Lost my boat in hurricane Andrew. Made the right decision to not stay aboard, It was my live aboard home and all my sweat blood and money went into it like many cruisers. A 120 foot steel barge broke loose and came down on my boat. If I would have stayed aboard I. Would probably died. Conclusion. Ive had this conversation with many cruisers while sailing the Caribbean. My advice, if you have to ride it out thats what you do but if you have any opportunity to get off, do it! I commend you for the job you did. I don't think I could have made the video in those conditions, great job. My bottom line is that we all love our boats but in the end its a chunk of fiberglass and not worth my life. Fair winds.
Oh shut up you di@ckhead.....were you there??? Another armchair admiral. Wind direction changes moron, he may have started upwind of the barge and at some point ended up downwind. Such a moronic comment.
Thanks for sharing this with us. I too have ridden out a designated hurricane that hit the English Channel for over 36 hours in the outer harbour of a Cornish port and stayed aboard the whole of the time moored to oversized mooring lines meant to hold a 40' fishing boat. I had to tie my lines on to it as my cleats were too small to contain it. 30' waves were breaking over the sea wall and the after wash pushing the few remaining boats together in the outer harbour. The main fishing fleet had moved into the inner harbour and there was no room left. The noise of the wind and rain was tremendous.
You are as brave as you thought you were. Brave doesn't mean not being afraid; it means walking through whatever and not allowing the fear to stop you. Really cool video. It's amazing to see nature's power from this perspective.
Sorry for the loss of your boat. I know that was one hell of a ride that you'll undoubtedly never forget. May you have fair winds and smooth sailing in your new home.
Unbelievable conditions! It was the dark hours that always seemed the worse to me. They say that with a good and well prepped boat and a good sailor, you can get through anything. In the middle of a storm like this each minute is a day or more. It is good that you came through it, but I am sorry to hear about your boat. Thanks for the video.
That looked like a heck of a ride. Just before you said something about your dingy I thought I had seen a prop. Sorry to see your boat didn't make it through. Sounds like you are rebounding with a new sailboat. Looking forward to seeing more videos. Thanks for sharing your videos!
Hey Bro sorry to hear about your boat. I would always try to ride out any kind of storm just for the adventure and excitement. Man,when the wind was at full tilt and you were saying your adrenaline was pumping so hard you were getting light headed all I could think of was if there was ever a time to smoke a big fat joint it would be then. As a matter of fact I replayed the video and smoked one for you. What an awesome display of "Mother Nature's " violent side you got to witness first hand. What an exciting test , and you survived! Boats can be replaced but that incredible feeling of being alive and knowing you went toe to toe against Mother Nature's fury and survived, well that feeling is priceless. Love the Wind
Really amazing footage, up close and personal, and the storm gets worse and worse. That wind began really shrieking and banging your boat. You could not have known how bad it would get. Many boats were destroyed in that protective bay as yours was but after the eyewall passed. Wilma hit Mexico as a Cat 5 with a pressure at 882 hPa, the lowest ever recorded as of 2010.
That was quite a ride. Pretty scary just to watch on video. I've never ridden a hurricane out in my boat and watching your video has insured I never will. Sorry, about your boat, but that's a great video. You were cooler than I would have been. Thanks.
After the eye, the intense wind and possible mini tornado (all of the water in the cockpit instantly disappeared ) ripped off the end of the boat. Anchor rodes, attached at a second point aft of the bow, were now putting at an angle to the wind. Be an adventurer, I want to shoot some cool video. Riding out two other hurricanes, I became overconfident and learned the power of nature.
Yes, what happened during the second half? what took your boat down? Did the anchor give way and then the wind smash you on the pier? It was handing it so well through the first of the storm.
Wow that was amazing. Glad you're ok to bad about the boat. We don't get that kind of storm's up here. It would break my heart if that happened to my little sailboat.
An interesting video, riding out a hurricane in a sailboat. The boat makes it to the point when the eye passes over, but is eventually lost and sunk. What happened?
Floridian born and raised here. Hey...Some advice. For sure don't try to ride out a hurricane in a boat. I can't think of a worse way to seek shelter in the event of a hurricane. I was all the way over in Broward County, and Wilma was bad enough there to knock all our trees down and leave us without power for almost two weeks. You're crazy, man!
