Dramatic Redondo Beach Harbor Rescue 

What a man - the rescuer who jumped in. And well done the whole rescuer crew - great work.

The diver/swimmer certainly didn't hang around/fully deserving of an award for his work here.

What a strong fiberglass hull and keel on that sailboat !!!!

That rescue swimmer is a beast!!

He rescued himself while everybody just watched. !

Most thrilling ocean rescue I’ve ever witnessed! In awe to see Redondo Beach Harbor Patrol Hero, Grant Currie, bravely jump into the churning, cold water without hesitation. Amazed everyone survived, there were no serious injuries, and that the sailboat is still in one piece after the constant bashing against the rocks. Glad Wayne Craig and I happened to be in the right place at the right time to call 911 and record this dramatic event! It was so windy, we wanted to see the waves breaking over the breakwall, and watch the sunset. We were shocked to see that little sailboat out in such a rough waters and the drama that proceeded to unfold before our eyes.

We are blessed with crews of very courageous lifeguards. Bless them all!

A very lucky boat owner to get out. Kudos to the rescue team.

Good job for you helping rescue these people who were likely learning very important lessons

Heart breaking stuff ,just show how strong those hulls are

The boat was an S2 8.5, a 28’ cruiser built by S2 Yachts of Holland MI in the late 70s and early 80s. Internal lead ballast was molded into the solid fiberglass hull. A great little boat. Not a speedster, but tough as nails. S2 now manufactures only power boats, the Tiara line.

Impressive on several counts: not least the bravery of the rescue teams and the robust construction of the yacht!

I can't believe that boat would still float!

A very well built boat!!!

Hats off to that guy who swam over to the sailboat

Brave lifeguard, lucky sailor, solid hull. It's not always the same story.

GOOD Captain/Sailor! He knew he had CONTROL of his vessel, by still having one saile intact!

Wow Wayne, stunning video. Glad they made it OK

Always think harbor entrances are some of the most dangerous places anywhere. By design, entrances are narrow (to keep weather and sea state out of the harbor) which brings you very close to rock's. Always grateful when in inside.

Unbelievable hull and keel construction!

That one guy risked his life by jumping into the water and swimming over to help them, then the boat that he was in kept taking off further and further away from him. With friends like that who needs enemies. You ALWAYS keep an eye on your swimmer. If one person is driving the boat, then one remains a spotter. There were enough people in that boat to have been able to have a designated spotter and if not then the captain of the boat needs to spot him. That poor guy could have drowned with that kind of carelessness. As for the sailboat....WOW!! Each time that it hit those rocks it made me flinch! Then it was turned upside down and slammed into the rock! Holy Schmokes!! Those poor people are lucky to be alive. I hope that they immediately went to land and dry docked it to be inspected for damages. I certainly would not trust it to be sea worthy after the beating that it took. Great video, thank you for posting it. It literally had me on the edge of my seat the entire time!! Sending beautiful blessings to all, from the magnificent Oregon coast. 🌊🐳🐟

The ultimate "made ya look" ever! Good one captain.

That’s one strong hull. Good result.

I'm so amazed at the bravery of our lifeguards. I witnessed a boat go on the rocks on the back side of Catalina several years ago (a Buccaneers Day Sunday). They'd come out of Cat Harbor and fouled on the way to the West End. By the time Baywatch got around from Two Harbors the boat was gone and I thought the crew, too. The lifeguards went right up to the lee shore in 25 knot winds and 6-7 seas, and their swimmer saved 5 people from certain death. In this video I don't think the swimmer helped get the boat of the rocks, but was on scene if the crew had gone in the water.

Great video.Thanks for sharing. The rescue was actually done by Redondo Beach Fire Department, rescue swimmer who dove in off their Harbor Patrol Boat. The Lifeguads assisted by towing the boat.

If I ever buy a sailboat I'm definitely getting one of those

my congratulations to the rescuers who jumped into the water to take the ropes and take the sailboat out of that uncomfortable position

I feel so sorry for them. Hitting rocks is just the worst.

Getting out of the boat strikes me as a really excellent way to get smashed up pretty well between boat, rocks, and waves.

Lucky man ! Good construction. How did sailor get in such a mess ?…

Great job there for the rescue team(s). As far as the comments on the cost : I don't know if I'm getting soft but if when you witness such an event, the first and only reaction you want to share in pubic is the cost, well, I'd say you've lost your humanity..... I just hope the poor sailor has learnt his lesson, if lesson there was to learn (maybe he just got a line in his propeller, maybe for some reason the tiller wasn't responding???) and that nobody got hurt. :)

SOLID BOAT!!!

