OPENING BOTTOM PLUG OF A CONTAINER SHIP IN DRY DOCK

OPENING OF BALLAST TANK BOTTOM PLUG IN DRY DOCK - TURKEY
This is not sewage or grey water and doesn't smell bad. its just sea water mixed with some mud.
#ContainerShip #Ship #BallastTank #BottomPlug #DryDock #LifeAtSea #Sailor #BreakerBar #dangerous #turkey #tuzla

[@careyrose6059]

I spent most of my life as a deep-sea diver and have inspected and cleaned countless hulls. I've seen hundreds of those plugs, documented their condition, but that's the first time I've seen one pulled. Cool.

[@kevkamo6289]

Oh yea? Well I'm an astronaut

[@fanfanifun]

When you report the condition of the plug, let's say it's in bad condition, will it be replaced ?

[@careyrose6059]

@@fanfanifun Most of the time any problem with the underwater hull is noted for repair at the next scheduled dry-docking period. It would be hard to replace underwater but it could be done. The problem isn't the water going into the ship while the plug is removed. The plugs are very large square-drive pipe plugs installed while the ship was docked. You can see in this video the leverage torque required to turn them. A little tougher with to do with fins while swimming. But with hydraulic tools it would be possible. Never had to do it, though. Just something noted along with paint condition and marine growth fouling.

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

Are the plugs set in so they're flush with the hull,or do they protrude outside the line of the hull? Was thinking they'd be a weak point in a grounding if protruding.

[@careyrose6059]

@@DomingoDeSantaClara The plugs are flush with the bottom plating installed in reinforced bosses welded in the hull plates. The bigger the ship, the more plugs. I thought they were in most bilges, ballast tanks. There are weld embossed indicators as to locations on the bottom so the location can be identified by cross reference with docking plans. If the ship has docking plans.

[@michaellong6605]

50 plus years on ships never knew there was a plug.

[@janvisser2223]

Some ships don’t have them, very inconvenient😏 Normally, plugs for ballast tanks and fuel tanks have different types of “tool opening” hex or square.

[@stevepunter3704]

If it wasn’t your job you’d never know brother, first for me too.

[@nainitalism]

@@stevepunter3704?

[@logoseven3365]

I think I saw Bugs Bunny do this once

[@leadsolo2751]

... and here I am, wondering why is there water inside the ship in the first place 🤣

[@jcb5782]

Just to clear up some confusion down here: Most ships have many plugs actually. Every double bottom tank has one, whether this be for fuel or ballast. To identify them they have different heads, square or hectagonal. You don’t want to pull the plug of a fuel tank by accident! Anyway if you have to inspect a ballast tank at sea you can always choose another tank to pump the contents into, but in a drydock they would rather just pull a plug because; a) They want to inspect all tanks so nowhere else to pump the water to; b) It’s a lot faster. Does it smell? Meh, not really. I’ve been in some ballast tanks myself and it just smells like murky water; the sort of smell you’d have in a marsh. Just of old plants and dirty sand. And that’s if water is gotten from a river or something. Some ships just get their ballast out at sea and I reckon if their ballast tanks are kept clean you won’t smell very much at all. The color? Idk, could be from rust which would not be a very good sign, could be from dirt in the water, no idea. To many possibilities. You do see the water clearing up quite nicely the longer it drains so it could also be sand particles in the water that just sedimented in the tank. Nothing dirty or anything.

[@therocinante3443]

Thanks man, I thought to myself, "Why the hell is all that water inside a ship?" Seemed like something bad happened to cause that. Now I realize why this happened!

[@RK-gv7rc]

P L U G

[@justbreakingballs]

@@therocinante3443 how could you expect water not to get into a ship?

