Awesome Aussie Skiffs Part 1

Copyright Ronstan. Watch and enjoy these crazy Aussie 18's

[@CJSHM]

They brought a dinghy to a ferry fight.

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

Haha ! Two-fer ! Promote the Captain to Admiral ! nice one. The sailors know the game...uh,..i mean the rules. Bet those guys were laughing in the water...lol.oops

[@boatnik12345]

thanks so much for putting this up! I saw this awhile ago and have been searching in vain for it. oh man so epic.

[@HartasProductionsOfficial]

Yes it was a Helmetcam. The Americans had broken some gear and were in the process of fixing it. They had been stopped for a while, which is evident given the boat was dead still. The ferry had plenty of time to avoid but didn't, exercising its exclusive right-of-way, and ran them over. Once that became clear, the sailors dived into the water and swam for their lives! That same ferry driver was fired years later for a similar incident.

[@HendrixSpirit]

Great, i want a Skiff now! too bad on chile we don't have the propper weather for them

[@mase5701]

i had this on VHS at one time. Lost it though :(

[@Antipodean33]

"Yankee just run into the ferry real bad" lmao. Is the camera work a helmet cam when it swings to catch the yanks get crushed by the Sydney ferry? What were the yanks doing, they were just sitting there. I reckon the ferry capt sped up, he was really hooting along. This is an excellent clip of the Sydney Harbour invented 18 ft skiffs as well

[@Keithy684]

Hopefully ill sail in the i think its next year or the year after the nationals are at my club, should be good

[@HartasProductionsOfficial]

thats alrite dude, my pleasure. did u know the made a sequal? ive uploaded that one as well, check it out and let me know wat u think!

[@HartasProductionsOfficial]

YES!

[@Keithy684]

@element9977 I currently sail On Moreton Bay In SlartyBartFast, Its a club boat from southport, 1299, very fast in strong winds, hopefully sonn ill get into a 13 footer, then hopefully a 16 footer, and if im lucky, have a bit of fun in an 18 for a few seasons

[@Keithy684]

I sail A Flying 11, What one did you sail?

[@HS29USA1051]

that blows

[@Keithy684]

@element9977 I sail a flying 11, what one did you sail?

[@HartasProductionsOfficial]

@Keithy684 1279 The Ritual as crew for a season, then 1345 BAMBINO for a few years. you?

[@Antipodean33]

Is there any skiff racing better than this? Rhetorical question

[@HartasProductionsOfficial]

thats right, government vessles that fly the orange diamond, have absolute rights. however, it can be argued quite easily, that he could have altered course. and that particular ferry driver almost repeated the exact same incident in jan '08 at the Flying11 Nationals (in which i took part) where on the first reach, wen ever1 was tightly bunched, he went straight thru the middle wen there was plenty of water to go round....dickhead!!

[@Keithy684]

13 Are alot faster, and awesomer\