Clearly they own a pocket sailor probably watch the youtube video had to have one didn't get any classes cuz how hard is it to sail.... Lol!! It's not easy.. it's not like driving... I was literally yelling "put the sail down...it's a bloody hovercraft foolish soul!!" I can't stand a careless sailor.. ugh!!!
That's what I was thinking like his skills to maneuver that vessel into the shallow water that is not an easy vessel to learn at all hovercrafts are very difficult machines and some maneuver it with the skill he did !!amazing!!
As an ASA instructor I have a couple of stories to tell students about how things can really go wrong sailing single/short-handed or inexperience with genoa ONLY! As noted in another post, they should have had the mainsail up and doused the genoa. Only then would they have had a chance to tack away from those rocks. Now I have a video to show!
A genoa is too large for those winds, even a 110%. But main alone often is not sufficient by itself unless he could sail with the wind on his beam to get free from the grounding.
An inshore rib would have been more effective and faster on this shout, admirable attempt and great pilot skill but fan wash is a big safety factor on shoreline rescues...God keep safe those who face the mighty white horses ...God's chosen few, humble souls that bring people home...
I live near there. This guy may not even have had an engine. The reality is that there are large number of unseaworthy boats anchored year round in English Bay, with livaboards seeking a downtown location without the sky high rents. Once they would have been anchored in the more protected False Creek but anchoring restrictions force them to now anchor out in English Bay. Every time there is a bit of a blow, several of them end up on those very rocks. Normally the boats are simply abandoned and the City ends up picking up the cost of getting them off the rocks and crushing them. The Coastguard is only concerned with risk to life, not to property, so it is surprising they got called out for this as the occupants were clearly well capable of simply wading up the beach. .
Should have made a decision to throw the pick out well before being grounded, wait for tow and just cut anchor rode if can’t be retrieved due to the maybe rocky bottom when tow/help arrives. But maybe was on anchor and dragged and or snapped/lost it, and didn’t have another and never realised the situation until too late. I have three anchors all ready to go in minimal time if needed, backup for spare is always good practice. As for the huge wind tunnel on the scene, with a normal boat from anywhere to help they could have just sat her sideways to make a windbreak while the tow was being done, amazing what a break in the wind howling at you can help things happen. I too have been at sea for years, since the early 80’s and no matter what you do if you’re out in it all day every day shit will happen, but having the right and best gear you can, will often save you from a worse fate than not, AND OF COURSE THE SENSE AND ABILITY TO COPE WITH THE SITUATIONS THIS LIFE THROWS AT YOU.
As others have mentioned, the genoa simply pushed the bow of the boat back down onto the rocks everytime the boat was pushed off the shore. If anything, they should have had only the mainsail up, as this tends to round up the boat into the wind. I've been sailing all my life (since the 1960's) and this is very basic knowledge that every sailor should understand. I would classify the skipper of this boat as a "goober".
Depends how they got there, if their sails were down and with the wind from the nw at that speed it would be pretty tough to get your main up. I think they put out the jib in hopes to heel the boat and motor out but the wind was just too much. That being said, you can classify him as a goober for sailing in that wind so close to shore.
Scratchy_101 that is a goober sized sailboat. The coast guard ship seems like overkill. A twin outboard harbor patrol boat would have been good and a hell of a lot cheaper then taking that monster fuel sucker out to 'Save' a person who is floundering ten feet from shore. Cost to jump in that monster air boat and fiddle around close enough to shore to 'walk' to safety, --- $10,000 Grand. Must be an election up there.
The coast guard hoover ship seemed to blow the sailboat into rock even more. Couldn’t they just send in a speed boat tie a rope to the sailboat and tow it out?
Most absolutely amazing use of a hovercraft as a 'rescue, and protecting shield from the wind'!👍 What an amazing pilot , and crew!👍👍👍 Please keep up the good work 😊 👍 👍 😙
What did you mean that's why it isn't Easter rescue boat she just watched it rescue a sailboat he just watched that happen it's possible in fact it's beyond possible it happened we watched it clearly you're not familiar with the area
Jackle61 with the sails up and full of wind you A. get forward momentum B the boat heels over thus creating a shallower draft. you can also send the crew out on the boom on the leeward side to help heel tbe boat over. if you pull down the sails the boat stands up with the keel at its deepest, not much hope motoring off given sailboats don't have powerful engines
Head sail won't give you forward momentum up wind, will only make it worse in that situation on a lee shore. Didn't look that windy, if the engine works it should have been powerful enough to keep it off the rocks, suspect prop wrap or break down.
