A Gnarly Noosa Bar. Tuesday morning, March 7, 2023. 

Crazy how he puts his life jacket on AFTER going through the worst of it.

That was hard to watch 🤣 I would never go out with that driver again

“Let’s wait here looking at the small swell and wait for it to get bigger” said Chris. “Great idea” Paul replied, knowing that his mate was a Qualified Captain and that living at Noosa made him an expert on almost everything.

Seriously I have no words to describe this. They got lucky this time.

Great time to put on their PFD’s.

When your cruise becomes a flight...

Similar thing happened to me crossing the Mallacoota bar many years ago in a Stessl 550. The waves kept coming and grew bigger each time. The big difference was we were wearing our lifejackets and the Yammy didn't shit itself. Anyway, my wife didn't say a word to me for over an hour so afterwards.......it was worth the serenity 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Seriously though, it scared the shit out me and my wife and I've never really forgiven myself for putting her in that dangerous scenario. Bar crossings are dangerous, wear you bloody life jacket!!!

I loved how well you timed the bass hit as the boat comes down at 2:33. That was perfect timing

Fantastic footage and music choice - one of your best.

Wow that was well worth the watch thanks for sharing

You don't have to keep going out. You can always turn around a follow a wave in, reset yourself. You can also parallel run (sideways) between waves. Guys forget this and get tunnel vision

Outstanding video!

Good job!!!!👍👍

Gnarly, sending it tru the faces, respect!!

My favorite video of this channel : some scenario, some action, 2 good actors, some thrill then the end, all that with some great music, really well done !

Surprised they even had a motor after that last one! Geebuz

I hope they brought back a few fish for their efforts. We've had to turn around a few times on that bar. Found some good spots in the river because of it too

Good one Bill! 👏🙏⚓️ Glad to see the subscribers adding up a bit. 😉

If they wanted to challenge that boat that's certainly the way to do it.

Front hatch is unsecured .

His first mistake was getting boat out of the shed

Very Lucky

Lifejackets always on before crossing any bar - even when it looks flat.

NOW, he puts on the life jacket.

That’s just crazy🎉🎉

Obviously not locals and really smart to put your life jacket on after the event 😮

That looked fun except for the last two. Git to give it to them they kept on board and kept going

I'm not very experienced at bar crossings by any stretch of the imagination but... Forward hatch not secure to prevent damage and water ingress. Toy life jackets AND not worn on what I believe is a notorious bar. Panic mode when engine stalls, understandable maybe? A responsible Skipper should know all this and more importantly.... his own limits and genuine skill. Just saying.

That scared me man big waves I’m a land lover 💪💪👍👍❤️😀😀🦘🇦🇺

Big balls mate, ... All the best from South Africa

That’s crazy!!

Lucky that motor didn't get swamped on the last two vertical landings..no life jackets on the way out...no brains...totally unprepared for the conditions and bloody lucky

3:10, perfect time to start figuring out a life jacket.

We have a choice of 3 bars too cross, kaituna, maketu or pukehina bar the hole is generally left on all 3 but you look for blue water or swell peaking but not breaking, if it's breaking that's a sand bank underneath, due diligence check bar before dropping in at ramp, hard at pukehina but the other 2 you can drive too the mouth and check ,even better go there at low tide and walk across see the deepest at low tide, if your going midtide Allgood once you get through, look back and get a land mark, tree, house or roof colour so when you come back you've got the same line in, I'm still hearing of boats in trouble there, be safe ,if the swells there don't do it unless your a local or a local surfer outdabak

Man I'd never take that risk...crazy

No life jackets, forward hatch is not dogged down and is fully open at the end, motor stalls just outside the bar. They got LUCKY.

Those guys have balls of steel and can take on hell and the devil. Well done I am jealous. You are supreme.

Captain lost a boat friend lol. "Hey Tom, you wanna get out on the boat next week?" "no mate....buy a bigger boat..."

There are times that I have seen the bar flat calm. But then again I have watched boats from Gympie Terrace-no life jacket-cans of beer everywhere etc. Dont know how some of them survive the bar. Mind you if you have ever seen the Hokianga Bar in NZ that is something again

Good effort holding on how did they not loose anything outta the boat..

