Boat goes over the Dam!! Gets Destroyed!

Pontoon boat goes over the Dam in Williamsport Pa, crowd cheers.

[@manifestgtr]

Roses are red Violets are blue The boat goes over the dam at 1:42

[@6d696]

“It don’t go down” -Robert 2020

[@educatedredneck3342]

glad no one was on it. lowhead dams are extremely dangerous

[@TheWu1976]

Amtrak Fan #164 Not as dangerous as high head dams.

[@GavinS363]

Actually amazing how well it held up, not the sheet metal building part but the pontoon base. Very stable and basically unsinkable esp. for what looks like a 1970s model lol.

[@carsonfarist8590]

Turn to the LORD and have all before it’s to late

[@PeteDevlinootnaboot]

*too

[@shottasam]

@@carsonfarist8590what does that have to do with anything

[@zeekthehammer269]

note to self pontoon boats are boss at floating

[@davidbloomgarden5091]

The

[@JohnLee-mf4sc]

that was amazing to see the endurance of the pontoons great observation

[@tiarnan76]

not many boats can beat the 'boil'....so yeh, pretty awesome....

[@dononteatthevegetals2941]

Pontoons can basically float through anything unless the load is too heavy and unremovable or the pontoons are punctured and fill with water.

[@jmr1068204]

Well, the dam has a considerable amount of water going over it that acts as a buffer and keeps the boat from slamming into the concrete of the dam itself. I would think that with enough ice hits over hours or days, it would eventually punch a hole in a pontoon.

[@captsirl]

WOW what a loss. The owner must have lost 80 or 90 dollars

[@JKDudz]

lol

[@JKDudz]

at least!

[@Les__Mack]

Now this is just funny!

[@jennylee9278]

He can even salvage the floaty bits from downstream.

[@lulabell79_31]

Capt Sirl Shit, that old boat took a beating. I'd say it could hang with the best of them!! A new one would have been over and done with in 90 seconds!

[@castandcultivate23]

If you think you can jump in that water and swim out or hell even be pulled back out. Pass around what you're smoking!

[@nightlightabcd]

It could have been saved before it went over.

[@goldensniper4you]

@@nightlightabcd it was too far out and too risky for 90$

[@MrAAAmanbeef]

It goes down It dont go down AHH SHII IT GO DOWN !!!

[@jarredwallace9852]

that video was the starting point of how I got here haha

[@tsmbenjibuckets1894]

+jarred wallace same 😂😂😂😂

[@charlesjones6998]

+jarred wallace same here lol

[@woodlandreconjoshdrakes5509]

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[@woodlandreconjoshdrakes5509]

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[@josephsaeteurn9158]

looks like a low head dam. those are very dangerous. if you fall in there you may never get out.

[@theforeverpuddle8754]

+Joseph Saeteurn Helluva recirculating current there. Wow.

[@merkin22]

+Joseph Saeteurn Technically it's a weir.

[@greensaturated2084]

+Joseph Saeteurn Minus the "may". The boil line is waaay downstream.

[@CCWSig]

+merkin22 I think it depends on where in the world you live. I've always been taught it's a low head dam, and it's referred to as such in boater safety courses. However, yes, a quick look at google defines it as a weir. I think it's like a trunk or a "boot"

[@MatSciMinded]

No kidding, I'd never be standing on that cement outcropping either like that group is doing taking pictures. All it takes is one mis-step to the right, and its all over.

[@user-kc6sr4hx8q]

1:35 is when things start getting crazy

[@schlaznger8049]

Seems like a difficult way to wash your boat but look at the bright side. It will be squeaky clean "No dust or dirt in the corners" and ready for a fresh rebuild.

[@TheReapersSon]

I can see the Craiglist ad now: *JUST WENT THROUGH A MAJOR TEARDOWN AND INSPECTION. READY FOR YOUR NEXT PROJECT BUILD. THE SKY IS THE LIMIT WITH YOUR IMAGINATION ON THIS VERSATILE, OPEN PLATFORM!*

[@taylo226]

Some say it is still being recirculated to this very day.

[@jacobkudrowich]

They should have made the Titanic out of pontoon boats

[@mybluebelly]

I like how the boat actually DOESN`T get destroyed.

[@ColAngus]

Hey everybody scroll down the comments and catch a glimpse of all the armchair superheroes putting down the spectators for not risking their lives swimming thru chunks of ice with the magic hook and rope that they all carry at all times so they can save the heavy ass pontoon.