I find that less than dramatic. Obviously the genoa was doing them no good -- all it did was push them further to short. In one frame, you can actually see the little push motor was not in the water or started. All the coasties did was give them a little pull to get them off whatever they were stuck on. It's hard to tell and since none of us were there, we can't know for sure what the skipper was thinking (or not).
a little overkill on the rescue vessel... This is the type sailor that the Coasties refer to as "Rag Bagger's" since that is the type they meet regularly.
Used to love watching all the powerboat - sailboat confrontations at all the harbors on the Chicago lakefront. It was during the 80’s before it became Chiraq. I can’t even imagine now. I got smart and moved back to my home state. Wonder if anyone has mounted a .50 Cal. yet?
Am I being blonde?.... Wouldn't it have been best to take the sails down, as the wind from the hovercraft engines is catching in the sails and pushing it back towards the rocks!
I'm not sure what was the problem there, but there are 3 guys holding the boat from the rocks with water just over waist high, it look like they could have t pulled her
Because hovercraft operate in the air, not in the water. So it is having to maneuver through air that has constantly changing speed and direction (gusts) in an attempt to control (or stop) it’s motion over the water. Identical to what a helicopter would need to do, minus the vertical component.
How the hell do you end up needing a Coast Guard rescue in Burrard Inlet FFS?! Learn how to sail…and for gods’ sake lower your bloody sail when leaving it up will make pulling you off the rocks you’ve been incompetent enough to get yourself “high-centred” on even more difficult than would otherwise be the case.
OK job well done guys - but rather like using a 7 pound felling axe to carve a roast chicken - skilled hands might do it, but it's the wrong tool for the job. This rescue would have been accomplished way, way quicker and at less cost and risk using a small rigid inflatable boat to pass a line followed by a straight tow off into the wind allowing all sails to be got in. Conditions were certainly not bad and the main concern was to save the boat, not great risk to life. Pretty dumb sailor to get into this pickle in the first place I'd say. I hope he picked up the bill !
Wow can't think of a worse vessel for that rescue , a decent boat with a rope would have been far easier and less stressful the noise the wind the amazing control of the skipper sorry pilot WOW
I kept waiting to see a dramatic rescue....asking myself more than once, "what the hell am I watching? Is that little sailboat in distress? Why are there people standing in the water, waist deep beside the sailboat? Senseless, weird and boring. Cool CG boat though.
I think everything can be done easier. It should be two boats: one would be to tilt the mast yacht, using the umbilical cord, the second boat will haul a boat in the sea :)
Or the wind was too strong for a tiny outboard. It looked like the wind was too strong to be able to hold the bow pointed into it, so they couldn't stay away from the reef/shallows.
The Canadian's are clearly being very American using a massively powerful hovercraft when a small inflatable would probably be better. All of the wind coming off that hovercraft is not going to be good for a sailboat and the way that sailboat is bouncing around if it hits the hovercraft that's not good. Clearly Canada needs to get a new neighbour, living next to the US has been a bad influence.
That poor sailboat, shoved even further into the rocks by those huge fans! Wow! Tens times the size of the lil vessel. The poor people! Covered in all that spray!
I live here so for context let me explain these rocks are half a mile from well protected Vancouver (Burrard) harbor were thousand of boats large and small are sheltered .Vancouver police has several Zodiacs (inflatable) there, 5 minutes or less away.This enormous high sea hovercraft comes from the airport a dozen miles away and do not have an annex to deploy ? .Your tax dollars at work.
to give some more context - the sailboat is ON the rocks, a zodiac is of little use because they couldn't get close enough to get a line on him .... btw - as you would know, Kits Coast Guard base (with their boats) is much closer than VPD base (at Main Street) but they didn't go because, you know ROCKS .. - also, don't understand your "annex to deploy" comment and your "your tax dollar at work" is cheap because unless your boat has been saved or you've been helped it's hard to put a price on assistance ...
