This Boat Full of People Cross Bar Between HUGE Waves

[@baddazzgarage2953]

Its not difficult to maneuver a boat at bar crossings and this captain showed how easy it is! The secret is to not hurry but thats not easy when you are anxious! You sit about 20 meters behind were the break is and wait for a break in the swell! Like surfing every 5 to 10 minutes the swell ALWAYS settles! Once you feel it settle full throttle and sit inbetween the swell! Its not difficult only patience! Also when its your first time sit for 20 mins and see how often the break settles and notice the pattern in the swell!! Its all about understanding the pattern of the bars swell!! Study it from land! Understand it fully! But if your not confident dont do it!! Dont use your boat outside lakes and bays if your not confident its that simple! Fear causes bad judgment!!!

[@joelhermenegildo813]

Im sure that boat is equip with stabilizer fin

[@ronbennett6396]

BADDAZZ GARAGE Ha ha, it's not difficult for someone who knows how. The greatest part of the SKILL it takes is knowing how in the first place. I'm no boat driver, but it always seems those who are the best in their field, as this Captain seems to be, are the ones who make it look"Not difficult", like this Captain does, IMHO. It seems to me, please correct me if I wrong, like an important part is timing the swells. Seems like, seeing as how the swells are from the waves going over the bar, and driving the vessel to sort of surf over the bar on the higher swells.

[@brettjones2714]

To rite mate. .

[@markolsen7438]

I have been in the same situation, but backed the boat in using reverse as well as bow thrusters to keep it straight

[@baddazzgarage2953]

@@markolsen7438 yep thats correct mate reverse can work even better as the bow of the boat goes over the sets better than the stern! Thats probably a more difficult maneuver than bow first! You have some good seamanship skills! What size boat were you operating??

[@tubethiskiwi]

text book, sit and wait, figure out the timing, then after a big set comes through, follow on the back of it. Nicely done.

[@genegeneish]

handled like a pro, didn't get in a hurry, and set up the timing of the waves with the entry spot. this is when your glad you got the high powered twin engine boat to push thru the last 100 yards. I miss my boat.

[@k.w.churchill4397]

Should have NEVER got into this shit at all......he got lucky.. next time go dock elsewhere or wait it out

[@whatiswrongwithwhatihadwankers]

@@k.w.churchill4397 This is the safe spot and it looked pretty calm to me. Needs to be wilder than that to get me out in the jetski.

[@brocklanders6172]

Expertly done. Waited for the wave sets. Kudos.

[@leebeacham5339]

Bogue Inlet, Swansboro, NC. can kick you butt. Many times I went out on calm days and to return, find a challenge to get back. Timing and eyes in the back of your head helps. My "eyes" were my wife and the command shouted to "go-go-go" was one I never questioned, just pushed the lever down. Miss it since the '90's. Great memories. Now I'm old enough to skipper a pontoon boat on Lake Keowee , SC. Still listen to my wife when the goin' gets dangerous. She say's when to go in at the first thunder of lightning.

[@MaggiesDaddy213]

For the folks who say he didn't do a good job, you really don't get it. I seriously doubt there is anyone on here who could have done better. I've plucked plenty of weekend warriors out who lost boats & worse. Het sat outside where nothing was going to hurt him & timed the series. Broadside on a small 3 foot wave & backed on perhaps a 6, nothing wrong with that, if you have the right boat. The only thing I could fault him, would be having crew in PFD which was mentioned previously.

[@petert3355]

Sorry mate, he did do something wrong. Where he was sitting outside was way to close. Some of those wave were breaking under the bow, hell one was even breaking at the stern. He should have been 10-20 meters further out, basically nowhere near the foam on the water until he was heading in.

[@scomo532]

James Clemens Timing the series, yup, that’s what’s crucial

[@MaggiesDaddy213]

Not sure of your experience Peter. Mine is U.S. breaking bars both large and small ones. We'll just have to disagree on your point. Nothing wrong with a swell passing under and breaking at the bow. With his size vessel & twin screw, even sitting at the edge with an occasional backdown was not a problem. The key is not to get on the face with power on. Lack of PFD is my only critical point.. Having said that he OBVIOUSLY knew what he was doing. A novice has absolutely no business crossing a bar while it is breaking. Plenty of vids on here of folks who thought they knew what they were doing.

