Thank you guys SO MUCH!!! I know this is a rather old video so my comment may go unread, but the information presented here is timeless and valuable.... ESPECIALLY for people like us from the US where pretty much anyone can operate a boat without any training, safety courses or license required!!! My husband and I are experienced boaters but on the relatively calm waters of the Chesapeake Bay. We recently purchased a new motor yacht and need to bring it home via the Atlantic Ocean and we have literally looked high and wide for information about navigating inlets safely. There are very few between us and our new boat that are jettied and we want to be as prepared as possible so this is great! Thank you!
Many thanks, for your informative video. As a retired merchant seaman (Navigator) I have found this video extremely good. I am based in Jersey (UK) and on my next visit to N.Z. I will, with more confidence by following your instructions be taking my N.Z. based brother out. Again many thanks.
Thank you so much. I like to think that your video should be a required watching for all who is venturing out to sea for work or pleasure. Certainly an indispensible tool for teaching for sailing schools and associations world over.
This is the best safety type video I've seen. I've watched the whole video and I don't own a boat or plan on getting one. Usually safety videos are 30 years old and have horrible actors playing out unrealistic scenarios.
I wasn't intending to watch this but I've had a bit to do with boats, mostly sailing, and this all makes perfect sense. Especially not to cross a bar at low tide and how to return on the back of a wave. As an ex surfer the swells made my mouth water!
Sailing yachts do better than powerboats going out of a bar, but worse coming in. Especially in a fixed keel yacht, coming in can be very testing and consequential, and should not be attempted in any but the best circumstances. It's particularly problematic coming in if the route which must be followed means the vessel cannot always be kept square to the wave fronts, or if there is current which at any point is across the route .
I’ve crossed the Columbia River bar hundreds of times. One of the worlds biggest, most dangerous crossings. Had the boat airborne once! River bars do not tolerate foolish decisions.
Great advice! Many people here in the USA would be alive if they took the time to learn things like this. Boating here is pretty much drunken free-for-all
Haulover bay or inlet watch those videos . It's amazing at what people try to or how they get across those waves. That's where ya see America some beer and a good wtf 👍
We had to do an assault beach landing onto Stockton beach one year when I was in the Army Reserves. Being the commander of the boat, I told the motorman, when we were actually coming into the beach, to sit on the back of the wave and ride it in to the beach. None of us had ever done a beach landing before. I just thought it was commonsense and safer that way. We didn't roll over unlike others,
Yes you stay in the trough of the wave, unless like me you have a powerful engine that can you can gun just before it drops down off the crest. It's actually fun entering the Southport spit, well until you get breached
Yes, it really is that simple. Waves are not moving that fast coming in you can position the boat wherever you want. Pushing up behind the wave is the safest way. The problem is when people, slowly go over the crest, there is a steering loss as the stern lifts, the bow gets pushed sideways as it digs into the trough and over she goes. Either launch it over the crest or follow it in. Out is a different story. Look for the channel, the water carried in by waves will always have a way out. Once you are committed accelerate going up the wave to keep the bow high. Turning back is where you see most of the fails.
commercial dive boat skipper from south africa,we launch from the beach all day long,very dangerous,no matter the tide,being doing it for 25 years, informative for beginners,
lol. Imagine having a video like that for Knysna Heads and Port Alfred. Here's Coxwain Keryn van der Walt with Rescue 11 practicing in Kowie Mouth: facebook.com/michaelmilton.thesen/posts/1364851190231272
It would be a good idea to not have the music running on the video to demonstrate engine sounds and revs so people can get an appreciation of the throttle control being used with the engine. Especially what happens when a wave is being approached and the throttle back on cresting, then power recovery for the next wave.
I found years ago that a round stern boat was a big help as the water tended to go around the stern where a flat stern gave the water something to push on turning the boat beam on to wave then capsizing. that's talking of a following wave as you head in, never tried it in choppy conditions on going out.
It would have been in the 1970's and I was only a kid myself so my memory is limited but in that era, I would guess that wearing life jackets would be unlikely. They may have been on the boat, but as we all know, things go from normal to upside down in the blink of an eye.