Totally miserable, drenched, deafened by the howling wind . . . and scared stiff. And rhats just me, sitting on the sofa in my living room watching your mesmerizing vid. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Leaving a head sail on the furler can double the pressure on the rigging in conditions like that. Leaving ANY canvas up with that sort of weather coming is anything but smart.
Try wearing a scuba mask up there on deck. It really works to keep the rain from your eyes. I know that wind and rain was a new level, up above 120 it's going to start hurting. I remember. Good work cap.
Bloody hell! I thought you dodged a bullet until I got to the end of the vid! How did you get off the boat when the front end got ripped off? Think this is crying out for post follow up vid, but I know it happened some years ago.
Blowing like stink for sure.All fun and games until someone looses and eye.Inflatable off the back? Guy next to you with the jib furled. Hopefully/thankfully good ground and anchors.
Can you speak of your anchoring system. You are one Brave man I don't know anybody that would do that with a hundred 35 mile an hour winds anything can happen. Escaped with your life though. Sad about your boat/home. ⛵🌬🌪👏👏👏👏✌🇺🇸💯
That's intense! This might be a silly question but would it be worth starting the engine and using it to help fight the wind and take some load off the rope? Might save a boat from dragging or breaking.....
007sharkattack , Many thanks for video. Were you on a mooring or anchor? Did you recover your dinghy engine? I had similar (not such bad) experience, my dinghy was flying up and down and engine was under water for several hours. I washed the carburetor in a sonic washer and it was ok.
Why is it that as I watch that big grey shape bob up and down aft, poking its nose over the deck do I keep hearing in my mind "I think we're going to need a bigger boat."?
When riding out a storm, u need three point anchoring into the wind. The swinging left and right is what causes the stress on a single anchor and makes the boat face the waves and the wind sidways. This is not good so a three point system keeps the boat straight. It is also better to be on your boat during storms, if it breaks lose u can start the engine and keep it facing the wind and waves, and even reanchor if u have spare anchors.
Your video gives a hint of the constant anxiety you feel in charge of a small boat. All the time I was thinking of other small sail boats out at sea that didn't have the chance of taking refuge. It took
I think you said that at some point that you really regretted being in the storm and you thought of how could you abandon ship. Martha had a wind factor of 4?
I would say not even small ships have been lost to hurricanes. Massive respect to this guy for being so honest, I got over confident. We have all at some point been over confident too. I hope you had insurance and are now sailing again 😊
I don't know it didn't seem like the boat was facing into the on coming Waves , the boat sideways, did you not have a motor on the boat , I don't know.
Thank you for the video sorry for your loss but what happened to the boat On the backside of the hurricane did it pull the Anchor or did another vessel come down on top of you
This may seem like a dumb question.....but when you knew the storm was coming....why not sail out of the way ahead of time?...I mean these storms are tracked well in advance. Me...I get my boat out of range BEFORE the storm hits...............
I’ve been there. The first one was a little nerving but after that one it was easy. Way I see it it’s safer out on my boat than on land where debris is flying around and flooding taking place trapping people and endangering them and their family’s. I’ll ride out a storm any day of the week in my boat as to do the same on land. 👍
I am so sorry your boat was destroyed. I am happy to hear you survived though. That's truly awful for you. I hope you had insurance and have been able to get another boat... sorry.
First, congratulations with surviving this! Second, I question your decision to be on boat when Wilma hit. I do not think you could do anything being on boat to increase chances of saving it. As I understand the outcome was that your boat was destroyed anyway (sorry to hear that). Why not seek a shelter on land where your chances of surviving this ordeal are astronomically better?
I wonder if really there was anything anyone could do in that situation. I would not have stayed on the boat myself but I understand not wanting to leave it. It's a home. Hope you were insured.
Nice stable boat, your trimming was spot on and it looked more than capable of riding out the weather, did you stream an anchor or drop a pick and pay out line after it had taken a grip on the bottom?
@@007sharkattack The BOW BROKE OF? Pics of that? So, if i understand you...whas it so that the last pics in your movie, YOUR BOAT? If yes...was that becuasse the boat drifted and crashed in the dock?