[@petert3355]

@@MaggiesDaddy213 Hi James, my experience is 20 years with the Marine Rescue NSW on the bars of the NSW far north coast. Generally regarded as some of the most dangerous in Australia, especially the Tweed bar. This video actually shows perfectly why my comment is valid. While most of the waves passed under the boat and broke at the bow (not really a problem agreed), one of them, and you can't tell which until it's there, was going to break at the stern. Which I've seen so many times result in water over the transom and a flooded engine. Then I've had to go and pull their coals out of the fire. Point is, sit a bit further out, you can still see and pick your time to go, but it removes the chance of that one "rogue" wave breaking behind you and causing problems.

[@MaggiesDaddy213]

I understand what you are saying and yes being a bit further back would be prudent if you don't know what you are doing. Much respect to you@@petert3355. I'm not going to try to "one-up" your experience but lets just say I have every bit as much. I guess I'll defer to "the way you do it down under". From your comments (and pardon me if my conversion is a little off) but you are only talking about being perhaps 20 yards further seaward. Sure he took some wash over the stern but obviously he had good watertight integrity and plenty of power. Point is that, he was there, and we were not, and nothing I saw in the video hurt him. I will strongly argue another thing you stated. A seasoned captain and a rescue boat operator can tell when a larger series is on the way. If you haven't gained that skill you shouldn't be transiting a breaking bar whether it is the US Pacific Coast or NZ. Again in my opinion his only real issue is PFDs. I have escorted and rescued plenty of folks who didn't do it nearly as well. I think you are underestimating the vessel and captain but that's your hemisphere not mine.

[@theScrupulousBerserker]

Skipper: you are a real G sir! That was DOPE

[@budcrane]

he did this exactly right. I came thru an inlet and conditions exactly like this. it was LEH Inlet in New Jersey, USA. The inlet was white all the way across. No rocks but sand bars. Luckily we had an experienced operator on my boat. While coming thru, my partner skipper looked behind him and turned green. Charlie Bullicz an old timer screamed at him "don't look behind you, you've already been there, look ahead where you are going", so to keep the boat mostly straight as we came in at IDLE speed. From offshore it was white water all the way across. Couldn't tell the shoals from the channel. He had eyesight like a hawk. he said "see, see there is the spot (channel - deepest part)". It all looked the same to me. He said "don't take your eyes off the inlet, and every few minutes you would see a narrow calm area". We did see it. He said " THAT is the deep part", we were to head to THAT spot regardless of how "white" it was. IT WORKED

[@mysticwolf2842]

It is easy to make armchair decisions but when you actually get to some of these they can scare the daylights out of you, the U.S.C.G. does a good many hours practicing these maneuvers in Astoria Oregon. Nasty bar there with 10 to 20 ft seas almost all the time.

[@cadser0engco]

Love the manoeuvre waited until shallow waves broke and the flow was all ebbing away, then gunned it. Great stuff. Defiantly not a Cheshire sailor 👍🌊

[@peterbull3450]

He's done this a few times. Although everyone on board should be wearing PDF Life Jackets.

[@1lionconqueror]

Actually its Portable Document Format

[@stevep5408]

That is some pretty specific set of waves! You would have zero chance without experience?

[@laughtoohard9655]

He got it right. Get on the throttle and ride the backside of the wave in front of you. Speed is everything so you don't allow a trailing wave to break over your stern. Good job.

[@geoffperkins8796]

Good job. Impatience and a reckless attitude will bring you undone every time. Watch the water, check the wave sequence and pick your moment to be able to sit between the swells/ waves and match their speed. Easy to say but needs experience and good judgement.

[@james66872]

In between the sets. Perfect timing

[@mgarciah]

Don´t see the need to stay just before the first breaking waves, at 2:00 the captain had to engage hard in reverse to avoid the breaking wave, but I guess she have enough engine to surf on the back of a wave, don´t understand why to keep rocking.

[@mikes6970]

Camera angle doesnt really show the distance well .. u have to sit there .. its quite along way out ..

[@elmermt]

Job well done, they need more lights and markers. around those massive rocks.

[@lukekilah6257]

Patience and skill. Very good work

[@mstrtwister]

Just another day going though the inlet for that captain. Waited for the waves to gather a little that is all he knew the depth.

[@markjudson5908]

Lucky it was a small half meter swell. To the inexperienced..do not sit with you ass to the swell!

[@Paleoman]

I have only had small boats and never had to negotiate an inlet like that. Why should he not have his ass end facing the swell? My first idea is the thought of capsizing but realistically I think he is an idiot to have remained in that spot waiting. He should have headed out to open water to wait

[@harrycurrie9664]

@@Paleoman Because waves can break over the stern if you are not careful ... as happened here... just lucky it was a small wave.

