#HurricaneHelene

[@CaptKenO]

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[@AlbertKalinin-p2i]

Good job fellas but you forgot to put anchor support back on thanks for the video

[@CaptKenO]

Thanks Albert! We actually did remember to put it on before we left, but it was after I shutoff the camera

[@RichieCat4223]

7:55 Safety tip: Always wear gloves when guiding cable back onto the spool. Never know if the cable has broken strands on it.

[@CaptKenO]

Good thing it's a synthetic line and I don't have to worry about that

[@bobsch-gd6ze]

@@CaptKenO sure, till something embedded in the synthetic rope catches you...

[@mediadaemon]

You should get yourself some soft shackles, they float for a brief bit unlike the metal hard shackles they can fit through more cleats as well. Less likely to lose a pin in the drink! Nice work!

[@CaptKenO]

They would be nice. Unfortunately, equipment purchases aren't up to me 😑

[@scottmaz4063]

Great job well done capt.

[@CaptKenO]

Thanks Scott!

[@jaysol1686]

Great job!!!

[@CaptKenO]

Thanks Jay!

[@JohnSmith-qi9qs]

Good job!

[@CaptKenO]

Thanks John!

[@94FireGuy]

Just food for thought on the next one, run a strap w/come along under the hull side to side to help support/catch the front of the boat instead of letting it slide down the dock.

[@CaptKenO]

If the pilings on either side were tall enough to do that it might have been an option

[@traveling_art]

Good job, Capt. Ken. When it comes to salvaging boats, is there anything you can't do?

[@CaptKenO]

Thanks Art! Yes. There's some stuff I can't do and plenty we chose not to. I have a video coming out on the 8th where I just tow the boat after we subbed out the refloat. Could we have done it? Yes. Did we want to? No. It took the guy who did 9hrs to refloat and patch it

[@jungletension2835]

I installed quite a few boatlifts in the Fort Lauderdale area The company recommended removing boats from boat lift and lowering the cradles into the water during hurricanes

[@CaptKenO]

If you have a place to put the boat, yeah, that's great. Most people who have a boat on a lift don't

[@jungletension2835]

@ doesn’t mean it’s OK to leave it on the lift cause they don’t have a place to put their boat. There’s plenty of Rackham and Stackin places that have hurricane protection policies.

[@CaptKenO]

@@jungletension2835 most of those places have been completely packed. It's not like they just have 1000 empty racks hoping people will want to put their boats their during a hurricane

[@josephcitizen4195]

Capt, what was the purpose of the winch on the front? just to make sure you are controlling the movement of the bow?

[@robb5834]

Wondering if put air bag under front to lift up off that Pilling 🤔 it help it prob slide it on lift bit two

[@CaptKenO]

It wouldn't have been tall enough to lift the boat up

[@1johnfife1]

Why didn't you have the lift raised more while come alonging from the Stearn. Looks like it was sitting on a nylon. Seahunts are not cheap lol

[@diggy-d8w]

Dangerous when you were down behind the boat jacking the come-a-long w/ the boat raised in the front...... lol, I know you were completely aware but all I could picture was how easy it could go bad? The front hook(eye) on the boat.... you ever seen them pull out? I've seen one but on an old boat. Thanks for sharing this video, peace

[@CaptKenO]

Thanks Diggy! That's what the winch was for. I 100% wasn't worried about the tow eye pulling out. This was a relatively new boat, and I've never broken one before even on older boats.

[@diggy-d8w]

I saw the front "eye" pull out of an old heavy boat on a boat launch.... it didn't come Out but it moved about 2 inches which for me would have been the end of the use of that boat/trailer. But the guy risked & drove off. Well, if you've not come across it then chances are it'll never happen. I know you take all safety precautions but my mind races along when you do these remarkable salvages..... it's educational to watch. Thanks for sharing it all. peace

[@CaptKenO]

@diggy-d8w I'm surprised it moved that much and didn't come out!

[@diggy-d8w]

The boat was up on the trailer at this point & it wasn't my boat nor did I get to look at it. I saw the people looking at it & I saw the "Eye" appearing to be out from the boat in an unnatural spot. Something was strange & I never thought about it til you did the work on this boat. Is it possible they had done some other makeshift connection that made me see it wrong? In all honesty from my distance It might not have been as I thought. THat does happen. I hope whatever it was they fixed it before hauling the boat anymore. perace

[@garylinnane917]

I would have used a metal A frame on the front, winched it up in the air with a winch holding the A frame, and as you lower the boat lift, loosen the A frame in the direction of the boat lifting it off the dock 😊

[@jpa1282]

That's why you don't have his job

[@CaptKenO]

That's all well and good. What would you have attached the A frame too? Did you see one here that I could've used?

[@BrianGlowecki]

Wondered why you use the winch to pull the transom aft with the lift fully elevated. Watch your channel all the time.

[@CaptKenO]

There was too much weight on the bow, so there was a good chance it would've toppled forward if we pulled it straight back as soon as it came off that piling

[@justjoolz97]

Wow Captain, I'm just watching this video and you have a sh*tload of people telling you how to do your job, what you should or shouldn't do and asking why you're doing it! This is gonna be good!😅

[@020Dutchy]

In Holland we have a saying like “the best sailors are sitting ashore”

[@CaptKenO]

Lol. Thanks joolz! 😂

[@normanharris1092]

You should get air bags :)

[@CaptKenO]

Have them, don't need them, wouldn't have worked on this job anyway

[@spyglassfreowestaus2733]

Poor Tom 😢

[@CaptKenO]

Why poor Tom?

[@Meatinthecoola]

Also if you pulled from the other side it would rotate the boat the way you want

[@CaptKenO]

How do you figure we wanted the boat to roll?

[@Meatinthecoola]

First thing trim up motor and attach to the back and pull it back on the lift. I don’t understand why u ever pulled it forward

[@CaptKenO]

Never pulled it forward. Just had the winch there to keep it from falling off the lift. You couldn't pull it back on the lift as it was since it would've fallen forward under the dock