I've actually Canoed these waters back in 1979, when I was 15 years old, the Whirlpool was not in full flow & we camped on some desolate Islands near by, spent 10 days around the same area, even canoed @ Connel Bridge & Loch Lomond..
Brothers going into the merchant marines ( USMMA) - while he will be manning larger boats than that still makes me a wee bit nervous knowing all that’s out there ... the sea is both a loving mother and a fearsome master !
Reading interesting stuff about whirlpools and maelstroms, this one - the Corryvreckan, is the third largest in the world after The Old Sow near the Bay of Fundy in Canada and the maelstrom off the Lofoten Islands in Norway.
Actually since that comment I actually researched the phenomenon and its amazing. I never really thought that this kind of thing existed in reality. I've been to Oban many years ago and they happen to make my favorite scotch there, but if I'd realized there was a whirlpool I'd have spent a lot less time drunk and more time seasick.
What do you think is causing all those big waves? The Corryvreckan is a fearsome tidal race, that when it hits an underwater pinnacle creates a whirlpool. Whirlpools don't necessarily look like the water emptying down the plughole in your bath!
@@stevebarlow3154 Whirlpools are circular currents creating a vortex. There are none on the video, or at least none that the boat rides. Sorry. Whirlpools do not necessarily generate big waves either, some can be very smooth in fact. And "fearsome tide races" do not necessarily generate whirlpools either, although they do often generate waves and some can be dangerous to small crafts. An underwater pinnacle generate lots of uprising turbulence ("mushrooms") and a few whirlrpools. But whirlpools are mostly generated along eddy lines between two opposing currents, like main currents and back eddies that form along shoreline. Honestly, I think you have no clue what you are talking about. Do some research before posting.
@@laurentboquet941 Have a look at Corryvreckan Maelstrom & Thunderchild 2 documentary' ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wn92La1FR_c.html
There's a place like this, (not as aggressive) btw Vancouver Island & the mainland in B.C. Canada. The tides come around the Island from North & South & meet close to there, & yes there's times when no boat should try & travel tbrough it, as the water gets choppy & directions of prevailing currents are unpredictable.
There are two types of tide depending on the position of the Moon in relation to the Earth. The big tides are called Spring tides (known as King tides in Australia), the smaller tides are known as Neaps.
Do they even have water in Nevada. I hope they get water soon,Mead working on crumbs. Vegas is going to be hurting,maybe those Casinos should cough some dough and build a nuclear power plant. I'm not sure what there plans are. Scary.
This is a tidal race - nothing whatsoever to do with a whirlpool. You are truly demented if you believe the RNLI would risk an expensive craft and its entire crew in a whirlpool - you are barking mad.
Do some research, it's a whirlpool, the third largest in the world. However, it is well known to be navigable by powerful craft and this is clearly a training exercise.
Real life whirlpools look nothing like the water going down the plughole in your bath! This is a ferocious tidal race that when it hits an underwater pinnacle creates a large whirlpool. The lifeboat or any reasonably sized boat has more than enough buoyancy to travel through a whirlpool without problems.
It's a major series of extremely powerful whirlpools and very frightening even at slack water times. Amazing to experience on a yacht but as I say only at slack water times and not ever when it's in full flow.
Life boats are small boats that hang on the side of ships to save LIVES in case the ship sinks!!!! That is no STINKING LIFEBOAT!!! Perhaps is some countries they may call that a "lifeboat" but it is STILL a HUGE OVERPOWERED coast guard type POWEER BOAT!!
Abe Davis Abe, I'm afraid to have to tell you that you are talking out of your arse. I live in Swansea in the British Isles. We have lots of RNLI lifeboat stations all around our coast and even on the Thames. The biggest class of boat in the fleet is the Severn class. Here in Swansea we have both an inshore boat and an all-weather Tamar class lifeboat. Now read the link below and wipe the egg off your face. rnli.org/what-we-do/lifeboats-and-stations/our-lifeboat-fleet
Abe Davis Here is The Mumbles lifeboat station here in Swansea. It is a Tamar class boat; the last to be built of that class. The latest boats are of the Shannon class. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HjfS4pZhxmA.html
Abe Davis Here is an example of a real lifeboat rescue in operation. Sadly, a coastguard helecopter winchman lost his life in this one. For your information, vertually all lifeboats in the RNLI fleet are crewed by unpaid volunteers.
Some great boat handling there: s'pose he's (or she's) got to get practice in those conditions in case they need to rescue less proficient folks on the water. RNLI rocks!
