That is one of the most terrifying things of my life! This is why when I jump off a boat I stay very far away from the propellers, and I hope that I never get to experience that because I would have literally have to go to counseling. I hope that no one gets to experience that as well! Good day to you all! Also, I think I saw this video but a different point/angle which was from the diver underneath the boat. The boat was a freighter if I’m not mistaken. Here is the video of the diver who was under the ship ruclips.net/video/QIPMfHUIVvk/видео.html
i cant hear the prop like so many youtube vids its ruined by the music. we want to hear the experience not some singer or music. make another vid with no music leave us an option
@@Avalanchediver Very interesting! I know nothing of this sort of thing and have severe Submechanophobia so I really appreciate you guys bringing this to me in the safety of my home. GREAT video, a rare find these days.
@@gundamgunpla4685 They were a bit too far from the ship for there to be any pull into the slipstream. As you can see, the ship was quite far away, as that propeller didn't look very big, but is in fact the size of a medium sized 2 story house. Also, the slow speed the ship was moving at wouldn't generate a lot of suction other than right infront of the screw. The propeller here is spinning slowly enough to only generate suction right infront of them. Those propellers normally (out at sea) spin so fast that you can't even really see it, all you can see is just one almost solid disc. Such crazy RPM with a 9-10 m propeller creates powerful slipstreams from the bow of the ship, along the sides and down into the screw, and could absolutely suck up a diver from the sea floor (especially when the ship is picking up speed and hasn't stopped accelerating yet) or anyone unluck enough to fall overboard, but you wouldn't find any ships moving at anywhere near that kind of speed in a river or lake this shallow. We're talking big super carriers crossing open ocean going 30 knots with 10 m propellers the size of BIG 3 story house spinning at 160 rpm's, or even worse; aircraft carriers with almost the same prop size, but doing 200-250 rpm. Honestly, a military carrier going at that speed through here would have sucked these divers in from a great distance no matter how much they tried to hold on/ties themselves down to the sea floor.
@@michaelcaplin8969 Thank you that is a great explanation! So basically in this video the slipstream would be like a small horizontal twister that they weren't close to. So in the case that a propeller started to suck you in like you said with faster speeds, how would one go about surviving this ordeal or preventing it? And also has this ever occurred before?
@@gundamgunpla4685 Thanks. I've been very interested in this phenomena, and asked a lot of different people to figure it out. I don't honestly think there's any way of surviving if you are caught by the currents rushing to the screws, by then it would be too late, and the propellers on most big ships spin so ridiculously fast that theres no way you'd be able to slip through the gaps of the blades. What I gathered was that the forces are at their most intense while the ship is accelerating, and especially when the ship goes from being stationary to moving. Anyone near the hull would be in immediate danger of going under the ship. But when the ship has stopped accelerating and is steaming ahead, then the forces are diminished, even with a huge propeller spinning at crazy RPM. Those forces are still there, and if you fall from the bow for example, or land on the wrong side of the wave created by the bow pushing water away, you could likely go under, but I guess it would depend on the shape of the hull. On large freighters and supertankers etc, pilots would rather land in the water than on the pilot boat if the rope ladders snaps, so I guess that says something about it being possible to survive being pulled down by those kinds of ships, but then again pilots have gone into the propellers on ships like those before, and that video of the jet skiier coming too close to the freighter clearly shows the jet ski being pulled down by currents, so who knows really. I would think older ships, with propellers sticking out on each side of the ship, not far under the water would be many times more dangerous than most modern tankers etc, that perhaps only has one propeller in the middle line of the ship. I think falling off of most of the old steam ships would have been a guaranteed propeller death. I would also think that most naval vessels would drag you into the propellers if you fell off. The power to displacement ratio on those is intense, with 8 meter propellers spinning at 200-250 rpm, which is insane. I'm sure you'd be sucked down into those even when the ship stops accelerating. Yeah, it has happened. It seemed to be a normal thing back when ships had those old style propeller setups with one prop in the middle, and two off either side. There are a lot of stories of ship sinkings where people jumped off the ship, only to be sucked en masse down into the still spinning propellers. One ship sinking in WW2 ended that way for 12 young guys who jumped off near the stern. Also in modern times, two Albanian illegal immigrants jumped off the Stena Britannica ferry after they had been discovered and deported. Both were immediately sucked down under the ship, with one never coming up again, and the other being sucked through the main propellers, and whose chopped up body was found days later. So I guess, never jump off a ship that is moving or about to move!
Agreed. I thumb downed the video simply because of the crap music, especially as it gets loud right when the real audio would be most interesting. At least the other video of this dive has the sound intact.
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I really, really wish there was a way to mute the music while leaving the original audio intact.
And it gets loud just when things should be most interesting.
Yes the music was a very poor addition to video.
Ruined it with the bowie
Brings back memories. The Saint Clair River was my diving playground for many years.
That is one of the most terrifying things of my life! This is why when I jump off a boat I stay very far away from the propellers, and I hope that I never get to experience that because I would have literally have to go to counseling. I hope that no one gets to experience that as well! Good day to you all! Also, I think I saw this video but a different point/angle which was from the diver underneath the boat. The boat was a freighter if I’m not mistaken. Here is the video of the diver who was under the ship ruclips.net/video/QIPMfHUIVvk/видео.html
Jesus, seeing those bubbles going to the prop makes me shiver.
That's for sure.... I was busy grabin a big rock...lol
What are you hunting for?
Was really just a fun dive, but I am always keep an eye out for Indian net sinkers in that area.
