Crewmember Killed ‘Tomb-stoning’ from Yacht Bridge | Alfa Nero Leaves Antigua? | SY News Ep260

[@Czechbound]

My dad worked in an airline cargo operation. Every summer season he said at least one dead body would be flown home from someone's sun holiday where they had arrived at their hotel, and full of the joys of holiday feels, had dove into the pool ... and broken their neck as they hadn't checked which end was the shallow end. Friends joined us on a holiday one time, and they presented themselves when they'd checked in by coming to us by the pool. One of their number ran and dived into the pool and came up holding his head. He's dived into the shallow end, and only that he'd belly flopped eg not done a proper poolside dive, he'd banged his head obliquely on the pool floor, and had neck pain for the rest of the holiday. He was very lucky

[@bgrelek6311]

can you take me on a holiday

[@xsleep1]

Part of Navy bootcamp back in the day, was jumping into a pool from 60 feet (the height of an aircraft carrier at the time). The biggest lesson was look at the horizon during the jump. if you look down your body will rotate forwards. We also had to learn to tie off the cuffs of our bell bottoms to make a flotation device: flip the wet, tied off trousers over your head to fill them with air.

[@drj.r.cooper2493]

Roger that! I understand & respect eSysman's intent, but he can't "save a life" this way. Back in the day (when I was "nearly immortal"), it was useless to have a "commissioned rear echelon guy" lecture me & a platoon full of 18-19 year olds on risky behaviors. ESPECIALLY when we were ready to insert into a jungle clearing behind enemy lines while under fire from a numerically superior force with automatic weapons.

[@crypto_que]

We had to do drown proofing as part of Army Maritime Operations too. Still there were guys on the boat who couldn’t swim & just couldn’t understand that. We also had guys who jump off the stacks into the ocean. I just never understood the need to escalate “fun” until someone got hurt or died.

[@Mr.EeToMyself]

The old Jean life preserver. I remember those.

[@HappyBuddhaBoyd]

I learned that in Boy Scouts. Glad to hear that the Navy has reached our level of skill.

[@PhilbyFavourites]

Bell bottoms… would that have been the old HMS Hermes or HMS Bulwark? Maybe even HMS Eagle? I saw the deck heights from shore side Pompey Dockyard and in the 90’s abseiled from the bridge wing of HMS Ark Royal. As to jumping………. No thanks, I value my health over my bravado.

[@WOTArtyNoobs]

Just like anyone who has carried out safety drills for working at sea, I've jumped off a vessel. In fact I have done it more than once and on one occasion acted as the man overboard for sea drills whilst underway. A very dear friend of mine was invited to tombstone and jumped. She impacted the bottom and has suffered severe lumbar pain ever since. So intense that sometimes she cannot sleep. Please don't jump into shallow water.

[@khunopie9159]

While on a boat I always AVOID dangerous activities like tombstoning and muffdiving.

[@cigarboy8022]

So sad for the crew member. Rip. Sending prayers 🙏 to the family.

[@thewefactor1]

A friend I used to jump cliffs with in my youth was a sailor at heart through and through, and traversing the waters on just about any race held in the world... He explained to me once that they would detach the yacht sail rigging at deck level and use the sails to catch the wind to ride it or in some instances throw themselves into the waters.

[@TheGeneralWorldofTanksReplays]

@@thewefactor1I've seen this too. They grab the main sheet for the Spinnaker and literally take off from the deck and ride the wind. Usually it ends with the sailor returning to the deck when the wind drops, but just occasionally it tosses the sailor into the water some distance from the yacht. The only benefit is that most sailing yachts only raise a spinnaker when they are in deep water. So it's not likely that they will hit the bottom. The only concern is that they might not hit the water at the right angle and break their neck. I'm also aware the Kiteboarders can also die as the result of being picked up by an errant gust. Cliff Simon, the actor who played Ba'al in Stargate SG-1, died in a kiteboarding accident at Topanga Beach in California on March 9, 2021.

[@truthsRsung]

Where I come from, we call this Suicide.

[@tvprich]

Back in the 80's, I along with my group was at Gasoline Alley at Lake Mohave. There a well known cliff there where Tomb-Stoning was popular. One of my best friend's cousin had jumped off of a 70 foot cliff and landed wrong in the water. It took two days to have the body recovered. Apparently his neck was snapped and the Lake police had said that what happens is either a person lands on their back or stomach and knocks the wind out of them, or thay land slightly bent (or not straight) and their head is jolted so hard from impact that they break their neck in the process. Please beware of cliff-diving or Tomb-Stoning.

