Amazing how the "Captain" drives along totally unphased after just shattering the spines of his passengers.... it was one of them rolling around on the deck like an empty beer can that finally got his attention - you see him look down.
I'm LMAO imagining a skull and crossbones ☠️ pirate flag flying and the name "bone crusher" written on the side.😂😂😂😂 All he needs is a peg leg, a thick beard, and a flintlock pistol.
“Lekker” is an Afrikaans word (one of South Africa’s official languages) which roughly means “nice”. Like you can say.. “this meal was lekker” or “my holiday was lekker”.
I literally just discovered these videos and holy crap! Im addicted. Also lekker boat captain handling the seas like he been doing it for the last 600years.. such a win
Lekker is a displacement hull boat, --like the Axopar seen earlier --, similar to a tug boat. They are very stable comparing to planing and semi-displacement.
@@MusicClassicalVideos Yeah, the Lekker, the Fire & Rescue boat and the Sealine at the end made it obvious that all the others are creating their own drama. Slow to dead slow, displacement mode, really no problem. Maybe keeping the speed up like everybody says is necessary for the pure planing hulls, idk, but it seems like a high risk approach. Even when they pull it off, seems pretty brutal on boat and passengers and a great reason not to take a planing hull into real waves.
My mother was never the same after my drunk father took her into waves like this at open throttle. Back then they called her injury “a slipped disc”. No one is as important than a passenger, no one!
the wife of a work colleague was in hospital for a month on the edge of paraplegia due to spinal shock from a relatively innocent incident on a large lake when she was launched and the boat came up as she came back down. Many bow riders shrieking and giggling in these videos don't realise how close they are to life changing injury.
@@genericpvp4161 Bruh I watched 2 of these videos and I can already tell you that reckless captains are causing more problems than obesity. They are catapulting their passengers left and right.
So many walk the line they truly don't want to lose on. Thank God you didn't end up on that road. All the money in the world can't fix that. I hope that those who pick poorly read and watch these insane realities . Hat off to the person who thought of filming these, you may have saved tragedy with some.
A classmate and his throttle guy were both killed in their Skater in 2013. The boat flipped end over end when it caught air during a poker run. They were a red mist. :'(
5 engines, the maintenance, oof. dedicated crew for that, and absolutely a business expense. my grandfather probably said it best, "a boat is a hole in the water that endlessly sucks in money for little return", lol.
@@Zarcondeegrissom BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand... worked with boats for years and they can be money pits if you get the wrong one or don't maintain it
Well, one thing I've learned from watching all these Haulover Inlet videos... if I move to Florida and feel like blowing 7 figures on a performance boat, I'm getting one of those Midnight Express 43 or 60 footers, because those things appear to handle like a boss.
That first boat, man... the driver is a total idiot. Hurt others with his dipschit ride. Riding back like nothin happened, not even checking in on his passengers. Playing it off all cool bc he knows he's being recorded. Probably checking this channel and reading the comments too
Here's a fact that might get some people a bit upset. But reality is that people who buy Cigs, AT's or Apaches have a tendency to think they are as good at driving their boats fast offshore as what the boat is theoretically capable of. If you have ever been at a powerboat meetup, those guys are the ones pointing their fingers at everyone else, talking about how their boats are the only real offshore powerboats. Sadly most of them have never received any performance driving training. They have learned by doing, and only some have actually gotten a good understanding of how to drive a boat fast in the rough stuff. You rarely see OL, Fountain, Mystic or similar owners in these situations. It is inevitably some clown in a Cig, AT or Apache who thinks their resin bucket can do anything at any time.
In the 1970s I took a 21 foot Boston Whaler with a 200HP Evinrude and jumped a Golden Gate ferry wake.at about 40MPH We flew so high and so far that we got a standing ovation from the passengers. And my dad got a call from the coast guard a few days later.
I did exactly that but in a seadoo boat with 3 people. And I followed man's from the SF ferry terminal all the way to Vallejo and had the time of my life. Unnnntil.... The damn coast guard was waiting for me and gave me a VERY stern lecture. Granted we all were wearing vests the whole time and had multiple radios.
1 thing I've learned from watching these videos is modern boat engineering is damn impressive. The weakest link is def the passengers (followed closely by the skipper)
Late to the party here but if the so-called "Captain" had half a brain (which he doesn't) he'd be saying, "We're not going out today folks. It's too dangerous." Evidently, any asshole can take the title, "Captain" in the US. No wonder Trump is allowed to run with all those indictments against him.
Gotta love it when these guys floor it on the way out like they know what they’re doing, then turn around and meet the ambulance at the dock for one or several of their passengers.
You notice the jetski guys aren't having problems, nor the Fire and Rescue boat. Throw horsepower at a wave, and the wave will feed it right back at you. Then it's down to whether the wave has more power or your boat does, and you're gambling on not meeting that one wave...