Looks more like they were trying to literally sink him with all the wind generated by the airboat props! He probably would have been just fine had they not cut him off to begin with!
Who are the dikheds who run their boat aground, and don't lower the sail ??? I would have left them to their fate .... And does the boat have an engine ... ?
Interesting capture but too bad you depended on your zoom instead of your feet to get to see the really interesting action on the other side of the hovercraft, ie. what was happening to, on and off the sailboat. I mean there were three people in the water assisting the sailboat who were joined by another 2 from the coastie craft. Sure, it's interesting as hell to see that behemoth sitting on a cushion of air maneuver its way into the shallows but by 1:50 the real drama was happening on the sailboat, caught on a lee shore with its genoa up but not helping it sail off the rocks and three folks in the water trying to help by pushing it off the rocks. Heroic stuff and you missed it. Bummer.
@@isailwind3471 you geographic drop out. Sorry does that make sense. Burrard inlet runs east from the north east corner or English Bay. That sail boat is along the eastern shore of English bay somewhere in front of Stanley Park which is a at least 3 kilometres to to false Creek. Saying English Bay is a couple hundred yard from Burrard Inlet is an overly simplistic observation.
@@donziperk So why be an @sshole about it? English bay runs roughly from jericho to second beach so a couple hundred yards is not that far off. Not enough to be a total dick about it anyway. Have a nice day prick.
the person behind the sticks of that coatguard ship knows what the fuck they are doing..ps. lol at the small boats pirate flag..not so tough now.......eh?
Thanks Robert ...The Canadian Coast Guard Guys & Gals Were Phenomenal....The Machine Is Only As Good As The Operators....The Machine Worked With Precision & Effectiveness. Was A Treat To Witness
Anybody notice the disparity of size? Seems like overkill and that clumsy airboat is not the right tool- it could easily crush a tiny sailboat. Also lousy angle by the cameraperson- if you want to record an event, at least get the right angle!
The hovercraft was used for 2 reasons. One is to protect the sailboat from the weather. The other is because the water was too shallow for boats that had any draft. If Chris had moved to a better position, he would have gotten blasted by the fans on the hovercraft and we would have seen nothing.
Lol, that "clumsy airboat" can go in less than 1 foot of water and can maneuver by the inch, you clearly have no idea how spectacular that is to hold something that big in one spot in that weather. It is actually the perfect vessel for helping grounded boats.
I have not seen the specs on the CG craft. If it is a true hovercraft, as it appears to be, then it does not need any water at all. It would also be able to maneuver over rocks that do not stick very high above the water. Also, it is pretty much unaffected by low waves, they just wash under the skirts without tilting the hovercraft - which has a nice wide and long base.
The rescue would have cost so much more than the bat was worth ! No lives were at steak . stupid sailors ! why wouldn't they of dropped anchor long before grounding ?
Ahh!! Wafi's the same world wide it would seem.. C/Gaurd did a great job with the hover craft having experienced pulling a boat off rock shore in such condition's using a "Twin Screw Twin Engine Craft" the hover system to me seems far safer for all involved.
An awesome rescue that would have been a lot easier if someone had thought to lower the sail
Don't expect much intelligence from the sailboat crew. Their predicament speaks volumes.
Clearly they own a pocket sailor probably watch the youtube video had to have one didn't get any classes cuz how hard is it to sail.... Lol!! It's not easy.. it's not like driving... I was literally yelling "put the sail down...it's a bloody hovercraft foolish soul!!" I can't stand a careless sailor.. ugh!!!
Take a min to admire the skill of the h.c pilot,mad skills,this is the guy I want rescuing me for sure.
That's what I was thinking like his skills to maneuver that vessel into the shallow water that is not an easy vessel to learn at all hovercrafts are very difficult machines and some maneuver it with the skill he did !!amazing!!
As an ASA instructor I have a couple of stories to tell students about how things can really go wrong sailing single/short-handed or inexperience with genoa ONLY! As noted in another post, they should have had the mainsail up and doused the genoa. Only then would they have had a chance to tack away from those rocks. Now I have a video to show!
A genoa is too large for those winds, even a 110%. But main alone often is not sufficient by itself unless he could sail with the wind on his beam to get free from the grounding.
