Offshore Assist 25 May 2022 Marine Rescue Ballina

Marine Rescue Ballina was asked to assist a 30 meter ketch and deliver fuel to keep their bilge pumps working until they could get to a safe haven to render repairs. Ballina Bar was breaking wall to wall with a three meter swell and a runout tide.

[@victor.leslieaugustpikingt8848]

I live in the UK and come from a small island in Kent called SHEPPEY and we are most surrounded by mud flats and our water is muddy as is yours, you guys are heroes of the first order the very best for 2023

[@fachu2]

Great effort fellas. You guys are unsung hero's keeping all us boaties safe.

[@MrWilberbeast1]

Balls of steel guys. Thank you so much for your service.

[@ericd7975]

Have to agree with another viewer. Great video, great work - but the music is not only pretty morbid but really not necessary. Very much appreciate the great work marine rescue do. I have been towed back to the marina before and SO appreciated the help Cheers team . 😊

[@Renegade040]

Great job guys, now that's a nasty bar and can't believe the color of your water, must be flood runout, from another skipper Marine Rescue Exmouth. If you do read this, may I ask what vessel is that of yours and what power units are you running?

[@bryanmarshall6878]

I thought the job they did picking their way out through the breakers was excellent until I watched the smooth ride back in with a following sea. Solid seamanship, but often overlooked for the sake of "hey everyone, look at me". Great job fellas!

[@tremaynesimoneaux1814]

Awesome job. Heroes for sure. That music though…

[@djmini2numpty141]

brilliant show of seamanship ! you guys and gals are awesome, we all are blessed to have you have our backs. Frank

[@TimsBitsnPieces]

Well done to the team.. I used to be a Skipper at Werribee CG and love those gnarly days going through the swell.

[@DanielRodriguez-ps9fq]

Excellent seamanship and precise handling out of and into the bar, I sure hope those bilge pumps keep on going for the Ketch till they safely reach the harbor. As an ex-boat crewman in the US Coast Guard, it was really fantastic when we were able to assist mariners in distress, great job and keep them safe...

[@macom5140]

Great job guys! It's just this sense of safety we all have when we go off shore!! Bravo!

[@peterhuggins9293]

Excellent boat handling and general all around terrific seamanship.

[@thefletchlife7837]

Bloody greatful for all you do to keep us safe.

[@torstivuorma2905]

..you have good hobby and work.. ..fine to see this kind of rescue work.. ..i am my older life SAR -staff here south-east Finland archipelago , nearly Turku.. ..greetings from Finland, 🇫🇮

[@knecting]

Great video and amazing work you are all doing. I do have one small bone to pick. Why do you have such sad music playing in the background? How about some adventure sounding music? Right now it sounds like your headed out to sea regarding some tragic incident.

[@rickybrock9204]

Did you not see the dead cow and the water being brown from mass flooding ??

[@teeanahera8949]

It is to make us sad of your spelling. It is you’re or you are headed out to sea not your headed.

[@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568]

since my headed out to see

[@barcrusher]

Great work guys but hey nothing too treacherous in that vid

[@user-sndgigareev]

:)))))))

[@thatsbollox]

Nice...thats a lot of filthy fresh water emptying the river on the runout. Must have had some serious rains. Nice riding the back of that wave on the way in.

[@TheReelHolifield]

Keep up the good work guys!! 🔥🔥

[@vorpommerinaustralia5418]

Hey Mates, Thanks for sharing this SAR Mission! I work as a volunteer at the German Maritime Rescue Station Prerow/ Wieck. It was extremely interesting to see your crew behave and work on and with your Rescue vessel, because it is very similar to our boat. I would like to see how you use the few space and with which items you are equipped. Is there any possibility to visit your amazing crew and boat some day? On my next visit in Australia I would visit your station. Always return safely! Greetings from Prerow, Germany!

[@Fwdking]

Hero's every coastal patrol crew all around Australia.

[@darrensmith9182]

Another great job fellas, cheers.

[@krisb-travel]

is that government boat? IF SO cant imagine how much they billed for that.

[@robertstancer4469]

A view from the UK. Lordy boys, bin the music, i thought i was at a funeral.

[@z3ak999]

crusty old barnacles XD Good job blokes

[@Vinnie101a]

Great work. How about dropping the music completely. It is a distraction, especially being so loud.

[@kristian829]

Appreciate what you do

[@jaktar58]

Well done guys

[@jesusgil9971]

excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thesurfsflat]

Well done all..... great job

[@531c]

Great show men. Please dump the sound though, it doesnt compliment the brave guys one bit.