So sorry for your boat, I'm sure you put a lot of work into her before this happened. Either your mooring line snapped or your anchor failed to reset when the winds changed direction after the eye passed.
The changing winds where so strong that it broke the end of bow, putting me at an angle to the wind. My anchors began dragging, as well as fearing the mast coming down on me.
My friend, if your mooring had let go, you would have been killed. A hurricane is an utter tempest. There is absolutely nothing you can do to save your ship in these conditions. You really must let your ship fight her own battles when at her moorings.
@@jerrypolverino6025 yes what? I asked: HOW STRONG was the hurricane? Just to say it was 5 is to week seens it goes from 157 mph and UP. So..how fast was it? Ded you understand?
End result of the fiberglass bottom dinghy, was when it flipped upside down for the last time and the motor fell off. At that point, it became a kite flying back and forth overhead like a weapon. I cut it loose and watched it disappear into the sky.
This video would’ve been way cooler if you would’ve filmed it from outside in your captains chair without your shirt on. Instead of video stud, you be the video dud, wurd!!
Lost my boat in hurricane Andrew. Made the right decision to not stay aboard, It was my live aboard home and all my sweat blood and money went into it like many cruisers. A 120 foot steel barge broke loose and came down on my boat. If I would have stayed aboard I. Would probably died. Conclusion. Ive had this conversation with many cruisers while sailing the Caribbean. My advice, if you have to ride it out thats what you do but if you have any opportunity to get off, do it! I commend you for the job you did. I don't think I could have made the video in those conditions, great job. My bottom line is that we all love our boats but in the end its a chunk of fiberglass and not worth my life. Fair winds.
Oh shut up you di@ckhead.....were you there???
Another armchair admiral. Wind direction changes moron, he may have started upwind of the barge and at some point ended up downwind.
Such a moronic comment.
You may not want to die for your boat but someone will die for their passion ! Respect them !
Andrew was a MONSTER storm
Thank you for not adding stupid music or too much commentary.... the vid speaks for itself
ditto if we wanted music we'd turn on the stereo
Thanks for sharing this with us. I too have ridden out a designated hurricane that hit the English Channel for over 36 hours in the outer harbour of a Cornish port and stayed aboard the whole of the time moored to oversized mooring lines meant to hold a 40' fishing boat. I had to tie my lines on to it as my cleats were too small to contain it. 30' waves were breaking over the sea wall and the after wash pushing the few remaining boats together in the outer harbour. The main fishing fleet had moved into the inner harbour and there was no room left. The noise of the wind and rain was tremendous.
You are as brave as you thought you were. Brave doesn't mean not being afraid; it means walking through whatever and not allowing the fear to stop you. Really cool video. It's amazing to see nature's power from this perspective.
Sorry for the loss of your boat. I know that was one hell of a ride that you'll undoubtedly never forget. May you have fair winds and smooth sailing in your new home.
Unbelievable conditions! It was the dark hours that always seemed the worse to me. They say that with a good and well prepped boat and a good sailor, you can get through anything. In the middle of a storm like this each minute is a day or more. It is good that you came through it, but I am sorry to hear about your boat. Thanks for the video.
I now have a 45 ft morgan design and still live on my boat. it's now been over 15 years living on a sailboat.
how do you eat?
That looked like a heck of a ride. Just before you said something about your dingy I thought I had seen a prop. Sorry to see your boat didn't make it through. Sounds like you are rebounding with a new sailboat. Looking forward to seeing more videos. Thanks for sharing your videos!
007sharkattack
Anthony A with his mouth
I'm happy you weren't any further out to sea, you'd have been gone for sure. Your boat did quite well
Hey Bro sorry to hear about your boat. I would always try to ride out any kind of storm just for the adventure and excitement. Man,when the wind was at full tilt and you were saying your adrenaline was pumping so hard you were getting light headed all I could think of was if there was ever a time to smoke a big fat joint it would be then. As a matter of fact I replayed the video and smoked one for you. What an awesome display of "Mother Nature's " violent side you got to witness first hand. What an exciting test , and you survived! Boats can be replaced but that incredible feeling of being alive and knowing you went toe to toe against Mother Nature's fury and survived, well that feeling is priceless. Love the Wind
Really amazing footage, up close and personal, and the storm gets worse and worse. That wind began really shrieking and banging your boat. You could not have known how bad it would get. Many boats were destroyed in that protective bay as yours was but after the eyewall passed. Wilma hit Mexico as a Cat 5 with a pressure at 882 hPa, the lowest ever recorded as of 2010.
