Gibraltar fast cargo launch

[@TomleyRC]

Some lovely Boat Footage Del, looked like a nice day. I am very glad you managed to get help, you are 100% correct that a Toy Boat and Camera are not worth risking your life for..... but turning it in to a positive, I would suggest to your Wife that you need your own 1:1 boat for filming from 🤔😎

[@Del350K4]

Hello, Phil! I don't know what I was thinking - I was so focussed on retrieving the footage on the GoPro to complete the video that I got my priorities all round the wrong way. That boat was a joy to drive, but not worth drowning for! I wonder if it's still afloat?

[@TomleyRC]

@@Del350K4 Really easy to do... and I can imagine it happens a lot. Your next project should be a recovery boat. Bait boats are an ideal platform for one

[@Del350K4]

@@TomleyRC I saw the RC Saylor resting a recovery boat the other day. I've always thought "Why bother? Why not just swim over and get it?" Now I know...

[@modelnutty6503]

@@Del350K4 for a "full size boat" on the cheap look up "Hannu's Boatyard" website.. read the site twice over, you'll know exactly how to build a decent car-topper. for semi rough stuff the Portugese dinghy is a good little rowboat that'll carry two on calm water. I've built several.

[@Del350K4]

@@modelnutty6503 I've always wanted to build a dinghy that could carry me and my wife, and that would be light enough for us to lift onto the roof rack of a car.

[@AdventureTimeRC]

Sorry you lost your boat camera and battery Del but very happy you got rescued you are right no toy is worth it you can always get another what you did get filmed was wonderful it was really moving along great budget build

[@Del350K4]

Hello, Brent! I woke up this morning and remembered being in the sea, getting weaker and weaker, then seeing those guys running towards the shore and realising that I might survive after all. I expected to have nightmares last night but slept fine!

[@satorrotas]

Really very good modifications and the idea of ​​the expanded polystyrene for the floats is excellent. And the test was very good. You took a big risk to get your boat but I'm glad it's over, these two guys saved your life. Sometimes it is difficult to assess the risks that we take, but all is well ended and that is the main 😊

[@Del350K4]

Hello, Pascal! It left me frightened of swimming in the sea for a while, but I went on holiday in early September and within a week I was happily splashing around again.

[@satorrotas]

@@Del350K4 I'm glad your fear is over, but you got lucky, now you gotta take life as a second chance. I almost died last year and now I see life differently 😉

[@Del350K4]

@@satorrotas I know what you mean - every day of life is a magical gift now!

[@satorrotas]

@@Del350K4 Oh yes 😊👍

[@robbrennanrc]

Oh man what a bummer! but at least you came away with your life mate. Great budget build and editing to make a superb film Del.

[@Del350K4]

Hello, Rob. I still feel bit quesy from drinking so much salt water. I now wish I'd got my rescuers' contact details so I could thank them again for saving me. I lost £50's worth of electronics in the boat, a really good GoPro and my favorite LiPo, but I'd be a gonner if those two blokes hadn't risked their lives to save mine.

[@thecontractor365]

Yes, they do say the sea is a cruel mistress and as your story shows - it's very true even in seemingly innocuous conditions. It's such a shame that this wonderfully restored boat was lost at sea along with the footage to complete this video, but even so such an engaging film anyway. The way it was edited really captured the vibe of the comings and goings of this trade. I especially loved those onboard scenes looking back at the driver - they were super realistic and very satisfying to watch. Sadly stuff like this on KZbin is all to rare. Keep it going.

[@Del350K4]

It is odd that good watchable content often goes relatively unrewarded in terms of numbers of views, whereas some bloke yelling at his dog gets tens of thousands per day! I'm so very glad that I took the backward-facing footage off the GoPro the day before the poor thing was lost at sea!

[@RC3DPrintAdventure]

Great video Del, very educational on speedboats, geography & the risks of the sea. Glad you made it back safely. A lesson for us all. I've held off getting a boat for the local lake as it gets deep very quick & I'm not much of a swimmer. That certain motoring journalist does seem prone to accidents, so maybe that was an omen? The new boat ran well with excellent onboard footage. It really does have the look, sound & movement of a powerful boat.

[@Del350K4]

Hello! First day of my unexpectedly extended life, and I'm taking stock of my priorities. I doubt I'll be recording any more speedboats in the sea... It's lakes and rivers for me from now on, and shallow ones at that! That boat was a delight to drive - it was a lovely hull, beautifully shaped with gorgeous handling qualities. It just took a thirty quid radio, an eighteen quid ESC and a steering servo to get it going.

[@RC3DPrintAdventure]

@@Del350K4 Very glad you made it back. Lost at sea chasing an RC boat is not what you want to be remembered for.