[@CivilEngineerWroxton]

Very interesting. I have smelled quite a few of them as I was the Chief Designer of a large river bridge project and the construction trailer was quite close to a drydock structure. Every time they would pull at least one of the drain plugs in a drydocked ship, the smell that arose was absolutely horrible. I guess it depends on what area of the world or the US these ships are cruising on a regular basis. The ships that were in this drydock structure were ones that were in the Mississippi River, Arkansas River, and several other rivers in the US. So these ships went through rivers that were connected to algae-filled swamp areas, silty loam mud areas; decaying organic materials areas such as rotting leaves by the countless ton, rotting trees by the thousands, animal corpses, and many other decaying organic materials; as well as very murky and muddy waters. The bridge I was designer of is on the Arkansas River. So I don't know if what you encountered was different areas/waters, but that might be the reason for the difference.

[@dollarcostbackpacker1226]

Ty

[@TheNakaleader]

68 plus years working on ships and this is the first time seeing one pulled, gud stuff.

[@dozerboy67]

When I was 15 my family decided that we were going to buy an old boat and fix it up! We bought this old wooden boat that was built back in the 30’s in Maiorca and was in pretty rough shape. We slipped her and began replacing all of the dry rot, and re caulking all of the seams. It was quite a lot of work, I can tell you! After removing the old engine, it was my job to scrub the bilges. So after some investigating, I discovered the bung hole as it’s called, and pounded out the wooden dowel that was in the hole, and then proceeded to scrub and clean the bilges. This was in Scotland in the middle of winter, cold as hell! I learned a lot about boats, and ships, and traditional rigging. Looking back, I was very lucky! So I know exactly how that guy feels, it’s a dirty job,but someone has to do it! 💪⚓️⚓️🤙

[@jackkraken3888]

Pounded a bung hole? The innuendo is strong with this one.

[@dozerboy67]

@@jackkraken3888 😂😂😂

[@maxb2299]

What kind of boat was it and how big was it.. you've got me intrigued

[@dozerboy67]

@@maxb2299 so, if I remember correctly, she was 112 ft from the tip of her bowsprit to the stern, I don't remember her displacement but she was very roomy amidships. We bought it from a gentleman up in Scotland who had tried to refurbish her without success. Originally, she carried lp gas between Spain, Portugal and the islands of Ibeza and Majorca. She was an old wooden boat and there was a good deal of dry rot, deck planking and the timbers that covered the hull. I worked with the shiprights who did all the work, and I learned a great deal. We put a Gardener 8 cylinder inline diesel in her, and after I had scrubbed the bilge's clean, we put tons of lead ingots in the bilge as ballast. From the shipyard in Cokensie Scotland, we motored her up into the North Sea in a very bad storm, not sure why we couldn't have waited for better weather, but up to the lochs system that goes all the way from East to West in Scotland. We actually went through the loch Ness but I didn't see any monsters, ha ha, then spent a night in a small town there on the loch system, I don't remember the name, but the whole town came out to see the boat! I think it was a big deal for them! 😅 From there we motored out to the Irish Sea, across to the massive port of Dublin, Ireland, to get fuel. Then down the coast and across to Plymouth, England. We spent almost a year there, putting all the traditional rigging on and two deck houses. I guess there are many old skilled shop rights there in Plymouth. Whew, my thumb is gonna break from typing, I'll tell you more, but gotta rest my thumb! 👍😵😅

[@Ironmanpizza78]

@@jackkraken3888 how about the game "corn hole " , who came up with that name for a game . Wana play cornhole ? Nope

[@8180634]

That is the manliest breaker bar I've ever seen. No lug nut in the world would be a challenge with that thing, got to get one!

[@trstquint7114]

Rusty plug: hold my beer...

[@danlevesque5437]

Tell that to the salt infested rust belt states

[@spacecat7247]

Yeah, I can say I was impressed too.

[@veedubbya]

Rear hub nuts on an old VW Beetle would test it to the max.

[@dwm5150]

Check out the breaker bar that was used on UH-1 Huey, Jesus Nut. You might want to skip right to it.

[@bernardkeenan8676]

It's amazing and creepy being under a huge ship like that, you feel like an ant about to be stepped on by an elephant.

