I was just thinking you guys are giving advice about safety and nobody even put a life vest on. glad you guys made it but that was silly. Before you sped into the storm the first thing you should of done was throw a vest on.
@rickky spanishhh It's not going to keep you alive 5 hours. But let's say one of them gets knocked briefly overboard and needs picking up. Life jacket will help keep them above water until they can be picked up. Oh and thanks for the compliment on my intelligence by the way
David Buda right...and didnt they see a dark ass cloud about to head there way......i honeatly dont even feel bad...mother nature weeda out the dummies
Blink of an eye... storms are pop up, literally. The vid shows some serious convection. Trust me when I tell you the weatherman is friggin guessing his ass off in south fla.. put the class lll on, no joke
flamingo an old fisherman’s rule in Florida leave early ,home early especially in the summer.!!! If you got enough gas go northeast or southeast and see where you are because you could go around it but you have to have a compass on your boat or don’t take it out ,compass very important
@@soulsnipergaming8330 went to Florida spring break. We are just walking down the road sunny ass day. We go in to a restaurant in Fort Lauderdale and we get our table like 5 min later we go upstairs and it’s like a balcony and I swear it turned to a dark day nobody on the beach anymore and it starts thunderstorming like a mother fucker and like 10-15 min later back to sunny
I literally grew up on boats, as a live-aboard, on a 60 foot schooner. Before that schooner, we lived on a 27 foot sloop. I can say from first-hand, personal experience... The first thing is what most of you said... LIFEJACKETS DIPSHIT!! Second, get the boat's load situated DOWN... poles, gear, people, EVERYTHING down as low as possible, preferrable in the bilge. Third, DON'T run for shore. It's too late. You're head to the wind AND the waves... you can't see, so don't try. KEEP your head to the wind and waves. Keep your speed and trim set to hold the bow up as high as possible. On my 16 foot Sea Ray, we got caught by a wind storm on Riffe Lake, in southwest Washington State, Riffe is only about 20 miles long, but it's got a veturi effect about 2/3 up lake, so your wind speed can go from 5kts on the west end to 35kts on the east end. I was in 30+kts wind, 4'+ breaking waves, and no shelter anywhere but down or across the wind. We got the gear resettled, lifejackets under real jackets, (they make GREAT insulation) and I got the boat just on step, but not on plane, so it was plowing along nose high. Then I trimmed the bow up even higher, and we stopped taking anything but spray over the bow. That's all the faster I went. I couldn't run from the storm, I couldn't get to shelter, so I didn't try. It took almost 4 hours to get to the ramp 16 miles away. Our only concern was fuel, since at that posture in the water I was at almost maximum fuel consumption. ALWAYS plan for the worst. Always PREPARE for the worst. Always EXPECT the worst. Because if she can, Mother Nature will kill your ass. These guys paniced and ran. They're lucky they didn't get their idiot asses sunk.
Funny thing is , your story isn’t that rare. It happens all the time. I’ve been caught so many times in my life that can’t remember them all. Ocean goes from 2 footers to taking them over the windshield in seconds. Faster than you can reel in the lines. Thunderstorm caught us under diving, once , boat captain thought he was going to roll. Another time stood a 55footer straight up. . The worst is having the fog come in on you at night with no radar. Scariest thing ever.
Billie Olinger, I envy you for having the experience of living aboard a schooner, in fact I'm jealous as hell. lol And the advice you gave is dead on. I got caught in a big wind storm in an 18 foot boat on Moosehead Lake, in Maine which is 40 miles long and famous for how quickly it can go from flat calm to monstrous waves in minutes. It was early spring and the water was unbearably cold, you couldn't survive in that cold for very long. The only option I had was to head into the storm, there was no way we could turn around and run with the waves, that would have caused water to come pouring over the stern. We had to ride it out until the wind died down which it did in about 30 minutes. Storms come up quick and only last about 30 to 45 minutes but it can be the longest 45 minutes of your life.
Have you ever been to Florida? When they say a storm can form in the blink of an eye they mean IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. While you are ignorant the Coast Guard understands what they are talking about. Finish your education - go fishing off shore Florida during the summer months. I can’t believe there are so many ignorant people commenting on the story
Right on JD, Miles I also live in Florida and when the say a huge storm showed up in minutes that exactly what they mean. Also they said, "we did not know which way the storm was heading" which is also true, I've had them blow by with no consequences and also had them on top on me in minutes. (not time to pull an anchor)
I have many buddy with bigger balls then brains. It all macho until mother nature fucks you in the ass. The event chain is a mutherphucer. bad decisions lead to bad decisions.
inexperienced meteorologists. Thunderstorm forecasting is getting better and better, and you always have tools like weather radio, weather radar, convective outlooks, satellite imagery, etc. Also, you know when those cumulus towers start going up there will be a storm. Watching the sky and recognizing signs of a thunderstorm isn't hard.
Bless their hearts! They're still at that young age where they know everything and I hope they read these comments and took them to heart. It's almost irresistible not to make fun of them because they are presenting themselves as wise, experienced, and seaworthy pros when they obviously have not been taught to be out that far in the ocean. Like I said, I hope they took the advice in the comments even though they were being teased. We were all that age at one time.
My older brother was a commercial fisherman working in Georgian Bay when a huge storm hit and capsized his boat and put him in freezing cold water which caused him to die from hypothermia. His youngest daughter was born a month later. Weather can change real fast if you are inland on a lake or in the ocean. I live in Nova Scotia and we joke about the weather by saying wait 5 minutes and it will change. My brother would have been 55 on the 6th of June.
That's the trick of the sea my friend, the best fishing happens right before the worst of storms. It'll tempt you to stay & fish while death waves roll in.
My husband and I have a 38 foot boat and no, you normally don’t need to wear a life vest in normal conditions, but as soon as you see that storm coming, you put your vest on! Those waves throw us around even on a big ass ocean yacht and you could easily fall overboard when it’s rocking that badly! Let alone in a small boat that could possible capsize.
you can see a storm that big coming for a while Checking the radar on your phone would have shown you the storm cell and direction Weather radio would have given you a heads up Think PFD before EPIRB cut the fish and kite loose....you chose a fish over your own safety.