I guarantee you it isn't a She in this case, enough of the constant political correctness, seriously. When is the last time you saw a woman working on a garbage truck, or out in an ice storm fixing power lines, you wont. And you wont find a woman piloting that boat.
@@dajhrm Generic comment that is plainly sexist towards women, now that I've pointed out the prejudice behind that comment, you'll probably call me a snowflake, politically correct or whatever the fuck it is you guys say these days, because I remember these kinds of comments back in 2016/2017 and they still have no facts to back them up, so instead they retort with "Political correctness is destroying freedom of speech, these snowflakes are so sensitive.", I'm still struggling to see why you needed to post that generic comment under the dude's comment. Was it because you got offended by "(or she's)"? Of course, you get scared of women having more success than your ego.
@@anonymousceleb1148 He is actually right tho, feminists only want clean 'easy' jobs. Hardly a que of women wanting to be bin men or slurry spreaders. You may think hes wrong but it's kind of noticeable. I cant remember the last time I saw a female road worker.
That looked more like a tide rip rather than a whirlpool. That having been said, it's a hell of a tide rip. We have a similar one here at Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy. The second largest whirlpool (The Old Sow) in the world is nearby at Deer Island.
There is a rip tide there but the flow of water, at over 10 knots, rotates around a rock pinnacle rising from the sea bed which causes the whirlpool effect. It is a very nasty place, particularly at spring tides.
These boats are amazing they can over turn without sinking inside everyone is strapped down with harnesses not sure on the location but these are nearly identical to the English lifeboats
Twice passed thru' the Corryvreckan (in calmer conditions!) aboard the PS "Waverley" out of Oban, and when staying at Kinauchdracht, the most northerly farmstead on Jura, which is just a short walk across the peat moors from the passage between Jura and Scarba where the Corryvreckan is located. George Orwell author of "1984", so the inventor of Big Brother, was nearly drowned here while staying on Jura at Barnhill in 1948 when he was terminally ill with TB. Foolhardily he took his stepson out in a small boat with an outboard motor and tried to pass through the strait. The outboard motor was swept away, and the boat left at the mercy of the whirlpools. Luckily, they were swept ashore, and rescued. he was working on "1984" at the time, so the novel nearly didn't get completed!
And no doubt you’ll find some fool or fools doing bravado who would chance it for a swim 🏊♂️ no thought or consideration for those expected to save them.
Went through that on a McBrain's ferry. Funny story about McBrains fleet. One of their boats was supposed to have sunk. They claimed the insurance of course. Several months later one of their smaller ferries suddenly seemed to be about 20 ft. longer than it had been. Hmmm....
I spent a week on Scarba back in the early eighties and paddled all around that area, went through the gulf twice, once to go and climb up the cliffs on Jura and once just to play, got to admit though it was not springs when we did it, although it was interesting to do in a sea kayak.
You wanna see a whirlpool? Come over to my place and I take you to the mother-in-law's. Man, it's a beauty. Sucks down everything. That's why I don't get too close! Sorry Ma if you're reading.
Strictly speaking it is a tidal race, but it creates numerous whirlpools along the race, including one big one where the current hits an underwater pinnacle. Probably the most dangerous part are the overfalls off the seaward (Western) end, which are fearsome in a storm.
@@gully3775 Unless you have to swim past/near it as a geezer did recently whilst swimming around the entire coast of Britain. That's what brought me here to have a look.
Corryvreckan is actually a maelstrom which are the largest and strongest whirlpools and the boat shouldn't have been anywhere near it. Even lifeboats can be dragged under by such power.
It is benign at certain times of the tide, and in good weather, I assume they were doing training in case they need to rescue folks . Fishing boats use the passage quite often, but they don'tuse it in bad weather. The safest route is along the shore not through the middle.
"Even lifeboats can be dragged under by such power" Do you have any evidence supporting that? A report, some vid, a photo maybe? A lifeboat swallowed by a whirlpool should have made the news uh? But I bet you have absolutely nada because this is just utter BS. Those whirlpools can sink a small log for a couple of seconds, but that's about it. They are too turbulent (i.e. irregular) to drag a big buoyant object underwater, as opposed to a large dam intake for instance. And by the way, that lifeboat is never anywhere near a whirlpool in this vid.
Strong Rip Current with opposing Tide and some Wind...no whirlpool at all....this happens all the time near me in narrow channels in the San Juan Islands...meeehh...
You really should do your research before you sounds so sure bout the topic at hand, because you sound very sure of your reply but Buddy it IS in fact a Whirlpool. 😂😂😂
