I think if I were faced with waves like that on my boat, I’d throttle through it to keep the boat from turning sideways (like it looks like you did). But, your boat really shuddered. Now that you’ve gone through a rogue inlet wave before, do you have any ideas on what you’d do the same or differently?
For sure, and slowing down might have caused me to catch a third wave! I think any boat would shudder from an airborne impact like that(even a Bristol Channel Cutter! :) Next time I would have closed up my dodger and turned my scuppers backwards. If I had done that, it would have just been some water and nothing else..... Or better yet, turned around once I saw those wave! haha
@@Adventureman_Dan You should always turn your air vents towards aft when under way, even if they're Dorade vents. Scuppers are drains at the edge of decks.
It bothers me to no end to watch some of these videos and notice that safety harness and safety lines are not being utilized. It's such an easy way to preserve life or end it. It is especially important when sailing solo. No one to notice you overboard or turn around and search for you. All it takes is one misstep and you are in the drink. I don't mean any offense by this comment. I would just hate to hear of another senseless loss of life.
People who actually sail know their boat. It’s like your home, you know when a certain strength of storm comes how safe your porch is without having to tie yourself to your door. If it’s anything like my cockpit it would take a knockdown or even a capsize to take me out of that cockpit. If he were in an actual storm out in the open ocean with constant large waves I’m sure he would have his safety gear on. But as a sailor of a 39ft myself he was not even close to any danger. What does bother me are the click bait titles. His boat was not in danger of “nearly sinking”.
Meh. Bar crossing and you met a few waves, no big deal. Take the time and study what’s going on then leave during a lull between the waves. Check out Noosa Bar crossings if you want to see how it’s done.
@@bubbleobill267these guys have no clue my entrance is the Macleay river south west rocks you can tell these guys don’t have to deal with this kind of thing or maybe the boat would be shut up to stop the water intrusion and secure anything that will be damaged by water Never let the truth get in the way of a good story or more views I suppose
Why do you care what other people do with their lives? It's not like he's telling you to follow his example. I wouldn't want to be utilizing safety harnesses and safety lines all the time either. Everyone has a different risk tolerance profile and you are already taking your life into your own hands and taking a risk by going sailing especially offshore and already need to accept you might not come back. Solo sailing is a very personal and selfish undertaking in itself already anyway. It's better to die doing what you love then to wither away in a nursing home regretting not having left the safety of shore and sail naked at least once. The people who can't sail traditionally and manually anymore without a babysitter are like the pilots who can't fly a plane manually anymore when their autopilot babysitter shuts down.
Once sailed a chrysler 26 thru a 75mph straight line wind storm on lake ratbun ...suffered maybe 10 knockdowns,had the mast in the water a few times..estimate 7ft-9ft waves coming from multiple directions . Boat handled it well
These dolphins were having some seafood. They sometimes dig for buried fish, shrimp or anything else that's edible. They are using echolocation to find creatures hidden under the sand.
Apparently, your vents aren’t dorades. If so, you’d never get water down in the cabin. You can convert them by building dorade boxes and fitting those to your coach roof.
The dolphin behavior that you witnessed is called “crater feeding”, where the dolphin will tap the floor with its fluke, creating a vortex. The vortex will move to any nearby low-pressure spot, such as a fish hole, allowing the dolphin to identify where to dig. That nurse shark you saw feeds on the same food sources as dolphin, which is probably why he was in the neighborhood … looking to opportunistically a fish hole that the dolphin had identified.
So many monohull sailors sail with them open in all conditions with just a Flexi dodger up and one freak wave could fill the cockpit and sink a monohull boat in seconds. ... Unless it's got built in hull buoyancy.
9:48 Should have got on your CD radio, and told Greg...CLOSE ALL THE HATCHES..BIG WAVES... Those waves reminded me of Forrest Gump actor trying to get off that Castaway island.
Dolphins can use echo/grinding of their teeth making a sound that stuns/paralyzes fish or prey that are hidden in the sand for eating is what i was taught...another great video Sir...
@Adventureman_Dan You should always turn your air vents towards aft when under way, even if they're Dorade vents. Scuppers are drains at the edge of decks. You should also close and dog down most hatches when under way, definitely any that are forward or side facing. Not closing hatches can cause sinking. Rogue waves usually means sudden, tall, breaking waves in the middle of the ocean, not at an inlet, where one could expect waves due to geography.