That's what i'm saying. You can see a storm like that developing from many miles away they just weren't paying attention or thought it wouldn't be that bad. If you live in FL as I do and claim to know how unpredictable the weather here can be then you should be extra cautious unless you want to die.
Hey genius...they clearly stated they was 5 miles out from shore...so where exactly was you thinking there was a cell tower at out there? OMG you people are so fucking stupid it's some scary ass shit that we even breath the same fucking air!
erickwalker11 not about how rough the water is. I’ve been sailing for 60 years. If u fall off and hit ur head now ur unconscious in the water with no life vest
metiatric thats what you learned after "60 years of sailing experience?" first of all, thats basic knowledge, and lastly there are no way in hell that you are 70+.
@@harrisoncoleman6306 Not to much drift wood in South Florida in Open Ocean Bro.😒 Better Chance of Hitting Wilson the soccer ⚽ ball from the movie castaway bro 👍
@@amoshall642 So no Wilson? ⚽🤔 I'm in Port Charlotte harbor every day commercial fishing and through the inlet in and out for the past 30 years haven't seen so much as a man grove pod since then. Well outside of Hurricane Charlie. Your a lucky man Not saying ain't shit out their but gdamn you people are slow 😒
The life raft requirement only pertains to Commercial fisherman, and only if they fish more than ( i think ) 9 miles offshore. Might be a little less or more, not sure now.
Baby storm clouds don't just appear. And that storm was well over the water when you guys were still trying to reel a kite in. I'm happy that you guys lived to tell the tale.
My next door neighbor here in Maryland was lost in one of those storms on May 21st 2016. They were fishing off of Cedar Key in the gulf and got hit by a storm. They didn't show up by morning and the Coast Guard went searching. They found the boat capsized and Gil's brother and a friend were still hanging on to the boat. my neighbor got separated from the boat and was lost. He was wearing a life vest. Gilbert Valdes- RIP
Great vid! You were definitely asking for it though, wasn't a sneaky storm at all haha, was already on top of you when you decided to haul everything in
Why were you not monitoring NOAA on the VHF and heeding the Notice to Mariners? And why didn't everyone don life preservers? Been there also but only because we waited too long after the first warnings. Keep the VHF on at all times. And play it safe.
If I had a dollar for every time the VHF was saying “winds 6-8 Kts. Seas 1-3 feet “ as I was riding out sustained 25 and 6-8ft seas in the Gulf-stream I’d be rich! The Stream makes its own weather that is often not predicted. The forecast when they went out may have said, “ Afternoon thunderstorms possible”. That’s a standard forecast for nearly half the year! I have sailed these waters for 40+ years; and if they were hit with 20-35Kt winds they got off light. I have seen in excess of 60 all too many times. I’m really glad they had no serious problems. And yeah, I’ve said a few prayers out there.
Jim M while that’s good advice, it’s very likely that there was no notice to mariners issued. This is south Florida in the summer. Cells can pop up anywhere at any time and they rarely give you any kind of usable advanced notice.
I ran into a storm once and we weren't on an offshore boat. We were on a bowrider. If you wanna hear it, you can read this. We were out on the bay near Anna Maria. We were at another island called Passage Key. There was a huge storm right next to us, it was just passing us. There was another storm that was behind it that was coming towards us. We were still there when the storms merged/combined. Right where that was going on, there was a weird rotation in the sky. We started to leave when that happened. There was another blowup on the storm that was passing us. By then, we had just left. There were these huge waves that we were pounding into. Each wave reaching about 4ft over the boat. The biggest wave we saw was about 9ft over the boat. I thought we were gonna die. After about 20 minutes of fighting them we got to calmer water. It was still horrible, though. Each wave then was about 2ft over the boat. We eventually made our way under a bridge and took cover from the rain and lightning
they said in the video that they checked the upcoming weather, weather can change from good to bad in minutes, you're just being ignorant and angry for no reason, fuck out of here
Great video! The first thing I would have done in that situation which I already have done 2wice before is put on my life jacket. Once your in the water it will be almost impossible to put on your life vest.
Or find them for that matter, you wouldn't be able to get to them because they are stuffed away if the boat is capsized. This is the difference between being 21 and 50, Common sense.
Where the hell is your three's life jackets, they only work if you have them on. Amateurs and bring goggles with next time and keep them in the boat and you won't be blinded by the rain and spray.
It sucks and it is scary but these kinds of storms are unavoidable. Best thing is to have the right gear in working order and just ride it out. Makes for an unforgettable story for your grandchildren.
Has a similar incident off coast of Grand Bahama, winds hit 70 mph, seas when from flat to 30 feet, lost bikini top, windshield wipers, was on a 36 foot trawler and had to be hauled in by coast guard after a 28 hour ordeal. Be careful, be safe.
Bs with that(before we know it,)and that (in no time was right on us)storm don’t move that fast y’all had enough time to get out but decided to stay and record and Raül línes in
First thing you need to do is take a National Weather Service spotter course. I could see that was a super cell from the beginning. Then take a weather radio with you. You would have had more warning and not been caught like this.
12 yrs ago I worked in a huge casino vessel / ship ( 70,000 tonnes ) Once our vessel reached the South China sea ( from Singapore) and Infront of us we can see clear a huge big black cloud with thunderstorms . Once in it , the wind blow hard and the rough sea waves makes the ship moving crazy.... I've experienced and I realized how small we are , and how big the sea is...🌹😎
Rob Brooks yeah clicking on this I was kinda expecting 10-20ft swells the way the title was phrased. “I thought we would die” Worst shit that would have happens is y’all get wet.
BigView TV ..... Hooray.... Spoken like a True mariner.... now be sure to offer your boat as a 'chase boat' for your area sail clubs and fleets. You'll have a blast, learn a lot and be befriended by some excellent sailors.
I was caught 18 miles off shore in a storm. I had rain gear on and it was raining so hard it hurt. I was driving the boat with rubber gloves because lightning was so bad. The storm happened to be on our return course, had we moved 2 miles in we would have been out of it. Radar and learn how to use it. You can often cut thru a gap, and sometimes even run further out, as you loose heating of the day storms usually lay down. It’s part of being out there, bottom line it’s dangerous and you need to have it together, don’t panic.
