A sportfish boat loses power or control at the entrance to Haulover inlet and gets dangerously close to the rocks. The inlet was rough when the power cuts and the boat gets pushed towards the rocks, fortunately the captain gets some control and is able to pull away from the rocks and then SEATOW arrives in just a minute or tow and safely tows the boat to the bay.
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Three things.. 1. Sorry for a sloppy edit and quality, to give you the full story had to leave in alot of junk... 2. This was actually a scary thing, losing power/control and headed to the rocks on a "rough" day, no thanks... 3. that davit banging on the side of the boat, ouch.
come to jupiter inlet
Its a ok
Thanx for post. Was great man.
Right
Love Jupiter, maybe my favorite inlet in Florida, been there many times and have several vids at Jupiter, sadly the KZhead economics don't work to produce vids there on the regular.
Some amazing professionals out there on the water to assist people.... the jetski people make it look so easy and relaxing! I'm impressed.
This the first video I’ve watched where some people were wearing life jackets. Well done
And the aerials were upright.
THat I noted also.......captain gets an award that made the call!
SeaTow is amazing. Big respect for those guys, helping people and saving boats (and lives) every single day.
From what I can hear he lost the mechanical link (Propshaft) to one of his props, causing the boat to turn to the left, you can hear one of the engines rev like it has no load on it. So as he gives power to both engines the right one is spinning the prop giving thrust and the left one is just spinning the engine and not the prop making the boat go left.
That’s a great breakdown comment bro! Now I know something I had no idea about good luck over there
Yes. Eltrc steeing bith are even on tewablity
Wow, that was crazy! Glad it worked out!
Good thing he had that jet ski show him which way to go the whole time.
The jet ski is part,of SeaTow. He was showing him their was a tow coming if he could turn that way
🤣🤣🤣 I was thinking the same thing!
Still didn't go where jet ski showed him hahahahaha
What a total plum head...
If the jet skier failed he had the 50 mile radar spooled up to take over.
Love all your videos. Every boater should watch these.
The captain "I'm reading the maual as fast as I can"
lol
hahahha
Like most idiots on jet skis 😂😂
David Attenborough voice: “Watch closely as the ever watchful sea tow that is native to this inlets stalks it’s next prey. Observe as it approaches cautiously yet waiting for the prey to haplessly corner itself. Working together in a symbiotic relationship with a jet ski to locate and take down the mighty vessel. Fascinating”
My favorite is the narration of the Trump creature that Lincoln Project did. Like the Trumpus Narcissus or something like that.
lucky he had radar on to show him where the rocks are
Several years ago at Hillsboro Inlet In Pompano FL, a Princess S66 had similar issue while the boat was being washed towards the rocks, myself and a friend riding our wave runners pushed his bow around . We then attended to tow the boat but the current was to strong. Only thing we could do is keep him off the rocks by pushing the bow around till another boat joined in and tow him. The police patrol boat then got there and assist in pulling to.
Thank you for the video . I watched this scene a few days ago on another channel and I was so frustrated / aggravated by all the comments I read that for one of the first times in my life I was speechless . Apparently there are a lot of folks who do not understand how a twin screw inboard propels / maneuvers . It is obvious that this skipper only has his starboard engine running .In this case his boat will want to steer hard to port . This isn't like a twin outboard or even inboard outboard whose drives are pretty close to the center line of the boat . The inboard configuration is the motors are spaced pretty far from the center line . This is why he is able to steer the boat just with his wheels . But when underway those motors have to pretty well matched in rpms for the boat to go straight or it will veer in the direction of the lower rpm motor . Now imagine one motor isn't working at all . Let me end with this . Your driving around on your nice new caterpillar D8 bulldozer . It's a sunny day and you're having a good day when all of a sudden your left track locks up . Your engine is still motoring right along . In which direction is your shiny bulldozer going to veer off to ???
good points. just like twin prop planes, A friend of mine, his dad died when he lost an engine at takeoff.
So in this situation can you steer hard in the opposite direction to offset the one engine being out in order to go straight?