[@pyootchnich]

I mistakenly thought, like the jumper, that water was relatively soft and harmless. I never fully appreciated the amount of force that’s exerted on the body if you enter the water at an angle that doesn’t displace water efficiently. Unlike the first jumper, the second jumper did an uncontrolled backflip. This is the kind of stupid shit I would do, so good to learn something today. I suppose in one small way this person didn’t die in vain.

[@CinematographyLischka]

Such a tragic incident. It's a grim reminder of how unpredictable and unforgiving the waters can be. My deepest condolences to the crewmember's family and friends. Let's all be more vigilant and prioritize safety above all. 🙏 #SafetyFirst

[@Brutally-Honest]

Again, I would like to thank you Mr. eSysman for sharing with us.

[@TOM-C.]

We used to dive from these heights when I was a teen, but one of the adults always swam down under the water to see if there were any rocks that had moved in, especially when diving in fast running mountain streams. Maybe one, or two of us dived backward doing flips etc., but most, like me, were inexperienced, and just went feet first. Diving within your means is safe, but something went terribly wrong with this this dive, and my condolences to the family, friends, and coworkers of this man, what a tragedy! 😎👍✌🗽

[@MrJdsenior]

"Rocks move in"? Those must have been some REALLY fast moving streams.

[@TOM-C.]

@@MrJdsenior Yeah, mountain snow runoff. We used to see kayakers going down these streams, there were huge rocks/boulders, and the area we dove at was maybe 12 feet deep, but if a large boulder found it's way in there at least we'd know it. Never did happen over the several years of going up there, but someone would always check!

[@HeronPoint2021]

and keep your legs together. learned that one the hard way. he probably had either his back or neck take the brunt of the bad water entry.

[@ETr4d3]

My dads friend jumped from a cliff, and landed on a floatick stick, a branch. Tore one of his nuts. Beet living with a single nut since. Still managed to have kids.

[@HeronPoint2021]

@@ETr4d3 I tell my lady friends I got my balls scar from defending a maidens virtue in a dual. they actually buy it!!

[@rhodaborrocks1654]

We do crazy things sometimes, I once dived off the bridge wing of a cargo ship anchored at the Gulf of Suez and was so lucky I didn't hurt myself, we had rigged a bosun's ladder over the side but it took me ages to climb back up, it really knocked the energy out of me, never pulled a stunt like that again.

[@carolmiland9665]

So sad the crew member lost his life. RIP. Take care ❤

[@vincelardner330]

MY Ace. As for jumping/tombstoning, fully agree that it is part of crew training as it is Naval training, but as you say that is controlled circumstances, and even that is not injury free, but when done in coastal waters there is a much higher risk with submerged objects and shallow entry points. Remember my old Captain and several crew having diving competitions from the bridge wing, but that was mid ocean with in real terms unlimited depth beneath and safety boat and divers deployed. To go off 17m is asking for trouble, much safer from the swim platform especially if you belly flop.

[@HeronPoint2021]

even straight body in, keep you legs together learned that one the hard way and it was only 15 feet! OUUUUUCh.

[@kirkschabatka7744]

Oh my goodness, I love this channel, but I'm gonna be honest, my pontoon boat makes me happy 😊

[@nickg8862]

Devastating for the rest of the crew. Lessons to be learned tho!!! Sad film 😔

[@JohnH1]

I'm a retired Safety Officer; we can and do make and enforce safety regulations in the workplace for excellent reasons. But we can not and must not try to extend those regulations to people's private lives. The best that can happen is education and warnings, as these incidents are, unfortunately, part of the learning process and just being human.

[@Simon-ho6ly]

This case though the accident was broadly at someones work place and not a private life activity... though what counts as work place and private life on a yacht can be a tricky definition... but such jumps even in the best conditions with the best planning are risky at best

[@wendygerrish4964]

A condition of employment would deter such antics.

[@Simon-ho6ly]

@@wendygerrish4964 yeh, ill be honest i have to ask why the captain even allowed it to happen, im not a yacht captain but river sports/white water/fast water stuff and tombstoning and such jumps from height are basically a no unless its a VERY well supervised instuctional setting just because of how easily it can go so badly wrong

[@k9killer221]

The problem is that different people have a different risk tolerance. What one person would regard as fun is terrifying to someone else. People who do stupid/risky things develop a "survivor bias" because they have gotten away with it multiple times. Until they don't.

[@otm646]

Your opinion here is horrific, this type of negligence is what allows these people to be seriously injured or potentially die. I've run many professional yacht charters, the crew need to behave in the exact same way on or off the clock. It's my boat, I am in control. You follow my rules or you are not employed any longer specifically to prevent things like this from occurring.

[@annmcdonald6180]

Thank you for highlighting the danger involved in this jumping

[@truthsRsung]

A bridge is a bridge, whether on a ship or over San Francisco Bay. Why would there be different risks, in anyone's mind about the dangers of either? This clown had no respect for their own life. Where I come from, we call that Suicide.