Dude at the beginning is coming out like they filming for Miami vice almost kills everyone in the boat and then drives back in like nothing ever happen😎
The design of "Lekker-Boats" is the result of hundreds years experience in shipbuilding from the dutch fishingmen and boatbuilders. They live with the rough Nordsee and so they found the best forms of the hull.
Exactly - the Dutch know the sea and respect it much like the British and their RIB development (originally for the RNLI rescue craft) teaches the prime rule - safety first . It takes knowledge of the sea and years of maritime experience to know what you're doing. Except in America of course where you can just buy a bigger, more expensive boat and paint it a bright colour and be invincible. Many of these people are incredibly dumb....no PFD's and can't even control boats.
That was a full send and the exact reason we have and need the coastguard. I’ve never seen such bad judgement and poor seamanship in my life as I do in these videos
You don't need to coast guard for that. What you need is a law that require a proper boating license for fast boats as other countries have now-a-days.
@@japan1001ify When I lived in the states, we did not. I only know of Alabama where an actual license is a must. Some states require you to do a 90 minute safety course, but that does not enable you to safely run a powerboat, and it does not teach you about the traffic laws of the water. You are basically shown a video and then fill out a multiple choice thing. But here in Denmark we have something very similar to what you have in Germany. They do obviously have the various classes of international requirements for captains of larger vessels etc.Piloting a boat over 15 meters requires you to have the same license as we do here in Europe for instance.
Cigarette boat that wrecked is passengers: 1 broken back (the older guy you see fly up) and the others got dislocated ankles for some along with bruised ribs/face.
@@jhill2042 Yeah, and when going with the waves, it can more easily happen that the rudder loses authority and the incoming waves push the stern around, so you end up taking the waves from the side. Keeping it straight in those conditions takes skill
@@user-yq6ov6ow7l Correct, but then it still takes skill to recognize this condition and make sure to keep the correct speed, so you keep having control, right?
Very cool of you to help out charter co, by listing phone number. In another vid, during charter rescue assist (wayward kayaker) you mentioned how they're always willing to help out. Separate charter companies...the American way! Great vids too.
The shape of the hull narrowing at the back gives a smooth ride and only a small wake, it essence it closes the disturbed water back up at the back - like a zipper
I love this channel. Many years of boating and watching all kind of boats. You asked for a comment on the Lekker Damsko 25 - I like it. The double ender, displacement hull and defined keel show their stability, and with that length and that much power it planed nicely. Looks like a safe choice for those conditions.
It's not a displacement hull. A Displacement hull wouldn't plane like that even with 350hp. It's a planing hull that is made to look like a displament hull boat
I'm going for my license and i'm wondering what the trick is for these conditions. Is it watching waves around you and holding back/powering up at the right time? Trying to learn as much as I can..
It's awesome to see the typical Dutch sloop design being wielded so beautifully on this tricky inlet. Damsko is slang for Amsterdam, and that's a very popular design in the city - it's easy for friends to hop on and hop off from all angles when you're doing a day on the canals.
Guy at 5:23 handled it better then the million dollar weekend warriors. You can tell the experienced from lack there of in every one of these videos. Love It!!!
The design of the white boat with the blue trim is very like the design of a “Cobble” which is an old fishing boat used to fish off the east coat of England for years and years and years. The one has a more pronounced vertical side but the wide beam and deep sea hull is strikingly similar.Went fishing with Dad & Uncle when I was about 10 years old setting off about 05:00 and going out to sea for what seemed ages. It turned out it was 3 miles. I remember it well !
The Captain of the Lekker is who I would trust, aware of his surroundings and knows how to smoothly transition those waves. Your supposed to ride them, NOT EAT THEM!!
In 30 plus years of boating, sailing and jet skiing, I've never seen such a display of recklessness and irresponsibility on the part of boat owners. And I've never seen an inlet where there is not a posted speed limit. It's like Florida Dade County is complicit with this stupidity.
You must not live in south Florida, LOL. I think I saw this kind of behavior every single day I went out in my boat when I lived down there. Something in the water, or something. I've never lived anywhere else with as many reckless boaters as south Florida.
well its either go fast or stuff the bow, it requires finesse sure but you have to keep the speed up to stay on plane. These guys are sending it too fast though.
Nothing wrong with the boat, the captain on the other hand... I'm just amazed how strong the hull is on that thing to take a beating like that without breaking in half.
The guy in the Lekker knows how it's done. I've fished the St Lucie, Jupiter and Stuart inlet for 35 years. Those are three of the worst inlets in Florida. You get on the back of the wave and follow it in, If it peters out you power up and get on the back of the next one. If none to grab you are through the inlet. Thinking you can just power through in boat under 30 feet you are wrong. You will probably make it through but you are going to injure passengers. Surfing the wave in invites stuffing the pointy end then the following wave turns you sideways and flips you over.