Eric Pfeifer Could you feel some kind of drag or current from the prop down there? I think I just discovered a new phobia of mine...
i cant hear the prop like so many youtube vids its ruined by the music. we want to hear the experience not some singer or music. make another vid with no music leave us an option
So did you guys feel a tug from that current? How strongly was it trying to pull you to the prop?
No pulling toward the ship at all...
@@Avalanchediver Very interesting! I know nothing of this sort of thing and have severe Submechanophobia so I really appreciate you guys bringing this to me in the safety of my home. GREAT video, a rare find these days.
@@gundamgunpla4685 They were a bit too far from the ship for there to be any pull into the slipstream. As you can see, the ship was quite far away, as that propeller didn't look very big, but is in fact the size of a medium sized 2 story house. Also, the slow speed the ship was moving at wouldn't generate a lot of suction other than right infront of the screw. The propeller here is spinning slowly enough to only generate suction right infront of them. Those propellers normally (out at sea) spin so fast that you can't even really see it, all you can see is just one almost solid disc. Such crazy RPM with a 9-10 m propeller creates powerful slipstreams from the bow of the ship, along the sides and down into the screw, and could absolutely suck up a diver from the sea floor (especially when the ship is picking up speed and hasn't stopped accelerating yet) or anyone unluck enough to fall overboard, but you wouldn't find any ships moving at anywhere near that kind of speed in a river or lake this shallow. We're talking big super carriers crossing open ocean going 30 knots with 10 m propellers the size of BIG 3 story house spinning at 160 rpm's, or even worse; aircraft carriers with almost the same prop size, but doing 200-250 rpm. Honestly, a military carrier going at that speed through here would have sucked these divers in from a great distance no matter how much they tried to hold on/ties themselves down to the sea floor.
@@michaelcaplin8969 Thank you that is a great explanation! So basically in this video the slipstream would be like a small horizontal twister that they weren't close to. So in the case that a propeller started to suck you in like you said with faster speeds, how would one go about surviving this ordeal or preventing it? And also has this ever occurred before?
@@gundamgunpla4685 Thanks. I've been very interested in this phenomena, and asked a lot of different people to figure it out. I don't honestly think there's any way of surviving if you are caught by the currents rushing to the screws, by then it would be too late, and the propellers on most big ships spin so ridiculously fast that theres no way you'd be able to slip through the gaps of the blades. What I gathered was that the forces are at their most intense while the ship is accelerating, and especially when the ship goes from being stationary to moving. Anyone near the hull would be in immediate danger of going under the ship. But when the ship has stopped accelerating and is steaming ahead, then the forces are diminished, even with a huge propeller spinning at crazy RPM. Those forces are still there, and if you fall from the bow for example, or land on the wrong side of the wave created by the bow pushing water away, you could likely go under, but I guess it would depend on the shape of the hull. On large freighters and supertankers etc, pilots would rather land in the water than on the pilot boat if the rope ladders snaps, so I guess that says something about it being possible to survive being pulled down by those kinds of ships, but then again pilots have gone into the propellers on ships like those before, and that video of the jet skiier coming too close to the freighter clearly shows the jet ski being pulled down by currents, so who knows really.
I would think older ships, with propellers sticking out on each side of the ship, not far under the water would be many times more dangerous than most modern tankers etc, that perhaps only has one propeller in the middle line of the ship. I think falling off of most of the old steam ships would have been a guaranteed propeller death.
I would also think that most naval vessels would drag you into the propellers if you fell off. The power to displacement ratio on those is intense, with 8 meter propellers spinning at 200-250 rpm, which is insane. I'm sure you'd be sucked down into those even when the ship stops accelerating.
Yeah, it has happened. It seemed to be a normal thing back when ships had those old style propeller setups with one prop in the middle, and two off either side. There are a lot of stories of ship sinkings where people jumped off the ship, only to be sucked en masse down into the still spinning propellers. One ship sinking in WW2 ended that way for 12 young guys who jumped off near the stern. Also in modern times, two Albanian illegal immigrants jumped off the Stena Britannica ferry after they had been discovered and deported. Both were immediately sucked down under the ship, with one never coming up again, and the other being sucked through the main propellers, and whose chopped up body was found days later. So I guess, never jump off a ship that is moving or about to move!
the music makes this feel like a ending to a movie or smth
Any idea what ship that was? Looked like one of the Trillium class boats with the cort nozzle.
No idea, but I am guessing it was an older Laker.
No idea, it was early in our dive and long gone before we surfaced.
I think it was a freighter because the diver who was under the ship said it was. Who knows?
No idea...
The other video is 100x better. He didn't add a silly song for no reason. And you can actually see the propeller
wow the vessel wasn't that far from them.
How could a big fat boat that size go into a river that’s like 5 feet deep
It's a little deeper than it looks...
The shipping channel where the freighters travel is more like 60 to 70 feet deep.
Its more along the lines of 50' deep.
I think David Bowie is even disappointed
looked like the roger blough, it was so wide and only had one prop.
no it was a saltie notice the shape of the hull
@@bigsai4472 actually the roger blough is a freighter of the great lakes.
Looked wayy smaller than that bulk carrier
Re-upload without music please
crazy
The use of music is a major disappointment
Great song choice!
Brilliant music.. the right choice.
can someone delete this unwatchable crap? music on videos is so 90s. STOP IT!
Turn down the volume... I'm old and 90's is kinda cool for me. Sorry to insult you. It was a great dive, too bad you can see through the music.
@@Avalanchediver don't worry, I was born in the 2006 but I love this song
Agreed. I thumb downed the video simply because of the crap music, especially as it gets loud right when the real audio would be most interesting. At least the other video of this dive has the sound intact.