ZipZapPower Sorry to hear that, this is very common in twins. Rotating after blue line is what’s necessary, anything before and you’re dead.
@@ragnarlothbrok9133 I do not believe so . But if that is the case how would you steer to starboard if your rudder is already hard to starboard just to maintain a straight course ??
richard welk iv no you actually can steer with one engine under power pretty easily my family owns a 43 ocean so almost the same boat just a quite a but newer and we only put one engine in gear when in our local channel or else we throw up to large of a wake. The wheel doesnt even need to be cranked to far either so Im pretty sure it was a very different issue.
And that one tow paid for the membership and saved him the cost of his boat.
Another one thank goodness everything turned out okay.🤙
There a lot videos with American Karen’s and are giving bad name of Americans but Videos such as this are showing how helpful you Americans are, risking your own lives to help others.
Great footage as always.
“Hey kids, remember that time when Grandpa tried to kill us all on the boat?”
OMG! Thank you for the funny post. I really needed a good laugh!
"Hey kids, remember that time a mechanic didn't fix Grampa's boat correctly, and the motor quit and we almost hit the rocks?" There you go, you ageist asshat, I fixed it for you! Old men are far smarter than you punks have been taught. Grow up!
Really Great Greg! Always shows up on the day it's supposed to. I worked 40 years kid. I paid in every penny I was told to. Yep, I'm drawing it and my State Government pension and doing just fine. How about you? Burn any businesses and throw frozen water bottles at cops in the riot zone this week? You go. Comeuppance is on the way.
DrTeknical sure
Grandpa died peacefully in his sleep...unlike the passengers on his boat...
Boating 101. The bouncing in the waves stirs up sediment in the fuel tank and clogs the fuel filters just at the wrong moment at the inlet. Experienced boaters in California have dual fuel filters, and a man stationed at the valve to switch filters at just the critical moment at the throat of the inlet.
Great point thanks for sharing
Hardly "101". Maybe 401 - that's some sophisticated risk management informed by experience.
@@benbrown5913 agreed, not everyone is running rough inlets constantly to know to do that
What gets me is the total lack of activity indicating an emergency anchor deployment. I get that this would not be a good place to have to anchor but if it's the only thing that will keep you off the rocks? My first thought was that he had a fuel filter clog but after rewatching the video and reading a few of the comments loss of power to the port prop seems more likely. I'm glad to see them make it in safely and I was happy to see all of them wearing their PFDs!
Great analogy on losing control in life! That was close!
“The guy on Craigslist said it ran great”
😂🤣😂🤣
They called him a Captain..😂🤣😂🤣
😆 😆
Hahaha!
about this time they all fall through the boat
Dam good save good job man
Motor problems ?!? Au moins un autre boat l' aide ! J'ai remarqué que les gens sont très gentils et très très aidants ! De gros gros BRAVOS pour l'entraide !!! 👍😎💓
If there is one thing for sure, it's that when your fuel filter does clog up and stop the boat, it will be at the worst possible time and place.
The Sea Tow operator was the only one that knew what was going on.
tow operator saved his dumb ass... well, the insurance company's ass.
This is the captains first outing with an inboard. Towboat: We take Visa and MC.
Great catch- I love Flounder!
As someone who has been in some very tight spots while boating I really enjoy your vids. I imagine a fair number of viewers have never experienced the completely compromising feeling that over takes you when shit goes south on the water. I love to see vids when it all works out and even the ones when it doesn't because it keeps me humble as a boater and reminds me that the seà has the reins and one has to be constantly on their toes.
Totally agree. It's a real "sinking" feeling and pardon the pun but it truly is the absolute worst!
You need time @ sea, s#$t happens to people that just don't have the experience.....
Aloha
Captain: "I know what I'm doin" Tow Boat: "I know, now sit back and enjoy the ride"
"get your wallet out, Gilligan."
The operator on the boat is probably thinking, "No kidding jet ski, you think I'm trying to go towards the rocks?! Get the eff out of my way."