Great info my boats in rhy Kent Uk the tides there can be dangerous loads of lives lost with the riptide many thanks for this advice greetings from the Uk 🇬🇧👍🏻
We used to big wave surf at a bar in Taiwan with typhoon swell.... the bar would always move around especially after heavy rains... it was great for surfing because the waves would really suck up there , anywhere else the ocean floor drops off too steep for anything but shore break..
So, I'm thinking that if the tide is just coming in, and there is a moderate to strong wind going against the tide, executing plan B be can be done from the living room. 🙂
Its best to trail a drogue or warp while coming in and post a watch off the stern for a breaking wave. If one is spotted go full reverse until the danger is passed
Not bad! But a couple of points, forgot to mention never rely on someone to tell you what's happening behind you while returning/(anytime), must look and judge yourself as pilot/skipper/driver, some get caught watching the wave in front as best to do but this wave can drop off and nearly disappear allowing you to fall back without noticing and be right underneath the one behind you and it could be too late by then, being picked up and ploughed into the water and rolled and tossed like a cork, (seen them stand up 30+ feet behind me!) Have a lookout but learn from the very start of boating to observe and commit, as you said wholly, and if you don't know what you're doing don't do it! Secondly, in a do or die/don't situation turning should be done in the right manner, better to quit than face immediate danger/emergency when an alternative is the better option, again make the decision and do it ASAP in the correct way, as you stated yes or no from the beginning! But a rouge wave or other can make the original decision untenable,. If it's got to be done do it as soon as you can behind the last wave gone under/past you, and treat it as a normal return crossing. Could well be not your day, but at least get to the safe position and watch the bar for a second time period and use common sense as to return to shore or go it again! Never went into the for and against of going broadside to escape the worst of waves if it can be achieved., as to smaller craft and so forth. Obviously in-between swells and waves when safe to do so but there again is a boating skill that needs to be learned, as some/lot of get scared and freeze and the power of the sea has you at it's mercy. If this is to be done it should be studied and course plotted (in your head) before crossing begins. As you stated learning and knowledge of any bar-way you intend to cross is your first decision! (Skipper 38 years, professional fisher 40, Tasmania) sure you know where that is! lol. cheers.
Yes it really is quite daunting as a new skipper with a brand new license and no understanding of the ocean or even any instruction and education in boating, I found there is a definite need for instructors, particularly those experienced with the local conditions ... a few lessons from a person like yourself would be a great help. Think you could offer a service doing this ?
With speedy boats like these is “easy”, slow boats like sailboats, specially those equipped with deep keels, have great difficulty in traversing high waves bars
this is one of the best vids ive ever seen on youtube....dope animations and helo camera angles. sometimes i watch a real sheet sandwich of a vid then see its got 10 millions views and 1 million comments......this should be one of those. thanks for the tips bru! i was a skipper for 12yrs without ever once showing someone else how to use safety equipment, but we were all lifeguards so we could ditch the wreckage and swim to safety no prob bob. The Hudson river in NY doesnt have abar though. Hello from the gutters of N.Y.C., which are filledwith dog manure, vomit, stale wine, urine, and blood. Hello from the sewers of N.Y.C. which swallow up these delicacies when they are washed away by the sweeper trucks. Hello from the cracks in the sidewalks of N.Y.C. and from the ants that dwell in these cracks and feed on the dried blood of the dead that has seeped into these cracks.
When reentering make sure that the bilge is dry. Going out we took a small wave over the bow. It seemed like spray but we had taken on 20 plus gallons of sea water unknown. Once outside we turned and went in. Being young and foolish we surfed a gentle rolling swell. Once on the slope the bilgewater flowed to the bow. Being surfers and senseing the perl the crew raced far astern and I gunned it. Alas the moving swell combined with the heavy bow to cavitate the prop and we slid down the slowly growing swell inches from sinking the bow and the dreaded pitchpole. I could feel a veering due to being off the flat hull and up into the bow and fought to avoid the roll. As we survived and outran the swell the bilge flowed back, the prop hooked up water started gushing from the pump. As we watched how much water had come in so quickly and hid we realized what a few more gallons would have meant. Lessons learned: Boats aren't surfboards unless you are willing to wipe out. Visually check the bilge after taking any water. Front pumps keep you from going down by the bow with the stern pump up in the air useless. You got old boaters and bold boaters but very few old bold boaters.