Austin Prosser growing up on east coast of florida the kids become watermen at a young age , so its kind of the norm to see young people on boats by themselves!
Never been to Florida but I would love to go one day. The Gold Coast of Australia is similar to what you have. Further up there is the Great Barrier Reef and the Whitsundays. However being to Florida to understand weather is a logical fallacy. To the uninitiated such as yourself it’ll feel like these storms came from nowhere but for those that know will recognise it, they can see it coming with plenty of time to get to the car. Yes, there are exceptions to the rule such as tornadoes but not the example you’re providing. As a commercial pilot who has flown around the world, I live it, study and breath it. Constantly refining my knowledge when new info comes to light but with respect your comment isn’t going to be one of them.
Regardless of not wearing life jackets, The key word was that your wife was praying. Faith in Prayer changes things. Truth is, God allowed you both to experience another life lesson as a couple together. No matter how bad things appeared to be around y'all, God was in control. I will definitely continue to keep you both and your families in our daily prayers. Be safe and Keep blessng us with your videos. Remember to wear your Life jackets and also allow the Lord to be your Life Jacket....Mr.O
Can we all just admit pretty much anywhere in the USA you will find a couple who will say "The weather is insane here it changed in the blink of an eye'
The wind looked pretty good. Waves looks not so bad and it looks like you were able to keep on plane easily. Lightning probably scared you more than the wind and waves! Good story though.
I'm glad you survived. But I also spent my life kayaking the great lakes and know a thing or two about fast changing weather on large open bodies of water. Getting caught in a storm is almost always preventable. You can't neglect being vigilant about weather and knowing how to read the clouds. Yeah MI and FL are different climates, but trust me when I say that the last place you ever want to be in MI is in a great lake in a kayak during a storm. A few people die here every single year that way from getting caught off guard.
Great Lakes ain’t Florida, been to both and fished both, weather ain’t even remotely similar 😂😂😂, Florida , out on the ocean, storms will literally form out of nowhere, one minute the radar shows nothing and the next an entire storm has formed, it’s bizarre, but I’ve only really noticed it in FL.
So there is one piece of advice I will add. On my boat every life vest we have equipped an epirb. They make a small personal epirb that is extremely affordable. I carry mine with me even on friends boats. We also have another in a ditch bag. People think I'm crazy for carrying up to 8 epirbs on my boat but at the end of the day nothing matters if mother ocean claims you.stay safe on the water love y'alls videos
I had a similar incident happen in 1980 on Lake Erie. Same thing. Beautiful summer day, calm water, we were fishing off the boat, next thing ya know,,, the sky is pitch black coming at us, water started getting rough, we decided to get the Hell out of Dodge and my cousin flooded the carburetor trying to start the boat, by the time he got it running we were getting basted by huge waves. It was one of the scariest things I've ever been through.
If you have decent radar you can read direction and strength of storms. We often fish 100 miles out, and get lines of storms 20 or 30 miles long. We have learned that you can sometimes catch small gaps between cells where the weather may be less agressive Its just part of fishing off shore, you're gonna get it sooner or later. Stay calm, and deal with the issues at hand. Eventually it will pass, don't do anything stupid.
I grew up in florida, wild man your lucky you didn't drift out into deep ocean waters or capsize man, gotta love those outta nowhere sunshine rainstorms right?
I seriously thought the thumbnail was clickbait but i was wrong....omg im so glad you made it out alive god bless you that is the scariest thing i have ever seen and why dont you have life jackets on they can save your life
People don't realise how quickly these storms do appear and change direction. Apart from lifejackets there was nothing they could have done different once you're out there.
Lived in South Fl for 6 yrs. Been stuck just like that before. Terrifying. Blessing you didnt run into a water spout EPIRB hits an Air Force satellite which contacts Air Force SAR HQ they then dispatch Coast Guard and Civil Air Patrol as well as civilian resources
Here in India I think it was last year when a super cyclone hit our western coast... There's one guy who was in thr ocean tides in the cyclone for around 12 hours. No boat, no instrument, nothing to help him....the was thrown here and there by the tides from 6 in the evening till 5 next morning. And he survived... He said that it was frequent lightening and dark..all around him... He just lost hope... There could be some details that can be wrong... But I don't think so...
I've done crap like this. But seriously, learn to recognize a supercell which is exactly what was developing in the distance in your video. When you see one of those developing 10-20 miles away, pack up THEN, don't wait. Many times big waterspouts can develop in those on top of the bad weather. (exactly what happened to me). Good you guys made it back safe.
"The weather in Florida is unpredictable, so we go out to the sea without any preventive measures if something goes wrong, what could possibly happen?"
I’m so sorry about these horrible, rude, immature comments... Ya’ll did an excellent job trying to explain your trauma and help other people... If you were not in this boat, on this day, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH.....Don’t comment if you don’t like a video, or are not interested in the subject matter...etc.- Just watch something else... Simple... Again, Thank you both for great, informing videos and stay safe 😊😊
I prbly wkd be checking radar allot and weather broadcasts but I'm guessing prbly not a good phone signal that far out... Thanks for the video, glad you're all safe !
I was out a couple weeks ago and that happened to me, if it wasn't for the compass and my electronics it would have been a mess. It was like being in a washing machine. NO MATTER WHAT ALWAYS STAY WITH THE BOAT!!!!
Had a similar experience in a 40 footer where glass calm turned to 50mph and we were 90 miles offshore wave built to 9 feet and the first time I have ever seen a rod fall out of the holder we were so close to pulling the epirb and I'll tell ya a 40 footer is not as great in waves over your head coming from the side Stay safe guys
You guys are really in need of radar I'm a charter capt out of NSB FL and yes this time of year sucks for these afternoon storms but timeing is everything this time of year.. this is fyi for you guys Be back by 3:00 pm no matter what it's seems to me they all ways blow up about this time try it Tom tell me if it looks crapy by 3:00 it's crazy but true but all ways set a 5 mile alarm on your radar n check the weather prior to trips you can save fuel and a new pair of underware lol ...
The ocean can be unrelenting and scary in the blink of an eye, glad you guys are cool. I always walk people through safety procedures before leaving and now also carry clear safety glasses on my boat for the rain that belts you in the eyes whilst running back in. Some of those safety procedures are no smoking.. lol.. some unhappy campers on my boat.