[@jacquesmertens3369]

One of the most common dangers has NOT been mentioned: hearing loss ! The sudden pressure change and the sound generated by the splash causes irreversible damage. You may not notice the damage after the jump, but 20 years later you will. If you decide to be so stupid as to jump from a yacht, at least make sure to insert ear plugs.

[@coding7196]

Jumping from a yacht is a horrible way to die. Condolences to the crewmember's family and I hope it doesn't happen again. Thank you very much for warning folk.

[@TheMilford99]

I was on the Queen Elizabeth`s circumnavigation of the globe 2012. Southampton out and return. People of course are always dying on ships, they used to store them in the ships food freezers, now they all pretty much have morgues. I was friendly with one of the junior officers who told me there was 12 bodies in the morgue, by the time we arrived at Piraeus Athens, about normal for a 112 day cruise. Coincidentally it`s when David Frost embarked for his usual stint in the theatre, where he passed away on the same stage about 6 months later.

[@YachtReport]

We all worked on cruiseships in the team here at eSysman Superyachts (before) so we have seen this same thing on world cruises.

[@thomasperina2990]

Thanks guys for reminding us how fragile life can actually be. Many peopke think that being on vessel is just like being on land + they never take into account the constant pitching of a vessel on the water or the possibility of a rogue wave. I'm very sorry that a crew member lost his life but we are all responsible for our actions. Thank you again guys & God Bless. TMP from N.J 👍.

[@truthsRsung]

Why do you make excuses for someone who has no respect for their own life. Where I come from, we call this Suicide.

[@thomasperina2990]

@@truthsRsung Yes you are correct but I'm certain his family will most probably sue the captain & the owner, looking for a payday. Someone's actions always have consequences 😕. TMP from N.J.

[@truthsRsung]

@@thomasperina2990 ...Everyone on board should sue the Parents for their Trauma because they obviously FAILED AT RAISING THEIR CHILD.

[@truthhurts4948]

Jumped from cliff in Negril, Jamaica, probably about 40 feet. It was up the road from the famous Rick’s Cafe. The year after my brother and his college friends went and one of them burst his eardrum on the jump. Sucks to have that happen and endure the pain on the airplane on the way back home.

[@BALOYBEACHBUM]

Sad to hear! May the family have my condolences

[@mileshigh1321]

OMG 1 hr 18 minutes they tried their best to revive him....the nurse and crew must have been devastated! RIP

[@DanielWillis-q2g]

Abandon ship drills are pretty much that at times. I did it off a tug at 12 knots (engine stopped of course) as a teen. Of course standard water safety applies, make sure of depth, alcohol safety etc. Jumped off many a flight deck at sea.

[@alexmarshall4331]

Years ago I dived competitively @ London's Crystal Palace Olympic pool...10 metre board (35 feet?) into a aerated pool to counter surface tension was ALWAYS a shock...I remember a lad hit the water badly...he was horizontal face down, a full on belly flop...lifeguards had him out in less than a minute, gasping for air ZERO heartbeat...took 2 or 3 attempts but his heart fired up but he still had his lungs full of water...he survived because the staff were 100% on the ball but jumping into water from height is not to be done unless you know what you are doing and have people ready to help who know the drill😢

[@dionlindsay2]

Gasping for breath with NO heartbeat? Nope.

[@alexmarshall4331]

@@dionlindsay2 YEAH !!!

[@dionlindsay2]

@@alexmarshall4331 Blimey. I thought if your heart had stopped you couldn't breathe, let alone gasp for breath!

[@alexmarshall4331]

@@dionlindsay2 It was years ago and it was the aSysman video that brought it back however I have spent the last 10 years + working with street homeless/drug users and I can confirm that I have had several times that I have been confronted with cardiac arrest but with restricted respiratory ability... 👉🇬🇧👈👉😵

[@dionlindsay2]

@@alexmarshall4331 That's great! My recollection from my first aid training years ago is that if the heart has stopped the patient is not breathing either. I'll amend my ABC notes. Thanks for the advice and keep up the great street work!

[@daveambrose7287]

It doesn't even have to be from a great height. My brother dove into the shallow end of a swimming pool and has been a quadriplegic for 41 years. :-(

[@opichocal]

When I was a kid I jumped off a high dive and hit the water head first. The height was maybe 20’ but it felt like I was hit over the head with a baseball bat. That was over 40 years ago and I never did it again.

[@Nansf]

Alfa Nero moved because of hurricane Tammy which will arriving very soon, and right over Antigua

[@AM-ni3sz]

I worked in the mining industry and the off shore industry for 20 years. This type of death should not be allowed. Just because you are rich or are working in a boutique industry doesn’t make it ok.