[@ZerokillerOppel1]

Worked on/under/in ships in my younger days for quite some time.. you get used to that feeling of "eerieness" when you're walking under a ship. But it's true...that sensation sometimes creeps up on you..but when you're actually working (and it's always backbreaking work...) and you break up a sweat you forget all about that! I was 30 years younger then and thinking back now I wouldn't have missed it for the world!! It's such a different place... people who never have worked in shiprepair or -building can ever imagine it...

[@dougle03]

You get the same but more intense feeling when you dive under one...

[@sledsports]

@@dougle03 I can't imagine diving under something as large as a aircraft carrier. Just to be beside something that big floating at the waterline gives me the heebee jeebees

[@mannyfernandez6860]

​@@dougle03 ive been searching for this comment for years ..

[@giorgiolelmi8175]

@@mannyfernandez6860 Same Lmao!!!

[@smellymudhut3398]

I’m a maritime plumber and have just started this career within the past year! I mainly install valves and small systems for all sorts of different things in yachts/ ships! It’s not the cleanest or safest job by a long shot, but honestly it’s something I love. It’s definitely more of a niche thing, but it’s always so fascinating to me looking at these boats and thinking how far they will sail with my simple work. I love thinking to myself when I install a through hull, or a valve that takes on raw water for any sort of system “this boat will float because of me.” Another thing most people don’t think about : he’s casually working under a multi-ton ship, pulling a plug from the bottom.

[@XPLAlN]

Same colour as as when I opened my bottom plug this morning.

[@brianjohnson3444]

I can't stop laughing!!!😂

[@andrewday3206]

Damn that’s hysterical

[@mickkelly8959]

Yep, my first thought, alcohol shit.

[@HuggleNuts]

@@brianjohnson3444 I can’t stop laughing 😂 I can’t stop laughing 😂 I can’t stop laughing 😂 I can’t stop laughing 😂 I can’t stop laughing 😂 I can’t stop laughing 😂

[@Mr.WellingtonVonDukeIII]

Preach brother, I flooded the dry today.

[@sausagefingers2885]

I'm a mechanic, thinking Don't snap Don't snap Don't snap

[@someone2506]

lol yeah extracting would suck badly and running a tap sounds even worse 😬 Though i guess that there is probably a "portable" lathe with an e-magnet base for those things..

[@mrcool9672]

Yeah!.. plus he forgot his oil pan! 🤔 Again.

[@mwhitelaw8569]

All I'm thinking is That's 1000 dollar breaker bar he just let hit the ground.

[@EustaBAracer]

"Uhhhh, can I get a 3 inch heli-coil?"

[@a_common_weeb]

Tink-tink-tink-SNAP

[@vsGoliath96]

"How much leverage do we need on the socket wrench?" "Yes."

[@muckfoot-4093]

"no"

[@jeffreyx5000]

I went through the drive thru at Taco Bell and 30 minutes later it was exactly like that.....

[@robb4951]

Mudbutt strikes again! 🤣🤣

[@grahamallen934]

Taco Bell gave you the Squirts😂

[@daviddickey9832]

Expecting Mike Rowe to show up

[@ChrisZwolinski]

@ICE STATION ZEBRA ASSOCIATES shitty jobs.

[@technewsfortechnoobs]

Ship sets out to sea again after leaving dry dock. Dockworker: "What's does this screw go to?"

[@REDARROW_A_Personal]

TBF it wouldn't be that bad of issue as there are multiple plugs. You could just get divers out to insert the one that they missed.

[@storbokki371]

@@REDARROW_A_Personal Or just look for the geyser in the ship.

[@roystonlodge]

@@REDARROW_A_Personal "just"

[@johnw2026]

😂😂😂

[@ultragalactus8041]

If a dock worker thinks that's a screw then they're screwd

[@fenech97]

I never knew that ships have this plug . I have seen my Dad removing the plug from underneath our wooden boat which he used to take tourists with, to Blue Grotto here in Malta. He used to unplug the hole to let out the water which may have come in the boat. Thanks for sharing.

[@Stevel_]

Didn't realize big ships had drain plugs. I put one in our little waterski boat every spring. Nice to see the bilgewater looks the same, haha.

