Crazy Boater heads out of the Hillsborough inlet
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Recorded on October 9, 2011 using a Flip Video camera. There was no one on the ocean today, this nut job decides to go for it
Recorded on October 9, 2011 using a Flip Video camera. There was no one on the ocean today, this nut job decides to go for it
The title should be "Skilled boater navigates boiling sea while idiot on shore can't manage to keep a 3oz camera phone pointed at the general direction of the boat"
Nobody Yeah skilled boater alright. Then we see the news on tv...man goes missing after his boat capsized in rough waters. Three days later...coast guard officials still searching for a man who went missing after his boat capsized in rough waters. I see this kind of news all the time about people who thought they were skilled boaters.
warspite2 except, that's not what happened #fakenews
That would be a long title
Sad but true unless you are in a zodiac wet boat with a dry suit swimming distance to shore
Lol
That's Alan Merritt, he's been going out of that inlet before most of you were born. He is the owner of Merritt Boat and Engine Works about half a mile from the inlet. Been in business making custom boats since 1956. I think this year he will be 93 or 94. One of the most famous fishermen on the coast. He's in the IGFA Captain and Crews Hall of Fame. I can assure you he knew what he was doing...
John Cochrane said "I can assure you he knew what he was doing" Oh, almost certainly he did. That doesn't make it any the less stupid.
So ur saying Merritt who makes some of the most gorgeous sport fish yachts money can buy goes out in the near equivalent of a dinghy in absolute crap conditions? Don't know about u but if I build boats up to 86 feet long, I'm taking the big boy out in those waters...
That's correct... and GaryC just because you are scared to do something doesn't mean that anyone else who does it is stupid. That old man grew up running inlets up and down the east coast. Inlets a lot worse that Hillsboro.
I went transatlantic, both ways, solo ... and in a 1966 contessa 26 with less than 18 inches of freeboard. This is not about the size of our respective balls. When I did my transat it was not only reckless but illegal under maritime law. Just having the balls to do something reckless doesnt make it any less stupid. As regards breakers like that... nobody has total control of the situation. And... should it not go as planned, you're risking not only your own neck - but the lives of volunteers in our lifeboat services. Your argument is nonsense and your ad hominem insinuations are laughably far off the mark as regards cowardice. But hey, humour me... what would he do if.... say... his engine got stalled out.
John Cochrane Ok, fair enough....so exactly what was he doing? Must have had a pretty important appointment out there. Doesn't look like fun from here..
That was one of the most professional bar crossings I've ever seen! That was a beautifully balanced boat and it was obviously driven by a very experienced skipper, with excellent throttle response and helming skills. This would make an excellent training video.
Allen Merritt - running that inlet forever, inventor of the Tuna Tower and legendary boatbuilder.
His wife said" If it's to rough to go fishing you can just stay home by me!!"
Lol that's good
Seriously? You bashing on a guy for braving rough seas... and makes it, all the while you cant even hold a damn camera steady enough to keep him in frame. Boat +1, Camera 0.
kevinsoffice lol I surf and sail, its all about timing and reading the waves
Agreed!
Homefront Only a Surfer knows the feeling 😉
kevinsoffice 👍
Great Sailor... crap cameraman..
well at least his skills are better than the camera mans. hold the camera still don't go up and down with the waves.
stevie wonder doing the video?
Exactly.
Ben Dover No, Helen Keller is shooting the vid.
Dad j
You guys are fucked. Do you think this guy knew the boater was going to do this ?! And he should have brought in a professional film crew. Fuck off.
First minute and 30 seconds the dude was lighting his cigar and pouring his drink. Double jameson on the rocks
Bravo! Best comment! 😂
quality
That or cleaning the browns out of his trousers. 🤠🤠
obviously he was watching the waves and picking his moment... And I think I saw some Jim Beam Black
Or was making sure his insurance policy was up to date just before.
Old school legend i swear anything remotely dangerous these days is considered reckless by everyone from their safe spaces , the guy knew exactly what he was doing probably done it hundred's of times. BOSS.
Busta Rogers: I’m 74 years old and I’ve been boating on the East Coast and Gulf Of Mexico since I was eight years old. Risking ones life to go out in rough water like that in a medium sized boat is insane. I’m not proud of the fact that I did it in my younger years but today I would want a 38’ or larger boat with multiple engines.