[@soapybee4471]

Mad as that was a cool old boat

[@seanbulger2755]

Good job guys

[@rapido2962]

Why didn't they put the crew to work and manually pump the bilges?

[@johnsavage1109]

Why do you feel the need to have that "Music", or any music for that matter. Could not stand it........

[@TheHsan22]

Agreed!

[@anthonyhitchings1051]

why not give us the name of the "ketch"? (not a ketch in my book, due to the squaresails))

[@leemccullough558]

Thats why im a member hunter 950well done guys 😊😊😊

[@alansivkoff282]

What this mob on a million $ yacht and they run out of diesel?

[@htbuckley]

Onya fellas, great job well done

[@Aerospacedu]

The Soren Larsen....she is a good ship and i have sailed many miles on her...i was very surprised to see her in this video.....looking a bit worse for wear.

[@justwatchmate]

Sharky looking....Good job

[@Mrcoffindodger]

great footage guys, pretty decent swell crossing the BAR. 1 question, whats the upper age limit of this rescue service? I am part of the RNLI and have been for 22 years we have 55, 60, and 65 dependent on the vessel you are crew on. Stay safe

[@garyjacobsohn5016]

To first ,3 replies instead of being nit picking criticizing jerks , you should appreciate rescuers , they risk their lives , I myself work on a ferry boat system in the Carolinas USA, and emergencies happen,, try not to be petty about little bs,

[@rapido2962]

@@garyjacobsohn5016 ?

[@Ulbre]

Great job guys. I'm a bit of a novice here, so go easy on me. Why didn't the boat use sail power and then use fuel when close to a safe haven rather than running out of fuel just hoping?

[@Cherry_Koolaid]

so what would of been the yaht owners bill for that trip?

[@wcresponder]

Nicely done gentlemen.

[@Marc-nc9yv]

wow good job but theses guys are not spring chickens

[@Leosarebetter]

Dump the crappy music, just let the sounds of you guys and whats happening be the sound track. The Ketch is just a failure of Seamanship.

[@mickeyjmoons]

It's a brigantine, not a ketch.

[@Leosarebetter]

@@mickeyjmoons Well spotted, yes you are correct. I was quoting from the description, my bad. I should have known better.

[@mermaidsurfer]

Master class

[@paultudor-stack1005]

One has to wonder how it is that a ship of that size runs out of fuel for such a critical function AND on a coastal passage.

[@williamkampert1475]

Can someone give me a hand, what’s the object floating in the water at 4:45?! Cheers great video excellent seamanship!

[@ba30ballina8]

It is a hay bail from the floods.

[@lindawarne8091]

just a request ,would please NOT put back ground music behind your videos ,people with a hearing loss ,( EG me) can not hear the voice of people speaking on the video .all we can hear is the back ground music ,tks eric .

[@jonjones1430]

Looks to me that they didn't fancy going thru a bar to be refuelled?.

[@adambrown865]

Brilliant

[@ExpertCriticism]

Is that the ocean, or iced coffee?

[@rhyansheldon1401]

may i ask why the water is Brown not blue?

[@ba30ballina8]

From recent floods.

[@FourthWayRanch]

They went out there to give them 5 gallons of gas??

[@billy1947]

That piece of sh!t called for assistance on the Gold Coast in the week before then proceeded on with its journey to Sydney asking for fuel and assistance to whole way down, complete shit show from the crew just wanting to deliver a boat that should be scrapped. Hats off to the volunteers who responded to the numerous call outs

[@pauldarlington5589]

Believe me, that would end up a being a very expensive five gallons of gas. This shit aint free, it's not a charity.

[@willboudreau1187]

Somebody please explain to me how 5 gallons of fuel was going to save this 90' vessel? They have only diesel powered bilge pumps - which means engine or generator driven, I'm sure. So a 90' vessel calls for a delivery of 5 gallons of diesel. Well, it's nice to know that certain people are willing to risk their lives to deliver a jerry can to a vessel that undoubtedly carries thousands of gallons, but that suddenly finds itself 1 jerry can short? Am I missing something extremely fundamental here????? WTF??? If you're captain of a 90' vessel with crew aboard, and you're running your resource margins so short that you feel your ship is in danger without 5 more gallons of diesel, maybe you should take an onshore job where peoples' lives aren't at stake. Just sayin. Jeeeeesh!!!

[@Intermtn9736]

A sailboat hull is incredibly efficient and usually runs on a relatively tiny diesel engine (10-25hp). That engine can go for many miles on a single gallon of diesel. Not excusing this guys behavior, but it’s not the gas guzzling machine you think (source: sailed boat to Bahamas from South Carolina).