He made it dangerous the whole time he was there, he could have backed off out of the way then if he was needed he could have raced in.
@@f5debris boat operator is clueless
@@markwisner230 Without knowing the details about the hundred plus things that could have gone wrong, its stupid to think someone is clueless unless you know the whole story.
Well, watching the video, and having run an Alaskan commercial fishing operation for 40 years, having fished in 50 knot winds with 1/4 mile of net out, getting blown into the rocks, I can see a lot. He has power, he attempts to back down, but stops backing three times and tries to bring it around... had he powered back further, he’d have driven away. Skipper is clueless. Sorry
@@markwisner230 Just saying unless you were on the boat, you do not know what happened. No matter how much exp. you or I have.
Nice save guys! great job!
MAN THAT IS SCARY. KEEP THE GOOD WORK UP
Ok little Johnny, because you’ve been such a good boy Daddy’s gunna let you drive us back into the harbour
Perfect example of an idiot with more dollars then cents (sense)
Can’t quite hear what the guy on the jet ski is saying but I imagine it’s something like “WHAT YOU DOING FUCKING!!!!!”
Daddy was busy with me in the cabin. In my account both daddy and Johnny did great...
my nerd guess is fuel filter clogging .... so much rock and roll put a ton of sediments in the filters and causes that erratic behavior .... just my guess !!! to have clean filters do not guarantee the tanks are ok too !
Clean tanks and Racors are always necessary
Finally someone with a plausible answer
@@jjosephm7539 Bad fuel is like kidneys, they usually both go at the same time.
my guess is flooded
My guess the left prop shaft broke making the boat go left with only the right prop working, you can hear the left engine rev like it has no load on it.
Good video. Very entertaining. Thank you.
Scary is good. I do that every time I fly, it is why I fly :-). But smart scary, you nailed it!
Ocean Yachts 46 Super Sport from the 80s? Very tight engine room for the Detroits.
Looks like an Ocean. I’ve spent many hours on a 48 SS and will tell you, they are far from the best rough water hulls. Perfectly suitable on the bay, but in IMHO, in big rough water, not so much.
@@briankilroy2547 Hulls for sure have less deadrise, as they plane out quicker than most others. The swinging crane just made me cringe.
It is indeed, nice boat. Big enough to run to the Bahamas and stay out if the fish are biting but small enough for two to handle easily. Fuel bill would be eye watering tho.
It’s a rental bro. I’ve never done this before. Figured if I can start my car I can drive a boat how hard could it be, damn it Gilligan your going to do it again
Im sure that guy thought he could too. How do you know it was a rental?
They don't rent sport fisherman boats, nice try. You can charter one, or hire a captain for your airbnb boat...but you can't just go rent a boat of this size.
@@kirbylee57 He's full of shit - they don't rent sportfisherman boats, you can charter one but the captain is driving.
@@michaelgoodman5247 No you cant, just wondered what kind of an answer if any he would come up with.
Guy actually did a hell of a job going in under power and loosing a motor saved it good job
try the same thing with no towboat and a water temp of 35F, a newfie in a skif keptme straight while he also towed me in almost 1/2 mile.
At one point, I thought the jet ski was coming around to open his throttle and act as a bow thruster to keep the boat off the rocks.
I was thinking I would do that if I were him, even though there's a chance of the boat going up while you go down, which would probably end in you trying to drive under it. Of course it's easy to say that from Indiana lol
46 ocean heard the Detroit’s but saw no wheel wash odd maybe a shifter issue or trans going out
Radar? Capt. Credit Card. Loved the winch slamming into the cabin.
@ZipZap - so...you decided to cut out the rescue part at 3:18 ?
Just what you need when you’ve got a critical problem with your boat. Some clown on a jet ski yelling useless instructions to you
One Old Nomad eee
The video was very relaxing.
Great job by the rescuers !
I'm guessing low fuel with sediment in tank, partially plugged fuel filters
I learned the hardway of bugs growing in diesel fuel and clogging up filters.