@Mike Lyons So I guess you have never heard of inflatable vests? They can be manually inflated or auto inflate when you hit the water and are available for about $ 120 bucks from Mustang. Spin lock,and imperial just to name a few. Its pretty stupid not to have all your crew wearing them and you as a captain are responsible to ensure the safety of your passengers. They are not hot to wear as they are a nylon harness with two strips of nylon down the front about three inches wide . Now who is stupid. They can also be equipped with epirbs,light and whistle . The epirbs activate on activation of the vest. If one of your crew hits their head on the way overboard and is knocked unconscious because you as a captain are to stupid to pull the throttles back on your vessel and hammer a wave to hard and injure them they can be saved. If they are unconscious in rough seas and sink Congratulations you just killed one of your crew members. But hey that is natural selection of the stupid right ? But at least you might have a chance of recovering their bodies in a day or two when the gases from decomposition float them to the surface that is if the sharks and other marine scavengers don’t eat them first. Here is hoping you don’t have command of a vessel anytime soon.
Correct, really popular Dutch design. We call it a “sloep” and is modelled after a lifeboatThe Lekker boats have really massive power on board. They are made close to where I live and I see them often on the lake nearby. Nice to see one in Miami…..
Our Baja 272 successfully navigated an area called 'The Gut' There was 5 foot waves the whole way and we drove just right so we weren't bouncing and landing hard. I love my Baja, she's a beast
5:25 is a funky but obviously functional design. Skipper knew exactly what he was doing there! Kinda' reminds me of a double ended skiff my grandpa had in Maine. Tended his lobster traps with it. It had an outboard mounted in a box about where the console is here if you can picture that.
I had two boat rides in the same trip: my first and last. I was on Lake Michigan in a 40' Chriscraft with three Chevy 454's and operated by a drunk idiot. We were in 6 to 8 foot swells and going much too fast. We got airborne and landed stern first. The impact hurt every single person on board. The door going into the bow broke and shattered. Glass and metal frame tore me up. 8 people went to the ER when we got back. The owner/idiot actually got the worst of it, he broke his back. I am afraid to see him again because I am sure I will whoop his ass. He ruined a lot of lives that day. So now I will only ride on pontoon boats while grilling brats and sipping beer. 20 mph is my limit.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with going out in a powerboat, being it a smaller one or and offshore boat. Just make sure that the guy who operates it is not a drunk idiot. Can't help but asking. What were you doing on that boat if you knew the guy was drunk and an idiot?
@@AB-80X I had NO idea he was that stupid. On land he is just a goofy good natured party boy. He didn't do it out of malice, just ignorance. He thought he could pull off a cool stunt to impress the ladies. It failed miserably. So yes, shame on me for even trusting his judgement
Love the Lekker. Classy as hell while remaining functional and built with modern tech. I see Cigarettes (modern models) and Midnight's to be like Lambos. Fast, expensive but tacky as all hell with no chance of aging gracefully.
The guy who hurt his passengers in the fancy cigarette boat was very irresponsible. The boat where you asked what we thought of its design reminds me of a poor mans Pardo. HEHE
The most functional seaworthy small power boat I've ever worked on, been at sea on for days, and escorted Hawaiian canoe races on in Hawaii in high seas, is my friend's 230 Outrage Boston Whaler. Nothing comes close. The owner has a custom made top, a 15ft long welded aluminum frame top with a dipped canvas sun cover lashed on. We put 40ft canoe hulls, ama's and equipment up there, and stow the rest of the gear under the deck, and escort the Molokai channel races. That boat is magic.
Never thought I'd be watching boats getting pounded by waves but here I am
It not waves pounding boats, it is idoit skippers assaulting the waves with thier boats.. 😃
Go Big Red!
You will never leave now
Pandemic has been hard on all of us.
@@kierancasey1135 I can't🤤
Plenty of cash to buy a nice boat but no knowledge on how to operate it safely.
F*** safety just send it 💪🏼 i know i would
@@stafje after a couple drinks and keys to that monster, I’m hauling ass. It’ll be better for my passengers to lay down 😂
Exactly!!
@@stafje would you send it knowing you were gonna hurt someone?
@@Sayntzkilla1 😂😂 full send
Amazing how the "Captain" drives along totally unphased after just shattering the spines of his passengers....
it was one of them rolling around on the deck like an empty beer can that finally got his attention - you see him look down.
The lekker captain knows what he is doing unlike captain bone crusher
I'm LMAO imagining a skull and crossbones ☠️ pirate flag flying and the name "bone crusher" written on the side.😂😂😂😂 All he needs is a peg leg, a thick beard, and a flintlock pistol.
@@jamiegreen8065 Dressed like Capt Jack Sparrow.
“Lekker” is an Afrikaans word (one of South Africa’s official languages) which roughly means “nice”.
Like you can say.. “this meal was lekker” or “my holiday was lekker”.
@@greggb557 actually "lekker" is Dutch and yes also common in Afrikaans
@@jamiegreen8065 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
I like my passengers rolling around like empty cans on the floor. Then they know their place.
kekw
Arrrr, Matey!
The best way to assert your dominance
@@chronic2001n Hmmm. You're right. It beats shouting KREEGAAAH! alla time.
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I literally just discovered these videos and holy crap! Im addicted. Also lekker boat captain handling the seas like he been doing it for the last 600years.. such a win
And in what looks like a repurposed lifeboat!