I faced a storm on the Brazilian coast when I was fishing with 4 friends, the boat had a central diesel engine, we faced waves of 26 to 28 feet, I steered the boat diagonally to overcome the waves without turning the boat, I only had the magnetic compass , we covered 5 kilometers in 4 hours. It was horrible! Prayer and action! Thank you Jesus! First thing, save lives for everyone, take position and contact the coast guard, try to contact the land, preferably only those who know and can on deck, and tied down. And watch out for ghost waves.
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I was just thinking you guys are giving advice about safety and nobody even put a life vest on. glad you guys made it but that was silly. Before you sped into the storm the first thing you should of done was throw a vest on.
you're right
Put a life jacket on!
And secure the EPIRB to your vest. What good is bobbing around the middle of the ocean if no one knows your location.
he doesnt seem very smart...
Also when you see clouds building. Especially the thunderheads, its time to go in.
No dip Sherlock
If I want to hear from an a hole ill fart
Yep
Thunderheads sounds like a band.
Zee ment that every time sailors see a storm, they always go into it but not try to ride away or around it.
I’m Curious. With the combined knowledge and experience 3 of you have, how come nobody had a life jacket on?
Cause they was to busy giggling and laughing
Cos they're badass, obviously 🤘😎
Who actually wears those things unless the fish and game warden rolls by
@@DannyDoggedYou when there's lots of chop or a storm rolling in
@@Big_Dip1 fr bro, also ur name made me die from laughing😂😂😂😂
Before fishing checklist:
Life jackets
Weather forecast
Have a compass or something
Make sure people know where you are
Go
Nah coyote peterson is the modern day Steve Irwin
Weather radio
I liked this bc you’re right, but the life bikini was sufficient. I’m sure if it. 😉
Hey Jim
they from florida they cant understand
''We took all the precautions...''
...expect wearing a life jacket
@rickky spanishhh It's not going to keep you alive 5 hours. But let's say one of them gets knocked briefly overboard and needs picking up. Life jacket will help keep them above water until they can be picked up. Oh and thanks for the compliment on my intelligence by the way
Why didn't you check the forecast?
Why don't you have life jackets on?
This is all preventable
David Buda right...and didnt they see a dark ass cloud about to head there way......i honeatly dont even feel bad...mother nature weeda out the dummies
Blink of an eye... storms are pop up, literally. The vid shows some serious convection. Trust me when I tell you the weatherman is friggin guessing his ass off in south fla.. put the class lll on, no joke
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John Stuart when you see a massive circular storm cloud that could also be identifiable as a supercell storm you don’t go into the ducking water
a storm that big doesnt pop up, even in florida. a storm that strong had to take hours to form. im sure there were warnings well before they saw it.
Why do people have to narrate everything, just play the video I can figure out what's going on, thanks
JaxC5Vette yes ! I turned the bloody thing off because of it. Thought I'd be watching a video, not listening to a radio show. Holy crap
its Showtime
You obviously do since you took the time to reply to someone complaining.
Narcissistic millennials always have to take you center stage.
its Showtime
Technically it is because if you “didn’t care” you wouldn’t take the time to troll.
its Showtime But you just did... you're not the best troller I've seen lmao
Wow, that’s a huge storm! That’s probably gonna kill us but I gotta keep reeling in this fish!
aidanstearns that shelf cloud was awesome
@@timothyflanagan3641 I know it was!!!!!!!!!!!
flamingo an old fisherman’s rule in Florida leave early ,home early especially in the summer.!!! If you got enough gas go northeast or southeast and see where you are because you could go around it but you have to have a compass on your boat or don’t take it out ,compass very important
Kite* lol
Gygygygyggvy
Her- we didn’t know it was coming, there was nothing we could do. Me- there’s a huge ass storm cloud in the distance
Literal massive supercell LOL
Not in Florida, shit shows up outta nowhere
@@soulsnipergaming8330 nah u can see the clouds rolling in
if you cant see that coming, your just stupid.
@@soulsnipergaming8330 went to Florida spring break. We are just walking down the road sunny ass day. We go in to a restaurant in Fort Lauderdale and we get our table like 5 min later we go upstairs and it’s like a balcony and I swear it turned to a dark day nobody on the beach anymore and it starts thunderstorming like a mother fucker and like 10-15 min later back to sunny
“I didn’t think I’d survive”
Continues to cast out
I literally grew up on boats, as a live-aboard, on a 60 foot schooner. Before that schooner, we lived on a 27 foot sloop. I can say from first-hand, personal experience... The first thing is what most of you said... LIFEJACKETS DIPSHIT!! Second, get the boat's load situated DOWN... poles, gear, people, EVERYTHING down as low as possible, preferrable in the bilge. Third, DON'T run for shore. It's too late. You're head to the wind AND the waves... you can't see, so don't try. KEEP your head to the wind and waves. Keep your speed and trim set to hold the bow up as high as possible. On my 16 foot Sea Ray, we got caught by a wind storm on Riffe Lake, in southwest Washington State, Riffe is only about 20 miles long, but it's got a veturi effect about 2/3 up lake, so your wind speed can go from 5kts on the west end to 35kts on the east end. I was in 30+kts wind, 4'+ breaking waves, and no shelter anywhere but down or across the wind. We got the gear resettled, lifejackets under real jackets, (they make GREAT insulation) and I got the boat just on step, but not on plane, so it was plowing along nose high. Then I trimmed the bow up even higher, and we stopped taking anything but spray over the bow. That's all the faster I went. I couldn't run from the storm, I couldn't get to shelter, so I didn't try. It took almost 4 hours to get to the ramp 16 miles away. Our only concern was fuel, since at that posture in the water I was at almost maximum fuel consumption. ALWAYS plan for the worst. Always PREPARE for the worst. Always EXPECT the worst. Because if she can, Mother Nature will kill your ass. These guys paniced and ran. They're lucky they didn't get their idiot asses sunk.