[@ChristopherT1]

Just a noob question: couldnt you just put the bow into the waves and then put it in reverse and let the waves take you through but still have positive control with it in drive? Thanks for answer.

[@MaggiesDaddy213]

Problem is that the river current is too strong to back for any significant distance.

[@Fiberglasser03]

No. You wouldn't have steerage if a wave pushed you to one side or another. And depending on the bar you most likely wouldn't have the speed needed in reverse.

[@kuruki213]

You would sink your boat in record time on an outgoing tide. The pressure waves from the current coming out of the river will sink the back of the boat down and hold it till you were full of water or simply flipped nose over ass backwards.

[@ChristopherT1]

Kuruki Chur thanks for the reply. Crazy stuff!

[@brandonbrown7725]

Looked like a fun ride with a great captIn......👍👍👍😎😎😎💪💪💪

[@jerryadams2191]

Great work, thanks. 😎🚤🚤🚤

[@markjoey1852]

Captain made a HUGE MISTAKE in NOT having the passengers INSIDE the safety of the vessel's cabin...VS...being OUTSIDE & risking being tossed overboard!

[@rickcruz3382]

It's not the size of the boat that matters it's the motion of the ocean

[@davesmith2150]

It's not the size of the nail that matters it's the size of the hammer.

[@gypana]

1:57 he gets half the Pacific Ocean in the back of the boat.

[@ThyPredator]

Those boats are designed to have the back cockpits underwater. Ever seen them backing down on big marlin or tuna during rough weather?

[@gypana]

@@ThyPredator Yeah mate no worries, but i don't see him backing up on a big fast marlin here though...i see getting a big breaking wave over the back in a bar.

[@clauswolter3946]

Nicely done.

[@keishajackson8569]

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip...

[@Darkwell0071]

Great strategy riding in on the back of a wave.

[@raymondimmonen5169]

That's why he is the captain

[@christinecalifornia8136]

I find it a lil whacky to have a harbor inside of an area that is obviously very dangerous to manuever thru.

[@EnlightenedSavage]

video starts at 2:10

[@DickinsonLivingInDickinsonNort]

That is the worst inlet that I have ever seen. The large rock that was partially submerged needs to have a permanent fixed marker on it. The entire inlet probably needs to be dredged so that there is a permanent, straight, deep channel.

[@southjerseysound7340]

You could dredge it but it'd fill right back in.

[@Jayden-xn9xo]

Mate. We’re New Zealand. We can deal with it

[@kuruki213]

It's always getting dredged. That submerged rock is on the side of the channel that you don't go . If you're close to that rock you were already in deep shit before you got close to it because you just came over the sandbar.

[@funnystuff9998]

Famous boat, excellent skipper.

[@artkooyman8480]

Glen McLean 5

[@darrensmith9182]

That dood had a rough idea but didnt execute it very well he came in to close and stopped. He should have picked a swell out further and followed it in being carefull not to go over the front of the swell .to the people that think this is how you do it please dont drive a boat

[@starguard4122]

Anyone know the name of the music playing in this video

[@festerofest4374]

Starguard ! I think it showed it in the credits at the end.

[@TheBoneruner]

Whats up with the music choice - appropriate for cobra charming but bar crossing

[@mymusings1293]

I don't think I'd try it without a boat that had twin screws for redundancy and maneuverability. I'd also back in and have my bow facing seaward, so it's lifted by the swell. Taking swells/waves on the ass end will knock it around and making the boat more prone to yawing and difficult to control.

[@mcleary67]

Please don't say you're going to go through a bar with breaking waves in reverse come on.

[@mymusings1293]

30 years as a merchant marine deck/navigation officer AND being a surfer should qualify me to render to a learned comment about this. What's in your wallet? @@mcleary67

[@mcleary67]

@@mymusings1293 30 years as a merchant marine deck officer, and your suggestion is to turn the boat backwards and reverse over a bar with breaking waves that's because you were on deck and not in the wheel house. 🤔🤣🙄

[@mymusings1293]

Do you even know what a deck officer is? I'm going respectfully opine you that you don't. @@mcleary67

[@mcleary67]

@@mymusings1293 whelp how about you just drop a link to one example where the Coast Guard or any other body suggest to back over a bar with breaking waves in reverse I'll wait..