[@jaktar58]

Just be thankful that Marine Resue are there and leave it at that (ex Coxn MR)

[@davidharmer2006]

Might have needed enough to get to a port with a safe entry like Coffs 🤷‍♂️

[@markcarleton7809]

@@Intermtn9736 not a boat of that tonnage, would need at least 150hp

[@abazdarhon]

The are so called planet savers. Long hear, dread, fancy gore Tex dressed planet saver without any job living on tax payers. You can usually see them glued to some sort of public places while steaming- safe planet. So 2 jerry can will do them…. Doesn’t matter that few life’s was on risk and whole operation cost few grant.

[@jessikaakkademycz6301]

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@MISTERLeSkid]

Five guys to deliver a couple of gas cans? Tell me they don't love going out there.

[@shoutout.kokain8713]

ex military?

[@koalaboygaming346]

What on earth is in that water to make it that colour?

[@EmJayEss]

An absolutely devastating flood event, biggest on record as far as Australia as a country is concerned

[@koalaboygaming346]

Ohhh yes I should know that

[@bsbsbsbjsbsbeb555]

الحامي الله عزوجل 😊

[@gofastsuv]

75th sub

[@dietmarborchert6664]

Good, interesting video which honours the men and their work. The music though is awful and unnecessary.

[@doctorshawzy6477]

nice music

[@CABALCANAL]

Casco ....

[@nickmaclachlan5178]

Radio comms need to be precise and concise. Mistaking Feet for Inches may be a simple error, but could have a massive knock on effect in certain circumstances. Obviously in this case it was instantly apparent that 30m is not equal to 98.5 inches, but that fella needs to be careful in the future.

[@teeanahera8949]

I was wondering why in the hell do they need an imperial measurement of that large yacht. The measurement was given in metres, that’s it, nothing more needed.

[@nickmaclachlan5178]

@@teeanahera8949 The guy on the radio sounded like an older fella, no doubt not so great with the metric system, Spect he thought he was doing them a favour, just ended up confusing himself.

[@licencetoswill]

he clearly says 30metres or 98 feet, 5 inches. clear as day.

[@davidharmer2006]

LOL, bit critical with the comments 30m and or 98ft to me is fairly similar in a wide open ocean looking for a white yacht.

[@bloodyslatts1452]

Yes, he said 98.5 then corrected it to 98' 5" which is near as bugger it 95.5'. About 1 minute 10 seconds in.

[@frankdieber7090]

Why do we have to go so slow on our way out that we stuff every other to third wave? There’s no need for that ridiculousness, he could have faired those waters so much cleaner.

[@michaelspunich7273]

Why is the ocean so muddy brown?

[@workplacesociologyandanaly223]

Thats run out from the flooded rivers after all the east coast rain

[@fionamackie3357]

It's sad to see it like that because of all the flooding down there. Having lived in Murwillumbah, I have friends that were affected by the floods there. That area is beautiful and usually a stunning blue out on the ocean.

[@eright4208]

the water looks sad

[@anthonyhitchings1051]

ditch the music

[@andersonsalzano4520]

Que maravilha hein a guarda costeira vai leva o diesel para os caras poder ir embora com barquinho sossegado No Brasil se isso aconteceu o cara pode até perder o barco e o registro de Arrais

[@davepurce5883]

Old Guys Rule!

[@peterblack7828]

Very well done guys, but like so many officials, sporting and volunteer organizations, not an up & coming younger individual in sight. As a society we have lost the ability to include the next generations and we will pay the price.

[@robinhodgkinson]

@@peterblack7828 lot of these services are volunteers and it could be a week day - younger guys at work maybe. 🤔

[@myeverythingworld8123]

Save paying for fuel at 2 bucks a litre

[@aarem01]

Great work. Terrible music. Thought that someone died

[@TASMAN-1]

Now say a sentence without using the words "umm" & agh".

[@tomsreviews238]

Why should all those guys put their lives at risk for a bunch of idiots? If they wanted to cruise around in that porous old boat then they should also be able to accept the consequences.

[@cashy76]

3m or 3ft bit dramatic

[@jessikaakkademycz6301]

💙🤍💙🤍💙🤍

[@dandowns9669]

Holy crap. Those dudes should all be retired... Just sayin.

[@Czecher86]

looks like geezers on patrol

[@royaneffendi8877]

L

[@toewstelevision]

captain

[@clobbyhops]

Man that’s some ugly tea water

[@georgem8200]

Are you cops now.Be very careful with our freedoms.

[@francoisandre9702]

nul............

[@hswing11]

WHAT WAY THAT ABOUT???????

[@AntMan1HDFTE]

Well done guys