That Lekker boat looks pretty neat. That guy knows what he is doing for sure!
Aye...masterful seafaring to be sure
Its because of the hull design with the steep keel. You will typically see catamaran's go through with ease aswell
Lived there for years this was regular life for me,and it never gets old
That Lekker handled the inlet with more finesse than almost any other boat I've seen on here. Great design and great driver.
INR... i did a double take because I have a Lekker bike... turns out, made by the same company!
Yeah, seemed like that captain had more skill in handling a boat than all the other "drivers" combined.
The Lekker skipper knew what he was doing and ran at the proper speed between troughs of waves.
Lekker is a displacement hull boat, --like the Axopar seen earlier --, similar to a tug boat. They are very stable comparing to planing and semi-displacement.
@@MusicClassicalVideos Yeah, the Lekker, the Fire & Rescue boat and the Sealine at the end made it obvious that all the others are creating their own drama. Slow to dead slow, displacement mode, really no problem. Maybe keeping the speed up like everybody says is necessary for the pure planing hulls, idk, but it seems like a high risk approach. Even when they pull it off, seems pretty brutal on boat and passengers and a great reason not to take a planing hull into real waves.
My mother was never the same after my drunk father took her into waves like this at open throttle. Back then they called her injury “a slipped disc”. No one is as important than a passenger, no one!
the wife of a work colleague was in hospital for a month on the edge of paraplegia due to spinal shock from a relatively innocent incident on a large lake when she was launched and the boat came up as she came back down. Many bow riders shrieking and giggling in these videos don't realise how close they are to life changing injury.
Those sort of accidents tend to happen to people with zero muscle strength.
was she obese? ive been in 10' seas quite a few times. The only people who have had problems are the overweight and out of shape ones.
@@genericpvp4161 Bruh I watched 2 of these videos and I can already tell you that reckless captains are causing more problems than obesity. They are catapulting their passengers left and right.
So many walk the line they truly don't want to lose on. Thank God you didn't end up on that road. All the money in the world can't fix that. I hope that those who pick poorly read and watch these insane realities . Hat off to the person who thought of filming these, you may have saved tragedy with some.
A classmate and his throttle guy were both killed in their Skater in 2013. The boat flipped end over end when it caught air during a poker run. They were a red mist. :'(
I don't know much about boats, but those Midnight Express 5 engine things look the business
They are
5 engines, the maintenance, oof. dedicated crew for that, and absolutely a business expense. my grandfather probably said it best, "a boat is a hole in the water that endlessly sucks in money for little return", lol.
Those 5 450’s is like 200,000
@@jacobconnelly8268 excluding maintenance, installation, operating costs, etc.
@@Zarcondeegrissom BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand... worked with boats for years and they can be money pits if you get the wrong one or don't maintain it
Well, one thing I've learned from watching all these Haulover Inlet videos... if I move to Florida and feel like blowing 7 figures on a performance boat, I'm getting one of those Midnight Express 43 or 60 footers, because those things appear to handle like a boss.
Plenty of videos on RUclips of people wrecking their boats because they didn't get lessons on how to pilot a boat first .
Don't buy a boat. Go burn than money in the back yard. I'm doing you a favor, promise.
@@The-Host LOL - yes, you are not the first to have relayed these sentiments regarding boat ownership.
An ME won't save your ass if you don't know what you're doing.
Get a Skater 426 and some proper training, or an OL SV 52.
How can someone be so irresponsible to drive a boat like that with passengers? I don’t get it.
You mean the guy that wiped out everyone he was "showing a good time?"
That first boat, man... the driver is a total idiot. Hurt others with his dipschit ride. Riding back like nothin happened, not even checking in on his passengers. Playing it off all cool bc he knows he's being recorded. Probably checking this channel and reading the comments too
The exact reason I dont get on other peoples boats
Maybe he secretly hated their guts.
Here's a fact that might get some people a bit upset. But reality is that people who buy Cigs, AT's or Apaches have a tendency to think they are as good at driving their boats fast offshore as what the boat is theoretically capable of. If you have ever been at a powerboat meetup, those guys are the ones pointing their fingers at everyone else, talking about how their boats are the only real offshore powerboats. Sadly most of them have never received any performance driving training. They have learned by doing, and only some have actually gotten a good understanding of how to drive a boat fast in the rough stuff. You rarely see OL, Fountain, Mystic or similar owners in these situations. It is inevitably some clown in a Cig, AT or Apache who thinks their resin bucket can do anything at any time.
In the 1970s I took a 21 foot Boston Whaler with a 200HP Evinrude and jumped a Golden Gate ferry wake.at about 40MPH We flew so high and so far that we got a standing ovation from the passengers. And my dad got a call from the coast guard a few days later.
I did exactly that but in a seadoo boat with 3 people. And I followed man's from the SF ferry terminal all the way to Vallejo and had the time of my life. Unnnntil.... The damn coast guard was waiting for me and gave me a VERY stern lecture.