An inshore rib would have been more effective and faster on this shout, admirable attempt and great pilot skill but fan wash is a big safety factor on shoreline rescues...God keep safe those who face the mighty white horses ...God's chosen few, humble souls that bring people home...
Wow they’ve got LCAGs in the coast guard!? Wonder why the US doesn’t do the same? What an awesome machine!
Hovercraft to the rescue lol. Imagine being anywhere near that deafening menace when it's running !
Why would the coast guard waste all that resourses to save one old sail boat ? I thought the idea of coast guard was to save lives !
I live near there. This guy may not even have had an engine. The reality is that there are large number of unseaworthy boats anchored year round in English Bay, with livaboards seeking a downtown location without the sky high rents. Once they would have been anchored in the more protected False Creek but anchoring restrictions force them to now anchor out in English Bay. Every time there is a bit of a blow, several of them end up on those very rocks. Normally the boats are simply abandoned and the City ends up picking up the cost of getting them off the rocks and crushing them. The Coastguard is only concerned with risk to life, not to property, so it is surprising they got called out for this as the occupants were clearly well capable of simply wading up the beach. .
It would not carry the headsail, if it was just blown from anchorage from the Kitsilano shore across, where they are usually anchored
A guy was standing beside the sail boat in 2 feet of water . No one in danger just the sail boat.
What a dramatic rescue !
$30,000 worth !
Was it you that had to pay the bill??
The hovercraft used more fuel than what that small sailboat was worth by far. Sure hope the sailboats insurance comes up for it.
Neat, I didn't know Canadian coast guard had hovercrafts.
They are handy in The Winter.
Dramatic rescue in 3 feet of water:-)
Should have made a decision to throw the pick out well before being grounded, wait for tow and just cut anchor rode if can’t be retrieved due to the maybe rocky bottom when tow/help arrives. But maybe was on anchor and dragged and or snapped/lost it, and didn’t have another and never realised the situation until too late. I have three anchors all ready to go in minimal time if needed, backup for spare is always good practice. As for the huge wind tunnel on the scene, with a normal boat from anywhere to help they could have just sat her sideways to make a windbreak while the tow was being done, amazing what a break in the wind howling at you can help things happen. I too have been at sea for years, since the early 80’s and no matter what you do if you’re out in it all day every day shit will happen, but having the right and best gear you can, will often save you from a worse fate than not, AND OF COURSE THE SENSE AND ABILITY TO COPE WITH THE SITUATIONS THIS LIFE THROWS AT YOU.
Sail boat be like "I like wind" Hovercraft be like, "Yeah, well I make wind, it bows to my commands"
As others have mentioned, the genoa simply pushed the bow of the boat back down onto the rocks everytime the boat was pushed off the shore. If anything, they should have had only the mainsail up, as this tends to round up the boat into the wind. I've been sailing all my life (since the 1960's) and this is very basic knowledge that every sailor should understand. I would classify the skipper of this boat as a "goober".
Depends how they got there, if their sails were down and with the wind from the nw at that speed it would be pretty tough to get your main up. I think they put out the jib in hopes to heel the boat and motor out but the wind was just too much. That being said, you can classify him as a goober for sailing in that wind so close to shore.
Scratchy_101 that is a goober sized sailboat. The coast guard ship seems like overkill. A twin outboard harbor patrol boat would have been good and a hell of a lot cheaper then taking that monster fuel sucker out to 'Save' a person who is floundering ten feet from shore. Cost to jump in that monster air boat and fiddle around close enough to shore to 'walk' to safety, --- $10,000 Grand. Must be an election up there.
@@timmayer8723 it's nice that you can order rescue resources from a menu in Canada. I'll remember that next time I need the CCG.
I've been sailing about the same amount of time .... Yup, gormless goober.
@@timmayer8723 even a dinghy 3.3hp can do that.
Even paddling dinghy with anchor will work
The coast guard hoover ship seemed to blow the sailboat into rock even more. Couldn’t they just send in a speed boat tie a rope to the sailboat and tow it out?
@James N its called a Hovercraft built in Southampton UK shipped 2 Canada
maybe if they dropped their sail ...