Great save you guys...

Wow, I fished off these rocks with my younger brother In 1967. Amazing seeing it here in 2022. RU-vid lol 😂

Great to see the rescue swimmers in the water but looks like the waves & wind did the job of getting the yacht off the rocks :-)

Another ono Ono! Omy good! ! Omy goodness commentary.

Awsome camera work. Glad they got off the rocks in one piece.

Not sure how the boat gets washed up on a weather shore with its sails up, but a tough little boat and well done to the rescue boats for showing up even though they couldn't actually do anything without huge risk to themselves, sometimes just having another boat standing off is a great piece of mind when your in trouble

The life guard that jumped into the water has got big balls of steel.

Extremely tough boat. I appreciate the rescue team trying to help. Still trying to figure out how it became washed up there. I'm pretty sure the rudder was damaged and it would need a tow to turn and head back to harbor. Possible reason why this can occur. Medical condition of the helmsman, possible loss of consciousness. Possibly jib sheet tore off clew in high winds, yacht headed up into wind, inexperience didn't allow skipper to steer it out in reverse and sheet out main to being to make a beam reach progress back to harbor.

Score update: Jetty 49 , Sailboat 3

That's one way to scrub barnacles

Tough little boat!

That hull passed quality control!

Heck of an advertisement for the maker of that hull

We had a Jetty like that at Humboldt Bay,, there has been loss of life there. That was a close one !

Should have sheeted that jib in earlier, and he might have got off at :21 when the wave turned his bow onto the port tack the first time. Strong work by the rescue crew but they didn't tow him off. He sailed off, or might have been under power. Hard to tell for sure but there's no tow line.

When the boat sails itself better than the sailors.

Who manufactured that boat? Amazing it never came apart against the jetty

That is unbelievable. The hull should have been fully broken with the countless waves hitting against the stones..

The struggle here was to get the sailboat's nose pointed more to her left, (more toward the camera), because of the wind direction at the time. With the boat pinned sideways against that jetty the boat was pointed too directly into the wind, (the only direction a sailboat's sails can't take the vessel), for the sails to do anything other than just flap like a flag. The challenge here was to Gert the nose pointed off the jetty so the sails could be angled enough to the wind to fill and draw the boat forward taking it off the rocks. If you notice the whole time the boat was pinned the sails never really filled, but as soon as the nose pointed off so it was more side ways to the wind the sails were able to fill, and the boat sailed right off the rocks. The front sail,(the jib, or headsail), never got pulled in. It looks like the control lines, (the sheets), failed and too much was happening at that moment to stow that sail so it was left to continue flapping in the breeze until they could get a moment to take it down.

They didn't seem to be too worried about the guy in the water at the end, more concerned about the boat than him!

holy smokes! where can I buy a boat like that??? Its amazing that thing hasn't been smashed to pieces and just sail away from that breakwater

how was he rescued lol. his sail caught the wind and brought him out..

Some pretty solid hull and keel construction on that boat to get beat up on the reef like that and not be dashed to pieces or sink as soon as she washed off of it!

Wow what a job

Impressive!!!

Yup, that was dramatic alright. The guy jumping in certainly has big kahoona's. Tough little yacht.

...море встает ..за волной волна ! А за стеной - стена ! Здесь..у самой кромки земной ....друга прикроет друг ! Друг всегда уступить готов ...место в лодке и круг ! ... будем людьми...и помнить об этом ...пока еще...на земле.

Situatie niet bekend, motorpech zeilmanouvre niet goed ?er kan van alles mis gegaan zijn.het belangrijkste ze zijn losgekomen ,met veel veel geluk.

It looks like he finally got off using his own engine? Amazing that the yacht does not seem to have been holed and that the prop survived the battering.

It’s tough to control a boat like this one,in stormy winds,without an outboard engine.

Could it be a runaway jib sheet that got the boat in trouble? Anyone knows what might have happened?

I've sailed into King Harbor under similar wind and I believe heavier sea conditions (always seems heavier when you are in them). If you look at google earth, you can see the layout. When you are entering, you are likely to be perpendicular to the wind and waves with the pier and wall leeward. Leaving, it is well protected right up until you come around the windward wall and then you are right into it. I believe that was the case here and with the one from about a year ago. The report is both tried to maneuver to go back to the harbor. There is limited room to do so. I don't know about these sailors, but I know the ones from a year ago were much more experienced than myself. Perhaps that is part of the issue. I am still somewhat new to sailing, and am very cautious in checking weather, sea conditions, and have aborted my plans more than once in conditions I am sure more experienced people would have been bemused by.