That was quite a ride. Pretty scary just to watch on video. I've never ridden a hurricane out in my boat and watching your video has insured I never will. Sorry, about your boat, but that's a great video. You were cooler than I would have been. Thanks.
After the eye, the intense wind and possible mini tornado (all of the water in the cockpit instantly disappeared ) ripped off the end of the boat. Anchor rodes, attached at a second point aft of the bow, were now putting at an angle to the wind. Be an adventurer, I want to shoot some cool video. Riding out two other hurricanes, I became overconfident and learned the power of nature.
That's amazing. Glad you made it ok.
ripped off the end of the boat? how did you make it back
Shouldn't a boat with no end sink? and your dingy upside down? Holy K-Rap - how did you ever survive to put this video on?
Amazing video. What were you secured to? The fricking inflatable flipping back over is just amazing. You say the bow of the boat was ripped off?
Do you have pics of that what you claim? That it ripped off the END OF YOUR BOAT?
Yes, what happened during the second half? what took your boat down? Did the anchor give way and then the wind smash you on the pier? It was handing it so well through the first of the storm.
Wow that was amazing.
Glad you're ok to bad about the boat. We don't get that kind of storm's up here. It would break my heart if that happened to my little sailboat.
BRAVE!! my heart was pounding just WATCHING!!
An interesting video, riding out a hurricane in a sailboat. The boat makes it to the point when the eye passes over, but is eventually lost and sunk. What happened?
Frightening! I am glad that you survived. Sorry for your boat. ☹️
Amazing footage....thank you for sharing.
"home home on the waves..." I'm sure there's a song there! Thanks for sharing, pretty exciting!
Floridian born and raised here. Hey...Some advice. For sure don't try to ride out a hurricane in a boat. I can't think of a worse way to seek shelter in the event of a hurricane. I was all the way over in Broward County, and Wilma was bad enough there to knock all our trees down and leave us without power for almost two weeks. You're crazy, man!
Totally miserable, drenched, deafened by the howling wind . . . and scared stiff.
And rhats just me, sitting on the sofa in my living room watching your mesmerizing vid.
Thank you for sharing it with us.
Seemed like a good idea at the time
Leaving a head sail on the furler can double the pressure on the rigging in conditions like that. Leaving ANY canvas up with that sort of weather coming is anything but smart.
Thats true
That's the ultimate form of drag
Try wearing a scuba mask up there on deck. It really works to keep the rain from your eyes. I know that wind and rain was a new level, up above 120 it's going to start hurting. I remember. Good work cap.
So crazy, glad you're ok!
Bloody hell! I thought you dodged a bullet until I got to the end of the vid! How did you get off the boat when the front end got ripped off? Think this is crying out for post follow up vid, but I know it happened some years ago.
I jumped onto a seawall and hid under lawn furniture
@@007sharkattack LOL LOL LOL NOW you DED NOT.....LOLOL
I live on a 38 foot Catalina sailboat in Southeast Alaska. I wouldn't have it any other way. It's an awesome life
stormjib and double reef, beautiful sailing day...
Peter Weltweit put sails up & Hove to or three if needed.
How did you find yourself in a storm like that? I feel like a lot of people have questions! do a Q and A maybe sometime in the future?
I wanted to shoot video. Riding out two other minor hurricanes made me overconfident.I have have a new found respect for mother nature
THAT was awesome shoot bud, good for you, made it ok, sad for you boat.... great shooting though thank you for posting
we are just happy u made it
OMG this was terrifying...Don't think I could've left that door open...I would've battened down the hatches myself.
Blowing like stink for sure.All fun and games until someone looses and eye.Inflatable off the back? Guy next to you with the jib furled. Hopefully/thankfully good ground and anchors.
Apparently, the cup holder on the binnacle works.