Exactly...
Most absolutely amazing use of a hovercraft as a 'rescue, and protecting shield from the wind'!👍
What an amazing pilot , and crew!👍👍👍
Please keep up the good work 😊 👍 👍 😙
Drama is the right word for it.
A humongous machine helpt a little boat . Quite cool they got it eventually.
Professionalism at its finest!
head sail down main sail up if you want to have any chance. aknowledge to all who help to recover the sailboat
A perfect example of why hovercraft aren’t used in rescues
That probably the only vessel that could approach this boat. It is quite shallow there
isn't the sailboat pulled off the rocks in less than 9 minutes?
What did you mean that's why it isn't Easter rescue boat she just watched it rescue a sailboat he just watched that happen it's possible in fact it's beyond possible it happened we watched it clearly you're not familiar with the area
That vessel are more suitable to rescue boats on land then in the sea!
I want to know why they still had their sails up while they were grounded. It's not like you are going to sail out of something like that.
Jackle61
if you have ever sailed you would know why they left their sails up.
Please explain.
Jackle61 with the sails up and full of wind you A. get forward momentum
B the boat heels over thus creating a shallower draft.
you can also send the crew out on the boom on the leeward side to help heel tbe boat over. if you pull down the sails the boat stands up with the keel at its deepest, not much hope motoring off given sailboats don't have powerful engines
Head sail won't give you forward momentum up wind, will only make it worse in that situation on a lee shore. Didn't look that windy, if the engine works it should have been powerful enough to keep it off the rocks, suspect prop wrap or break down.
reiders100
Gee thats an interesting view regarding the headsail. if that was true, I wonder why we use the headsail up wind at all then.
Rescued in 3ft of water near the shore
" I may be on the rocks, but I've got my cool 'Jolly Roger' flag flying!! "
Great job Coast Guard and video guy!
Thanks!
let's take a massive wind creating vessel to "rescue" an 1/8th size wind driven vessel. Brilliant!
I have rowed, swam and snorkel in bigger seas, waves and stronger winds. Total greenhorns
Love the Skull and Cross bones! Wimpy Pirate's if you ask me!
cringe af tbh i'd die of embarrassment
THEY WERE IN 4 FEET OF WATER. THEY COULD HAVE WALKED ASHORE !
Sail boat needs MORE sail. Lol.
It's a Pirate Ship,, Let it sink.
Спасибо. Вот поэтому, надо швертботик применять.
I find that less than dramatic. Obviously the genoa was doing them no good -- all it did was push them further to short. In one frame, you can actually see the little push motor was not in the water or started. All the coasties did was give them a little pull to get them off whatever they were stuck on. It's hard to tell and since none of us were there, we can't know for sure what the skipper was thinking (or not).
... WOW !! ...
a little overkill on the rescue vessel... This is the type sailor that the Coasties refer to as "Rag Bagger's" since that is the type they meet regularly.
What are they doing? Did they sink that poor sailboat??!!!!
Damn Canadian coast guard must be bored as fuck to deploy a fuckin hovercraft to a beached sailboat lmao
Used to love watching all the powerboat - sailboat confrontations at all the harbors on the Chicago lakefront. It was during the 80’s before it became Chiraq. I can’t even imagine now. I got smart and moved back to my home state. Wonder if anyone has mounted a .50 Cal. yet?
And here I thought the RNLI Hovercrafts were cool...
Yes in waist deep water very dangerous.
When being blown into the rocks, be sure to keep your sail all the way up...because Canada.
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They shouldn’t be allowed out in a canoe.
ohhh kids: any serious sailor is raising the Jolly Roger and then crying for help, of course...
How painfully slow it that coastguard boat is
Here's a bit of advice: hold the camera sitll and keep it on the subject.
Am I being blonde?.... Wouldn't it have been best to take the sails down, as the wind from the hovercraft engines is catching in the sails and pushing it back towards the rocks!
I'm not sure what was the problem there, but there are 3 guys holding the boat from the rocks with water just over waist high, it look like they could have t pulled her
They damn near blew it further ashore......
why does this hovercraft seem very incapable in wind?