Miracle nobody was seriously injured

Those guy's are osome very brave

Another possibility is a pintle broke and the rudder became disabled. I've sailed several times with a broken pintle and it is different every time. Sometimes you can't tack, etc. The skipper may have had a pintle break on the way out and lost the rudder ability to tack.

I'm shocked that the guy who jumped in was able to stay afloat with those huge brass balls pulling him down! LOL

Incredibly dangerous place to build a jetty. Boats are bound to run into it.

No shame in having the engine idling, warming up and topping up the batteries when so close to a rock jetty entrance. When approaching jetties I like to get the boat set on the windward side just to have some room to prevent something like this. That little sloop is a good girl. I hope she AND the owner are still sailing.

well did they save them self ? I did not see any help

ante todo.....buen barco.

Been sailing for 15 years don't know how he got there but looks like he got off on his own excellent job, I would have thought my rudder would be destroyed so I would probably would have bailed. Way to much sail up looks like he got over powered quickly and couldn't furl,tack,or jibe in time.

O cara do resgate que saltou na agua e nadou até o veleiro fez toda a diferença . palmas pra ele

So you must have rudder control an you still have sails I'm assuming engine failure. If you have rudder an sails how did this happen.

Why doesn't anyone of the boats respond to the people swimming after the sailboat has set off?

How do these sailors keep missing the harbor entrance? This is the second You Tube video of a sailboat in trouble at the entrance. Who taught these people how to sail? I was taught at King Harbor when I was 10 to respect the entrance and how to avoid this. And we were in a Lido 14 with no motor!

Geeze! That is a TOUGH little boat!

Is this Boat after this scenario still ok? Not Broken in Gelcoat? If its ok, unbelievible!

Leaving or entering a Harbor with sail only is challenging. If you loose speed, you loose control, you loose heading, and the sails work against you.... Better be humble and light the engines.

What are the lifeguard boats? bertrams?

There is a real hero

I don't know what that hull is made from but i want it on my boat..

Людей, сегодня , жизнь застигает врасплох, что на земле , на воде и в небе . Катер настигла волна штормовая, видно мало у капитана веры стало, думал путь правильный выбрал он , и власть над волной будет в его воле . Приклони ухо к. Творцу ,, не в воле человека выбирать путь, и не во власти идущего направлять стопы свои . Бедствием на море, . Отец испытывает плывущего . Мольбу о помощи услышал он, катер плывет на помощь к нему . Силы пловца покидают, но выше сил не будет испытывать, найдя выход, чтоб страдания от беды перенести . Не отказался пловец от святого духа , это. Бог дал ему. Новую. Жизнь.

The first thing I was taught was boat maintenance, 1 day of checking and replacing, for 1 day of sailing. Sometimes I was ordered just to maintain and not sail. I was doing solo night navigation in storms at 14 and East Coast racing champ in both single and double handed, 4th in US Youth champs. I think this guy had 2 gear breakdowns as he left harbor and hit the swells and wind. The swell-wave pounding can do a job on the jib clew. His pintle screws were rusted.

Great listing on craigslist. Slightly used boat. LOL

“Mom I’m gonna be home late for dinner”

Super gemacht

I've never seen anything like this.It was so frightening and I was thinking how scared they must have been failing around in that little boat.So glad they were rescued!

It looked like one or more persons ended up in the water. What happened to crew and passengers?

I realize there was some shock amongst the people on that boat, but those sails have to come down.

Now that's a sea worthy boat coater with mithril and dragon scales.. Good job coast guard..

I thought for sure that boat was gonna get smashed to pieces the way it was slamming into the rocks .

Que bom que saíram bem! Bons ventos a todos

Good ad for Catalina 27

Wind appears to be right on the nose. Why not trim the jib and steer to port? I'd give it a try, anyway.

Wow, that boat is super tough. I'd like to know what it is. The sailor did sail off the rock pile once he got the boat under control. Perhaps the jib sheet was lost out of the turning block & that is why he didn't sheet it in. I am amazed that the rudder didn't get wiped off the back of the boat. It looks like the boat has an outboard that is out of the water, so the guy seems to have gotten off with sails alone. If I was on the assist vessel, I would have tied a type IV to a tow line & floated it back to the stricken vessel from upwind so that he could have tied it to a bow cleat or the mast step, or himself. Even that would have been a dicey plan. Getting up on that fore-deck would have been a risky proposition, even with a harness clipped into a jack line. Tough day on the water. Captain did what he had to do.

How did they get her of the rocks?

A tough little boat and brave rescuer's

Man, that was hard to watch.