[@Del350K4]

@@RC3DPrintAdventure Too right! My youngest sister's getting married this Saturday - that wouldn't have been a fun wedding present for her...

[@mikeymike3240]

Holy shit man, that’s really scary, human kindness never ceases to amaze me, that was awesome of those guys to risk their lives to save you. I’m so glad that they did , and you are still around to tell the tale. You take better care of yourself man, I’d miss not being able to see any more of your videos, lol 😝. Super glad you’re okay 👍. 😎👍👍👍🇬🇧 Oh, btw, niiiiiiice video Del, the transport scenes were great, nicely done. 👍👍👍

[@Del350K4]

Thanks, Mike. I look back now & find it hard to understand why I tok such a huge risk to save less than £200's worth of stuff. No more RC boats in the sea for me!

[@modelnutty6503]

@@Del350K4 they hate salt water anyway! always bring a fishing pole when taking RC boats out, if you can cast half decently with weight and bobber you can snag to reel them in.

[@Del350K4]

@@modelnutty6503 You're right - I never put my RC boats in salt water, and only did it this time as it was necessary for the video. I'm usually quite happy, in rivers or lakes, to swim out to rescue them, and have never had any trouble doing so before.

[@Del350K4]

@@modelnutty6503 kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6Sne2V_fNyob6s

[@Del350K4]

This conversion worked well.

[@Matteomeier]

Ohhh, glad to hear your well and rescued by this kind guys! Man, this was dangerous! Superb video by the way! 👍😊

[@Del350K4]

Hello, Matteo! Human kindness is amazing. One of the guys told me that he had been watching me with concern for some time. As soon as I waved to my wife he began to run to the sea. I was very stupid and they were very brave!

[@MarkBryanRC]

Oh Del! Sorry to hear of the misadventure! So good you made it home safely - and we got to see the great footage you filmed. Hope you are doing well, mate!

[@Del350K4]

Hello, Mark - that was as frightening an experience as I've had for many a year!

[@FrankygoestoHobbywood]

oh wow... what a story behind the scenes... i'm glad to see you safe and well, mate..!

[@Del350K4]

Thank you! I still feel queasy from swallowing so much seawater yesterday...

[@islandrc-duke1972]

great build and nice run,great camera work

[@Del350K4]

Hey, buddy - thank you very much! It was a lovely boat to drive.

[@Georgieframe]

Glad your alive, mate, a little older and probably a lot wiser! Also a very good video with a good story well performed!👍👍👍

[@Del350K4]

Ha ha - thank you; I won't swim out to sea like that again! I just got a cheap "GoPro" to replace the one that was lost at sea.

[@rccrawlersmid-wales645]

My god dude, I'm very glad to hear you're okay! Definitely going beyond the call of duty for the scale cause there... 😬 Good work with what you built and captured though. 😎

[@Del350K4]

Hello, Steve! Yes, I was fairly sure I'd had it for a while there. I did thank the two guys who pulled me back to shore at the time, but I feel guilty for sitting around retching and failing to get their contact details so I could thank them more coherently later. One thing;I packed enough buoyant material into the hull to ensure that it would float even when full of water, so I do keep wondering where the boat is now, where it'll end up and whether someone will eventually find it, washed up on some distant shore. I hope the GoPro is still in there if they do!

[@rccrawlersmid-wales645]

Del350K4 I think you can be forgiven for concentrating on breathing instead of collecting addresses at that point! Sounds pretty terrifying. But yeah, I wonder where it'll end up?! Hopefully the other side of the world with a hull covered in barnacles or something epic (though obviously getting it back would be even more epic...). 😎👍

[@Del350K4]

@@rccrawlersmid-wales645 I was impressed by the boat's performance; I found my GoPro very useful - but I was very fond of my favourite LiPo, and if I were to get the whole thing back, oddly enough it's the LiPo I'd be most pleased to see!

[@DomsRCs]

Epic video mate, love the boat and your scale character on it. Very cool spot to! Keep up you're epic videos mate, I just subscribed and liked the video. Here's to 1k by the end of the year 🍻

[@Del350K4]

Thank you, Dominic!

[@jspeedrc]

Great video buddy👌🏽🎄

[@Del350K4]

I'm glad that you liked it! I still pine for this boat - I've replaced the GoPro and the LiPo that I lost that day, but I still miss this boat because I love the way it looked and I'm convinced that I'll never find another one the same. Also, because I crammed so much flotation material into the hull, I'm pretty sure it hasn't sunk; I think it must still be bobbing around in the ocean somewhere...

[@modelnutty6503]

glad you're OK and boat wasn't a huge loss, it had some drive train issues as got. break out the foam board and epoxy-glass, you can scratch build something a lot faster. steering servo got water in it and got stuck, been there! always waterproof them, undo casing screws just enough to smear silicone into all joints, throw Vaseline or grease at the output was good enough back when, conformal coating would be better.

