Crossing The Bar 3 

i was there that day when the corsair nearly run into the blaketown side, Mike Smith and his crew are very lucky, i have lost a few friends from the Greymouth bar crossing

Great Video, thanks for sharing

@Josiebenn what do you mean with "professional"? I'm a commercial fisherman, a charter boat operator and a boat & yacht broker. Following seas are very difficult to manage with a boat with deep and log keel as these have What could help is enough engine power to not be slower than the following sea and enter the inlet before the waves break.

great vid

I'm a sea dweller I love the sea but I will not work under this condition NFW

WOW !! - I D - its vont know ... be these mates right or wrong on doing things - its way to easy to monday morning quarterback things. - (( Did any one else see what looks like a very large "fin" at time 3:27 thru 3:31 on the video time clock ?? ))

dig a new outlet for the river. use the old as harbour without the river force

Demand that your government dredge a new outlet for the river. The old outlet is a now a lower risk harbour. Or dredge a new harbour. Easy.

I have been in a situation just like the one in this footage @2.44 going through the bishops heading back too Bluff and when it happened I had already accepted that we would turn over and getting out the wheelhouse was the first thing on my mind...I am no hero but too be honest we had no time to shit ourselves survival mode kicks in...when we came out of it the right way up we all laughed about it after wards..our boat wasn't small either 68ft alloy cray-boat.

@Josiebenn I think not

Terrible language !