Did well considering. He mistimed the sets but made the best of the situation. Picked his line (although may've been wrong) and controlled the boat best he could.

At least he didn’t panic

Yeah but how many times have you seen a swamp in a turn around in short period swells like this. Good he did not vacillate and played it "steady on" and lucked out.

Those two would have been entertaining on a rough day.

After the big drama, NOW 3:08 they put their life safety gear on. Some bright Aussie needs to make and rent Life Safety Gear for the boat itself. 😀

Hope the fish were on the chew!! Hard work to go fishing in my opinion!!

He didnt back off the throttle as he crested the wave forcing the boat skyward, that was his biggest mistake

Heavy!😂

Smart with no life jackets

Looked like they had it under control till the stall. Captain solved the problem before they got pushed back inside. His passenger was getting ready to abandon ship. Probably following orders from the Captain. But I have never been in a boat. I have never read a boring sea tale either!

I bet they were packing it coming back in....whew!

At that point it’s hammer down and hope you know what you’re doing Spray and pray baby

Great Video...but I thought you were gonna make it thru all that only to be creamed in the side by a frikkin jet-ski...

Talk about having a angel on you’re shoulder if that motor stalled while they were still in the break god!!!

Hold my beer!!!

Good job ..where are you where waves are that big ..mid west coast ..

Where were you able to be so still with the camera? This is a neat video!

10out of 10 for skill. 0 out of 10 for judgement

Maybe bit lighter on throttle would have been wiser...positive forward motion but not punching hard into swell

The got smashed but handled it well until they stalled the engine. shoulda had pfds on from the start.

What was the outboard on that boat?

Oh mate!

WHY do this anyway? Risk-benefit ratio a bit wobbly?

Ill prepared. No life jackets. I can't believe how irresponsible people are with their own safety.

I'm from the states, what kind of boat is that a Whittley?

Darwin Award!

Left the life jackets on the boat ramp?

These kind of dills usually make the nightly news for the wrong reasons. They were lucky this time.

Trust me mate, I know boats phew we made it luckily. Oh yeah you probably should put a life jacket on. Or sell your boat and take up lawn bowls.

Did that entire outboard go under water lol

Brave, especially with a Mercury 🫢

Fish? What fish?

What are they, suicidal? No life jackets on until they’re out in the clear!!! 😂

Was that really worth it?

Would not catch me on a boat in the ocean without a two motors

Not a boatie but... is this boat too heavily weighted toward the back?

I don’t think he’ll be rushing to go through it at any time soon. Stay with whiting & flathead.

Who was recording?

you can smell their fear

Lucky the donk restarted after it went under.

Both not wearing life jackets. Darwin never sleeps.

These very inexperienced people got very lucky this time

Although he missed the wave timing, he did a pretty good job with the throttle control to keep the bow up and get through the breakers.

We do this for fun

Scary

Now they put their life jackets on

Maybe a bit to keen on the throtle ha ha ha

So they stop right at the back of the sets to put their life jackets on 🤯

So many things wrong here….. in South Africa 90% of launches are surf launches, into much tougher conditions. This guy would get reamed by the other skippers if he launched like this. I will grant that the sea is infinitely unpredictable, and that we have all misjudged before. Tmy complaint is about the technique….

No life jackets and I’m sure no kill switch on that outboard powered boat! Boat turn into meat grinder! 🙁

No life jackets on in those conditions....smart. Also obvious they have never surfed in their life time.

Boat For Sale!!!😅👍🏼

first rule of bar crossing is put on a life jacket!

Just a few bust ups, lost a few chooks.

And no life jackets...unbelievable.

They are Aussies remember.unreal guys makes great veiwing.

Mother Nature usually has a way of sorting out people like these 2 clowns . No wonder the rescue services are always busy !!

In today's installment of.......what *NOT* to do when crossing a Bar

The worst part is. They have to come back in eventually.

Cool vid! Music is terrible! I'd rather hear the ocean and their SCREAMS! Lol 🤣