Fishtigua said:
That should be watched right to the very end This is the video of the 2014 Pendennis Cup, a little regatta we put on every couple of years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKVd4F6cRYw
Superyachts racing in the bay of Falmouth.
Its the best fun we have at work really!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKVd4F6cRYw
Superyachts racing in the bay of Falmouth.
Its the best fun we have at work really!
Sadly Mike Fiore, a chap I used read about as a lad, has crashed his Outerlimits Cat at speed. A sad loss of a fine and humorous Bloke's bloke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ubukX0ZgtI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ubukX0ZgtI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QZeUGDb-uc
Saw this on Yacht Forums, I think its quite a good video as it certainly made me smile.
Saw this on Yacht Forums, I think its quite a good video as it certainly made me smile.
J3JCV said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QZeUGDb-uc
Saw this on Yacht Forums, I think its quite a good video as it certainly made me smile.
Wonder what the yacht owners think of it? Dirty deck hand feet on all your stuffSaw this on Yacht Forums, I think its quite a good video as it certainly made me smile.
gwm said:
J3JCV said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QZeUGDb-uc
Saw this on Yacht Forums, I think its quite a good video as it certainly made me smile.
Wonder what the yacht owners think of it? Dirty deck hand feet on all your stuffSaw this on Yacht Forums, I think its quite a good video as it certainly made me smile.
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