[@Wheelabarraback]

He knew exactly what to do !

[@darrensmith9182]

Bullshit

[@officialWWM]

Not his first rodeo.

[@deaconandrewkingtheinspira762]

The Captain has done this before.

[@falseprofit4u]

What was he waiting for ? His wash is as big as the waves!

[@nigelpont4272]

Let's face it. Big boat, plenty of power. My little sister could have done that.

[@mikes6970]

Bloody good skipper ...

[@mikewolfe386]

Pull in your fenders.

[@chrisfeitl5461]

Im glad someone else noticed too, i was thinking the same thing lol,

[@thomasmusso1147]

Know how to recognise the Sets and use the lull. Ask any surfer .. easy peas.

[@Daveinet]

Skipper has no clue. No one on board is wearing life jackets.

[@marcelmaujean1335]

Yeah that wasn’t particularly great viewing or an overly dangerous bar but he still did good

[@rayunseitig6367]

Seems close to the rocks and stuff. You have to know what you are doing huh? Very interesting.

[@kuruki213]

he'd be about 10m from that marker rock and rockwall.

[@grahamlaird9311]

Well done , didnt rush it . Its all about safety not being a hero . Id go out on that boat any day .

[@Dld1985]

That is a nasty looking bar. Great job !

[@byronpink9061]

Now that is the skill of alignment with the maneuverable portion brakes in between the swells. Great job.

[@pigskin1000]

About as nasty as it gets. Lots of captains end up on the rocks there. patience and knowing when to make your run. well done.

[@InputCity]

So wait for a break in the sets and then punch it.

[@htimst1967]

In case anyone on board hadn't gotten sea sick yet...

[@AdventuresOutdoors]

Very Impressive!

[@MultiCrupi]

At the start it was less waves so could of pinned it then.

[@kyliesmith5214]

Rick P making it look easy

[@joslynstuff]

wow amazing he waited for the tide

[@davenelson1571]

That needed some editing it's way to long

[@likebutton3136]

Mermaid spotted 3:40

[@lowrisecustoms]

Rode the wave nice and slow on the way in

[@Whakatane-info]

way to turn on the bar!

[@johnwatson9779]

The bro dunit good ay

[@lachlanoneil8938]

Looked easy for that boat if it had speed.

[@Sergio-ih6lk]

Well-timed

[@randallwatson056]

Nice footage. What's the music?

[@ontheotherside3]

that is exactly how I would do it.

[@jarnosaarinen4583]

Took 50 years!

[@orlandotouristtraps7410]

And if you fall in the water there are huge sharks waiting to eat you.

[@w0bblyd0inkb0ink]

Title is misleading, not 'can' but 'will'.

[@weirdanimesimperanimeweeb8919]

That guy pisses salt water

[@louielouiepks]

Hey, Gilligan, how about following the markers for the channel. Works every time. That is not a bar. It's a rock formation. Rock formations don't move. Bars move.

[@kuruki213]

That "rock formation" gets dredged monthly........because the sand is constantly moving.......

[@carlosmadeira3530]

I can tell no one on here commenting has any any any experience in boating I was a captain of 182 foot fishing vessel and I could have brought this little tiny thing in like nothing

[@shangabanga7023]

The world famous captain of the revered "182 ft fishing boat" legend has it he once sailed to the moon! Let's give him a big round of applause.

[@ammoalamo6485]

This captain did bring it in 'like nothing.' So what is your point? That you would have powered through at any time regardless of swells? To me, the distance between the rocks was too narrow to cross there, especially with several people, probably charters with little experience, wandering on deck wearing no flotation gear. But many youtube boat vids show people hanging out not wearing PFD when they probably should,

[@lincolnhobartmiller]

You’re full of shit amigo

[@ThyPredator]

Moron, a 180ft boat would never nose dive unless you were in seas over 100ft high. My 4yr old could drive anything over 100ft accross that bar. The smaller the boat the more attention needs to be paid to making sure you stay sitting within the wavelength of the current 2 waves.

[@nigelpont4272]

I think this guys Uncle was the captain of that ship that went down in Italian waters a number of years ago.

[@javierzerozeroseven9959]

Wow good job

[@tk9839]

Geez, you'd be doomed if you're a beginner!

[@danielcullum8996]

What crappie bar where is this

[@donkinzett3961]

Daniel North island nz

[@whatiswrongwithwhatihadwankers]

Whakatane New Zealand on a relatively calm day with a slipper showing off to his mates what his boat will do. It's against the law in this country to cross a bar without everyone onboarding wearing a correctly fitted PFD.