If I were to guess (after reading diane hezig's Dolphin Diars ... recomended) I would say they were going after some sort of food source. They are great bottom feeders and can eccho-locate things that are under the sand. Some sort of self burying shell fish maybe. They really know what they are doing and the "sonar echo locate they have in their bodies is amazing. Pleas reply if you think this might be what you saw ?
Or flat fish... They have sensors in their beaks a bit like sharks have electrical current detectors that can pick up the electrical fields generated in living organisms.. they are effectively sweeping the sea bed to find food in the sand ..they then stick there noses in and stir up the sea bed to find the food or put it up a bit like a gun dog putting up a bird..but to catch it..
would be cool if you could make a solo sailing guide on the basics and some informative knowledge, also uploading in 4k would be so much better or 1440p even.
You write your own narration which is a thoughtful style for content that I like, because it allows you to spend more time showing yourself doing things instead of simply chatting with the camera at the allotted time each day. It makes for more interesting content. If you like writing enough to put your adventures and thoughts down into a book, I'd definitely get your book. There's another adventure sailor youtuber named Mark Zolo who did just that, and his book My Life As A Mexican Pirate was fun to read. He wrote another book, but we won't discuss that one here lol. I think you should give it a shot if you enjoy writing and have the time for it.
I am not being a jerk but wouldn't you just normally button up the hatches and companionway whenever you attempt a transition from protected waters to unprotected - especially given that you are traversing a notoriously dangerous cut? Seems like SOP to me.
Very cool video. What type and how many feet is your boat? I'm looking to retire soon and live on a sailboat, you look to have plenty of room inside as well. Great job on the videos.
Nice video Dolphins dig in the sand underwater to search for food. This behavior, known as "crater feeding," helps them uncover hidden prey such as fish, crustaceans, and other small marine creatures buried in the sand. By disturbing the sand, dolphins can flush out these hidden food sources, making them easier to catch and eat.
I was taught to approach large waves *at a slight angle* (15°-30°) and to approach them *not at full speed* to avoid stress to the hull and to prevent damage. What are your thoughts on how to handle such a situation best?
I'm really curious as well! With motorboats that have plenty of power I think its best to approach at an angle, power down as you're riding up the wave and power up as you're going down. But sailboats don't have that kind of responsiveness.
I was following Dan and after seeing him get clobbered by the waves, I throttled way down and timed the sets. It was smooth for me. Barely got any water over my bow.
Once the wave has broken, it's a wall of white water, hitting it at an angle would increase the surface area for the breaking wave to hit the boat. Going straight through was the best option here.
@@Adventureman_Dan Since the hull of a sailboat is designed to cut through water instead of planing above the water that does seem to make the most sense.
This is when your really glad you didnt cheap out on your motor and make sure your fuel tanks have been cleaned. Rough sea = pluged filters and sunk boat.
i need more highs and lows...when im not traveling everything feels so mids lol but im stilll stopping to work for 4 months a year to continue my travels soooo thats that for now
Takes on breaking waves without even closing hatches and without life jacket on WTF! A cuboc metre of water weighs 1 ton so how were you expecting your clears to not get trashed?
Technically, the wave wasn't rogue. It was a plunging breaker over the bar... . You sailed right into it (which is how you should). Other than that, nice adventure... !
Oh no, I have killer footage that's 8-9 years back. I just get to it when I can. Most my videos are up to date, I just decided today was the day to edit this bad boy.
Bro teach me, I got money and this is what id like to do next in my life just go solo sail, I got boating license but not sailing experience, where to learn how to sail RYA? Or should I just get a small boat and learn on my own? Thanks
Oh boy... newbie alert. You waited high tide and went with the tide current going against the ocean current, thus why the breaking wave. And this is not a "rogue" wave. Go do real high seas sailing, then you'll maybe see a rogue wave.
No offense taken. I make quality videos for you to watch free. If you don't want to help support that, there are others who do. Who's questions I answer directly. :)
Side on hit, boat scoops water while the boat is on the side, ragging current pushes more water in. Yeah man, but it's a lot easier to say when you're behind a keyboard, not behind the helm. :)
Surf the wave, there is no reason to enter it head on, it is the same when you are with your surfboard, find the angle to enter and turn at the appropriate second, you can make the working rigging shake with such a blow. Come on you are a well trained SKIPPER
@@tysonristau4995 Learn to use the angle of entry into the wave and the motor at the same time instead of covering your face when the ocean spits at you, you have 11 meters to do it and don't act offended and learn to be humble and listen.
