Amazingly cool and interesting boat footage

[Foppo]

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.

[Ari]

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.

Bloody impressive either way, that's a big mast!

[willfinch36]

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.

Bloody impressive either way, that's a big mast!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fm0dUEsR9U

[Ari]

They claim in that video that he jammed himself between the mast and sail. Not actually possible.

There is also a very brief shot as he runs up the mast where you can see what looks like a harness D ring thing attached to him

[Fishtigua]

Flipping an Elling 360 deg. Great little boats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3OeuJ8gzWA

[markmullen]

Fishtigua said:

Flipping an Elling 360 deg. Great little boats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3OeuJ8gzWA

Pretty impressive, looks a sturdy little thing, I like!

[Mashedpotatoes]

Blown flat boats sound great especially at 4:20
http://youtu.be/b4hAe0g5tHw

[Fishtigua]

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.

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

[Mashedpotatoes]

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.

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

From that article

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]

The 2014 St. Barts Bucket from a quadcopter.

http://vimeo.com/92445173

[Mashedpotatoes]

Fishtigua said:

The 2014 St. Barts Bucket from a quadcopter.

http://vimeo.com/92445173

That should be watched right to the very end

[Fishtigua]

More from St.Barts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbMMu2JFq5U

[Ari]

Superb!

[J3JCV]

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!

[Ari]

Enjoyed that! Great video - fantastic yachts!

[Fishtigua]

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

[J3JCV]

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.

[gwm]

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 stuff

[Abbott]

Great thread

[Silent1]

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 stuff

looking at the other version of the video it's some sort of thankyou to a bloke called Jack, who i presume is Jack Cowin the owner.