[@THRASHED05]

Like a boss

[@NoName-ke7ro]

This is plain stupid. I'm not getting killed over a day on the sea. Backwaters r fine with me!

[@mymusings1293]

I'm with you. People shouldn't knowingly put themselves in situations like this just to chase a few fish.

[@crispychevychris]

Ok Skippy now try it at night

[@kuruki213]

He's done it thousands of times. I could count on one hand the number of guys who have crossed that bar as much as him and i'd prob still have three spare fingers.

[@crispychevychris]

@@kuruki213 I bet he could no doubt. I live in South Florida and we have yetis with rocks far out so it's difficult at night to see

[@podgeeCLAY]

Nice

[@NoSoup4U2]

It looked like the crazy fool backed the boat up, and sat right on top of the bar!! I would not call those the "safest choices"! Would you?

[@lincolnhobartmiller]

Soup GDWinney you’re the crazy fool

[@NoSoup4U2]

@@lincolnhobartmiller And why would you say that? If you're gonna call someone a fool at least try not to make yourself out to be a fool, without any reason....fool!!

[@NaturesSlimTeas]

He actually done it wrong, he should be sitting behind the breaking wave, and he didnt do it right the first time thats why he went back, then he put the boat sideways to the waves. This should not be an example of the correct way to do it, you give people the wrong ideas, then they copy it and end up on the rocks , this guy just got lucky.

[@Pete-z6e]

Soup GDWinney , we’re not crazy fools , you’re the crazy fool!!!

[@NoSoup4U2]

@@Pete-z6e Interested Peter! Can you show me where I said YOU were crazy? And I'm the crazy one huh? Good luck with that! Might I suggest that you start off your new year, with a nice long refreshing nap?? Something perhaps, you are accustomed to...no? Oh, and Happy New Year to you too!

[@nolbertocristobal546]

i goin fishing de hen any time

[@krisshassebrock7518]

He played that boat in the water like a fine-tuned piano

[@Photosynthesisbeing]

Mangawhai bar can get like this, mate pulled the same manuever makes it seem too easy. Good job Pursuit.

[@ihavetofishable]

He needs 1000 more horses.

[@j.a8041]

Yate

[@k.w.churchill4397]

Doesnt everything though??

[@ihavetofishable]

Haha! I reckon so. Actually, I have a 24' donzi/proline with 400 hp and it scares the crap out of me.

[@4406bbldb]

Just get up on plane w/the extra horse power. Just like a bass boat maneuvers shallows, right? And old man asked how fast my bass boat was I said about 50mph. He paused and said I didn't know bass were that fast. ;-)

[@phillipmeekins2368]

Just drive a lil' faster than the incoming waves.....that's all.

[@robertrosenberg6354]

Phillip Meekins wrong

[@phillipmeekins2368]

@Richard NZ I wasn't really talking about plowing through, just fast enough to keep the boat from surfing. All control is lost in that situation also.

[@felixniederhauser7799]

How often did you do this? Was many times in this situation in the Adriatic Sea,being faster will not bring you in. However, study the waves and then surfe on one worked always for me and my Boat.

[@phillipmeekins2368]

@@felixniederhauser7799 I've never had my boat in breaking waves. But there are loads of these videos out, and the ones that seem to have the most success are the ones who drive straight on through. I did see one huge catamaran surf one. Quite impressive. I've seen the nose dives also, but they were always tiny lil' boats that had no business being there. (21' gradywhite center console cuddy)

[@MaggiesDaddy213]

Yep that will get you wet with a call to the insurance company. Basically the opposite is true. Wait until there is a lull then stay on the back of any swells. Sometimes it might calm down every 3 min; sometimes longer, but there will be a pattern. A seasoned Captain like this might even slow down & let a NON-BREAKING swell pass under before following it in.

[@nychan8958]

Thrill seekers

[@robertbachelor6993]

Piece a cake.

[@donreeves977]

I've seen bigger swells in my swimming pool.

[@Weirddog806]

Show off

[@jdjonesdr]

Rode that puppy in like a surfboard. Well done.

[@michaelastley7099]

OksoundsisIisand

[@mcleanartists]

ROTFLMFAO

[@N0SAjREkLaw]

Luck

[@fergusonferguson8814]

U call that music? U spoiled the vid!!