I remember a water safety video years ago which counseled strongly against wearing gumboots (Wellingtons to most) anywhere near the water as once in the water they will sink you like a stone. So surprised to see they are the skipper's footwear of choice.
Addition of a life jacket perhaps does the trick. Gumboots for wading in along beaches and bays not associated with boating safety are not advised. A few years ago a drowning and small group wading for mussels got into big trouble with a gently rising tide. Wearing gumboots sadly were probably the root cause.
Okay this is how it should be done - but I knew a guy who did none of this. The boat trailer was reversed far enough into the river, and left there. The - (mostly open) 15' runabout's monstrous outboard was fired up, and we surged our towards the Bar. I have no idea if the guy checked anything about tides etc. We headed out, thumping across the wave crests and out to sea. I was concerned seeing land disappearing, no life-jacket and unaware of any safety gear. He hove-to and hauled in fishing nets - amazing me we were not swamped, even by the low sea state. We survived that. The outboard fired up and throttled to maximum, so we raced toward the river mouth. I awaited to see how he handled the bar - and was shocked because - just like on our way out, the keel only contacted the crests. Crash crash crash and getting wet - but we survived. Back at the trailer, my curiosity about putting the boat back on the trailer was answered. He aimed the bow at the trailer and pumped the throttle. The boat rocketed forward mounting the trailer. It was clearly risky. Well I am alive, but he isn't. He was lost off the coast fishing some time back. I wondered if he had ADHD or something that infected his judgement.
When crossing bars in under powered slow larger vessels, be sure to have practised drifting in the latest automotive game so you can get your opposite lock on and ride those waves full throttle on the way in. Also be prepared to come to a full stop when a breaking waves hits your bow on the way out, despite the large diesel and big prop pushing you forward in what seemed to be a freight-train kind of way. Having surfed a 12.5 tonne 40 foot 13'6' beam sport fisher with only 250hp through a narrow 25 foot wide channel with shallow water and jagged volcanic rock on each side successfully, I can tell you that it's not easy! :-D
And that, my friend, is why I only own boats with dual engines!!! (Plus, my husband is a marine mechanic!) I honestly cannot think of a worse scenario than breaking down at sea! I mean, you’d think that it’d be fine.... just drop an anchor and radio for help, but no- as soon as you cut off the engines, the boat immediately moves into the absolute worst possible position and the boat ends up getting broadsided by the waves while you Bob helpless like a damn cork and feel as though the boat will surely capsize at any moment. So yeah, def no single engine vessels for me!
A bar is a ridge of sediments, sand, gravel, mud etc, that is formed in or just outside of the mouth of a river or tidal estuary, just like the situation with a reef the ocean swells rise and can become breakers as they come over a shallow bar. So no you don't always have to cross a bar when going out in a boat, only in places where they occur, harbours that are inside river entrances and tidal estuaries etc.
Yeah it is!!! Especially because we just recently purchased a new motor yacht and need to bring it home around 250 NM and out into the Atlantic Ocean so I’ve been specifically searching for videos just like this and get nothing but irrelevant BS! Perhaps because they are calling it a “bar” (which makes perfect t sense- sand bar, duh!) and I was searching for something like “navigating ocean inlets” and stuff like that! So yeah, it’s definitely crazy if you stumbled on this by pure accident when it literally took me about a month of active searching!!! 🤦🏽♀️
I live on Lake Superior so the closest Ocean is 2000Kms away,..... not entirely true, Hudson Bay is 1500KMs North but I cant really get there. I wish I lived somewhere on the Ocean
Skipper almost killed 12 divers trying to cross the bar at tweed heads back in 2003, stalled us sideways, wash flipped the boat. Have to give a shout out to the Tweed Head life savers, those boys are badass mofos, saved the day!