Granted we all were wearing vests the whole time and had multiple radios.
@@nichaddox8814 "damned coastguard" ??
That Lekker boat and her captain absolutely crushed Haulover. That's who I want piloting my boat.
Absolutely, that was someone who DOES understand tide and sea-state.
1 thing I've learned from watching these videos is modern boat engineering is damn impressive. The weakest link is def the passengers (followed closely by the skipper)
Well, the weakest link is the captain, as they are solely responsible for each passenger on that craft.
@@howieduwit2551 The weakest link are all the occupants of a vehicle.
Late to the party here but if the so-called "Captain" had half a brain (which he doesn't) he'd be saying, "We're not going out today folks. It's too dangerous." Evidently, any asshole can take the title, "Captain" in the US. No wonder Trump is allowed to run with all those indictments against him.
That Lekker is an interesting hull, but hats off to the captain for handling Haulover like a boss!
0:17 My vertebrae hurt just watching that.. good way to break hull stringers
Good way to lose friends as well, guy was an idiot trying to be cool going at plain like that, should have slowed down for the swale coming in
I almost herniated a disc just watching it!
I wonder how fast he drove to the hospital with his victims?
Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
@@jacobsmith4284 plenty of it out of haulover lol
Gotta love it when these guys floor it on the way out like they know what they’re doing, then turn around and meet the ambulance at the dock for one or several of their passengers.
It seems as if the skill of the captain is often inversely proportional to size of boat. Lekker captain wins the prize! 😉👍
I'm still wondering if he named it lekker boats as he's south african or thought it was cool😂
You notice the jetski guys aren't having problems, nor the Fire and Rescue boat. Throw horsepower at a wave, and the wave will feed it right back at you. Then it's down to whether the wave has more power or your boat does, and you're gambling on not meeting that one wave...
Captain was halfway to the Beard when he realized he was the only one conscious
That wasn't a Captain
LMFAO!
Like the lekker ? But really like a captain with skill more if I'm on board .as opposed to a jack wagon with 1200 hp
lmfao 🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Midnight Express captain knows how to show people a good time. Whoops and laughs, not broken backs.
That LEKKER Boat is an awesome ride.... it's a Dutch designed boat. Never expected it hold so well in these waves. Supernice design...
Dude at the beginning is coming out like they filming for Miami vice almost kills everyone in the boat and then drives back in like nothing ever happen😎
i'm pretty sure the front left person died, totally not sure, but by the description and video it actually could be.
The design of "Lekker-Boats" is the result of hundreds years experience in shipbuilding from the dutch fishingmen and boatbuilders. They live with the rough Nordsee and so they found the best forms of the hull.
I think its more the captain, not the boat that makes the difference.
@@foty8679 it's both
Exactly - the Dutch know the sea and respect it much like the British and their RIB development (originally for the RNLI rescue craft) teaches the prime rule - safety first . It takes knowledge of the sea and years of maritime experience to know what you're doing. Except in America of course where you can just buy a bigger, more expensive boat and paint it a bright colour and be invincible. Many of these people are incredibly dumb....no PFD's and can't even control boats.
0:10 when you get Johnny Knoxville and the Jackass Crew on a speedboat
First driver: “hold my beer while i send this to the moon”
Passengers: Send it!!!
Also passengers: can we go back now we need medics
😂 😆
😂😆. IKR!!
MAN!!! im dying
TOP COMMENT lol
That was a full send and the exact reason we have and need the coastguard. I’ve never seen such bad judgement and poor seamanship in my life as I do in these videos
like we've all heard before: "it's all fun and games until somebody gets hurt"..
You don't need to coast guard for that. What you need is a law that require a proper boating license for fast boats as other countries have now-a-days.
@@AB-80Xyou don‘t need a boating license in the US ?? Here in Germany its required for anything above 6HP.
@@japan1001ify When I lived in the states, we did not. I only know of Alabama where an actual license is a must. Some states require you to do a 90 minute safety course, but that does not enable you to safely run a powerboat, and it does not teach you about the traffic laws of the water. You are basically shown a video and then fill out a multiple choice thing.
But here in Denmark we have something very similar to what you have in Germany. They do obviously have the various classes of international requirements for captains of larger vessels etc.Piloting a boat over 15 meters requires you to have the same license as we do here in Europe for instance.
A smattering of yachts is certainly eye candy, but ya gotta admit those SMALLER BOATS navigating that surf are pretty dang talented & fascinating!!
these characters are the gift of unleashed madmen ...
an impact at that speed with those waves can leave you paralyzed ... for life if not even die
Cigarette boat that wrecked is passengers: 1 broken back (the older guy you see fly up) and the others got dislocated ankles for some along with bruised ribs/face.
For real?
The guy at 5 mins had the smallest boat and yet had the best skill out of any of the people with the $$$ boats
All I saw was him coming back? did he send it?
Small boats have less room for error..