Can you speak of your anchoring system. You are one Brave man I don't know anybody that would do that with a hundred 35 mile an hour winds anything can happen. Escaped with your life though. Sad about your boat/home. ⛵🌬🌪👏👏👏👏✌🇺🇸💯
That's intense! This might be a silly question but would it be worth starting the engine and using it to help fight the wind and take some load off the rope? Might save a boat from dragging or breaking.....
I did start the engine to no avail
Outstanding job sailor.
Great video. Why is the dinghy still in the water ?
you said you rode a mile out to your boat? how did you keep it stationary and safe from intruders for long time?
The anchorage is relatively safe from thieves
007sharkattack
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Many thanks for video. Were you on a mooring or anchor? Did you recover your dinghy engine? I had similar (not such bad) experience, my dinghy was flying up and down and engine was under water for several hours. I washed the carburetor in a sonic washer and it was ok.
Why is it that as I watch that big grey shape bob up and down aft, poking its nose over the deck do I keep hearing in my mind "I think we're going to need a bigger boat."?
Glad you survive, i hope you get a new boat.
I wonder if you ran the engine to put some forward pressure on the boat would reduce stress on it?
Sometimes that helps. In this case it was likely the wind was blowing the bow all over so you cannot hold it steady enough to help.
@@DuffyNightingale There is also a SAILTECK to use to keep the boat leve in the wind. Do you now what it is?
what would you do different if you could do it over?
Man, this is gnarly.
Did you have your boat in gear (forward)?
Your boat is not rolling, pitching..... Stability is amazing.
How many anchors did you use? It's hard to believe one would do the job?
The real hero in all of this is that dinghy. I hope it made it through. Sorry for your loss brother.
When riding out a storm, u need three point anchoring into the wind. The swinging left and right is what causes the stress on a single anchor and makes the boat face the waves and the wind sidways. This is not good so a three point system keeps the boat straight. It is also better to be on your boat during storms, if it breaks lose u can start the engine and keep it facing the wind and waves, and even reanchor if u have spare anchors.
The engine would be fruitless in winds like that
I am so sorry to hear your boat did not make it. Thank God you are OK
I'd actually like a "thousand words". What happened to your boat, and how did you escape it?
Your video gives a hint of the constant anxiety you feel in charge of a small boat. All the time I was thinking of other small sail boats out at sea that didn't have the chance of taking refuge. It took
Two days for the seas to die down after the storm had passed over to continue the passage back to Plymouuth and was one of fastest trips I had made.
I think you said that at some point that you really regretted being in the storm and you thought of how could you abandon ship. Martha had a wind factor of 4?
FULL RESPECT!, happy new year!
As a non sailor i have a stupid question.
Ist it possible to survive such cnditions in such a boat on the open ocean?
May be possible, but many have perished
I would say not even small ships have been lost to hurricanes. Massive respect to this guy for being so honest, I got over confident. We have all at some point been over confident too. I hope you had insurance and are now sailing again 😊
It was great you were OK. Please lecturing me how to anchor for a hurricane. Thank you!
I don't know it didn't seem like the boat was facing into the on coming Waves , the boat sideways, did you not have a motor on the boat , I don't know.
Wow, you have massive courage. Respect.
Thank you for the video sorry for your loss but what happened to the boat On the backside of the hurricane did it pull the Anchor or did another vessel come down on top of you
Were u hit by A waterspout
Phil B yes I believe a water spout or mini tornado
This may seem like a dumb question.....but when you knew the storm was coming....why not sail out of the way ahead of time?...I mean these storms are tracked well in advance. Me...I get my boat out of range BEFORE the storm hits...............
¿How did anchored you and the other that appears for enduring such brutality? 😳😳 I'd like to know. Good footage, glad you survived. Thanks.
Your dinghy probably acted like a kite tail keeping you facing into the wind .
I’ve been there. The first one was a little nerving but after that one it was easy. Way I see it it’s safer out on my boat than on land where debris is flying around and flooding taking place trapping people and endangering them and their family’s. I’ll ride out a storm any day of the week in my boat as to do the same on land. 👍
Where were u mores at close to what city.
Nice adventure brave man!
I am so sorry your boat was destroyed. I am happy to hear you survived though. That's truly awful for you. I hope you had insurance and have been able to get another boat... sorry.