[@JKDudz]

Col. Angus It is comical

[@blipco5]

Col angus.....that pontoon held up well.

[@DarqeDestroyer]

If anyone tried to save the boat they would have died. They would have gotten caught in the same recirculating submerged hydraulic jump that was keeping the boat pinned against the dam, until they drowned.

[@RightlyRich247]

"Robert, it do go down!"

[@KonorSacks]

I was waiting for a big ice burg to land in top of it...lol

[@telefunkenyou47]

Not much to do for excitement around them parts, eh? I hear theres paint still dryin' on the Johnson's barn.

[@thats2odd]

Damn! Well built pontoon. V Hull would have been dead long ago.

[@daveth121864]

I like the one lonely fire extinguisher, standing ready to help. You know, just in case a raging fire breaks out on this waterlogged boat.

[@jonathancook4022]

That boat will need some minor repairs lol

[@DAILEYericCaryUSA]

I learned something today.....I had to watch this to the end. lol

[@pamil1923]

I can't believe I watched the whole thing!

[@JKDudz]

Pa Mil Thank you.

[@InTheImageOfDNA]

Your only chance to get out of hole like that would be to ball up and try to let the curtain push you down deep where you would come up at the boil line downstream. But it still might just pull you back.

[@jmr1068204]

Obviously you wouldn't want to be on that boat to begin with, but see how it eventually veers over to the side at 6:06. You could literally jump off from the boat into the shallow/quiet water beside it separated by the concrete. Sure, it would be freezing cold, but it looks like a better option than trying to grab onto that wall and falling directly into the dam. You'd certainly have to time the jump right with all of that movement on the boat, as well. It looks like 3-4 seconds max after each jerk of the boat in between the time where it hits the water going over. You'd have to recover quickly from the jerk, stand on the outside of that railing and jump as far away as you can into that still water. Those pontoons might stand up for hours, though...as long as they don't get a hole in them. The main thing is having the strength to hang onto the boat for that long, which makes jumping the only option if you were stuck on it. We have to remember that everything that goes over the dam gets kept there for hours or days. At some point a tree trunk come come down and that would cause it to flip the boat when both mashed against the dam.

[@xshowda]

Its highly unlikely that you make the jump at 6:06. Your best bet is to hold on the railing until a helicopter arrives. A few years ago we had a rescue at a local hydro power station which was under construction so the low head damn was only approx 10 meters wide und 1,5 meter high. 4 students passed it with a rubber dinghy and got trapped in the boil. they were incredibly lucky that the boat didnt flip over but it was possible any moment. We secured the boat from the weirs wall with poles and ropes, dropping them life vests. Because of heavy rain in the area for several days the currents were extremely strong and we couldnt reach the boat with our 200 hp rescue boat, the downstream was too massive. Roping down from the weirs walls was considered to dangerous so we had to call at another dam which was approx 2 km upstream to reduce the waterflow and radioed for a rescue helicopter. We rescued all 4, one by one with the helicopters winch. All 4 survived with nothing but hypothermia and the scare of their life. Still, what an incredibly stupid idea crossing a low head dam on a flooded river with nothing but a 20 dollar inflatable boat....

[@JKDudz]

Wow! They were very lucky! Great work!

[@StormLaker]

Had the same thing happen here in Iowa....except the owner and his grandkids were on board. They had to come rescue them, and the video was featured on "Rescue 911" back in the early 90's.

[@andrewtrotter9023]

I’m the guy sitting down with the beer.

[@JKDudz]

Lotta haters on here. GL

[@NewtonWashinton]

well that 1950's Pontoon boat looks like it was worth all of $50. dollars

[@ry4n335]

worth more than your shitass Iphone 7

[@boglenight1551]

I don't know why but whilst I was watching this I was working through what I'd do in this situation, like if I was on that boat.

[@ffjsb]

If you were on the boat, you'd want to try to keep it lined up down river if possible, that exposes less of the boat to the water going over the dam. Definitely stay away from the dam, there's literally tons of force going over it every second, and it wouldn't take much to knock you off. Some of those ice chunks were probably 500 lbs. or more.

[@clidelivingston]

um maybe start the motor and take it up stream.

[@davidwagner8776]

wow that boat was a champion. probably could cross the 7 seas no problem.

[@vppnbrent]

That pontoon boat had a very solid frame. The cabin not so hot.

[@flailios]

Dude, where's my boat?