Because hovercraft operate in the air, not in the water. So it is having to maneuver through air that has constantly changing speed and direction (gusts) in an attempt to control (or stop) it’s motion over the water. Identical to what a helicopter would need to do, minus the vertical component.
How the hell do you end up needing a Coast Guard rescue in Burrard Inlet FFS?! Learn how to sail…and for gods’ sake lower your bloody sail when leaving it up will make pulling you off the rocks you’ve been incompetent enough to get yourself “high-centred” on even more difficult than would otherwise be the case.
Fuck it boys lets use the hovercraft
Dramatic? Waist deep warm water. Hovercraft is awesome but towing while blowing probably not efficient.
That was awesome.
OK job well done guys - but rather like using a 7 pound felling axe to carve a roast chicken - skilled hands might do it, but it's the wrong tool for the job. This rescue would have been accomplished way, way quicker and at less cost and risk using a small rigid inflatable boat to pass a line followed by a straight tow off into the wind allowing all sails to be got in. Conditions were certainly not bad and the main concern was to save the boat, not great risk to life. Pretty dumb sailor to get into this pickle in the first place I'd say. I hope he picked up the bill !
Have a pirate flag and wait for help from the Coast Guard, it's laughable
elric plachez i
Ah, pirates... There is nothing to take in Canada!
Wow can't think of a worse vessel for that rescue , a decent boat with a rope would have been far easier and less stressful the noise the wind the amazing control of the skipper sorry pilot WOW
I kept waiting to see a dramatic rescue....asking myself more than once, "what the hell am I watching? Is that little sailboat in distress? Why are there people standing in the water, waist deep beside the sailboat? Senseless, weird and boring. Cool CG boat though.
Look at that wind shift.
I think everything can be done easier. It should be two boats: one would be to tilt the mast yacht, using the umbilical cord, the second boat will haul a boat in the sea :)
It's shallow there for a ways, maybe if you had a jet boat drive but for an outboard that would be pretty risky.
Before criticising the yachtsman perhaps those who do could first state their sailing experience.
His skull and bones jolly roger starboard flag says a lot...
Well he has understood to get down the sail.
how with this wind did they end up there....possibly in need of some lessons
They were probably on engine and just weren't paying attention to the charts or it was anchored and drifted in the storm.
Or the wind was too strong for a tiny outboard. It looked like the wind was too strong to be able to hold the bow pointed into it, so they couldn't stay away from the reef/shallows.
or they're the kind of people to hoist a skull and cross bones flag
The Canadian's are clearly being very American using a massively powerful hovercraft when a small inflatable would probably be better. All of the wind coming off that hovercraft is not going to be good for a sailboat and the way that sailboat is bouncing around if it hits the hovercraft that's not good. Clearly Canada needs to get a new neighbour, living next to the US has been a bad influence.
wow, interesting! powerful machine!
Indeed. Looks like a hovercraft with water jets as well
This is the daftest operation I have seen I hope he got a bill.
a tanzer?
That poor sailboat, shoved even further into the rocks by those huge fans! Wow! Tens times the size of the lil vessel. The poor people! Covered in all that spray!
...what they clearly deserved!
Wrong boat for the job
All those tax dollars to rescue some assholes boat ? that hover craft shouldn't ever have been bothered.
I live here so for context let me explain these rocks are half a mile from well protected Vancouver (Burrard) harbor were thousand of boats large and small are sheltered .Vancouver police has several Zodiacs (inflatable) there, 5 minutes or less away.This enormous high sea hovercraft comes from the airport a dozen miles away and do not have an annex to deploy ? .Your tax dollars at work.
to give some more context - the sailboat is ON the rocks, a zodiac is of little use because they couldn't get close enough to get a line on him .... btw - as you would know, Kits Coast Guard base (with their boats) is much closer than VPD base (at Main Street) but they didn't go because, you know ROCKS .. - also, don't understand your "annex to deploy" comment and your "your tax dollar at work" is cheap because unless your boat has been saved or you've been helped it's hard to put a price on assistance ...
Canada eh? I bet they were very polite....
Poor seamanship on behalf of the sailing yacht.
maybe he struck uncharted rock or evil sea monster
Für Rettung von Segelbooten und Yachten sind diese Windmaschinen zur See völlig ungeeignet - wie man sieht.
