Thanks for your videos. I have just crossed off my bucket list moving to Miami and buying a million dollar boat to do the Haulover. You just saved me a bunch!
What I’ve learned thus far, is that the best path to success is to buy a boat shaped like a shovel, pile as many people in the bow as possible, carry as much speed as you can, and remain undeterred as you submarine the first six or eight waves. That seems to always work out. Or.. I mean never works out.
Marine architects have said there is no purpose for a square bow. It was done back in the 1900's to increase :LEGNTH for a faster boat but with new power and sail options it is no longer necessary. ALL SHOW
Sarcasm is my foundation in humor when it appears only a few recall 2+2=4. Been on both sides TBH and fair. Your comment is appreciated. Well done sir!
Pro tip from an old chopper rider - Lean forward a bit if you're about to get slammed on your tailbone. If you're upright or leaning back hanging onto something, the shock goes straight into your lower spine and you compress a disc. If you're leaning forward, you'll just bounce down a bit further and then back up.
i promise you most of the clowns think that loading their passengers in the bow will ballast the boat forward..these modern composite boats built with MASSIVE positive buoyancy....sure ! put your old mom in the bow to hold it down....its more likely she'll get bounced out the boat with a fractured spine
Great info for boat designers and captains. The pontoon boats look totally unsuitable for rough water but the bouancy tubes are sealed, it has a wide beam and the platform is self draining so maybe I'm wrong!
You are correct, they are unsuitable for rough water. Yes, the pontoons are sealed, but that doesn't mean they are good. There is more to a hull design, especially one meant for rough seas. They do make pontoons designed for "rougher seas" though. Usually you will find them in a tri-toon configuration with the middle toon moved forward. You will also find they incorporate raking on the toons as well.
It’s not that they shouldn’t be on the ocean it’s that you should only take them out on calm days or when there is minimal chop. But people think just because it’s a 24ft boat that they will be ok but it’s the deep v of the ocean boats that really make a difference
Yo Wavy, this has to be one of your best videos ever. Love the drone footage it really adds another dimension you can't appreciate from shore. Congrats !!
Not when he’s a fat and bald fifty-five year old wearing a Speedo, and believes the hot twenty-two year old actually wants him for something other than his boat and money.
Yeah they start putting on life jackets when the boat is half way sunk, listing, in rough weather when its hard to even hold your footing. Boat full of kids too, none wearing a jacket. Dog has a jacket but not the 12 year old Timmy. Just pray to God it doesnt sink.. These people have no business operating a boat, its downright criminal negligence
- Hey, I've got this lake boat, how about we take it out through Haulover Inlet? - Well, the chop's pretty bad today, we should probably put everyone up in the front - Yeah, that's a great idea, and lets forget about those stupid life preservers - especially for the kids!
It can be very deceiving until you're already in it and realize these are pounders not rollers. Local knowledge and experience goes a long way. In the Great Lakes we always had small craft advisory flags flying letting you know what lies ahead. Perhaps a flag or warning lights would get some attention to the unknowing.
I was just down in FLL this past week and I dragged my wife to the inlet after watching your videos. We hit the dog beach to the north of the inlet so it was a win all round. Great content
Now I am no physiologist or anything but seriously !! An experience like this on water at a tender age can/ will put someone of boating for life. I dare say only the most hardened adolescent would appreciate this kind of experience. Not to mention the adults.
I am never ceased to be amazed how every person in every boat that’s being thrashed & tossed about are so sure they will never ever regret not wearing a LIFEJACKET
Hi, I'd like to buy a boat Well, here's our selection sir, they start at 20ft all the way up to 30ft. One feature of our design is, all our boats come with a jacuzzi up front for no extra cost
Always blows me away. People sitting on the bow with no life jackets in choppy water in a boat made for ants. Some of these tiny boats barely look like they want to float and they decide to go out in these waters with no life jackets?? Like.... what?!
Warm shallow waters of the Southeast Coast don’t instill fear. Been there. Never feared. Now, on the West Coast. Cold, deep, Orcas, raging wind storms and you bet I’m a different boater!
@ Angel9932 That is one of the dumbest comment that I have read today, How is money wasted on the rich? People do not become wealthy cashing government checks receiving food stamps and living in section 8 housing with a brand new Tahoe in their driveway! People become wealthy because they are smart, creative and a drive to succeed, Well others like you just make excuses! Do you want to talk about wasting money just look at the people who think government assistance is somehow a career!