[@r312du6]

The yacht is surely MY ACE. It was a little more striking with the name Ace on the side ( on the bridge deck). Made by Lurssen, it was owned by an Ukrainian dude who apparently had trouble paying the loans he had out on it and his plane. Went up for sale for 160 million and sold to a dude from Kazakhstan ( and it’s shadow vessel Garçon to roman abramovich ). By the looks of it maybe it for sale or sold again considering the name change ( they fizically ripped the name off of it so it’s pretty clearly changing the name) On the Fraser Yachts KZbin channel you can still find the tours of it with its then captain , both exterior and interiors as well as engineering, toys and crew quarters. Interesting in my opinion

[@goth2212]

100% M/Y ACE. They removed the side arches and extended the upper deck almost all the way aft. Talk about ruining an epic yacht...

[@oceanaxim]

Great investigating mate!

[@LucyStreet-bu3oj]

It’s not M/Y ACE.

[@joephysics5469]

A qualified nurse is not necessarily an experienced nurse. I was a cruise ship physician in the past and It was my greatest fear that I would have to resuscitate somebody with such limited equipment/facilities , lack of experienced help and significant distance from a hospital. In a hospital doing this is bad enough let alone on a ship. Hospitals around the world are not created equally. Some are actually quite dangerous. Be careful out there everybody.

[@alexmarshall4331]

You 1st get qualified, then and only then and for longer than you were studying you become experienced ♾️🙏

[@joephysics5469]

@@alexmarshall4331 Qualified is a very subjective term. A new nurse has the paperwork to qualify for a job at sea. Nursing at sea give you virtually no experience comparable to what one would get in a busy hospital. Taking care of basic medical issues is simple. Doing critical care with very little experience is almost always setting things up for a bad outcome.

[@toddnoll2237]

Same for doctors. I have seen plenty of docs that couldn’t come close to running a code

[@joephysics5469]

@@toddnoll2237 Most physicians don't really learn how to run a code. So few ever need to know it in their practice. As an anesthesiologist did my share of them. In my hospital, the codes were run by the Hospitalists, the E.R. docs, the ICU docs for only ICU patients , the cardiologists if the patient was in their cath lab only and us only in the O.R. setting. That is about 10 percent of the medical staff. An experienced paramedic can run the algorithms quite well. Most ship's nurses are only cpr trained with very little code experience. You certainly can find some who are but they don't have the facilities or equipment to really make a difference.

[@truthsRsung]

Maybe you all should consider what it SHOULD take to "Qualify" every human to Respect their own Life. It's probably good this human isn't going to teach it's offspring their philosophies or procedures.

[@JelMain]

Hurricane Tammy, headed due North through the Windwards Islands. She'll have to move westwards again.

[@davidressler4292]

An hour 18 mins to get someone out of the water to land and in the ambulance is really a very excellent time. Lots of coordination taking place, bravo to that team, sad for this result.

[@truthsRsung]

The result of not having any respect for your own life.....is Death. People die all the time. Why are you sad?

[@richardelliott8352]

I was once swimming off the bow while waiting to transit the Panama Canal. I knew we had a big shark down by the keel who waited for the food scraps to be thrown over , but I wasn't afraid , since I wasn't the conditioned food, and was enjoying myself. Until all of a sudden a drunk steward started dumping the dinner waste over the rail. My hand was on the ladder and o my way up as I looked back at a big feeding shark. Apparently he was big enough to control the territory , because he worked alone, thank goodness.

[@grondhero]

To put things into some perspective, Olympic high dives are 10 meters (~32' 9") high, the world record is 58.8 m (192' 10") dive and in the world championships, men jump @ 27 m (89 ft), while women jump @ 20 m (66 ft). My hypothesis is that the crew member, doing a back flip, landed on his neck.

[@crypto_que]

When I was in the Army we had to do Drownproofing just like any Navy or Marines who conduct maritime Ops. Lots of guys would jump from the stacks on the boat. I just never cared to do that. Running & jumping in from the Deck off one of the bits was quite enough for me. There’s always someone who wants to escalate “fun” until someone gets badly hurt or dies.

[@454FatJack]

+25m is when water is like concrete. Inside organ’s can’t TaKe the hit. Just like car collision with out Seat belt 😢

[@X3r0.]

We used to “tombstone “ in one of our local canyons , and every year without fail one or more people died from it. For various reasons; strong under current , hitting their heads on a hidden rock ledge under the water, shock from the glacial fed cold waters, and even sometimes they literally couldn’t swim.

[@HeronPoint2021]

and a few drinks probably didn't help. we used to walk two miles into a river canyon in Apple Valley, Ca. and walk out at evening when cooler I'd hate to think what we'd have to figure out if someone got hurt. Back then no cell, and we were pretty young. There was a 15 foot jump ledge and that was more than high enough to get into trouble.