Maybe things are a bit different there , but..... Ive worked on a variety of commercial boats over the years starting when I was very young... When its time to go out its time to go out,,,,period... If the boat will float its going and im not sure that is always the case either... There are also inlets in the US that are a hazard every day regardless of time . Oregon Inlet in NC is one that immediately comes to mind. If you dont get up out of the trough and onto a wave you are going to bottom more than likely. I get all this for beginners but most of them have issue when its glass and no current and no obstacles at all. Rule of thumb , you know yourself better than anyone . You know if you are an idiot deep down. There is no shame in turning around (Early , not in the middle of it) and not causing a situation where others have to put themselves at risk to come get your dumb ass.... Yes I know this sounds harsh but the number one thing that boating needs is a little more self awareness....
Yes and Fire Island Inlet on the south shore of Long Island is also a damn death trap! Scariest shit I have ever been through! I don’t even understand how the US doesn’t install jetties or do something to make these gate of hell- inlets safer.
@@christinafidance340 Haulover Inlet in Miami is supposedly the worst one in the U.S. There are some great channels that film the idiocy going on there every day, lol, but now I want to check out these other two mentioned. :)
Nice video I don't agree with the "never turn around on a bar" i think i can very well see that in your case in the film it was perfectly easy and safe to do,you just watch the waves like a hawk!!! ; and i have turned back many a time right in the middle of it; but i am amazed at the tremendous trouble that the whole thing entails there, forget it.
That's a lot of calls to Coast guard per individual trip in and out. Poor CG dude on shift gonna be like a single soul at Chicago ATC on a busy weekend day.
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Thank you. You've saved someone's life today.
Believe me, your work is saving lives and boats, thanks!
Thank you guys SO MUCH!!! I know this is a rather old video so my comment may go unread, but the information presented here is timeless and valuable.... ESPECIALLY for people like us from the US where pretty much anyone can operate a boat without any training, safety courses or license required!!! My husband and I are experienced boaters but on the relatively calm waters of the Chesapeake Bay. We recently purchased a new motor yacht and need to bring it home via the Atlantic Ocean and we have literally looked high and wide for information about navigating inlets safely. There are very few between us and our new boat that are jettied and we want to be as prepared as possible so this is great! Thank you!
Many thanks, for your informative video.
As a retired merchant seaman (Navigator) I have found this video extremely good.
I am based in Jersey (UK) and on my next visit to N.Z. I will, with more confidence by following your instructions be taking my N.Z. based brother out.
Again many thanks.
Thank you so much. I like to think that your video should be a required watching for all who is venturing out to sea for work or pleasure. Certainly an indispensible tool for teaching for sailing schools and associations world over.
Thank you very much. Been trying to find an informative video on this and this is fantastic.
This is the best safety type video I've seen. I've watched the whole video and I don't own a boat or plan on getting one. Usually safety videos are 30 years old and have horrible actors playing out unrealistic scenarios.
I wasn't intending to watch this but I've had a bit to do with boats, mostly sailing, and this all makes perfect sense. Especially not to cross a bar at low tide and how to return on the back of a wave. As an ex surfer the swells made my mouth water!
Sailing yachts do better than powerboats going out of a bar, but worse coming in.
Especially in a fixed keel yacht, coming in can be very testing and consequential, and should not be attempted in any but the best circumstances.
It's particularly problematic coming in if the route which must be followed means the vessel cannot always be kept square to the wave fronts, or if there is current which at any point is across the route .
I’ve crossed the Columbia River bar hundreds of times. One of the worlds biggest, most dangerous crossings. Had the boat airborne once! River bars do not tolerate foolish decisions.
Following seas always freak me out more than heading into the seas. Great video!
Great advice! Many people here in the USA would be alive if they took the time to learn things like this. Boating here is pretty much drunken free-for-all
Haulover bay or inlet watch those videos . It's amazing at what people try to or how they get across those waves. That's where ya see America some beer and a good wtf 👍
Yep, so true. That’s why I just recently completed a boating course to not be one of those idiots getting themselves into trouble needlessly.
True, so are some aspects of motorcycling...spoken from someone who started riding in the 1960s...
This one of the most helpful boating videos I have watched, nice job!
He made it look so easy but I am sure there is years of experience behind. Overall a very informative and good video.