[@Zyworski]

If you are ever caught in backwash like this the trick to getting out is dive under to catch the outward flow.

[@strietermarinesurvey1415]

Looks like a 30' boat with a 3 horse motor!

[@thomashughes8754]

If I’m ever stupid enough to get caught in a low head dam, I want to be on this boat.

[@dugjay]

Pennsylvania's finest citizens right here folks. Eagles jersey and all.

[@sgtspreadyah1862]

Boat actually held up fairly well should see what happens to a 12-16 fishing boat

[@heathburkill2097]

That is a super awesome trash collection system!

[@derail14]

you cant tear those dams out they are there for a reason, to keep the water levels high enough for water intake valves for water town ans city water supplys as well for sewage treatment plants, plus for navigation.

[@86cleo86]

Amazing sturdy boat, water didn't get it, hope it can be saved and rebuilt.

[@nightlightabcd]

The picture showed people on board! It was a nice houseboat. Too bad it was destroyed!! No one with a boat even tried to save it?

[@tylerheineman2393]

Well, I'll be DAMned! (Seinfeld theme plays)

[@damonischerboserwaldemonic6755]

Looks like a boat house by the looks of it

[@morganharris2413]

That's what'll happen when you have a hydraulic jump of that severity.

[@theblacksheep1000]

Im more concerned with the massive amounts of those old oil drums bouncing around, did it flood out TOXIE'S house too?

[@HKPSG1Shooter]

I'm really surprised it didn't roll over, but I guess that's because of it being a pontoon with open deck design. A johnboat or any other boat with gunwales would have filled up like a bathtub, then rolled over.

[@darthbuzz1]

This is one of these videos where it is so cool you check that it has some length and you find there is 2/3's left...whoopie!

[@cascadiavacationhomeservic3885]

The end was the most suspense, RED FORD BLOCKIN THE ROAD, they cant hear you down there Sheryl

[@JKDudz]

Cascadia Vacation Home Services LLC Thank you. Lol

[@kayakingandriver6259]

These low head dams are dangerous to swimmers and kayakers as well. Avoid them to avoid drowning

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

Freaking Keeper currents. Nightmare fuel right there.

[@sebastianklapprat9964]

You could jump a jet ski over that dam lol

[@tommissouri4871]

It is a shame that someone lost their boat. Many laugh it is only worth $50 or so, but not everyone has $20,000 for a boat. Now a question for all you experienced boaters. If someone had been on the boat, and it been under power, could they have run straight off and managed to jump past the recirculating area of the dam? It looks like since it was sideways, it is only in water that is moving upstream. If it had been going off straight, would it have been able to move past that and gotten into water running downstream again?

[@FrustratedNameSearch]

Now it's ready for the Bering Sea Gold show !!!

[@homefront3162]

Love the ice impacts

[@StormSim]

Cool clip. If you only had zoomed out, even just for a short moment, so that we others also could see the place ;-)

[@JKDudz]

+StormSim Sorry. Wasn't thinking.

[@WirelessOctopus]

I for one thought you did a fine job. Wasn't shot vertical or nothin!

[@JKDudz]

+harlequindemon666 Thank you.

[@StormSim]

Ah, no reason for that, zooming in too much is just a common thing at youtube. But then again you win at keeping the cam steady :-), the other common problem.

[@JohnLee-mf4sc]

thanks for the video the comments are hilarious some valid points thou

[@nr3rful]

what the crap, the guy in the red sneakers just pushes his way through there.

[@451degreesF]

Some say that boat is still swirling there.

[@WezleyB]

that's a tough boat....

[@sv4647]

The Drowning machine

[@bradhig]

Washing machines of death indeed.

[@havocproltd]

did you guys collect the insurance check? did it cover the fine? lots of people outside of pa would have paid plenty for those tubes!!

[@Bako751]

Lowhead dams create hydro jumps and are extremely turbulent. To anyone unaware those things are extraordinarily dangerous

[@Landgraf43]

Looks pretty safe to me I would take a swim

[@carmelpule6954]

That boat was stuck in circulating water rather than water being translated. As I viewed all this I could not help thinking that this situation is so related to the wing of a plane when landing with flaps and stalls where the streamlnes on the upper surface of the wing will circulate above the trailing edge. This circulation rather than translation of fluid occurs in many situations and I am surprised that some people who design floodwater channels unintensially create a lot of zones with circulation rather than translation of water.