"Told you not to talk to my wife at the marina!!"
Thanks for the upload..Where are you guys located ?? XD
I'm amazed that little tow boat was able to pull that beast with that much current working against him!
those little boats got oomph!
Sea Tow Boat has twin Suzuki 250 or 300hp. And they are propped down for torque and pulling.
The little boat that could :)
That crane on the boat appeared to be loose and swinging.
Dingy was lost a few markers back.
Zip zap you’re not gonna believe this but I was in Miami this weekend on my boat and we saw this sport fish getting towed on intercoastal waterway I remember it because of all the people wearing orange lifevest and we thought it was so weird this is a crazy coincidence
I saw you Instagram post chilling on the back of the boat.
Nice save!! Hooray for the guys at SEA TOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Thank you for saving there ass! Nothing more scarier!
He slowed down then started to surf the waves - the surest way to lose control
Is that the Mayor of Haulover Inlet on the jet ski?
yes, so funny to see him yell and point which way to go..
😆
ZipZapPower Not sure with what tone you say that, but at least he was there the whole time, look to me that for one second he didn’t know what was going on but as soon he knew he stay there, and im sure he was ready to save some someone life too.
Sorry zipzap, i didnt mean to reply to your msg. I did by mistake, my msg is for the guy who make the comment, Denis.
no worries! and you have a very good point, jet ski guy stuck around in case he was needed! the right thing to do!
I would have liked seeing how the Tow Boat got the line onto, then attached to the boats cleat?... That had to be a hard one!
It's just a simple throw to the bow of the disabled boat. Nothing exciting
I saw this footage somewhere else with a radio transmission over it. Guy lost an engine apparently when the current was headed out.
Good thing the radar was working
"A three-hour tour..."
Think it's time for an overhaul before they go back out into Haulover.....
Thank God for the jet ski!
5 Stars for SEATOW!
And the boat passengers only paid for “a three hour tour: a three hour tour”......
It does .... S.S. Minnow.
That thing has power , throttles seem to be working !
Yes he has power and steering... what he lacks is a clue
Used to work a dive boat in and out the Boynton inlet. Very narrow and harrowing specially getting back in an incoming tide.
yep, Boynton is no joke.
gotta love SeaTOW
Got my heartrate up just watching. 🥴
good thing he had the radar goin !!!
Capt Credit Card aka assclown.
Wow! I was there this past Memorial Day weekend- Saturday- it was not that bad out there but I turned around about halfway through. It was not worth it to me to risk anything
For a minute I thought he was trying to re-enact the pilot for Gilligan’s Island.
Wow that was very scary. Glad the jet skis hung around just in case anyone had to go overboard, they could have quickly picked them up.
yep. that jet ski guy is a great guy, earlier we got him on camera picking up a piece of plastic debris and throwing it on to the jetty
I also have an Ocean, albeit quite a bit smaller than this one (40ss) but it's clear from the video this guy is operating without the port engine. You can relatively easily run a boat like this on one engine, in fact when I lost a turbo on my starboard 3126, I limped home 6 hours on one engine. In a situation like this however, it becomes an emergency when you lose an engine. With a 4kt current ripping against you in the mouth of an inlet in moderate chop, you need thrust over both rudders to maintain safe headway.
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The guy on the jet ski saved them! He got help!!
Alright, we got u in. Hand over the $2,000
Why in the name of Poseidon is that deck crane loose and swinging around?
The only logical answer to your question is poor seamanship by the skipper
@@DougAlesUSA I don't think he has much of a clue. He just had enough money to buy a boat that big but no clue how to use it. He'll be cutting excuses and blaming the machine for that fuckup for ever.
what's a deck crane?
Gewglesux its what landlubbers and dingleberries call a davit.
@SuperGoldnut Thanks for the replies!!!
Nice job saving the boat from catastrophe.
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He would’ve had more stability if he didn’t have all those people on the upper bridge.