[@X3r0.]

@@HeronPoint2021 a few road pops, illegal substances , you bet… underage and of age alike, and no cell phones got a ton of people in trouble. I am grateful I made it out of those experiences with a ton of hindsight

[@1vegasdood]

Nice job on the PSA...not overly dramatic but worth mentioning. Here in the desert Southwest (Las Vegas - Colorado River), there are multiple people that die annually from cliff jumping for mainly two reasons which your PSA mentions 1) People underestimate the body shock of jumping into cold water from heights which causes them to quit breathing and subsequently drowning 2) As our water levels continue to drop, people refuse to understand that there can be rock outcroppings closer to the surface than they realize as they hit the water at great speed from jumping in from elevated heights... ANother great vid E-Man!

[@zachansen8293]

Or in this case the guy was an idiot and belly flopped from 55 feet up. Probably stopped his heart from the impact. If the impact is timed just right with your heart beat, it'll kill you.

[@1vegasdood]

@@zachansen8293 I agree 100%

[@timjackson1904]

If you land flat on the water, it can knock the breath out of you causing your diaphragm to spasm and disorientation under the water can cause you to inhale water in panic. On a seperate note, my stepfather told me that someone dived off a lighthouse nr Fraserburgh when he was young and it stripped the skin back from his nails on entry (Ouch!!!). The higher you jump from , the more like hitting concrete it becomes. I used to work at a swimming pool and we were terrors for doing those sorts of things. The problem is when the 'unexperienced' try to copy you! Those with 'a couple of drinks' inside them on a sunday afternoon were worst.

[@chrislahey4276]

The actions of the crew member was not Tomb stoning. This crewmember attempted a back-flip and landed badly. A tragic accident. When properly scouted underwater jumping feet first from a reasonable height is perfectly safe. JMHO

[@Simon-ho6ly]

moderately safe... it can still go badly wrong.. id not call it perfectly safe but you can lower a large risk into a smaller one

[@dougdavis8986]

55' isn't a reasonable height.

[@teeanahera8949]

Someone above said there’s a 50/50 chance of injury above 16m and the bridge wing in question was 17m!

[@eljanrimsa5843]

@@teeanahera8949 Eh, no, that's not what was said. What was said was you have a 50/50 chance of surviving a 16 m fall on land. Surviving! The chance of injury in that case is 100%. On water, you can do such a jump without injury if you enter the water the right way. This requires some level of skill or a high level of luck. That's why people usually do it feet first, because that's the easiest way to control it (unless you are a Norwegian and know how to bend yourself in just the right moment). But even the pros limit the number of high training jumps they do, because at that height the impact of even a perfectly executed jump causes tear and wear on the body, and a mistake will result in injury.

[@Simon-ho6ly]

@@teeanahera8949 the extra M aint going to change that risk a ton but 50/50 chance of injury from that height i think is a bit high from experience.. However even a 1 in 50 or even 100 risk for something thats done entirely by choice is too high really

[@scudosmyth784]

Not a boat but my son jumped off a balcony in to a swimming pool on holiday, his mates crouched up there legs as they entered the water, my son kept his straight and hit the bottom and was in hospital for 2 weeks. Stupid for doing it but clever for having insurance to cover it....he learned his lesson.

[@catsupchutney]

Oh gosh, lust leisure sailing I had a guest tell me that he wanted to enter the water while were at anchor, despite there being a current of about five knots (with eddies clearly visible at the stern). I told him that I would not physically restrain him, but I was strongly advising him not to go in the water. That's all I needed, was to have to retrieve that guy from the water. To be clear we would go in the water, but only when there was no current, flotation devices were available, and we were near the shore.

[@davidchapman43]

Thoughts with family of the crewmember.the start of the video shows kids tombstones from Plymouth Hoe.we have had fatalities and series injuries here aswell.its very dangerous but local council can't seem to prevent this from happening here in plymouth uk

[@x--.]

Situations like this make me wonder if a simple sign would help: 10 died jumping from here in the past year. [of course, this wouldn't help with suicide attempts]

[@AjG007]

More emphasis should be made about the unfortunate crew member not doing a normal jump into the water. He was attempting to do a backflip!! At 17m, the approximate speed of impact with the water would be about 45km/h, which is more that enough to cause severe trauma if approached at the wrong angle.

[@denniswheatley8201]

I recall years ago...i jumped into the Ohio river off a larger boat .. yes i did do it... However I surfaced. A very long way down river from the boat... I was surprised the current was strong underwater. I will NEVER do that again .