We had to do an assault beach landing onto Stockton beach one year when I was in the Army Reserves. Being the commander of the boat, I told the motorman, when we were actually coming into the beach, to sit on the back of the wave and ride it in to the beach. None of us had ever done a beach landing before. I just thought it was commonsense and safer that way. We didn't roll over unlike others,
Yes you stay in the trough of the wave, unless like me you have a powerful engine that can you can gun just before it drops down off the crest. It's actually fun entering the Southport spit, well until you get breached
Yes, it really is that simple. Waves are not moving that fast coming in you can position the boat wherever you want. Pushing up behind the wave is the safest way. The problem is when people, slowly go over the crest, there is a steering loss as the stern lifts, the bow gets pushed sideways as it digs into the trough and over she goes. Either launch it over the crest or follow it in. Out is a different story. Look for the channel, the water carried in by waves will always have a way out. Once you are committed accelerate going up the wave to keep the bow high. Turning back is where you see most of the fails.
This was really good. Thanks for posting!
Excellent Video!! Thanks for posting. Could save some lives for sure.
good. real good. As an RYA instructor, this is very thorough and useful info
Good for powerboats but what about keelboats?
commercial dive boat skipper from south africa,we launch from the beach all day long,very dangerous,no matter the tide,being doing it for 25 years, informative for beginners,
lol. Imagine having a video like that for Knysna Heads and Port Alfred. Here's Coxwain Keryn van der Walt with Rescue 11 practicing in Kowie Mouth: facebook.com/michaelmilton.thesen/posts/1364851190231272
It would be a good idea to not have the music running on the video to demonstrate engine sounds and revs so people can get an appreciation of the throttle control being used with the engine. Especially what happens when a wave is being approached and the throttle back on cresting, then power recovery for the next wave.
Good point! There must be a huge variation between big heavy fishing boats and the much lighter pleasure craft with faster acceleration!
I found years ago that a round stern boat was a big help as the water tended to go around the stern where a flat stern gave the water something to push on turning the boat beam on to wave then capsizing. that's talking of a following wave as you head in, never tried it in choppy conditions on going out.
Great advice. And even for the non sea person I learned a lot from this video.
A excellent Video thanks from Sydney
this was great. thank you my friend.
Excellent, well done video...
Really cool vid. Thanks.
Cross seas at 2:04...any advice?
Very well made tutorial, thank you
A mate of my dad and his young son drowned crossing a bar many years ago. Please take it seriously.
can l ask did they have life jackets on? or was the chop that bad it didn't matter?
It would have been in the 1970's and I was only a kid myself so my memory is limited but in that era, I would guess that wearing life jackets would be unlikely. They may have been on the boat, but as we all know, things go from normal to upside down in the blink of an eye.
Sorry to hear mate, my heart breaks for any child in that situation
@Stellvia Hoenheim How in Gods name did They Deserve Such a Horrific End???
so sad, very Sorry for the family’s loss
Thank you guys SO MUCH!!!
Great info my boats in rhy Kent Uk the tides there can be dangerous loads of lives lost with the riptide many thanks for this advice greetings from the Uk 🇬🇧👍🏻
Great vid. Perfect spot for foiling
Did he mention trimming the nose up (If your boat type allows it) on the way out and in?
8:42 All I see is potencially good surf waves for a kayak 😍
We used to big wave surf at a bar in Taiwan with typhoon swell.... the bar would always move around especially after heavy rains... it was great for surfing because the waves would really suck up there , anywhere else the ocean floor drops off too steep for anything but shore break..
Very nice video thanks
Terrific post. I learned a great deal. Thank you!
do you have to cross the bar ? Is it the only way to boating in the ocean?