[@markhollingsworth4728]

Known as as "Docking plugs" . Plugs located in technical water tanks, fuel, ballast & water tanks . Plugs are there to allow draining and cleaning of the tanks.

[@janicesullivan8942]

Thanks for that clarification.

[@markavelitv4140]

Was just about to ask...

[@peeonu25]

All for steel preservation and repair.

[@dshogan6174]

Did you have an oily discharge and bilge movement

[@mikemaatta216]

That makes sense !

[@anim8ted923]

I see his face shield is protecting the top of his helmet.

[@scottowensbyable]

Took the words right out of my head.

[@jefftheriault5522]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Gee, Hope there isn't diesel in that tank.

[@gbmotors4150]

Found the OSHA pussies.

[@amariza21]

@@gbmotors4150 lol youtube is full of them

[@agenericaccount3935]

Prudence the safety goat shrieks. 🐐

[@CivilEngineerWroxton]

And the ship is going, "Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh, yeeeees. I needed that. Been holding that in way too long. THANK YOU!" I'm a Civil Engineer and there was a river bridge project that I worked on as the Chief Designer. The construction trailer was located very close to a drydock structure. It had six slips in which to put ships. Every time a ship would be drydocked and the plug pulled, we could always tell that's what they were doing without even looking. This was because the smell was absolutely HORRIBLE. There was a few times it even just about triggered my gag reflex. We got to a point where we made sure to keep the construction trailer sealed up and air filtration devices running. The fluid that poured out of those ships when they drain them had all manner of the nastiest substances imaginable. So being the guy who has to drain the fluids from the very bottom of the ship hull would be a REALLY nasty job. I'm thinking that the guy in this video that is unscrewing the drain plug is not happy about having this job. I know that I wouldn't be.

[@monkmoto1887]

Were those river going or canal going ships? I imagine a vessel at sea that gets its ballast from the sea water would probably smell rusty if anything at all

[@ketas]

it's shipshit after all

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very nice video. Thanks for posting this.

[@chuckfinlay6093]

I can just imagine how it smells 😂🤮

[@robertdinicola9225]

No, you can't. Trust me, you would rather be cleaning intake screens at the sewage plant.

[@user-yd7tm8ll1y]

Is not poo , just water

[@CelestialLites]

@@user-yd7tm8ll1y fire sprinkler head broke off at work. Years of stagnant rusty oily who knows what water stank like shyte

[@dennisyoung4631]

*Bilgy, eh?*

[@azthundercloud]

Smells daiper gravy.

[@edc1569]

Wish I had that breaker bar when I was trying to change my brake rotors.

[@jcelldogs]

No kidding lol. With that, all you would have to do is put some pressure on it with your pinkie to get it to move lol

[@derekperez1418]

I sleeve my conduit bender bar over whatever wrench I'm using. Turns it into a 4" breaker bar. Just be sure the pipe you're using is plenty strong

[@JesseCase]

That's a pretty small plug for such a huge ship! Just don't forget to put it back in like almost all small boat owners have done at least a time or two! I may and/or may not be guilty of it myself a couple of times over the years, lol! That's when it really helps to have a foam filled hull like I may and/or may not have.

[@castleanthrax1833]

I may and/or may not believe you.

[@JesseCase]

Wow, s#its getting deep now! Lol!

[@ralfie8801]

@@JesseCase When you notice the water coming up in the bilge, or even on the floor in the boat, all you need to do is get the boat up on plane and run it that way until the bilge is empty, then stop, reach over or jump in the water and put the drain plug in. Pump any remaining water out with the bilge pump, there shouldn’t be much left to remove at this point.

[@fredjennings5312]

So you actually think there is only one plug on a ship that size? smh

[@emilnilsson4320]

This takes me back to when I was in the navy, we used to swim down and pull the plug so the ship started taking in water.. the captain went berserk but in the end he knew we where rascals and laughed it off

[@chadgdry3938]

something I would never have been able to see, thanks for sharing that.