[@singlaki]

Hopefully you will change some crew minds about this dangerous activity. Its not worth it

[@deemo5245]

When I was on holiday at a waterfall with various levels to jump from, the other person there jumped off the highest which was probably 30ft and he was fine. I chickened out and was also fine

[@dkjens0705]

Jumping from 17 meters above the surface absolutely needs training and experience. During my youth I would jump from the 5m platform regularly (the tallest platform at my local public pool). One summer I visited a friend and jumped from the 7m platform. The difference in impact force was eye opening. I didn't get a chance to jump from the 10m platform. Absolutely the people on the bridge should have made an attempt at preventing these two people from jumping, on the other hand I presume they were both adults and of sound mind and expected to know the dangers of this stunt.

[@richardgiles2484]

Feel sorry for this guy and his family. However, the yachts management has a lot to answer for to allow this to happen in the first place. If a guest wants to take this risk, that's one thing, but the management has a responsibility for its staff at all times when on the yacht. 😢😢

[@CustomWeldingandFab]

This is exactly the thought process that has caused society to be blame happy and remove all responsibility from our individual actions. It isn’t the ship’s fault or other crew nor the owner, it’s the one who CHOSE to jump on their own free will, period. Personal responsibility has been discarded for lawsuits and blaming others. It has to end, the mindset has to change. Slaves want others to be held accountable, free people accept the consequences for their actions.

[@richardgiles2484]

@CustomWeldingandFab like or not the employer, has a responsibility for staff when in work and rightly so.

[@CustomWeldingandFab]

Only because legally it’s been created so. We have become slaves to law and are no longer free people.

[@jvatkinson40]

Guys and Gals, Our Bodies Are Sooooo Fragile!!! We Must be Aware of All Possibilities involved in daily life. Things can happen so fast. One moment someone's driving down the street and Sneezes next moment (maybe one second) same car is up on the Sidewalk and in that second hits you and four (4) others, killing three (3). Fragile, that's what you are is, Fragile... Good Luck, Drive Careful and Watch Out for Drunks. Why you say? Because, They're Not Watching Out for You!!!

[@nicwilkin4743]

I used to do a lot of diving when I was younger, the one time I hurt my self was diving of a pleasure Boat in Greece hadn't taken in to consideration the actual sea swell, was lucky not to break my neck. It is a specialist sport these days its not something you can suddenly decide to do. When done well can be impressive. Ncx

[@neilharrison7555]

ALL of us who have done Personal Survival willwell remember stepping off a dail at a swimming pool. I also had to do similar whilst doing a North Sea Survival Course, from a similar height - which was NOWHERE near THAT height. If you get it wrong, you can enter at the wrong angle, if you don't "block off" you can inhale lots of water, causing breath spasms/dis-orientation etc. Trying any "tricks" whilst jumping is also VERY risky. We have all done daft things in life, no point in doing REALLY STUPID things...

[@jessdigs]

I go camping at a place with high rocks and a deep swimming hole. Heights range. 5ft, 15, 30,40,45, 50, and 60ft. I've jumped off of all of them several times.. The 60 ft is crazy every time. You have time to contemplate your decision on the way down. One of my sisters back flopped off of the 60 ft one time I can only imagine how much that hurt. I would never backflip from that high. I'm not that good.

[@mrflyingsourcer3515]

That’s such a shame. My condolences to the family & the crew, may they rest in peace ❤

[@destuers]

Mick we will always miss u

[@truesimplicity]

Water does not compress... pancaking or belly flopping is tantamount to hitting concrete if landing flat...

[@DeirdreSM]

Leaving aside the problems of landing in the ocean, the LD50 (50% chance of survival) fall distance is about 48 feet (16 meters). It just takes one bad landing angle to kill you at that height.

[@williamlloyd3769]

Well back in my HS days, my friends and I use to jump off the bridge going over the boat channel going over a portion of the Channel Islands Marina. Young and dumb days! PS - RIP and condolences to family and friends

[@cwilkinsoncwcw]

With him going in backwards he lost control and probably broke is neck

[@x--.]

That's terrible. and likely a stunt he had done before but death is just waiting for you to mess up just a bit.

[@destuers]

What’s the point … to comment lucky winner

[@RoyDees-t2k]

I remember jumping off the high dive in high school doing the cannon ball. Instant enema! LOL

[@randomthoughts9463]

I am a (maybe years ago) of a CADA Level 3. Canadian, so diving 3-9 meters was everyday. One day, I looked at divers off the Swiss bridge, seemed like a big deal as there were food trucks etcl. The next day, I went to the bridge. Nobody around except for traffic. My sister was like don't do it. Meah. I did not research my dive resulting in ground strike. I was not aware of the depth from a bridge at 8 meters in the canal was only shallow here we do not have flat bottom boats, so you can jump out to deep depths. I spun around with the curernt with a big nose bleed. I'd NEVER give that moment up.I got fined $55.00. Main is "KNOW YOUR SAFTEY when diving

[@thewefactor1]

It was popular to yell out the Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969) - Jumping off a cliff call years ago in our youthfulness, we thought it was funny at the time... However, unless you are experienced in platform diving or jumping you always and always go in 'tomb-stoning' at any height of the jump. And you most definitely look before you jump when others have gone before you.