Funny thing is , your story isn’t that rare. It happens all the time. I’ve been caught so many times in my life that can’t remember them all. Ocean goes from 2 footers to taking them over the windshield in seconds. Faster than you can reel in the lines. Thunderstorm caught us under diving, once , boat captain thought he was going to roll. Another time stood a 55footer straight up. . The worst is having the fog come in on you at night with no radar. Scariest thing ever.
Billie Olinger, I envy you for having the experience of living aboard a schooner, in fact I'm jealous as hell. lol And the advice you gave is dead on. I got caught in a big wind storm in an 18 foot boat on Moosehead Lake, in Maine which is 40 miles long and famous for how quickly it can go from flat calm to monstrous waves in minutes. It was early spring and the water was unbearably cold, you couldn't survive in that cold for very long. The only option I had was to head into the storm, there was no way we could turn around and run with the waves, that would have caused water to come pouring over the stern. We had to ride it out until the wind died down which it did in about 30 minutes. Storms come up quick and only last about 30 to 45 minutes but it can be the longest 45 minutes of your life.
I’m just going to act like I understand half that paragraph. Lol
Billie Olinger y
Like...huh?
Did you have life jackets on board? If so, WHY DID YOU NOT HAVE THEM ON RIGHT AWAY? You guys put yourselves, and others in unnecessary danger...
"and the weather changed in the blink of an eye" - I wonder how many times search and rescue have heard that gem from an inexperienced boater.
Have you ever been to Florida? When they say a storm can form in the blink of an eye they mean IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. While you are ignorant the Coast Guard understands what they are talking about. Finish your education - go fishing off shore Florida during the summer months.
I can’t believe there are so many ignorant people commenting on the story
Right on JD, Miles I also live in Florida and when the say a huge storm showed up in minutes that exactly what they mean. Also they said, "we did not know which way the storm was heading" which is also true, I've had them blow by with no consequences and also had them on top on me in minutes. (not time to pull an anchor)
I have many buddy with bigger balls then brains. It all macho until mother nature fucks you in the ass. The event chain is a mutherphucer. bad decisions lead to bad decisions.
inexperienced meteorologists. Thunderstorm forecasting is getting better and better, and you always have tools like weather radio, weather radar, convective outlooks, satellite imagery, etc. Also, you know when those cumulus towers start going up there will be a storm. Watching the sky and recognizing signs of a thunderstorm isn't hard.
How do inexperienced boaters become experienced boaters? By afternoons like this. 🤔😐 Good video. 😎👍 Wow such haters here lol.
I'm so glad they talked about it for 10 minutes and never showed the video itself... That was a close one.
Lmmfao im glad someone noticed
Bless their hearts! They're still at that young age where they know everything and I hope they read these comments and took them to heart. It's almost irresistible not to make fun of them because they are presenting themselves as wise, experienced, and seaworthy pros when they obviously have not been taught to be out that far in the ocean. Like I said, I hope they took the advice in the comments even though they were being teased. We were all that age at one time.
You’re supposed to learn more as you age not less, just admit you’re ignorant
Why not be out that far in the ocean? People do it every single day…..
My older brother was a commercial fisherman working in Georgian Bay when a huge storm hit and capsized his boat and put him in freezing cold water which caused him to die from hypothermia. His youngest daughter was born a month later. Weather can change real fast if you are inland on a lake or in the ocean. I live in Nova Scotia and we joke about the weather by saying wait 5 minutes and it will change. My brother would have been 55 on the 6th of June.
David McDonald wow, just goes to show you the power of the ocean, R.I.P.
He was killed by Lake Huron actually. Georgian Bay is one of several bays around the lake.
David McDonald oh, my apologies I don't know much about northern waters
Water can kill you in 3 minutes during the winter months.
Wow, very sorry to hear for your loss David. The weather should never be taken lightly
life jackets would have been appropriate during this "significant emotional event" .......... ;-p
The weather changed with the ‘blink of an eye’, really?!!
A storm that big, come on and you never saw it coming?...hilarious.
Lesson learnt!!
Ik he said don't act like a hero or brave but he was prob doing it
That's the trick of the sea my friend, the best fishing happens right before the worst of storms. It'll tempt you to stay & fish while death waves roll in.
If the fishing is too good its time to go
“There is no being macho on the ocean” “Make sure you have all your safety equipment “ but doesn’t wear a life vest 🙄
I was reading your comment as he was saying it lol how ironic
Have it in case, but normally you don't need to wear it. Would you wear a seat belt driving around a parking lot?
While reading ur comment, the dude said it exactly the same kinda😳
My husband and I have a 38 foot boat and no, you normally don’t need to wear a life vest in normal conditions, but as soon as you see that storm coming, you put your vest on! Those waves throw us around even on a big ass ocean yacht and you could easily fall overboard when it’s rocking that badly! Let alone in a small boat that could possible capsize.
@@christinafidance340 what boat?
you can see a storm that big coming for a while
Checking the radar on your phone would have shown you the storm cell and direction
Weather radio would have given you a heads up
Think PFD before EPIRB
cut the fish and kite loose....you chose a fish over your own safety.
fish tastes good
help It also helps being alive to taste that fish.
That's what i'm saying. You can see a storm like that developing from many miles away they just weren't paying attention or thought it wouldn't be that bad. If you live in FL as I do and claim to know how unpredictable the weather here can be then you should be extra cautious unless you want to die.
Hey genius...they clearly stated they was 5 miles out from shore...so where exactly was you thinking there was a cell tower at out there? OMG you people are so fucking stupid it's some scary ass shit that we even breath the same fucking air!
When you are in open water, black water, dark as can be. It puts the fear of god like nothing else.
Man I mf bet 😂
@@osekkzc9402 wait till you scuba dive in it
Turn running lights stirm sorchig
*5 miles off shore*
"Those clouds don't look good"
"Bet, let me fuck with this kite"
Likely not encounter another boat. I have to stop watch.. I am very glad you all lived to share experience.
John the fisherman would be playing on repeat in my head.
None of you wore life jackets?
And they were offshore in some 16 footer. Stupid mistake, especially for inexperienced kids like these.
So
Ya I’m not wearing a life vest either in a boat. The seas weren’t that bad. Rough yes but not life vest rough.
erickwalker11 not about how rough the water is. I’ve been sailing for 60 years. If u fall off and hit ur head now ur unconscious in the water with no life vest
metiatric thats what you learned after "60 years of sailing experience?" first of all, thats basic knowledge, and lastly there are no way in hell that you are 70+.