[@Ojb_1959]

That was a well spent minute. Reminds me of my days offshore. Thanks for uploading🤙🏼

[@michaelsteal9128]

I sold my boat with the plug out. Didn’t think about it for a few months. Hope the new owner thought to look

[@pashapa11]

The amazing part is that if the ship falls the hard hat will save that guy.

[@castleanthrax1833]

No, what's amazing is you think your comment is funny.

[@jjmcoupebmw6557]

@@castleanthrax1833 I chuckled...now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!

[@castleanthrax1833]

@@jjmcoupebmw6557Hahaha. Is there someone else up there I can talk to? 😜

[@rafox66]

@@jjmcoupebmw6557 What are you doing in England?

[@hankschrader149]

Never forget to put your plug in before launch!

[@nickmaclachlan5178]

Interestingly, as long as the tank wasn't open to atmosphere internally, you could leave the plug out and the tank wouldn't get very full........ ship might get a bit of a list on though.........

[@jimwednt1229]

That's what she said 😅

[@truck57us]

It's not a matter of if you'll forget to put the plug in, it's when you'll forget to do it... Been there, done that :)

[@hankschrader149]

@@truck57us lol I'm never gonna make fun of someone who forgot to put their plug in at the boat ramp, cause next time that guy might be me!

[@hankschrader149]

@@jimwednt1229 😂

[@5695q]

Imagine being the new guy and the supervisor hands you a waterproofed drawing of the ships bottom and shows you the breaker bar, you've got till noon to pull all the plugs and put them in the cart over there.

[@tonygirney3516]

Lol@5995... Yah or ya fired...🙄

[@nainitalism]

Each plug has the tank no written by welding adjacent to it for easy identification

[@herbderbler1585]

@@nainitalism "written by welding" God how I wish all the dataplates on the planes I fix could be so solidly readable. Sometimes they're glued on and fell off years ago. Sometimes they're printed right on the metal that's covered with years of accumulated grime and it's like an archeological dig. You gotta carefully remove the crap without scrubbing the data. The best dataplates are engraved or embossed so just moving the angle of the light around will eventually make even dirty characters suddenly pop out. Unless the plate is truly caked with crap, but then at least I know I can brutally clean it without worrying about ruining the data.

[@nainitalism]

@@herbderbler1585 sometimes we too, have to resort to removing the layers of paint to read the tank no. Specially on older ships. Don't want to accidently open a fuel tank plug !

[@herbderbler1585]

@@nainitalism yeah, that could be a huge problem, especially since it's probably darn near impossible to get the plug back in once the hole is blasting out fuel.

[@guitarhiker4449]

That brings a whole new meaning to "dont forget to put the plug in the boat"! Lol.. geez!!

[@MacIn173]

Oh, that brings some memories :) Have been doing it quite a lot.

[@evildave42a]

The whole time I kept thinking, "I don't know what exactly is going on around here but bro, whatever it is, you need to put your face-shield down, especially whenever slo-mo starts"

[@j.4941]

Yeah the guy should have really noticed that slow-mo started and drop the shield :-)

[@deskysumawidjaya8431]

He matured already yet still playing round at circle

[@notprovided1131]

That was cool to watch 😎

[@paulb8603]

I love content like this the internet is a great learning tool, I am now going to learn more stuff. Thanks for giving me more knowledge

[@dm7097]

When he came over and actually found the plug in the sand….. I was like 🤯🤯

[@waynep343]

Do sailors sing a version of a song. My ballast flows into the ocean. My ballast flows into the sea. My ballast flows into the ocean. So bring back the plug to me.

[@tuxitalk1World]

😂😂🤣❤

[@adamhofer6471]

I closed my plug on gaffkutter. Iclean it with a specialpump who can take all debre. All the best adam. Thank s

[@richardkey4289]

Sounds like a good drinkin' song

[@adamhofer6471]

Im sailing in thailand.at the moment she is on hart generell overhaul

[@michaelcrawley2359]

Good one. Guess they never heard of pumping it out and protecting the environment.