[@diverdannavyvet9672]

Very dangerous. Even U.S. Aircraft Carriers, when conducting 'swim call' for the crew lower the swimmers from the approximately 60' above water height of the flight deck on a hangar bay elevator to around 30' above the water which is a similar height to an Olympic diving platform. Navy sailors also recieve training in the correct technique to most safety enter the water from the flight deck height should they need to do so in an emergency situation.

[@skiingfast1]

I've jumped off a lot of stuff. Got hurt a few times. But did it for the thrill right?

[@meinkamph5327]

Cool shirt.

[@GARYINLEEDS]

Thanks for sharing, shareed.

[@davidtreichelpppj5304]

Enjoy your channel

[@theodoreahubbart290]

There's a lot missing here. The main problem I have is lack of mention of an AED. Not that an AED would have made a difference, but we'll never know.

[@philipmackin1025]

There would have been a few AED's on a large Yacht. Also, if a heart has stopped an AED WILL NOT restart it. AED's are for defibrillation. This is where a heart is not beating normally and requires a "reboot" trying to make the heart beat normally. AED will also not work on a slow heart rhythm.

[@theodoreahubbart290]

@@philipmackin1025 I guess saying "Not that an AED would have made a difference" was enough for you huh?

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

What a waste… 55’ is a height that can certainly kill you.

[@panpiper]

That's almost twice the height of the highest Olympic diving platform. I've jumped off those many times in my youth. I wouldn't dream of jumping from 55'.

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

@@panpiper yep. 10 meters is Olympic height. The sailors for the Americas Cup had to train wearing ballistic vests jumping from heights and avoiding the various rigging if the boats capsized. They had to jump off the 10 meter board wearing their suits.

[@seantwomey396]

It was foolish to allow anyone to jump from greater than 10 M and it was absolutely dumb to do a back flip. I agree that the poor crewman likely broke his neck. May he rest in peace and may we all learn to be more safety conscious.

[@teeanahera8949]

The dead person hit the water at 66km/hr or 18.6m/sec. If you’ve ever been water skiing or done any water sport you’ll know that the water is pretty hard when impacted at speed.

[@pcka12]

You can break your neck simply by diving with your head back rather than tucked forward, my wife spent a year working in a spinal injuries unit as a doctor & such accidents are surprisingly common!

[@danb478]

The mystery yacht looks like Ace, but with some modifications.

[@GreyHak]

My thinking too. The front half is Ace, but the back is completely different.

[@abraxas81]

8:53 IMO is *Lürssen S/Y "ACE"* (refitted 🤔)!!! I prefer it now...w/out that arched staircase that connected three bridges 🤷🏻‍♂️, less particular but w/ a simpler and more linear shape 🤩!!!!!!

[@CarolStJohn-ev9ry]

I noticed in your video that the safety training examples showed the jumpers had their ankles crossed over each other. I hadn't heard of that before.

[@forddon]

It's to protect the privates

[@JoelAntoinette]

The proper STCW way. Arms limbs folded tight so they can't fold out from the impact of water

[@forddon]

The training is for abandon ship drills...the assumption is that there may be debris in the water. I can't tell from the video but it looks like the guy was wearing shoes (I was when I did it) if your feet are spread apart and you come down on floating debris you will injure your crotch wearing boots with ankles crossed offers more protection obviously recreational jumping is different

[@steveb9487]

Ankles crossed protects the nether regions from pain and damage. See the lawsuit filed against Disney because she didn't cross her legs at one of their water parks.

[@johngibson3837]

Nice video mate and well talked spoken feel sad for the person, in your guess a boat i just thought that the first one looked so sleek and thin and pointy from the drone it should be mentioned

[@skibum415]

Beyonce wasn't jumping from 17 m (55 ft) in that clip. You can tell based on the hang time. Unfortunately, one major way a jumper can be injured (or die) while cliff jumping or jumping from a tall structure is by breaking their neck or back. So sad to hear that this person passed away but hopefully others can learn from his/her mistake. Prayers to the crew and family for their loss.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

The celebrities you showed were clearly not jumping from 17 m, but from a normal perhaps 5 m height. Also, the thing that killed him was not the tombstoning, but the fact that he wasn't tombstoning but tried a more sophisticated jump from 17 m.

[@itsruf1]

Observation: If there was a crew contest for "best dive, wins a Porsche"....