@@jhill2042 Yeah, and when going with the waves, it can more easily happen that the rudder loses authority and the incoming waves push the stern around, so you end up taking the waves from the side. Keeping it straight in those conditions takes skill
@@rc-fannl7364 incorrect, that only happens when you go too slow. As long as you’re moving faster than the water you will have control
@@user-yq6ov6ow7l Correct, but then it still takes skill to recognize this condition and make sure to keep the correct speed, so you keep having control, right?
"Hey guys...wanna crack open some cold ones and go boating followed by cracking ribs and going to the hospital? It'll be fuunnnnnnn!"
That Lekker was smooth as glass. Looks like an old lifeboat from the steam liner days. Perhaps that's why it handles the chop so well?
Kinda thinkin the driver, not Captain, driver of the first boat should be a Douche of the Year contestant...
Compressed spines, contusions, bruised ribs, etc, etc. "I can go fast because my boat's so badas..."
You are right he was def just a driver, far from captain, unless someone was saying "Qualified Captain"
Someone commented earlier. One passenger has a broken back among other injuries. The other has a dislocated ankle. Both needing surgery.
@@plantdesigns7889 Just saw that, wonder how much that Cig is worth as far as legal fees and damages...Too much $$$ and too few brain cells...
@@HochgeborenKlown looks like around $250k to $500k. Of course depends on year model and options, especially engines.
Im amazed how few people wear a life preserver while going bonzai out the inlet
Banzai* haha bonsai is a tree
You're still right though
Lol
It's Darwin's Law at work!😁
Especially, when a lot of them, are very close to being thrown out of the boats.
Agree. Even if you never end up in the water, might save you from some serious bruising when the idiot captain decides to send it 😂
Very cool of you to help out charter co, by listing phone number. In another vid, during charter rescue assist (wayward kayaker) you mentioned how they're always willing to help out. Separate charter companies...the American way! Great vids too.
The Lekker looked like he was just surfing or something. Smooth. Strange looking tub.
The shape of the hull narrowing at the back gives a smooth ride and only a small wake, it essence it closes the disturbed water back up at the back - like a zipper
I loved it. Was like a life boat that can get on the plane. Safe and stable it would be an epic fishing boat.
Lol!!!! As cool as a cucumber or is that komkommer!
It looked like it had a bow thruster installed.
@@marietjiehildebrandt1324 Kapping it stukkend
watchin the lekker surf it in filled my heart with hope
I love this channel. Many years of boating and watching all kind of boats. You asked for a comment on the Lekker Damsko 25 - I like it. The double ender, displacement hull and defined keel show their stability, and with that length and that much power it planed nicely. Looks like a safe choice for those conditions.
It looks like a very old design…cool
It's not a displacement hull. A Displacement hull wouldn't plane like that even with 350hp. It's a planing hull that is made to look like a displament hull boat
I'm going for my license and i'm wondering what the trick is for these conditions. Is it watching waves around you and holding back/powering up at the right time?
Trying to learn as much as I can..
The traditional 24° deep v, with the right length & a good captain; is always the safest bet in Big 🌊White 🌊Water 💦 .
@@toivomyllyla8776 Thanks for the clarification.
I like how the D-bag in the second Cigarette also has his "Cigarette Racing" shirt on to complete the ensemble.
The aquatic equivalent to Harley Davidson 😁
Cigarette 🚬 up the Booty hole 🕳 Racer
Yep D-Bag didn't impress the blonde either he's sleeping on the couch tonight way to go Idiot!!
The lekker looks like he's driving his bathtub in the ocean 🤣🤣🤣🤣😄😄😄😄😄😄
I agree, but looks pretty seaworthy
and doing a fine job.
It's awesome to see the typical Dutch sloop design being wielded so beautifully on this tricky inlet. Damsko is slang for Amsterdam, and that's a very popular design in the city - it's easy for friends to hop on and hop off from all angles when you're doing a day on the canals.
'sloop' ??
Where did he hide the mast?
Blue Top Gun at the beginning - What a tool of the highest order.
The driver is like "wtf? I'm going out by myself from now on."
😂😂😂
He’s gonna have to unless his boat is wheel chair accessible 😂🤣😂
@@MichaelWilliams-in3iz what was he thinking? showing off for the camera?
I bet he was hurting too but he was playing it cool 😂
@@commanderrussels2612 I think Top Gun was trying to set the new Haulover inlet speed record.
Guy at 5:23 handled it better then the million dollar weekend warriors. You can tell the experienced from lack there of in every one of these videos. Love It!!!
In my experience it seems that fishermen are usually the best boat drivers.
This guy
When your boat is your living, not your floating gold chain.
Depends. If we are talking commercial, then usually yes. If not, hell no!
That Lekker looks like a 1970’s blue water sailboat had a baby with a WW2 landing craft.
It's nice to see something different
I can't actually decide if I like it or not. But it certainly seemed to handle the conditions well.
LOL!