I am no expert nor a boat owner (unfortunately), but do the boats take some damage to the frame when hitting these waves and slamming back down? Or are they built purposely to resist such impacts? I'm surprised people don't check weather and wind direction before leaving port especially the smaller boats. Even just a glance from land into the channel you can sort of understand whether its worth it or not. Ciao from Italy 😎
A lot of people are just really dumb. And the hull of the boats almost never take any damage from this. Other than it’s inhabitants needing a chiropractor.
Well stuffing happens , I’ve been on the bridge of a super carrier and it stuffed bad, funny to see a wave running over the flight deck and taking three of our aircraft off the fan tail.
Those Bulbous bow boats seem to ride well they are taking off in NZ at the mo , the Florida keys is a good testing ground for boats forsure ! They seem to be all fiberglass construction as apposed to aluminum which we us alot over here especially for sea fishing , fiberglass is mainly used for the lakes but it's a preference..
Love the say 42'.. has that great cutter bow and a very nostalgic look to it.. reminds me of the rum runners! I could only imagine owning one.. or does it own you?
@@karlhoffman5290 I'd disagree. It's more appearance over substance. The very short distance of the transition between the very narrow 'V' at the waterline to the much wider, flare towards the deck leads to very brutal impacts when heading out through messy seas like this. Sure it cuts, but when the displaced water is forced upwards, it smashes into the flared hull above...
I like the SAY42 Hull design. Very efficient event with what the driver let us saw on the few exemple on this inlet. This guy don't know how to run on waves clearly. Despite that the hull make an awesome job and that's the boat of this size I would like to have in rough conditions.
I disagree, if it were meant for those conditions everyone in the boat wouldn't be soaked, especially with little to no coverage or windshield, and he wouldn't have had to turn around so soon. If it was a test for potential new buyers, it failed by the hunched over status of its passengers.
I'm not paying 1.3 million dollars for a boat that I can't even fish out of. Maybe it's because I've spent my entire life almost on the water off shore, but I've never understood and people getting off on just driving around in a boat on the water. If I can't fish out of a boat it is absolutely useless to me. My ultimate is a scout 530 lxf. 2.6 million dollars and will one day be mine! That little Robalo at the front of this film can go anywhere with the right captain. I've had one just like it in 10 to 12 ft seas and made it home. One of the scariest times of my life, but Robalo builds one of the best hulls in the world.
Thank you so much for your wonderful videos. Sometimes it seems that the boatdrivers have absolutely no clue. I am from northern Europe and we would not be allowed to go in such small boats and without a driving licence to the open sea. Well but our climate is much more harsher so it would be suicidal. Greetings from the Northsee🦭
the guy at 2:00 managed to stuff a hull in the conditions its literally designed for. insane. i think the reason so many people stuff the hull is because the solution goes against common sense. throttling up and speeding up isnt what comes to mind when you are sinking your boat.
One of your best videos EVER! WHAT A RIOT. I cracked up when the guys in the Cigarette almost drowned. LOL And the little one that had to be escorted out? They were probably partying on the sandbar, got hot and wanted to get wet. Mission Accomplished. LOL How many times did he stuff it? Who knows, boats like that can stuff it in 6 inch waves. I've seen them do it on just a windy day in calm waters.
15:22 wonder if these people even realize just how CLOSE they were to sinking that little boat? Lady up front isn't even panicking as the boat turns into a kiddie pool.
If the Captain of the Tahoe in segment 3 is trying to get everyone wet, and nearly swamp the boat...., he did everything right. If not, he should have had some of them sitting aft, lol
That’s a nice Kawasaki STX 160LX on the back of that yacht. Kawasaki underrated when it comes to STX. They need to give it the same love they give the Ultra
That poor doggo Thank god the doggo was smart enough to put his life vest on. I give him a 99% probability that he was the best swimmer on board too Aww that doggo got soaked poor thing.
How can there be this many people in the world who own bowriders who don't know how to trim an engine up? Not to mention how stupid it is to take a 20' bowrider into these conditions. At least, we have learned when the boat begins filling up, the obvious solution is to go faster, into the breakers, rather than turning around while you still can. There is a remarkable consistency to their strategy.