[@robertlevine2152]

I am late in commenting on yesterday's video. I wanted to let you know that there was a noticeable difference between English and American in yesterday's program. You referred a number of times to dumbwaiter. Dumbwaiter in American, is a small elevator for moving food or dinner ware from a kitchen to a dining room on different floors. Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, had a dumbwaiter. The English, dumbwaiter, would be called a sideboard or buffet. If it is in a kitchen it would be referred as an island. The foreward TV was very impressive. I wouldn't think it legal for it to be used when the vessel is at sea or at amchor in accordance with SOLAS visibility rules.

[@alvaroapariciodeleon1990]

It seems to be Lurssen “Ace” with a major new exterior restyle

[@majicogarcia8417]

Darwin award

[@charlesv3962]

As a master I would never allow any crew member to jump from top deck, charter passengers were specifically instructed not to jump from the fly bridge, whenever the owner was on board I would asked they and their family and friends refrain from jumping from the the fly bridge, I asked all passengers must enter the water from the swim platform only, under no circumstances I would have allowed that to happen and if I caught them they would be restricted to Berth until we reached shore and then relieved them of their duties and to never return to this vessel. This is incredibly sad and the senior officer should be relieved of duty.

[@RubyRose-c6k]

Very saddening The first duty of a captain is the safety of his passengers and crew, he failed, tragically

[@JamesAllmond]

Just jumping is one thing, doing a back flip, is not really a good idea. What a shame...

[@Moondoggy1941]

Anything over 35 feet high is really high, too many people are doing 75 feet or higher. We used to jump from the tall part of a 2 story house into a 8 foot deep pool, then one day it got really scary so we stopped.

[@6by6by6]

Personal responsibility is your last best defense against killing yourself ..

[@NSResponder]

The highest platform in competition diving is ten meters. This guy collected his Darwin Award jumping from 17 meters. Speed increases exponentially until air resistance takes effect. If you jump from ten meters, you hit the water at 31 MPH. From 17 meters, it's just over 40 MPH. If you're not perfectly vertical at the water's surface, you're going to be in a world of pain if you survive.

[@joenord]

The new top platform at the swimming hall of fame in Fort Lauderdale is 27 meters. Gotta be spooky. No rookies.

[@dmitripogosian5084]

Speed does not increase exponentially, it increases linearly in time, and as square root of the height. Going from 31 to 40 MPH is not exponential :)

[@NSResponder]

@@dmitripogosian5084 V= 9.8 M Sec^2. See that "2" at the end? That's an exponent. You can go back to sleeping through math class now.

[@dmitripogosian5084]

@@NSResponder I understand you have no idea what exponential increase means. Good luck being ignorant

[@NSResponder]

@@dmitripogosian5084 I do and you don't. Good luck being pedantic and wrong.

[@oualie705]

Alfa Nero was indeed in Charlestown Nevis. See picture.

[@dmitripogosian5084]

I guess we kind of know were it happened, the report is by Cayman Island Maritime Authority ?

[@john-uq1xs]

Its “Yachty McYacht face”

[@john-uq1xs]

😂🎉😂

[@tnew6701]

Looks like Motor Yatch Ace.

[@PennWolfsSailingAdventures]

And that's one thing that's always on my mind about going up my 48' mast on my sailboat, just one wrong turn hitting the water from that height and it's over.

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

Speaking as a former belly flop champion, I can assure you that a hard landing from 6 feet is more than enough to cause significant bruising.

[@andyelliott8027]

55 feet is too high for me, I'm not keen on heights. I get dizzy on a thick carpet.

[@rumplestilskin5776]

S.S. Minnow

[@morganjohansson1668]

Thats a refitted/rebuild ACE. Finally..

[@MegaDRjohn]

aah, we call that pin diving in my country

[@kirkyorg7654]

what a shame may they RIP, PS a side note i met a pro cliff diver many years ago who broke his neck by simply hitting the water at a bad angle you do not have to hit an obstacle or a rock from a great height impact with the water cant do a lot of damage BIG difference from Beyoncé's 20 foot jump and 55 feet

[@jonobester5817]

Gee, I wonder why they call it Tomb-stoning.

[@bcluett1697]

I guess that's why the Olympic high divers get so much praise and are so few. Training to control your entry etc. To be fair to Beyonce her jump looked way shorter than the first picture depicted.

[@teeanahera8949]

Hers was about 3m or so, 17m is a whole new danger.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

Olympic high divers go to 10 m only. That is deliberate decision not to go higher. There are pros who do higher jumps, but it becomes super dangerous and you can't train a lot, because the accumulative impact of too many high jumps wears the body out

[@Ron-sv4uj]

there are so many variables while in Dock, or resetting