@@njbaskipperunfortunately the gap in the reef is only 150 wide, so the options for angle were limited. I timed the sets better following him and it wasn't very bad for me.
@@SpartyTime Well done, you must always take care of the working rigging at all times, because when you are at an angle with respect to the wave train, only the shrouds that are hit by it work and without sails there is no tension, but if you enter it head on I assure you that the shudder will be felt because the mast is free of tension and shakes vigorously, even the blows under the keel make the frames shake, it is a violent fall in every eye. That is the deficiency of the Cats, they are extremely rigid and their shrouds, rigging and even the Parrot shakes vigorously. It is always managing the entrance to the wave with an angle of 45⁰ and as soon as the boat takes in. You turn with rudder and machine in order to stay at the top of the roller coaster, then it is easier to choose where you fall depending on the danger. Good luck.
Wenn wir bei jedem Speerfischen einen zusätzlichen Fisch fangen würden, könnten wir alle Veganer der Welt ausgleichen. Überlassen Sie es einfach den Haien - wer nicht verschwendet, dem fehlt es nicht.
@@brianstevens7241 Has nothing to do with that. But his statement is exactly the issue why people talk bad about veganism because they dont even understand it. And you are a part of the issue because you are white knighting youtubers.
Bottlenose dolphins use echolocation to find fish buried in the sand, then dive snout-first into the sand to grab them with their beaks. Before digging, they often make a sharp turn. This technique leaves craters in the sand, which is how it got its name. Dolphins can dig so deep that they sometimes end up up to their pectoral fins in the sand.
I think if I were faced with waves like that on my boat, I’d throttle through it to keep the boat from turning sideways (like it looks like you did). But, your boat really shuddered. Now that you’ve gone through a rogue inlet wave before, do you have any ideas on what you’d do the same or differently?
For sure, and slowing down might have caused me to catch a third wave! I think any boat would shudder from an airborne impact like that(even a Bristol Channel Cutter! :) Next time I would have closed up my dodger and turned my scuppers backwards. If I had done that, it would have just been some water and nothing else..... Or better yet, turned around once I saw those wave! haha
@@Adventureman_Dan You should always turn your air vents towards aft when under way, even if they're Dorade vents.
Scuppers are drains at the edge of decks.
try closing the hatch it works wonders to prevent sinking!
He's crossing a bar isn't he? Not really a rogue wave
probably....
Bingo!!! More clicks for "Rogue" tho.
Shut the door, clip in....
It bothers me to no end to watch some of these videos and notice that safety harness and safety lines are not being utilized. It's such an easy way to preserve life or end it. It is especially important when sailing solo. No one to notice you overboard or turn around and search for you. All it takes is one misstep and you are in the drink. I don't mean any offense by this comment. I would just hate to hear of another senseless loss of life.
Thoughtful comment
People who actually sail know their boat. It’s like your home, you know when a certain strength of storm comes how safe your porch is without having to tie yourself to your door.
If it’s anything like my cockpit it would take a knockdown or even a capsize to take me out of that cockpit.
If he were in an actual storm out in the open ocean with constant large waves I’m sure he would have his safety gear on. But as a sailor of a 39ft myself he was not even close to any danger.
What does bother me are the click bait titles. His boat was not in danger of “nearly sinking”.
Meh. Bar crossing and you met a few waves, no big deal. Take the time and study what’s going on then leave during a lull between the waves. Check out Noosa Bar crossings if you want to see how it’s done.
@@bubbleobill267these guys have no clue my entrance is the Macleay river south west rocks you can tell these guys don’t have to deal with this kind of thing or maybe the boat would be shut up to stop the water intrusion and secure anything that will be damaged by water
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story or more views I suppose
Why do you care what other people do with their lives? It's not like he's telling you to follow his example. I wouldn't want to be utilizing safety harnesses and safety lines all the time either. Everyone has a different risk tolerance profile and you are already taking your life into your own hands and taking a risk by going sailing especially offshore and already need to accept you might not come back. Solo sailing is a very personal and selfish undertaking in itself already anyway. It's better to die doing what you love then to wither away in a nursing home regretting not having left the safety of shore and sail naked at least once. The people who can't sail traditionally and manually anymore without a babysitter are like the pilots who can't fly a plane manually anymore when their autopilot babysitter shuts down.