“When you can’t see....you might hit a log....” This ain’t a lake bro.
It’s called drift wood
@@harrisoncoleman6306 Not to much drift wood in South Florida in Open Ocean Bro.😒
Better Chance of Hitting Wilson the soccer ⚽ ball from the movie castaway bro 👍
I was in the ocean a couple of weeks ago and they log came by the boat Sunset Beach
@@amoshall642 So no Wilson? ⚽🤔
I'm in Port Charlotte harbor every day commercial fishing and through the inlet in and out for the past 30 years haven't seen so much as a man grove pod since then. Well outside of Hurricane Charlie.
Your a lucky man
Not saying ain't shit out their but gdamn you people are slow 😒
I was thinkin the same thing😂
I can`t believe none of these people were wearing life jackets.
No life vests, and probably no life raft either. Both are required by law in offshore operations. Irresponsible kids that got lucky they didnt die.
Really, life rafts are required? I go offshore fishing a lot and my boat wouldnt have room for one.
The life raft requirement only pertains to Commercial fisherman, and only if they fish more than ( i think ) 9 miles offshore. Might be a little less or more, not sure now.
Did the Titanic teach you nothing!!
No kidding, their only shot at living if the shit went under.
Baby storm clouds don't just appear. And that storm was well over the water when you guys were still trying to reel a kite in. I'm happy that you guys lived to tell the tale.
You looking young and have so.much to learn . Thank you to share your experience
My next door neighbor here in Maryland was lost in one of those storms on May 21st 2016. They were fishing off of Cedar Key in the gulf and got hit by a storm. They didn't show up by morning and the Coast Guard went searching. They found the boat capsized and Gil's brother and a friend were still hanging on to the boat. my neighbor got separated from the boat and was lost. He was wearing a life vest. Gilbert Valdes- RIP
RIP Gil, sorry to hear. Storms are no joke
🙏
Your neighbour is probably a crew member on the flying dutchmen
What if he is still alive
Brooke Barkey he is. He is an undead zombie now on a pirate crew
Great vid! You were definitely asking for it though, wasn't a sneaky storm at all haha, was already on top of you when you decided to haul everything in
Why were you not monitoring NOAA on the VHF and heeding the Notice to Mariners? And why didn't everyone don life preservers? Been there also but only because we waited too long after the first warnings. Keep the VHF on at all times. And play it safe.
They probably only had one and it was set to monitor 16.
If I had a dollar for every time the VHF was saying “winds 6-8 Kts. Seas 1-3 feet “ as I was riding out sustained 25 and 6-8ft seas in the Gulf-stream I’d be rich!
The Stream makes its own weather that is often not predicted. The forecast when they went out may have said, “ Afternoon thunderstorms possible”. That’s a standard forecast for nearly half the year! I have sailed these waters for 40+ years; and if they were hit with 20-35Kt winds they got off light. I have seen in excess of 60 all too many times. I’m really glad they had no serious problems. And yeah, I’ve said a few prayers out there.
lol why are you so mad? Caps wont help you. Stop posting half of your shit in caps.
Jim M while that’s good advice, it’s very likely that there was no notice to mariners issued. This is south Florida in the summer. Cells can pop up anywhere at any time and they rarely give you any kind of usable advanced notice.
Jim M Ssa
Look at that supercell, amazing storm
I ran into a storm once and we weren't on an offshore boat. We were on a bowrider.
If you wanna hear it, you can read this.
We were out on the bay near Anna Maria. We were at another island called Passage Key. There was a huge storm right next to us, it was just passing us.
There was another storm that was behind it that was coming towards us.
We were still there when the storms merged/combined. Right where that was going on, there was a weird rotation in the sky. We started to leave when that happened. There was another blowup on the storm that was passing us. By then, we had just left. There were these huge waves that we were pounding into.
Each wave reaching about 4ft over the boat. The biggest wave we saw was about 9ft over the boat. I thought we were gonna die. After about 20 minutes of fighting them we got to calmer water.
It was still horrible, though.
Each wave then was about 2ft over the boat. We eventually made our way under a bridge and took cover from the rain and lightning
They obviously know nothing about weather
they said in the video that they checked the upcoming weather, weather can change from good to bad in minutes, you're just being ignorant and angry for no reason, fuck out of here
help did they really though? You’re just being gullible and angry for no reason. Get the fuck outta here.
@@misskirigirl fuck outa here piedeipie fan
theonlyplace to stare at pewdiepie* learn how to spell
@@CRBRS how about you... There is thing thing called a cloud. It's pretty easy to spot if a cloud has rain or not..
Great video! The first thing I would have done in that situation which I already have done 2wice before is put on my life jacket. Once your in the water it will be almost impossible to put on your life vest.
Life jackets should have been on
You hit it on the head. Get your life vests on.
Or find them for that matter, you wouldn't be able to get to them because they are stuffed away if the boat is capsized. This is the difference between being 21 and 50, Common sense.
I cannot believe that you had a licensed captain on board and no one was wearing life jackets.
Perhaps you’re captain needs to go back to school.
Landshark Fishing no shit genuis
Where the hell is your three's life jackets, they only work if you have them on. Amateurs and bring goggles with next time and keep them in the boat and you won't be blinded by the rain and spray.
It sucks and it is scary but these kinds of storms are unavoidable. Best thing is to have the right gear in working order and just ride it out. Makes for an unforgettable story for your grandchildren.
Has a similar incident off coast of Grand Bahama, winds hit 70 mph, seas when from flat to 30 feet, lost bikini top, windshield wipers, was on a 36 foot trawler and had to be hauled in by coast guard after a 28 hour ordeal. Be careful, be safe.
They were good the whole time. I seen smiles throughout
Bs with that(before we know it,)and that (in no time was right on us)storm don’t move that fast y’all had enough time to get out but decided to stay and record and Raül línes in
First thing you need to do is take a National Weather Service spotter course. I could see that was a super cell from the beginning. Then take a weather radio with you. You would have had more warning and not been caught like this.