So, I'm thinking that if the tide is just coming in, and there is a moderate to strong wind going against the tide, executing plan B be can be done from the living room. 🙂
what must you do if wave brake wile you ride out the wave
Its best to trail a drogue or warp while coming in and post a watch off the stern for a breaking wave. If one is spotted go full reverse until the danger is passed
Not bad! But a couple of points, forgot to mention never rely on someone to tell you what's happening behind you while returning/(anytime), must look and judge yourself as pilot/skipper/driver, some get caught watching the wave in front as best to do but this wave can drop off and nearly disappear allowing you to fall back without noticing and be right underneath the one behind you and it could be too late by then, being picked up and ploughed into the water and rolled and tossed like a cork, (seen them stand up 30+ feet behind me!) Have a lookout but learn from the very start of boating to observe and commit, as you said wholly, and if you don't know what you're doing don't do it! Secondly, in a do or die/don't situation turning should be done in the right manner, better to quit than face immediate danger/emergency when an alternative is the better option, again make the decision and do it ASAP in the correct way, as you stated yes or no from the beginning! But a rouge wave or other can make the original decision untenable,. If it's got to be done do it as soon as you can behind the last wave gone under/past you, and treat it as a normal return crossing. Could well be not your day, but at least get to the safe position and watch the bar for a second time period and use common sense as to return to shore or go it again! Never went into the for and against of going broadside to escape the worst of waves if it can be achieved., as to smaller craft and so forth. Obviously in-between swells and waves when safe to do so but there again is a boating skill that needs to be learned, as some/lot of get scared and freeze and the power of the sea has you at it's mercy. If this is to be done it should be studied and course plotted (in your head) before crossing begins. As you stated learning and knowledge of any bar-way you intend to cross is your first decision! (Skipper 38 years, professional fisher 40, Tasmania) sure you know where that is! lol. cheers.
Yes it really is quite daunting as a new skipper with a brand new license and no understanding of the ocean or even any instruction and education in boating, I found there is a definite need for instructors, particularly those experienced with the local conditions ... a few lessons from a person like yourself would be a great help. Think you could offer a service doing this ?
Access your team first.
With speedy boats like these is “easy”, slow boats like sailboats, specially those equipped with deep keels, have great difficulty in traversing high waves bars
Great advice - many thanks.
great computer animations
lol @4:17. Going to --- "a good fishing spot." That oughta do it!
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Why is it ok to return b4 or after high tide but not ok to leave after high tide?
this is one of the best vids ive ever seen on youtube....dope animations and helo camera angles. sometimes i watch a real sheet sandwich of a vid then see its got 10 millions views and 1 million comments......this should be one of those. thanks for the tips bru! i was a skipper for 12yrs without ever once showing someone else how to use safety equipment, but we were all lifeguards so we could ditch the wreckage and swim to safety no prob bob. The Hudson river in NY doesnt have abar though. Hello from the gutters of N.Y.C., which are filledwith dog manure, vomit, stale wine, urine, and blood. Hello from the sewers of N.Y.C. which swallow up these delicacies when they are washed away by the sweeper trucks. Hello from the cracks in the sidewalks of N.Y.C. and from the ants that dwell in these cracks and feed on the dried blood of the dead that has seeped into these cracks.
all lifeguards, you're kidding! who knows what the situation is at the time, swimming may not be an option! (skipper 38 years)
At 2:04………those checkerboard waves are very dangerous.
Returning in a tail running wave set is by far the most dangerous I have been caught by it and it is scary as f
When reentering make sure that the bilge is dry.
Going out we took a small wave over the bow. It seemed like spray but we had taken on 20 plus gallons of sea water unknown.
Once outside we turned and went in.
Being young and foolish we surfed a gentle rolling swell. Once on the slope the bilgewater flowed to the bow. Being surfers and senseing the perl the crew raced far astern and I gunned it.
Alas the moving swell combined with the heavy bow to cavitate the prop and we slid down the slowly growing swell inches from sinking the bow and the dreaded pitchpole.
I could feel a veering due to being off the flat hull and up into the bow and fought to avoid the roll.
As we survived and outran the swell the bilge flowed back, the prop hooked up water started gushing from the pump. As we watched how much water had come in so quickly and hid we realized what a few more gallons would have meant.
Lessons learned:
Boats aren't surfboards unless you are willing to wipe out.
Visually check the bilge after taking any water.
Front pumps keep you from going down by the bow with the stern pump up in the air useless.
You got old boaters and bold boaters but very few old bold boaters.
valuable essential information
And in a low powered sailboat?