First, congratulations with surviving this! Second, I question your decision to be on boat when Wilma hit. I do not think you could do anything being on boat to increase chances of saving it. As I understand the outcome was that your boat was destroyed anyway (sorry to hear that). Why not seek a shelter on land where your chances of surviving this ordeal are astronomically better?
I lost my respect for mother nature, but learned my lesson
wow, thanks for posting this
Tragic, the Hurricane word demands respect, we should all learn from this,and read Adelaide Coles ,heavy weather sailing
Winds were mightily angry that day my friend.
I wonder if really there was anything anyone could do in that situation. I would not have stayed on the boat myself but I understand not wanting to leave it. It's a home. Hope you were insured.
Dude is sporting that nose ring lol!
Did you loose your sailboat or your dingy?
Holy cow bro, cool head good job!
Where was this? Tampa bay?
Deadliest Catch tries to avoid this and you parked in it. They could make a movie about this
why were you out there in a hurricane?
surprised how foggy it seemed?
My God... the wind noise!!!
Make some hot tea then take a short deserved nap, let the wind do what it do.
Good job mate
nice adventure...scared but fun
Nothing fun about that at all mate...nope nothing at all.
Very very awesome love it
@@flower2364 Yes it was fuuun : ) Weather junkees : )
God just wanted you to know Who is in charge :)
Nice stable boat, your trimming was spot on and it looked more than capable of riding out the weather, did you stream an anchor or drop a pick and pay out line after it had taken a grip on the bottom?
I put out 6 anchors in tandem pairs in a triangle. When the bow broke off, all of the ground tackle pulled loose and the boat began drifting
@@007sharkattack The BOW BROKE OF? Pics of that? So, if i understand you...whas it so that the last pics in your movie, YOUR BOAT? If yes...was that becuasse the boat drifted and crashed in the dock?
So sorry for your boat, I'm sure you put a lot of work into her before this happened. Either your mooring line snapped or your anchor failed to reset when the winds changed direction after the eye passed.
The changing winds where so strong that it broke the end of bow, putting me at an angle to the wind. My anchors began dragging, as well as fearing the mast coming down on me.
@@007sharkattack It was NOT the wind ho broke the BOW of you boat. You now that now dont you?
hoyaa ,looks fun . sorry about your boat though
Wilma was a heck of a storm
What a bummer!!
My friend, if your mooring had let go, you would have been killed. A hurricane is an utter tempest. There is absolutely nothing you can do to save your ship in these conditions. You really must let your ship fight her own battles when at her moorings.
that is scary as F... and nowhere to run to it is the real only thing that makes me think twice about this boat living shit !
Pedro only way out is on that little dingy
Sit back and enjoy the show.. i would have pulled my boat motor off the dingy... deflated the dingy and put it inside...
Sorry... your richer than me.. it don't break down...
So no one checked the weather report before heading out in the boat. That was silly aye.
3:28 a 37 foot boat get thrown like a toy.
ITS A PARADISE!!!!!!
It takes courage to admit your fear
There really isn't much you can do when aboard in such a storm.
I’m a boater, life long. I begged my live aboard friend to stay in my concrete home. He chose to ride out a cat five and died.
A Catamaran, you say?
@@perfstaas7188 A category five hurricane
@@jerrypolverino6025 A hurricane 5 start at 157mph(252km/h). A hurricane 4 start at 130 mph(209km/H). HOW STRONG was the hurricane 5?
@@perfstaas7188 Yes
@@jerrypolverino6025 yes what? I asked: HOW STRONG was the hurricane? Just to say it was 5 is to week seens it goes from 157 mph and UP. So..how fast was it? Ded you understand?
7:45 … Didn't the inflatable flip over ?…
End result of the fiberglass bottom dinghy, was when it flipped upside down for the last time and the motor fell off. At that point, it became a kite flying back and forth overhead like a weapon. I cut it loose and watched it disappear into the sky.
@@007sharkattack Fasten your engine LOLOLOLOLOL
Bow broke off and anchors started dragging.
First rule is to get out to sea on a boat, you'll weather the storm better!
This video would’ve been way cooler if you would’ve filmed it from outside in your captains chair without your shirt on. Instead of video stud, you be the video dud, wurd!!
U got big balls