You guy’s went through a super cell !!! Extremely dangerous even in land
Yea 🌪
Weather cannot change in the blink of an eye. You can CLEARLY see a MASSIVE storm 20 minutes before it hits
Thats what Im saying lmao!!
i'm not joking in the beginning of this video it was pouring rain and thundering, at the end of the video it's sunny outside
flogrown ethan cowboy r u blind it was pouring the entire video
flogrown ethan cowboy r,rly
It almost feels like we watched the same video.
A fucking master from stating the facts.
Yakity, yakity, yak. So it was a storm...it's a daily thing in Florida. Novices.
12 yrs ago I worked in a huge casino vessel / ship ( 70,000 tonnes ) Once our vessel reached the South China sea ( from Singapore) and Infront of us we can see clear a huge big black cloud with thunderstorms . Once in it , the wind blow hard and the rough sea waves makes the ship moving crazy.... I've experienced and I realized how small we are , and how big the sea is...🌹😎
Solid 2' to 3' seas. 20 kts of wind. The only danger was the lighting. Not much to see here.
Rob Brooks yeah clicking on this I was kinda expecting 10-20ft swells the way the title was phrased. “I thought we would die” Worst shit that would have happens is y’all get wet.
I've seen bigger swells on my lake... 🤦♂️
I've seen bigger swells in Houston parking lots lmfao
It’s still nothing to mess with if you’re not experienced...
Will lightning hit it? As boat acts as Faraday cage right?
I can't be the only person that wants this rain sound dubbed for sleep
The shot of that storm at 5:27 looks like a super cell.
Holy crap they literally talked the whole video. I thought it was going to be good.
Ships and boats aren’t made for the harbor folks... man up. Get your life jackets on, put that v hull intro the waves
BigView TV ..... Hooray.... Spoken like a True mariner.... now be sure to offer your boat as a 'chase boat' for your area sail clubs and fleets. You'll have a blast, learn a lot and be befriended by some excellent sailors.
Rest in peace Austin and Perry ❤
I was caught 18 miles off shore in a storm. I had rain gear on and it was raining so hard it hurt. I was driving the boat with rubber gloves because lightning was so bad. The storm happened to be on our return course, had we moved 2 miles in we would have been out of it. Radar and learn how to use it. You can often cut thru a gap, and sometimes even run further out, as you loose heating of the day storms usually lay down. It’s part of being out there, bottom line it’s dangerous and you need to have it together, don’t panic.
In Australia it gets way worse when a storm rolls in. Pretty scary feeling
Dude idc about your commentary we know you do not know anything about being a good captain/sailor
Asshole shut the fuck up and stoip being a dick...it's you that no one don't gives a fuck about!
Rocky Alvarez dude chill lol
@@rockyalvarez520 This legitimately made me laugh, didn't even read it before
@@rockyalvarez520 if nobody gives a fuck about him, then why are you responding to him? You clearly give a fuck about him...
Haha rocky a dumb fuck
tf were 2 toddlers doing on a boat in the first place without a parent or guardian?
Austin Prosser growing up on east coast of florida the kids become watermen at a young age , so its kind of the norm to see young people on boats by themselves!
Austin Prosser and no life preservers either
Austin Prosser fishing
And they were 14, not toddlers.
FootballFanatic your too dumn to comment here Shirlock
I reckon you have a good 30 mins warning from just looking at it.
With respect and glad you shared your story. Great for everyone to learn.
Never been to Florida but I would love to go one day. The Gold Coast of Australia is similar to what you have. Further up there is the Great Barrier Reef and the Whitsundays.
However being to Florida to understand weather is a logical fallacy.
To the uninitiated such as yourself it’ll feel like these storms came from nowhere but for those that know will recognise it, they can see it coming with plenty of time to get to the car.
Yes, there are exceptions to the rule such as tornadoes but not the example you’re providing.
As a commercial pilot who has flown around the world, I live it, study and breath it. Constantly refining my knowledge when new info comes to light but with respect your comment isn’t going to be one of them.
Regardless of not wearing life jackets, The key word was that your wife was praying. Faith in Prayer changes things. Truth is, God allowed you both to experience another life lesson as a couple together. No matter how bad things appeared to be around y'all, God was in control. I will definitely continue to keep you both and your families in our daily prayers. Be safe and Keep blessng us with your videos. Remember to wear your Life jackets and also allow the Lord to be your Life Jacket....Mr.O
No life vests??👀😬 so glad you two made it xxxxx
Good to shRe.. n warn..machò ducks😉🤣❤🌺🍁
“I was so scared” then why are you smiling in the video?
Bobby Bancroft Some people laugh when they are scared
Cause shes not in a near death storm anymore?? dumb question
are you just dumb or joking?
Nervous scared
Because she isn't scared any more moron
You were in one of the biggest super cell that Florida has ever recorded
Rip the kids my they Rest In Peace
Nice videos
RIP
Landshark Fishing RIP Austin and Perry won't be forgotten
Airborne Fishing danggg
Can we all just admit pretty much anywhere in the USA you will find a couple who will say "The weather is insane here it changed in the blink of an eye'
Because it can lol
I guess you guys like saving your kite and your fishing lures first. Very smart
The wind looked pretty good. Waves looks not so bad and it looks like you were able to keep on plane easily. Lightning probably scared you more than the wind and waves! Good story though.
Glad you both survived. I've been in or saw 7 tornados in my life in the Chicago area. Be safe not sorry!
I'm glad you survived. But I also spent my life kayaking the great lakes and know a thing or two about fast changing weather on large open bodies of water. Getting caught in a storm is almost always preventable. You can't neglect being vigilant about weather and knowing how to read the clouds. Yeah MI and FL are different climates, but trust me when I say that the last place you ever want to be in MI is in a great lake in a kayak during a storm. A few people die here every single year that way from getting caught off guard.
Ayyyy another Michigan fan!
Two people died on lake Champlain a few years ago in a storm. They were on kayaks and fairly close to shore.
Great Lakes ain’t Florida, been to both and fished both, weather ain’t even remotely similar 😂😂😂, Florida , out on the ocean, storms will literally form out of nowhere, one minute the radar shows nothing and the next an entire storm has formed, it’s bizarre, but I’ve only really noticed it in FL.