I remember a water safety video years ago which counseled strongly against wearing gumboots (Wellingtons to most) anywhere near the water as once in the water they will sink you like a stone. So surprised to see they are the skipper's footwear of choice.
Addition of a life jacket perhaps does the trick. Gumboots for wading in along beaches and bays not associated with boating safety are not advised. A few years ago a drowning and small group wading for mussels got into big trouble with a gently rising tide. Wearing gumboots sadly were probably the root cause.
Very informative thank you.
Top information! Thank you.
bars looks great for surfing
Greeting from Malaysia Coast Guard!!
Good safety measures for crossing a Ba
How do you do that in a sailboat -- under sail ?
same question!
Thanks for the great vid. Crotch straps on life jackets are very important for maximising buoyancy.
Okay this is how it should be done - but I knew a guy who did none of this. The boat trailer was reversed far enough into the river, and left there. The - (mostly open) 15' runabout's monstrous outboard was fired up, and we surged our towards the Bar. I have no idea if the guy checked anything about tides etc. We headed out, thumping across the wave crests and out to sea. I was concerned seeing land disappearing, no life-jacket and unaware of any safety gear. He hove-to and hauled in fishing nets - amazing me we were not swamped, even by the low sea state. We survived that. The outboard fired up and throttled to maximum, so we raced toward the river mouth. I awaited to see how he handled the bar - and was shocked because - just like on our way out, the keel only contacted the crests. Crash crash crash and getting wet - but we survived. Back at the trailer, my curiosity about putting the boat back on the trailer was answered. He aimed the bow at the trailer and pumped the throttle. The boat rocketed forward mounting the trailer. It was clearly risky. Well I am alive, but he isn't. He was lost off the coast fishing some time back. I wondered if he had ADHD or something that infected his judgement.
At 5.17 is that a ufo in the background? First thought it was a helicopter but no signs of the tail or rotor shadows🤔
Is there a limit on unit s of alcohol if you can still cross the bar safely
Yep get as fucked up as possible then go and cross the bar
Bottoms up throttle down
Hi, what exactly is a Bar in the ocean? EDIT: Never mind, the first narrator explained it. Thanks.
Thanks from Brasil
and if you dont have a big pair of gumboots, just tie an anchor around each ankle??
Great video! Right I’m out there
Wouldn’t it be safer and easier for everyone to just remove the bar?
Don't think you covered slower moving vessels, ant tips in avoiding the broach when incoming.
I like to stop at the bar for a beer. why would i cross it??
When crossing bars in under powered slow larger vessels, be sure to have practised drifting in the latest automotive game so you can get your opposite lock on and ride those waves full throttle on the way in. Also be prepared to come to a full stop when a breaking waves hits your bow on the way out, despite the large diesel and big prop pushing you forward in what seemed to be a freight-train kind of way. Having surfed a 12.5 tonne 40 foot 13'6' beam sport fisher with only 250hp through a narrow 25 foot wide channel with shallow water and jagged volcanic rock on each side successfully, I can tell you that it's not easy! :-D
So what do i do if the wave behind me catches up? Or did i miss that part?
CAR FANATICS NZ i dont think you should go over a bar in a boat that cant outrun a wave
Surf it!
How to cross the bar starts at 6:23
can eesily cipsize eeny vissil
The sexy kiwi ecksent
10:45 what if the motor stalls at that point (don't think you can row as fast as the waves come)
And that, my friend, is why I only own boats with dual engines!!! (Plus, my husband is a marine mechanic!) I honestly cannot think of a worse scenario than breaking down at sea! I mean, you’d think that it’d be fine.... just drop an anchor and radio for help, but no- as soon as you cut off the engines, the boat immediately moves into the absolute worst possible position and the boat ends up getting broadsided by the waves while you Bob helpless like a damn cork and feel as though the boat will surely capsize at any moment. So yeah, def no single engine vessels for me!
thanks i learnt something today
Am new to boating, do i have to cross the bar to go offshore? Every coast has to have bar?? Thank you
A bar is a ridge of sediments, sand, gravel, mud etc, that is formed in or just outside of the mouth of a river or tidal estuary, just like the situation with a reef the ocean swells rise and can become breakers as they come over a shallow bar.