Lots of tax dollars for nothing 🙄
Looks more like they were trying to literally sink him with all the wind generated by the airboat props! He probably would have been just fine had they not cut him off to begin with!
Who are the dikheds who run their boat aground, and don't lower the sail ??? I would have left them to their fate ....
And does the boat have an engine ... ?
Interesting capture but too bad you depended on your zoom instead of your feet to get to see the really interesting action on the other side of the hovercraft, ie. what was happening to, on and off the sailboat. I mean there were three people in the water assisting the sailboat who were joined by another 2 from the coastie craft.
Sure, it's interesting as hell to see that behemoth sitting on a cushion of air maneuver its way into the shallows but by 1:50 the real drama was happening on the sailboat, caught on a lee shore with its genoa up but not helping it sail off the rocks and three folks in the water trying to help by pushing it off the rocks. Heroic stuff and you missed it. Bummer.
By the time he got there, assuming he could, the action would likely have been over.
A CG LCAC, cool
It's ok he had his skull and crossbones flag up
Dramatic rescue ?? Really ! [Aussie in BC]
The skull and cross bones flag says it all...
true smh
Mmm, that's English Bay, not the Burrard Inlet. But by Canadian standards, it was dramatic.
It's within a couple hundred yards of being either one
@@isailwind3471 hardly a couple hundred yards geographically dropout.
@@donziperk What does that even mean? Try again.
@@isailwind3471 you geographic drop out. Sorry does that make sense. Burrard inlet runs east from the north east corner or English Bay. That sail boat is along the eastern shore of English bay somewhere in front of Stanley Park which is a at least 3 kilometres to to false Creek. Saying English Bay is a couple hundred yard from Burrard Inlet is an overly simplistic observation.
@@donziperk So why be an @sshole about it? English bay runs roughly from jericho to second beach so a couple hundred yards is not that far off. Not enough to be a total dick about it anyway. Have a nice day prick.
Were they flying the Jolly Roger???
the person behind the sticks of that coatguard ship knows what the fuck they are doing..ps. lol at the small boats pirate flag..not so tough now.......eh?
STAND STILL FFS
This is awesome. great job.
Thanks Robert ...The Canadian Coast Guard Guys & Gals Were Phenomenal....The Machine Is Only As Good As The Operators....The Machine Worked With Precision & Effectiveness. Was A Treat To Witness
...kinda overkill for the job at hand....
C’est l’histoire d’un mec qui n’a pas préparé son ancre et qui ne sait pas remonter au vent sous voiles donc patatras
Would have been more dramatic if they were capsized off shore they were just trying save the boat laim!!!!!
Anybody notice the disparity of size? Seems like overkill and that clumsy airboat is not the right tool- it could easily crush a tiny sailboat. Also lousy angle by the cameraperson- if you want to record an event, at least get the right angle!
The hovercraft was used for 2 reasons. One is to protect the sailboat from the weather. The other is because the water was too shallow for boats that had any draft. If Chris had moved to a better position, he would have gotten blasted by the fans on the hovercraft and we would have seen nothing.
Lol, that "clumsy airboat" can go in less than 1 foot of water and can maneuver by the inch, you clearly have no idea how spectacular that is to hold something that big in one spot in that weather. It is actually the perfect vessel for helping grounded boats.
I have not seen the specs on the CG craft. If it is a true hovercraft, as it appears to be, then it does not need any water at all. It would also be able to maneuver over rocks that do not stick very high above the water.
Also, it is pretty much unaffected by low waves, they just wash under the skirts without tilting the hovercraft - which has a nice wide and long base.
No wonder my taxes are so high.
Tie a line to the front bow cleat and tow it. Problem?
rocks?
The rescue would have cost so much more than the bat was worth ! No lives were at steak . stupid sailors ! why wouldn't they of dropped anchor long before grounding ?
Should have blown the boat off the rocks with them big ass fans
Ahh!! Wafi's the same world wide it would seem..
C/Gaurd did a great job with the hover craft having experienced pulling a boat off rock shore in such condition's using a "Twin Screw Twin Engine Craft" the hover system to me seems far safer for all involved.
A little dramatic..
No drama.
Coastguard overkill for a small boat rescue.
Bad as boat no props .