[@DetriotSteel]

I hope his co-workers are holding the ship steady while he's doing this... You don't want it falling of the stands...

[@jessicamerriman2336]

Tha was strangely satisfying!

[@alasdairbeal2363]

hi folks Something to be avoided at all costs as the pressure can easily strip the last threads of the plug or worse the socket as it is undone. A trick I learned was to put a tea chest (later a plastic bin) on the dock bottom to catch the plug. Being full of water by the time the plug came out the plug was slowed down and contained where it could be recovered. All the plugs I have ever seen were in non pollutant tanks - water etc - never in oil tanks! Then it was a performance afterwards - several independent witnesses to replacement and proper torquing! It is also one example of the old ways are the best - as the plug may well be submerged in salt water for several years or decades without removal the only reliable sealant is 'white lead and tallow'!

[@MongooseTacticool]

How many ugga duggas does it take to torque it up?

[@wellsgb1957]

I didn’t know they had them 🤔 thank you for sharing!

[@BASSHOLE8752]

Now that's a breaker bar! Cool clip of something rarely seen!

[@georgiaboy1579]

Never knew this 😲 Cool to watch though

[@applejacks971]

Is this at one of those 'Oil Change in 30 Minutes or Less' places?

[@moosesnWoop]

this like pimple popping but for ships

[@hgodtx]

Never knew! Bet that initial spill smells great!

[@NathansLife]

as a person always working on cars, my mind just goes to the plug snapping... I bet a torx won't have a prob getting it out though

[@logan_e]

Now _that_ is the kind of thing I really like showing up in a feed. Interesting!

[@mkine]

Its probably just rust and seawater

[@janvisser2223]

And a shot of sediment. Long live the ballast water treatment unit😊

[@Master-ls2op]

nice lucky it even came open :)

[@PanduPoluan]

The slow motion part adds quite a lot of tension. Amazing direction.

[@dgoddard]

Same thing happens when I go to Taco Bell. But I don't need a 4 foot extension bar, thankfully.

[@ciastekwuzet1]

"Not yet" you should say 😅

[@matthewhelton1725]

Most of us, after visiting a Taco Bell, may well need a better retention mechanism... certainly a faster one.

[@the_rover1]

what I've learned from this video: even ships happen to have diarrhea some times 😂

[@DavidHuber63]

Grown-up Jack in the box. 👍❤️

[@andreaberryman5354]

Wow-thank you-neat!

[@MsBizzyGurl]

I always wondered if ships had plugs! Makes sense to me.

[@abrahamdozer6273]

Oooo! Put loctite on that thread when you put the plug back in!

[@indridcold8433]

As a lad I was close to a shipping yard and ship maintenence hub for a holiday visit to the east cost of Canada. I think it was Prince Edward Island. A ship was in dry dock and I watched as the worker released the ballast water plug. The ship in the video must have had the ballast tanks recently flushed. The ones being done at the dry dock were disgusting. Black, rancid, stenching, water came out of the drain. The workers even had resperators on. Some of the smaller vessels had ballast water that smelled like ammonia. It was very unpleasant. The hotel we were staying was close enough to smell the nastiness.

[@jayparker96]

Me soon as step in the house! Straight to the bathroom! 😂

[@jj3449]

I can only imagine how seized up and tight those can get.

[@MacIn173]

Not at all, actually.

[@fredriksundgren6485]

Old time memories👊❤️

[@janvisser2223]

C/O normally kept all the removed plugs on his desk. (At least in the company I worked for)

[@MacIn173]

@@janvisser2223 same for me. They are quite expensive to produce and often lost, when left "on ground".

[@vgfxworks]

The sight of relief 😮‍💨

[@JG-SemperFi]

That's cool, I always wondered with the time I spent on Naval ships, how they drain the bottom compartments. Very cool. SemperFi

[@GauravJag]

Very cool

[@helixvonsmelix]

Someone needs to explain to him how the face shield works.

[@donaldpate1863]

And his reply will be its covered in crap already and I cannot see what I'm doing with it lowered.