Once sailed a chrysler 26 thru a 75mph straight line wind storm on lake ratbun ...suffered maybe 10 knockdowns,had the mast in the water a few times..estimate 7ft-9ft waves coming from multiple directions .
Boat handled it well
WOW!
These dolphins were having some seafood. They sometimes dig for buried fish, shrimp or anything else that's edible. They are using echolocation to find creatures hidden under the sand.
Cheers buddy! :)
Apparently, your vents aren’t dorades. If so, you’d never get water down in the cabin. You can convert them by building dorade boxes and fitting those to your coach roof.
You should have had your cabin hatch closed and a life jacket on
Put the hatch boards in and close the companionway. Safety harness always a good idea.
The dolphin behavior that you witnessed is called “crater feeding”, where the dolphin will tap the floor with its fluke, creating a vortex. The vortex will move to any nearby low-pressure spot, such as a fish hole, allowing the dolphin to identify where to dig. That nurse shark you saw feeds on the same food sources as dolphin, which is probably why he was in the neighborhood … looking to opportunistically a fish hole that the dolphin had identified.
Soo cool!
Clearly those dolphins were searching for your buried treasure.
Hahaha, they had a shot at finding it, just a little bit further NNE. :)
Man that boat is built to cut right through those waves!Not even close to sinking
Must’ve been a total of 10 gallons of water that had to pass through the scuppers. Crazy.
Might want to close the companion way in rough seas.
So many monohull sailors sail with them open in all conditions with just a Flexi dodger up and one freak wave could fill the cockpit and sink a monohull boat in seconds. ... Unless it's got built in hull buoyancy.
9:48 Should have got on your CD radio, and told Greg...CLOSE ALL THE HATCHES..BIG WAVES... Those waves reminded me of Forrest Gump actor trying to get off that Castaway island.
Tom Hanks !
@@mickey1299 Yes, Tom Hanks.
I’m glad you’re alright and lived to share with us
Aww thanks 😊
Thank you for sharing your experience. God bless you
So nice of you
Its a good thing that you were not on broadside to those waves. For I do fear your boat would have rolled. Good sailing my friend. Besafe.
That is exactly what would have sank my boat!
Hitting the bar head-on with the companionway open and the bimini window open...
yeah , right...?
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That looks so epic!
Dolphins can use echo/grinding of their teeth making a sound that stuns/paralyzes fish or prey that are hidden in the sand for eating is what i was taught...another great video Sir...
@Adventureman_Dan You should always turn your air vents towards aft when under way, even if they're Dorade vents.
Scuppers are drains at the edge of decks.
You should also close and dog down most hatches when under way, definitely any that are forward or side facing. Not closing hatches can cause sinking.
Rogue waves usually means sudden, tall, breaking waves in the middle of the ocean, not at an inlet, where one could expect waves due to geography.
Thanks for the advice!
Looks like the companionway hatch is wide open too...
Hurricanes can affect distant shores so it pays to be on the lookout.😮😮😮
Cheers buddy! :)
If I were to guess (after reading diane hezig's Dolphin Diars ... recomended) I would say they were going after some sort of food source. They are great bottom feeders and can eccho-locate things that are under the sand. Some sort of self burying shell fish maybe. They really know what they are doing and the "sonar echo locate they have in their bodies is amazing. Pleas reply if you think this might be what you saw ?
Yes I think that's correct.
Screw the brake on the wheel. Helps unattended.
well that was an intense way to start! im hooked lol
Glad to hear!
Nice one buddy. That reminds me of sailing out of Knysna in South Africa
Nicely done!
Cheers buddy! :)
So just how big is your boat, looks like your boat was almost half way out the water taking those waves.
38'
Nice dude! 🤘🏼
Wow, outstanding!
Thank you! Cheers!
Good Sailing Luck
Hey hey cheers and thank you JGW, I really appreciate the support brother!
I think the Dolphins were looking to find sea cucumbers.
Or flat fish... They have sensors in their beaks a bit like sharks have electrical current detectors that can pick up the electrical fields generated in living organisms.. they are effectively sweeping the sea bed to find food in the sand ..they then stick there noses in and stir up the sea bed to find the food or put it up a bit like a gun dog putting up a bird..but to catch it..
your sailboat layout is awesome, I need this with an aluminium hull.
would be cool if you could make a solo sailing guide on the basics and some informative knowledge, also uploading in 4k would be so much better or 1440p even.