[@Del350K4]

I just know that you're right about this. There's one more twin screw hull with burned-out Rx/ESC board waiting in the shed for me to convert it, so I'll follow your waterproofing advice.

[@modelnutty6503]

@@Del350K4 been loving RC boats since the 80's :) edit: another down+dirty quick+easy.. with everything plugged into it jam the receiver into a large balloon, a little grease at the wires and tighten+close the neck with a bit of string, is what we did before there was conformal coating, grab a dozen at a dollar store they're always useful.

[@Del350K4]

@@modelnutty6503 That's what I'll do. I've ordered a waterproof servo and ESC so it's just the receiver I'm concerned about. Because I made holes in the transom for the rudder linkage the much-mourned grey boat would spray water into its own hull whenever I went astern. You were right to say that it had driveline problems - there was quite bad vibration at high revs, as can be seen in the on board footage.

[@modelnutty6503]

@@Del350K4 its those straight hard shaft couplers, near impossible to get the motor and drive shaft true with them on anything. a U-joint can be off a couple thousandths, 1-2 degrees different, and still run smooth+quiet. this morning shared same tip to David (RunThatRC) is getting a lot of noise from a little 14 mm jet pump drive. old Dumas style drive cups with a nylon dog bone between is even easier to deal with if there's room, they can be off a bunch and work, but better if really near straight. steering push-pull rod wire.. the rubber from an eye dropper makes a nice boot, offset it a little inboard (wire near touching outboard when straight), when its turning it'll near touch inboard with arm throw. a little different but still similar for a servo laid flat. you'll see it for trying it, give a squirt of grease inside the tip where the wire exits, keeps water out really well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXW5XqF9mZKgoLM all THAT from a little 180 motor?! oh heck yeah! wouldn't even cost 10 bucks to make it happen, ROCKS!

[@Del350K4]

@@modelnutty6503 I suppose a couple of WPL UJs would work. I love the idea of using the rubber boots from medicine droppers to exclude water from the servo linkage holes in the transom. That airboat's spectacularly fast! All that speed from a single 180 motor!

[@carloshnunez]

Nice video my friend great inboard camera angle, you have to attach a cable from the rudder to the steering wheel and the steering to the driver arms 🔵🔵🔵🙂💡💡🙂👍👍👍✔️✔️🔵🔵🔵

[@Del350K4]

Hello, Carlos. I wanted the driver to be easily removeable so he wouldn't be in the boat when I was towing it on the trailer. It would look good, though!

[@carloshnunez]

@@Del350K4 More challenge to do it but you can 🔵🔵🔵👍👍🔵🔵🔵

[@AMAZINGRC]

Very cool.!! I am your newest subscriber.!!

[@Del350K4]

Hello! I'm glad you like this video - and thank you for subscribing.

[@puppymax1262]

Nice video friend 👍🏻❤️

[@Del350K4]

Thank you!

[@HaydadRC]

Great on-board shots!👍😊 Glad to see you escaped a close call; +1 sub!😊

[@Del350K4]

Thank you! As the hull is filled with expanded polystyrene foam, presumably this boat's still bobbing around the ocean somewhere, unless it's been washed ashore.

[@LayilaFaon]

Glad darling this is a wonderful Place Stay Safe ❤️

[@madmustangrc214]

Great video. Scary story. Good job on the boat restoration. I had a intrest in boats but around me there is no place to run one we have lake Ontario just a few milea away but the water is much to rough for a RC boat sometimes to rough for a wave runner.

[@Del350K4]

Yeah, you need a nice quiet creek really. They hate salt water - I only put mine in the sea to get footage of it "going to Morocco" for the video. I like rivers and reservoirs. I like RC road cars, but have no good place to run one, which is why most of my RC cars are off road oriented.

[@homeworkpictureshq]

Cool video

[@Del350K4]

Thank you! I'm still a bit disappointed that, after making a special trip to the seaside to get footage of the boat "crossing the sea", I wasn't able to include that footage, but at least I didn't drown!

[@mattrix2007]

2:40 Is that gentleman that's kindly agreed to steer the boat Julian Assange by any chance? because he sure looks like him. Joking aside, great video, i loved it. (Edit 3:14 ok, that's clearly not julian assange......anymore. )

[@Del350K4]

I tried to look up Julian Assange but my phone didn't want to. I thought after I painted his hair he looked a bit like Richard Hamster. He ws certainly very well dressed for a dodgy speedboat driver! I suppose he's still bobbing around in the sea somewhere - the hull's so full of wine corks and polystyrene that I can't see it sinking any time soon.