[@richphilly3736]

Wow I thought standing under a car at a mechanic shop was terrifying, he’s under a ship

[@nashuaslick]

Fascinating!

[@timmystoneberger6283]

Yes first for me too!! 50 plus years working on an around ships,I knew it was there but never seen one pulled awesome…..

[@Jonathan-mt9up]

And here I feel cool adjusting the truss rod on my guitar.

[@MGower4465]

Most boats have a bilge plug under the transom at the stern, meant to be removed (from inside the boat) only when the boat is out of the water...people do forget to put them back in. This has created panic at boat ramps, and I have seen people launch, tie up, and go to get their stuff to start loading only to return to find the boat swamped and mostly underwater. Embarrassing and expensive.

[@EustaBAracer]

The simplest of mistakes can doom an entire crew. Gotta dot the i's and cross the t's.....and make sure the holes in your boat are plugged.

[@markcantemail8018]

Michael . Ha ha Reminds me when I was about 13 . We were up in Canada and Randy,s Father the Captain . was taking us out for Water Skiing in the Family Fiberglass Boat . Mind you I spent most of my Childhood in Canoes . I was on the Back bench and saw the Plug and started asking Questions about it . The Captain who was right next to me said it was to let rain water out of the Boat , I asked about getting Swamped and He said yes . We had expansion Plugs that I had used at home for years where you turned the nut so I was aware of how well it held . This one had a Lever and I was just plain fascinated with it so kept pestering Him with questions . He was very patient ! I asked if we Swamped with a lot of water if it would help he said yes just Syphon . I asked where the hose was ? He said just run the boat and install the plug . The noise from the Out board made conversation difficult so I waited til he shut it off and asked , You mean Pull the plug to remove the Water and forward motion would Syphon it out ? He said Yes you understand now and laughed and said He was proud of Me . As the boat was Motionless I pulled the Lever , Lake Water flooded in and He started Swearing Canadian Swear words at Me . Plug went forward in the Boat as he yelled at Me and became lost as the other people in the Boat Panicked . Picture that he was sitting right next to me and could have stopped me as I was playing with the Lever . I asked him to start the Outboard and Tool us around while we found the Plug . It Worked great the forward motion pulled most of the Water out till we Found the Plug . I learned an important Lesson that Day and many new Canadian Swear words . I also learned how to make a Man who knew me for years very Angry . That Bilge plug with the Lever works Great ! Thank you for helping Me remember a fun day when I almost Drowned again While swimming back toward the Boat . Ha ha ha He laughed so hard later on shore .

[@27coolparth]

@@markcantemail8018 hahahaha, that's a funny story!

[@markcantemail8018]

@@27coolparth Thank you . The funny thing is I did not get in trouble for that Incident . That Family hosted me for years and He really enjoyed my reaction to Foreign things that I spotted and asked about . 462 Waverly Street is where the House was .

[@robertstoneking7916]

My dad and a lot of others who put in for the day or less use the plug from the outside. It can be hard for adults to get at from the inside on some ski boats.

[@SandCrabNews]

I was aboard USS RANGER (CV-61) when it went into drydock in 1979. Seeing this video, it would be good to drain the bilges when possible. I imagine many sailors would be joyful at the chance to work down there. Maybe not.

[@caseydixon8714]

looks like its just finished a morning coffee😂

[@stevenclloyd]

Props to the dude who kept a eye on tha plug as it went into warp speed

[@TM1Alan]

It's in dry dock. Not like the plug was going anywhere.

[@clivehoseason1462]

Most of my working life on ships never knew this existed.

[@joshstansberry9103]

When I did fiberglass repair on 50ft. and under little boats I loved doing the drain plugs very satisfying thing to do while sneaking a toke or 10

[@castleanthrax1833]

Stoner. ✌️😁

[@markschisler7874]

Cool I just got home after a 5 hour ride......same here......

[@ghost307]

Now THAT'S a breaker bar. I wonder if they ever found the plug after all that pressure blasted it away.