That would be cool!
Love your vids man
Thank you! I put in a lot of work!
You write your own narration which is a thoughtful style for content that I like, because it allows you to spend more time showing yourself doing things instead of simply chatting with the camera at the allotted time each day. It makes for more interesting content. If you like writing enough to put your adventures and thoughts down into a book, I'd definitely get your book. There's another adventure sailor youtuber named Mark Zolo who did just that, and his book My Life As A Mexican Pirate was fun to read. He wrote another book, but we won't discuss that one here lol. I think you should give it a shot if you enjoy writing and have the time for it.
Hey thanks so much David. I'm actually working on a project just like that. 😀
@@Adventureman_Dan Awesome man, I look forward to reading it.
I am not being a jerk but wouldn't you just normally button up the hatches and companionway whenever you attempt a transition from protected waters to unprotected - especially given that you are traversing a notoriously dangerous cut? Seems like SOP to me.
I had the forward hatches closed up. Normally I've never needed to be prepared for something like this.
Very cool video. What type and how many feet is your boat? I'm looking to retire soon and live on a sailboat, you look to have plenty of room inside as well. Great job on the videos.
maybe close the companionway before the wave hits?
Nice video Dolphins dig in the sand underwater to search for food. This behavior, known as "crater feeding," helps them uncover hidden prey such as fish, crustaceans, and other small marine creatures buried in the sand. By disturbing the sand, dolphins can flush out these hidden food sources, making them easier to catch and eat.
Thanks for the info
I was taught to approach large waves *at a slight angle* (15°-30°) and to approach them *not at full speed* to avoid stress to the hull and to prevent damage. What are your thoughts on how to handle such a situation best?
I'm really curious as well! With motorboats that have plenty of power I think its best to approach at an angle, power down as you're riding up the wave and power up as you're going down. But sailboats don't have that kind of responsiveness.
I was following Dan and after seeing him get clobbered by the waves, I throttled way down and timed the sets. It was smooth for me. Barely got any water over my bow.
I was near full throttle when I went for it though. The cut is too narrow to really give an option to take it at an angle.
Once the wave has broken, it's a wall of white water, hitting it at an angle would increase the surface area for the breaking wave to hit the boat. Going straight through was the best option here.
@@Adventureman_Dan Since the hull of a sailboat is designed to cut through water instead of planing above the water that does seem to make the most sense.
This is when your really glad you didnt cheap out on your motor and make sure your fuel tanks have been cleaned. Rough sea = pluged filters and sunk boat.
Exactly! I was soo scared of precisely that happening. And with no wind, I would have been dead in the water till the swell pushed me into the island.
Nice save
Thanks 👍
Bar/channel run, nothing rogue about it
“We could’ve just gone around”
Thanks for watching my video. 😀
i need more highs and lows...when im not traveling everything feels so mids lol but im stilll stopping to work for 4 months a year to continue my travels soooo thats that for now
I think they’re eating the shrimp that bury themselves in the sand during the day.
Look up "Point Panic! Big Wave hits sailboat at Ala Moana Bowls in Waikiki" video
That one looks WAY worse!
Takes on breaking waves without even closing hatches and without life jacket on WTF! A cuboc metre of water weighs 1 ton so how were you expecting your clears to not get trashed?
I was always told that when you see dolphins, sharks are nearby. Dolphins hunt and sharks scavenge
Technically, the wave wasn't rogue. It was a plunging breaker over the bar... . You sailed right into it (which is how you should). Other than that, nice adventure... !
Your videos are 2 years behind??
Oh no, I have killer footage that's 8-9 years back. I just get to it when I can. Most my videos are up to date, I just decided today was the day to edit this bad boy.
Wow!
What year was this????
2022
Scuppers? You probably mean cowling vents.
"man gets wet on boat...he was ok" would have been a more accurate title for this video.
Thanks for watching my video. :)
@@Adventureman_Dan you're welcome 👍🏻
Red waves?
you were lucky it was not a solid swell...
Do you remember what the depth was when you encountered those set waves?
About 20' in the middle of the channel there.
Bro teach me, I got money and this is what id like to do next in my life just go solo sail, I got boating license but not sailing experience, where to learn how to sail RYA? Or should I just get a small boat and learn on my own? Thanks
Watch this video, it will get you on the right track: ruclips.net/video/3ZTKezyYnEs/видео.html
@@Adventureman_Dan ty great video btw
That was not remotely close to sinking your boat.