So no you don't always have to cross a bar when going out in a boat, only in places where they occur, harbours that are inside river entrances and tidal estuaries etc.
Don’t forget - never, ever cross a bar after visiting a bar on land! 😜
The best ever 👍💐
What are your recommendations for crossing in sailboat?
Motor through and then sail when clear.
They call very dangerous Bars “Dives”.
Always check weather, tides, type of motorcycles and skankyness of the broads.
This is so random :)))). This YT algorithm is full of surprises. Cool vid though.
Yeah it is!!! Especially because we just recently purchased a new motor yacht and need to bring it home around 250 NM and out into the Atlantic Ocean so I’ve been specifically searching for videos just like this and get nothing but irrelevant BS! Perhaps because they are calling it a “bar” (which makes perfect t sense- sand bar, duh!) and I was searching for something like “navigating ocean inlets” and stuff like that! So yeah, it’s definitely crazy if you stumbled on this by pure accident when it literally took me about a month of active searching!!! 🤦🏽♀️
2:02 Goes without saying to avoid motoring into those cross waves.
Does also effect 52 feet boats
I live on Lake Superior so the closest Ocean is 2000Kms away,..... not entirely true, Hudson Bay is 1500KMs North but I cant really get there. I wish I lived somewhere on the Ocean
Why is Matt moving in slow motion with his sunglasses on?
great vid thanks
Gracias, Muy buen video
I’m definitely planning to stick to the lakes, but this was interesting nonetheless. Lol
Skipper almost killed 12 divers trying to cross the bar at tweed heads back in 2003, stalled us sideways, wash flipped the boat. Have to give a shout out to the Tweed Head life savers, those boys are badass mofos, saved the day!
These guys are amazing pro's
Maybe things are a bit different there , but..... Ive worked on a variety of commercial boats over the years starting when I was very young... When its time to go out its time to go out,,,,period... If the boat will float its going and im not sure that is always the case either... There are also inlets in the US that are a hazard every day regardless of time . Oregon Inlet in NC is one that immediately comes to mind. If you dont get up out of the trough and onto a wave you are going to bottom more than likely.
I get all this for beginners but most of them have issue when its glass and no current and no obstacles at all.
Rule of thumb , you know yourself better than anyone . You know if you are an idiot deep down. There is no shame in turning around (Early , not in the middle of it) and not causing a situation where others have to put themselves at risk to come get your dumb ass....
Yes I know this sounds harsh but the number one thing that boating needs is a little more self awareness....
this is obviously not intended for commercial boats, it's for small pleasure craft
@@amac203 Well the name of the channel is..............................
@@kylevantassel7259 looks like they have reposted a coast guard nz video?
Yes and Fire Island Inlet on the south shore of Long Island is also a damn death trap! Scariest shit I have ever been through! I don’t even understand how the US doesn’t install jetties or do something to make these gate of hell- inlets safer.
@@christinafidance340 Haulover Inlet in Miami is supposedly the worst one in the U.S. There are some great channels that film the idiocy going on there every day, lol, but now I want to check out these other two mentioned. :)
Damn is there any other way to go to N.Z ...flights are not included...sh...t..this way too dangerous..wow scary
Nice video I don't agree with the "never turn around on a bar" i think i can very well see that in your case in the film it was perfectly easy and safe to do,you just watch the waves like a hawk!!! ; and i have turned back many a time right in the middle of it; but i am amazed at the tremendous trouble that the whole thing entails there, forget it.
0:23 4:22 That's a nice little boat. Looks very strong and capable. Is it custom-made or a production model?
Stabicraft
That's a lot of calls to Coast guard per individual trip in and out. Poor CG dude on shift gonna be like a single soul at Chicago ATC on a busy weekend day.
Played the video twice never got to learn what was plan B
Look at those waves!!!
really good one. thanks.
i just learned that these people dont realize many boats dont have the speed to stay between swells! and you will have a swell over take you!
What do you mean by BAR you mean a wave ?
Sandbar. dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sandbar