That's ridiculous
The operator must be asian
THANK YOU!! Beyond that they all should not have been there if he was having difficulties. They should have been down a deck
Absolutely. That's a lot of weight higher than it needs to be and it will make a difference when the boat is rolling in the swell. Also, it's uncomfortable for the people who don't need to be up there because the rolling motion is magnified, and it's more distraction for the helmsman who clearly has a lot to think about in this situation.
Good thing they had an anchor ready to drop....NOT. Even when tow boat arrived they had no one on dock for lines or ready for lines. Idiots.
Exactly. I was on a dive boat on bar crossing, coming in, reasonable following sea, and out running tide and the motor stopped dead, and within a second the skipper slapped my back and said "anchor" and just before I dropped it he started the motor and we were away and didn't need to drop it. But guess what, he had been drilled for that exact situation in calmer conditions. Bet that guy never even imagined any kind of trouble would happen.
i was thinking the same thing.
Sadly, a lot of these "captains" have never had a single day of training. Not saying that's the case here as I don't personally know the captain in the video, but based on how he reacted, and how the crew reacted, its not hard to tell. I will at least give him some points for most of the crew having life preservers on. We see so many videos of boats full of people in dangerous conditions with zero crew, the captain included, wearing a life preserver.
Wouldn't let him have a rowing boat let alone a motor cruiser.
These Videos are great! I was wondering (i am not a boater) ...Is there a company that gives lessons on how to get in and out of the inlet?
Chief know how 40 years 40000 hiurs on water exiesise
This is why it's important to pay attention to the tides/sea state.
Looked like an old ocean yacht.
older sport fishing yacht
Yes, it is an older Ocean Yacht sport fisherman. “Ocean Yacht” is the manufacturer.
Moments away from crashing into the rocks and sinking and no one is wearing a life vest.
Seek help immediately. You're going blind. ORANGE life jackets are clearly visible. Try watching in HD next time!
I always head towards the rocks when my engines a crapping out.
We once had a seal caught up in the prop/rudder, on the way in we also lost control. We were able to work the remains off prior to hitting rocks, or getting caught in the breakers, one of those things you never forget.
Jesus. I guess it was a mess
If you think you had a bad day... ask the seal how his went. Glad to hear you saved the day and were able to work the problem and overcome adversity. Reminds me of the pilots saying; any landing you can walk away from is a good one. Good job Captain!
That Jet Ski is upsetting me
Universal feeling
Looks like one engine lost power. Good thing he had his radar on .
That little crane on the fore deck was loose and swinging like crazy!
Yipes! Nice save
It almost looks like he lost a rudder even with the tow when he gets in it pulls to the left like a rudder swinging
@MrCheshire24 yeah it's hard to say for sure with so many things it could be and I didn't take into affect that it could be a twin prop instead of a single prop
I seen this clip is scary with 7 kids on board and 4 adults Nice video I love them and you
thanks. kudos for the kids in life vests.
Yeah ikr we Brealy see that I wasn’t on board but it look scary
Man losing power in that type of boat in those conditions with all those kids aboard would be High Stress! Glad it turned out ok
Good thing the radar kept spinning.
That boat looks familiar. Is that the S.S. MINNOW???
The boat made famous for its role on the 1960s television sitcom “Gilligan's Island” may soon set off on another “three-hour tour.” The S.S. Minnow, a 37-foot 1960 Wheeler Express Cruiser, was sold in September, and the new owner has plans to put her to work again as a tour boat off British Columbia
@@carlyletitus Thanks for the update!! I wondered if I was aging myself and no one even knew what the "SS Minnow" was.
I expect the jet skier tells everyone he was in the special forces!
And probably knows nothing about boats.
@@f5debris Not all people on PWC's are idiots ...just like people on boats! 8/10 times people with PWC's have boat or had one
The guy was trying to help if he could. I didn't see anybody else coming to help them. Why are you criticizing him?
It was Jeremy Dewitt with Metro State Recovery Services
Those guys in those Towboat sure do come in handy
Dope on the boat, that was a coverup
I think he just have one engine running