Must not seem so watching from your comfy chair. :)
go out on slack tide, in on incoming tide.
Rogue waves or rough waves I can understand.....but rouge waves, not so much.
It's that Red Tide 😉
Thank you, I'm clearly not great at spelling and this made me double check my title. :)
Current against waves man, not good, breakers
Indeed!
5 foot waves? We get those on Lake Michigan. What happens if you go out to the actual ocean?
😆
YOU SAW IT AND DAILED YOUR BOAT THROUGH IT?
Full send baby..... All the way!
Nice work! Full throttle?
Yes, that was the only way!
Oh boy... newbie alert. You waited high tide and went with the tide current going against the ocean current, thus why the breaking wave. And this is not a "rogue" wave. Go do real high seas sailing, then you'll maybe see a rogue wave.
Haha, ok captain armchair. lol
What do you make money off of ? No offense not giving anyone money for Pateron so they can just get keep sailing while I have to work
No offense taken. I make quality videos for you to watch free. If you don't want to help support that, there are others who do. Who's questions I answer directly. :)
What a friggin’ drama queen.
Haha that's "Drama King 🤴" to you keyboard warrior! 😄
Getting high on puffer fish maybe...For real...
12 min? Bruh, moar plz
:) You got it buddy!
Really "fill it with water"... Bro please.
Side on hit, boat scoops water while the boat is on the side, ragging current pushes more water in. Yeah man, but it's a lot easier to say when you're behind a keyboard, not behind the helm. :)
Duh
Surf the wave, there is no reason to enter it head on, it is the same when you are with your surfboard, find the angle to enter and turn at the appropriate second, you can make the working rigging shake with such a blow. Come on you are a well trained SKIPPER
I wish I knew how to surf a wave that’s coming directly in the opposite direction you are wanting to travel. Please explain
@@tysonristau4995 Learn to use the angle of entry into the wave and the motor at the same time instead of covering your face when the ocean spits at you, you have 11 meters to do it and don't act offended and learn to be humble and listen.
@@njbaskipperunfortunately the gap in the reef is only 150 wide, so the options for angle were limited. I timed the sets better following him and it wasn't very bad for me.
@@SpartyTime Well done, you must always take care of the working rigging at all times, because when you are at an angle with respect to the wave train, only the shrouds that are hit by it work and without sails there is no tension, but if you enter it head on I assure you that the shudder will be felt because the mast is free of tension and shakes vigorously, even the blows under the keel make the frames shake, it is a violent fall in every eye.
That is the deficiency of the Cats, they are extremely rigid and their shrouds, rigging and even the Parrot shakes vigorously.
It is always managing the entrance to the wave with an angle of 45⁰ and as soon as the boat takes in. You turn with rudder and machine in order to stay at the top of the roller coaster, then it is easier to choose where you fall depending on the danger.
Good luck.
Yeah no, side to the wave would not work here at all.
Normal breaking waves turns into rouge waves. 🤣 Anything to get views.
Guess you didn't watch the full video explaining that.
100% Click bait crap.
Thanks for watching my video. 😀
Wenn wir bei jedem Speerfischen einen zusätzlichen Fisch fangen würden, könnten wir alle Veganer der Welt ausgleichen. Überlassen Sie es einfach den Haien - wer nicht verschwendet, dem fehlt es nicht.
Seems like you dont know what "vegan" stands for. Please educate yourself.
Truly you are most virtuous.
@@brianstevens7241 learn english than come back.
@@brianstevens7241 Has nothing to do with that. But his statement is exactly the issue why people talk bad about veganism because they dont even understand it. And you are a part of the issue because you are white knighting youtubers.
@@yoyoyooo4735 I stand corrected virtuous one.
I've done my research. And I got your education right here yoyo: ruclips.net/video/MSvkGjka-iQ/видео.html :)
Bottlenose dolphins use echolocation to find fish buried in the sand, then dive snout-first into the sand to grab them with their beaks. Before digging, they often make a sharp turn. This technique leaves craters in the sand, which is how it got its name. Dolphins can dig so deep that they sometimes end up up to their pectoral fins in the sand.
Wow that's really cool! I had no idea! I wish I could have gotten footage in the water of what was happening.
Scuppers? You probably mean cowling vents.
Scuppers? You probably mean cowling vents.