The boys driving these boats know EXACTLY what they are dealing with. They know the boats, they know the sea and they know how to handle both. There are subtle skills at play here which are not obvious to the untrained eye. Great stuff as usual, Frank.
These are the men right here! You've got something MOST do not have and it is impressive! Wow! If you are doing this for work, you make the blokes on the USA's "reality" crab fishermen show look like drama queens!!! But please, honor the legacy. Please do not turn this into a fame-driven fake show! Thank you! We have respect for you, so don't lose it despite the promises! Great job!
My impossible bucket list would be to get a ride in one of these amazing boats in weather like this they are the ultimate all weather boat on the planet !!
Those pilot boats have those 4 click seat belts plane pilots use. Amazing riding those beasts in a storm. But the music belongs in the bottom off the deepest point in the sea.
Reminds me of the last scene in Perfect Storm, where you think they're gonna make it but the last wave tosses the boat ass over applecart then Marky Mark drowns. (Nice)
Its quite a ride surfing down the face of a wave in a following sea. Was in the North atlantic in a 45ft motor sailer in similar conditions - exilarating.
I think the most impressive thing here is some cases of intentionally putting the boat in a bad position and the boat just taking it in stride. Great testing and great boats with great coxswains.
This is a love story between the prince boat and a peasant boat from a distant land, its a epic tale of two forbidden lovers who find a place among the storm. This is their tale, their journey........somewhere behind those waves is a port for him to dock
And to think that they were just exercising ... Great way to learn boat handing and control in easily manageable conditions. I would've had a ball with these guys out there.
You couldn't them pilot boats only do about 18 to 21 knots and the wave would pass you and if she capsized she wouldn't self right the wave would break on top of her
what's worse a following sea or head on? and how hard is it to turn the boat 180 degrees in theses conditions? but they are Boats like no others excellent job
Takis Sozou .... i am more concern on a following that a head sea .......... following is tricky and difficult to evaluate ... my opinion of course ...........
+Perro Oceaniko I agree with you, the bow can usually handle head on no problem, a following sea is a rough deal, but im no pilot, just a helmsman on a freighter so we would ride through that like it was nothing, now being caught side ways in the swells. well you know its all how big the vessel is, how full or empty are the ballasts and can it handle the rolls and right it self correctly without trouble, now in the UK the RNLI has boats similar to that and they can do a barrel roll and right them selves in extreme seas, 50 to 60 foot swells, no problem.