The design of the white boat with the blue trim is very like the design of a “Cobble” which is an old fishing boat used to fish off the east coat of England for years and years and years. The one has a more pronounced vertical side but the wide beam and deep sea hull is strikingly similar.Went fishing with Dad & Uncle when I was about 10 years old setting off about 05:00 and going out to sea for what seemed ages. It turned out it was 3 miles. I remember it well !
It's an old design but very effective as we see...I see still such hull design on old boats in Europe.
The Captain of the Lekker is who I would trust, aware of his surroundings and knows how to smoothly transition those waves. Your supposed to ride them, NOT EAT THEM!!
It's amazing how many people are too cool to wear life jackets
Or to stupid.
Welcome to Florida. Too kool for school is the order of the day and low SAT's are the way to go.
In 30 plus years of boating, sailing and jet skiing, I've never seen such a display of recklessness and irresponsibility on the part of boat owners. And I've never seen an inlet where there is not a posted speed limit. It's like Florida Dade County is complicit with this stupidity.
You must not live in south Florida, LOL. I think I saw this kind of behavior every single day I went out in my boat when I lived down there. Something in the water, or something. I've never lived anywhere else with as many reckless boaters as south Florida.
@@ralphholiman7401 Cocaine is a powerful drug.
well its either go fast or stuff the bow, it requires finesse sure but you have to keep the speed up to stay on plane. These guys are sending it too fast though.
I agree
love the way the Lekker handles following seas. From what I could see fantastic hull under water (I'm a little old fashioned about boats)
Checkout the new Americas Cup 2021 sailing boats with a similar keel design. Lekker hull will be very efficient and, modern.
4:55 goodness, look how that angling boat's rolling out there
Fukn Pro
Here from TikTok 🤔🤣
Frick how dare you call me out like this
I don't think I have ever wanted a Cigarette boat less, than after watching that.
Nothing wrong with the boat, the captain on the other hand... I'm just amazed how strong the hull is on that thing to take a beating like that without breaking in half.
@@malangope I don't want a Cigarette as long as people like these guys are operating them. It's not a good look.
There useless unless all you want too do is go fast our run drugs
@@treerat7631 What more is it to do? 🥳
@@malangope , no doubt, they are magnitudes tougher than the people riding in them!
What a complete tool running at those speeds out of there.
The Quint Mercury actually did a pretty good job. Slowed down when it got rough and rode the backside of a crest, staying mostly out of the troughs.
I own a Lekker. Great boat. Handles brilliantly and nothing better for parties. That captain sells them out of Miami.
Need a sugar baby
What better demo of those boats is there than a Haulover run????
The Midnight Express is stunning & definitely please show more yachts 🏴
Those Midnight Express boats are awesome. Can't imagine how much fuel they must go through with five motors.
The guy in the Lekker knows how it's done. I've fished the St Lucie, Jupiter and Stuart inlet for 35 years. Those are three of the worst inlets in Florida. You get on the back of the wave and follow it in, If it peters out you power up and get on the back of the next one. If none to grab you are through the inlet. Thinking you can just power through in boat under 30 feet you are wrong. You will probably make it through but you are going to injure passengers. Surfing the wave in invites stuffing the pointy end then the following wave turns you sideways and flips you over.
His first time out to show the in-laws his new boat!
Open boat design at 9:44-handled waves really well w inboard motor. Id say the performance was impressive. Especially for a smaller boat.
I love the lack of PFD’s . You can’t fix stupid but you can medicate crazy.
LOL tip top!
@Mike Lyons So I guess you have never heard of inflatable vests? They can be manually inflated or auto inflate when you hit the water and are available for about $ 120 bucks from Mustang. Spin lock,and imperial just to name a few. Its pretty stupid not to have all your crew wearing them and you as a captain are responsible to ensure the safety of your passengers. They are not hot to wear as they are a nylon harness with two strips of nylon down the front about three inches wide . Now who is stupid. They can also be equipped with epirbs,light and whistle . The epirbs activate on activation of the vest. If one of your crew hits their head on the way overboard and is knocked unconscious because you as a captain are to stupid to pull the throttles back on your vessel and hammer a wave to hard and injure them they can be saved. If they are unconscious in rough seas and sink Congratulations you just killed one of your crew members. But hey that is natural selection of the stupid right ? But at least you might have a chance of recovering their bodies in a day or two when the gases from decomposition float them to the surface that is if the sharks and other marine scavengers don’t eat them first. Here is hoping you don’t have command of a vessel anytime soon.
@@natcalverley4344 It might only sink in when they hurt or kill a relative or best friend. Then have to live with it till they die.
@Mike Lyons You’ve boating incorrectly for 35 years if you don’t wear a PFD when you’re underway.
Friend: “Hey Bob, you know those medical bills from the boat accident are still coming...”
Bob: “WE WERE IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS!!!!!”
Bellissimo video
Lekker was very smooth I like the older sailboat design it was made to sail across that type of conditions
No they are designed to take on the North Sea, Haulover is like a biljarts table compared to our waters.
The Lekker looks more like a "Life Boat" with a center console, and appears to handle nicely.