So there is one piece of advice I will add. On my boat every life vest we have equipped an epirb. They make a small personal epirb that is extremely affordable. I carry mine with me even on friends boats. We also have another in a ditch bag. People think I'm crazy for carrying up to 8 epirbs on my boat but at the end of the day nothing matters if mother ocean claims you.stay safe on the water love y'alls videos
Cool to know, never knew of those.
I had a similar incident happen in 1980 on Lake Erie. Same thing. Beautiful summer day, calm water, we were fishing off the boat, next thing ya know,,, the sky is pitch black coming at us, water started getting rough, we decided to get the Hell out of Dodge and my cousin flooded the carburetor trying to start the boat, by the time he got it running we were getting basted by huge waves. It was one of the scariest things I've ever been through.
If you have decent radar you can read direction and strength of storms. We often fish 100 miles out, and get lines of storms 20 or 30 miles long. We have learned that you can sometimes catch small gaps between cells where the weather may be less agressive
Its just part of fishing off shore, you're gonna get it sooner or later. Stay calm, and deal with the issues at hand. Eventually it will pass, don't do anything stupid.
Looks pretty visible to me and you guys don't look worried at all...
Millennial at his best.
ahmad samadzai no. Idiots at their best. I mean look at the gov. Boomers at their best ruining the world and don't learn or regret.
@@MonaHerSelfM lool you got him
Look like iGen/GenerationZ/Post-Millennial to me...
Holy crap!!! Glad you guys are ok though
I grew up in florida, wild man your lucky you didn't drift out into deep ocean waters or capsize man, gotta love those outta nowhere sunshine rainstorms right?
Glad your safe ,,Thanks for the video!!
"I've been on boats since I was born"
Doesn't even wear a life jacket. Lmfao oooookay
I seriously thought the thumbnail was clickbait but i was wrong....omg im so glad you made it out alive god bless you that is the scariest thing i have ever seen and why dont you have life jackets on they can save your life
A) life jackets
People don't realise how quickly these storms do appear and change direction. Apart from lifejackets there was nothing they could have done different once you're out there.
Lived in South Fl for 6 yrs. Been stuck just like that before. Terrifying. Blessing you didnt run into a water spout
EPIRB hits an Air Force satellite which contacts Air Force SAR HQ they then dispatch Coast Guard and Civil Air Patrol as well as civilian resources
life vest youngins
1detroitryder if that was my kid I would have kicked his ass,always remember go early home early ,99%of storms happen after 1 pm
I'm more shocked to see relationships lasting three years in these times
Could you upload the entire storm footage without the voice over?
Here in India I think it was last year when a super cyclone hit our western coast... There's one guy who was in thr ocean tides in the cyclone for around 12 hours. No boat, no instrument, nothing to help him....the was thrown here and there by the tides from 6 in the evening till 5 next morning. And he survived... He said that it was frequent lightening and dark..all around him... He just lost hope... There could be some details that can be wrong... But I don't think so...
I've done crap like this. But seriously, learn to recognize a supercell which is exactly what was developing in the distance in your video. When you see one of those developing 10-20 miles away, pack up THEN, don't wait. Many times big waterspouts can develop in those on top of the bad weather. (exactly what happened to me). Good you guys made it back safe.
"The weather in Florida is unpredictable, so we go out to the sea without any preventive measures if something goes wrong, what could possibly happen?"
Moral of the story. You shouldn't be anywhere near a boat. You don't have a clue what you are doing.
Mr that was super cell no storm just destruction 😥😥😥😥😥😥💥💥💥💥💥
I’m so sorry about these horrible, rude, immature comments... Ya’ll did an excellent job trying to explain your trauma and help other people... If you were not in this boat, on this day, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH.....Don’t comment if you don’t like a video, or are not interested in the subject matter...etc.- Just watch something else... Simple...
Again, Thank you both for great, informing videos and stay safe 😊😊
I prbly wkd be checking radar allot and weather broadcasts but I'm guessing prbly not a good phone signal that far out... Thanks for the video, glad you're all safe !
I was out a couple weeks ago and that happened to me, if it wasn't for the compass and my electronics it would have been a mess. It was like being in a washing machine. NO MATTER WHAT ALWAYS STAY WITH THE BOAT!!!!
Had a similar experience in a 40 footer where glass calm turned to 50mph and we were 90 miles offshore wave built to 9 feet and the first time I have ever seen a rod fall out of the holder we were so close to pulling the epirb and I'll tell ya a 40 footer is not as great in waves over your head coming from the side
Stay safe guys
Wow I could not imagine that
Marco Pug 40 ft nice
Why the hell were you taking waves on the beam. You go into them bow on. Noob.
Wrong
You guys are really in need of radar I'm a charter capt out of NSB FL and yes this time of year sucks for these afternoon storms but timeing is everything this time of year.. this is fyi for you guys Be back by 3:00 pm no matter what it's seems to me they all ways blow up about this time try it Tom tell me if it looks crapy by 3:00 it's crazy but true but all ways set a 5 mile alarm on your radar n check the weather prior to trips you can save fuel and a new pair of underware lol ...
2-3pm does seem to be the dinner bell for those big storm cells. Thank you for watching Bro
Seems like a good time to try on those life jackets.
This was the 2nd video of Brook’s I watched . Love both of y’all’s channels !!
imagine sailing into that on purpose wtf
The ocean can be unrelenting and scary in the blink of an eye, glad you guys are cool. I always walk people through safety procedures before leaving and now also carry clear safety glasses on my boat for the rain that belts you in the eyes whilst running back in. Some of those safety procedures are no smoking.. lol.. some unhappy campers on my boat.
Endless Weekend no smoking ? You pilot a 12' dingy?
Jeezus! Just show the video!! I read all the rest in the description!!
I faced a storm on the Brazilian coast when I was fishing with 4 friends, the boat had a central diesel engine, we faced waves of 26 to 28 feet, I steered the boat diagonally to overcome the waves without turning the boat, I only had the magnetic compass , we covered 5 kilometers in 4 hours. It was horrible! Prayer and action! Thank you Jesus! First thing, save lives for everyone, take position and contact the coast guard, try to contact the land, preferably only those who know and can on deck, and tied down. And watch out for ghost waves.
Glad you two made it