[@JohnSmith-yv6eq]

Yes, the second person at the end of the vid picked it up... if you look closely you can see it rolling towards the cameraman under the water flow....just a ripple.......

[@kyle-409]

@@JohnSmith-yv6eq you're asking too much of people to watch the entire video while actually paying attention

[@JohnSmith-yv6eq]

@@kyle-409 😁😁

[@airgliderz]

Don't forget to put the drain plug back in securely!!! ....as you pull out to sea you wonder what that heavy thing in the pocket of your overalls...oh shit....

[@PochoNews]

I feel better now. Thanks

[@mulletover3832]

All that sophisticated navigational equipment combined with all that engineering... and there's still a plug.

[@madcarew5168]

This video is just a load of old bilge!!!

[@srampal123]

After constpation removing plug makes large sound

[@leonkayak]

Well you learn something new everyday

[@ironmyno]

Absolutely noone searched for this video. It just popped up, and we watched the while damn thing.No complaints

[@annahopp]

Its like after eating at Taco Bell. ;-)

[@winstonmontgomery8211]

"Who needs safety? Just give him a longer handle...he'll be fine."

[@jorger4511]

Nice ship. Last week i went in a Cruise, it is not related to this vid but i least i say something😅

[@Dan23_7]

It’s actually a pixie under a normal adult size bath tub, they do this from time to time. Don’t be fooled, it’s not a boat

[@Robnoxious77]

thats what happened to me this morning when i opened my bottom plug!

[@aired-downdisconnected4125]

I needed that breaker bar to install XJ leafsprings. 😉

[@patrioticconstitutionalist735]

Love it, things go wrong that hardhat won't do a whole lot.

[@Kj16V]

How many times a year does this ship have to have its seawater changed? Do they change the seawater filter at the same interval?

[@castleanthrax1833]

Is that a gag? It's ballast water, you don't "change" it, you pump it in or out as it's needed. No cargo or fuel you need more ballast for stability. Full of fuel and cargo requires less ballast. It's one of the reasons feral sea creatures get released around the world. Ballast water from one place is released somewhere else in the world, and a few hitchhiking stowaways become a huge problem. There are laws around the release of ballast water but not everyone is environmentally responsible. It costs money to do the right thing.

[@strakhovandrri]

Well, for most ships it's okay to change their seawater two times a year. You need a filter only if you leave your water intake open continuous, otherwise you just add a couple of tablets in water.

[@planetflatt1307]

Certainly one of the best made totally exciting videos I've seen in a long time The man who goes around and around and around You can imagine the intense curiosity and then he goes around and around in a round and around and around Again And then screwing at the top of my lungs he goes around again and again and again Thank you KZbin for making this moment possible And thank you and thank you and thank you again and again and again

[@planetflatt1307]

In the sequel they have planned the man will go around and round and round You know the story but there's a surprised ending And the ending is around and around and around around

[@planetflatt1307]

I give this video 4 stars I would have given it 5 stars if he had only just gone around one more time One more time the humanity! Let's play the circle game We'll play the game and play it again and we'll play it again and we'll play it again and we'll play it again Then as you can maybe imagine we're gonna play it again

[@MongooseTacticool]

In part 3 he goes the opposite way around.

[@caseywilliams5406]

Earth is a sphere

[@360Fov]

LMAO

[@LouisEmery]

That looked explosive.

[@TheStockwell]

If you pretend he's uncorking the largest ever barrel of Jack Daniel's, this video takes on a whole new meaning. 😸

[@blauer2551]

Pretty sure the oil plug is right next to that one

[@dozer1642]

Imagine forgetting to put the plug back in before you go out. 🙄

[@atifpahmi6876]

Thanks now i know how to do it myself at home

[@evanquigley8964]

Holy Mother of leverage batman. That breaker bar is unstoppable!!!!

[@curranjohnson7489]

I would never walk under a ship being supported by anything

[@geofffikar3417]

I thought if that ship falls, he won't even be a grease spot.

[@wolfhunter98]

Sure we all have a price we'd go under there.