Correct, really popular Dutch design. We call it a “sloep” and is modelled after a lifeboatThe Lekker boats have really massive power on board. They are made close to where I live and I see them often on the lake nearby. Nice to see one in Miami…..
4:40..It actually moves nice through the water for a bathtub..😂😂😂
Midnight Express is a beast, love it
The midnight express smooth af, the curvature is very smart
I’ve never laughed so hard. What do they think will happen. 🤣🤣
That Lekker is a great design, with a good captain !!
8:40 Red Top Legend
Yes!!! I missed him. Thank you!
Hell yeah!!!
That guy right there....salty
Showing the big shots how it's done!
Our Baja 272 successfully navigated an area called 'The Gut'
There was 5 foot waves the whole way and we drove just right so we weren't bouncing and landing hard. I love my Baja, she's a beast
5:25 is a funky but obviously functional design. Skipper knew exactly what he was doing there!
Kinda' reminds me of a double ended skiff my grandpa had in Maine. Tended his lobster traps with it. It had an outboard mounted in a box about where the console is here if you can picture that.
I need a "Midnight Express", they be like "Haulover...take a seat!".
Not gonna lie watching the big yachts just plow through that mess with no issue is pretty satisfying.
Seems like a lot of race boats lately. The Apache the other day,Ben Kramers, then back to back cigarettes. Not complaining though
Starting 2021 with lots of POWER. 🚀
That's what i like to see on here . Hopefully there will be more lol .
Lekker boats looks like a sloop but has the underwater design of a racer. Nice
It is basically a Sloep, this was the Damsko 750, build in Amsterdam if i'm not mistaken.
I had two boat rides in the same trip: my first and last. I was on Lake Michigan in a 40' Chriscraft with three Chevy 454's and operated by a drunk idiot. We were in 6 to 8 foot swells and going much too fast. We got airborne and landed stern first. The impact hurt every single person on board. The door going into the bow broke and shattered. Glass and metal frame tore me up. 8 people went to the ER when we got back. The owner/idiot actually got the worst of it, he broke his back. I am afraid to see him again because I am sure I will whoop his ass. He ruined a lot of lives that day. So now I will only ride on pontoon boats while grilling brats and sipping beer. 20 mph is my limit.
@everyday tenor To most of the People in the video , throtle jockey is the title fit for them not boat captain.
Were you an adult? And did you notice he was drunk and went anyway?
There's absolutely nothing wrong with going out in a powerboat, being it a smaller one or and offshore boat. Just make sure that the guy who operates it is not a drunk idiot. Can't help but asking. What were you doing on that boat if you knew the guy was drunk and an idiot?
@@AB-80X I had NO idea he was that stupid. On land he is just a goofy good natured party boy. He didn't do it out of malice, just ignorance. He thought he could pull off a cool stunt to impress the ladies. It failed miserably. So yes, shame on me for even trusting his judgement
8:41 Blink and you'll miss the Red Top Legend. Nothing stops this guy going out!
I was hoping someone else would notice
yeahi would rather watch him that that cabo lol
Yeah the Lekker looked like a BATHTUB but it had some PHAT LINES! LoL 😆
Love the Lekker. Classy as hell while remaining functional and built with modern tech. I see Cigarettes (modern models) and Midnight's to be like Lambos. Fast, expensive but tacky as all hell with no chance of aging gracefully.
The guy who hurt his passengers in the fancy cigarette boat was very irresponsible. The boat where you asked what we thought of its design reminds me of a poor mans Pardo. HEHE
I love the guy a 5:00 calmly coming with no fanfare, just showing his skills.
8:00 too!
I like the guys in the old boats like that classic wooden surfboat
Funny how in the roughest part of that inlet is when people decide to move around in the boat.
I see lawyers, passengers lining up for a big payday....
the Lekker looks like a sweet bath tub hahahah.....i want one!!! taking a bath while fishing sounds great!!!
A 5.20, lekker boat! Amazing design and look efficient!
Many thanks for sharing, benoit from Paris
Wow Lekker is different and that's how you come in haulover!!
Both the Lekker and the large Cabo handled the inlet the way it should be handled. Both smart, mature boaters.
The Lekker Boat is impressive. I owned a 40' Formula and raced in B Class Offshore, that boat handles the inlet excellent!!
This seems like the boating equivalent of "RUclips Corner" on the Nurburgring.
The design works with the right captain on the Lekker boat!
At least 3 wives left their husbands after these moves.
Or making sure the insurance premiums paid up.
Had the same thought.
"My wife would kill me".....
And those three guys could no longer afford a boat.
"Come out on the boat, it'll be fun!"
The most functional seaworthy small power boat I've ever worked on, been at sea on for days, and escorted Hawaiian canoe races on in Hawaii in high seas, is my friend's 230 Outrage Boston Whaler. Nothing comes close. The owner has a custom made top, a 15ft long welded aluminum frame top with a dipped canvas sun cover lashed on. We put 40ft canoe hulls, ama's and equipment up there, and stow the rest of the gear under the deck, and escort the Molokai channel races. That boat is magic.