[@cracklingvoice]

Low-Head Dams have earned themselves the title of "Drowning Machine" in a few places.

[@clintdavis3781]

What was a safe doing on the boat ?

[@jamesbond9873]

Hold my beer!

[@bradleyh.gamesandaquatics9037]

It went from a boat to a fish habitat

[@clhbrickhouse]

Best part is 4:35 when someone throws a beer bottle at the boat.

[@goldensniper4you]

Jesus you have an good eye

[@nr3rful]

not to mention there is a large sign on that wall saying "KEEP OFF"

[@DogMan077]

Damn that was a nice boat too

[@homefront3162]

Thats one tough fookin boat

[@dannersmyers]

She's pretty skookum

[@diosantana2659]

Low head dams, even with a 2 foot drop and trough will kill many people. That one would chew you up inside of a minute, easily.

[@andrewfield5656]

It’s like a hammer mill.

[@ChristelVinot]

who's boat is that?

[@mrsimplycrazymc]

most entertaining thing these eagles fans have seen in a while

[@hypervenom5960]

Robert it goes down

[@marksharpe9132]

low overhead Dam's are a killing machine..........

[@MoulfritProd]

Damm!!

[@Landgraf43]

Seems like a nice spot to swim

[@BCK2318]

Look at that...10’s of dollars gone in an instant.

[@ubangigonzolas1893]

The boat survived fine. The crap he built on it fell apart. Throw a line to it and use a pickup to haul it out of there. Put on a new rail and rebuild the top correctly.

[@augenbutter]

would love to see you try

[@chrisod9]

It do go down

[@hebneh]

Interesting and unexpected to see the boat permanently trapped in the turbulence right at the base of the dam that way. Presumably, unless it got pulled out, it would've stayed there till the water level decreased and the turbulence subsided. Of course by then it probably would've been even more busted up into fragments.

[@CLCox-ur9ux]

It's a low headwall damn. Those things are super dangerous and are drowning machines. If you look you can see exactly the seperation point where the water flows back toward the damn or down river.

[@hebneh]

@@CLCox-ur9ux I've seen how dangerous such dams are when they're small, and they look innocent and unimportant. If you have the misfortune to go over one in a canoe or (worse) a one-person kayak, you get caught and if you get flipped over in a kayak, you drown immediately.

[@Leoleony123]

4:44, destruction!

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

Apparently there is a rope shortage in Pennsylvania.

[@paigeanderson9093]

you have a bag of the engine that is my friend's boat so you can grab my hat not migraines but the engine for it because my grandma's phone is out. But the one that can't when I was at them so it's mine and I hope I get a new phone so I can go fishing so thank you for making this video

[@Les__Mack]

Kinda anticlimactic if you ask me. Thanks for posting, I enjoyed it. I was just hoping for some closure. As it is in my mind right now, the boat is just stuck there forever. What finally happened?

[@JKDudz]

+Les Mack I'm not sure Les. I left when I stopped recording. Wish I would have stayed longer.

[@Les__Mack]

That's okay, I still found this to be pretty amazing. I was hoping for some barrel rolls.

[@jg-xx8oh]

What a world we live in for all the people that cheered and maybe could off helped ! Karma's a BITCH!

[@theodorewinston7625]

Hydraulic systems are bae

[@RebeccaFarquharson]

The fragile men cheer as the property is caught in the boil line. It isn't big to cheer it is sad.

[@dannersmyers]

Yes much pollution and wasted gear but I'd still give a little whooo!

[@mikepagel948]

Amen

[@mikepagel948]

Not amen to Danny but the loss of someone's property your all "off"

[@nonyobussiness3440]

They probably didn’t realize it got caught like that

[@Landgraf43]

We are all just humans we love when things get destroyed

[@kingwolfy6838]

Can we get a sequel?

[@drZoidberg1969]

Is it still there?

[@maddierosemusic]

Kinda Surprised the pontoon held on so well....

[@123TauruZ321]

Beautiful ^^

[@tonithompson9086]

They don't dry dock before winter there?

[@JKDudz]

Desert Mountain Preppers They're supposed to...

[@TheBeingReal]

That will buff right out.

[@haroldreardon8070]

yes, there goes a 15 cent boat. Probably all his belongings too, another 4 cents.

[@josephrapoza4713]

the house part went to hell quick but the rest was well made.

[@zip7806]

Das savn der Outburd motorn?

[@tsocnoord]

Boat is a big word.