@@combatmedicc Most of us have done stupid things at points in our lives. As we grow older and gain a little more sense, we realize what idiots we were at certain times and realize that we were very luck to survive. I have grown up in boats and, if I have learned one thing over all my years (66), whenever you are in a boat especially an outboard (though they are certainly more reliable than they were long ago when I started boating) you have to assume that the engine may stop running at any time, and if that happened, what kind of a situation would you be in? I have had engines go down or a spun prop or various other things happen and I know what can happen on a boat. It is not like a car, when you have a problem and pull over to the side of the road and call for help. I am glad that this guy made it, while assuming that everything would go well with his boat, I know what could have happened if one little thing on his boat went wrong. People would have risked their own lives to go out and try to rescue his stupid ass.
@@combatmedicc commercial fishermen cant wait for nice days. They have to fish. I've lived I. Fla all myife. I'm 60. I've been in and out every inlet from sebastian to Hillsborough. If you fish sailfish season you are heading out the inlet on days far tougher than that considering it's the winter months. We fished a 24' blackfin w twin 350 Cleveland's and ran in and out in +10 ft seas regularly. Everything has a risk. You manage it and go make money....or have a great day of fishing. Theres a reason they call them Blackfin Yachts. Best damn boat I ever fished.
Well you can clearly tell THAT ITS NOT HIS FIRST RODEO, at the inlet.
You would think they would have came up with a different title to the video, seeing as how he made it out
comments are better then the video
That guy is a boss. The camera man, not so much.
True dat
That guys a a fucking fool. What go put your life on the line for a pleasure cruise in rough water?? Gaurentee if that was you, youd be puckered up so hard youd break your ass. Being a rough and tough cowboy gets you a real fast trip to your grave on the water.
@@shawnhenderson1130 You don't know why he's heading out there.
The timing was a thing of beauty...…...well done !!
I told u Martha we're going to Bimini no matter how tough it is
haha.. this comment hits close to home. very funny
Ben Gray 😂😂
He has obviously done this before. Probably trying to get away from his old lady who's driving him up a wall. Guess he figures if he doesn't make it, it's a win win
Dadda Duck lol
Someone told him there's a boatload of free pussy out there.
Dadda Duck 😆
When its time to go....it is time to go!!
Rough seas more enjoyable than nagging wife
Leaving the inlet was quite entertaining. Bringing it back in would be something else to watch.
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Not much video in the breakers tho...
Coming in is the easy part, you just get on the back of the wave and ride it all the way in.
. Only if you’ve got the power. One has to ask why he simply couldn’t wait to go out. Must have been some imperative…or braggadocio.
Just what I was thinking. Wouldn't fancy that at all
Re-watch and learn how he has perfected this maneuver. He has obviously done this many times and developed his skills at doing this. This is a great example of boat handling, studying the waves and currents, and knowing the limits of your boat and yourself.
If I reach 93 or 94 and have the ability, this is exactly the type of thing I would want to be doing! You know your boat, you know the inlet and you know how to count. And at 93, if you make a mistake then what a gloriously wonderful way to meet your maker! May they never find my body and leave me float out there till my Lord takes me away… Or a shark eats me, either way its fine, after all I'M 93 YEARS OLD!
Kevin; Great low-class no-character comment. You must be great fun at parties, pissing on shit to make you feel top-o-the-world, eh?
That, and farting in public just to make people feel uncomfortable... cuz when you're 94 your priorities go from "whats socially acceptable" to "aint give a fuck"
Allow me to retitle your video : Captain properly reads sea conditions and executes a flawless exit from an inlet while video man somehow manages to NOT keep the ONLY THING IN THE VIDEO.... IN THE VIDEO. He's not a nut job, he's a commercial fisherman who knows how to pilot his vessel and what it's capable of. Well done, Captain. Video guy =fail
Aw come on, it's obviously an art film. Did you miss the symbolism in the barnacles? The irony of the blackness of the watery foreground where the white boat wasn't? The asynchronicity of the camera itself "waving" around? Sheeeeeesh!
This footage is amazing actually. Seeing the legendary Allen Merritt charging the Hillsboro inlet is like watching Mike Tyson box. Epic
Who is Allen Merritt?
Now that’s a Captain. He accessed the current conditions, drank his last sip of coffee, and went to work. Awesome job Cap!
he is better at operating a Boat than you are with the camera...He should share the Video and title his Crazy camera man tries to video me on a boat ride.
Epic.
Allen Sherrod or how long I can focus on a boat in 3:43
Lol right on
I was going to post exactly the same thing!
He told his passengers: "You're about to feel like a gay boys turds....getting repeatedly slammed and splashed."
Revised title: "Fall-down drunk cameraman with Parkinson's disease has an epileptic seizure while a guy drives a boat"
I think the cameraman was just plain stoned. I take video of my feet when that happens.
😃😂🤣😂
Perfect
Parkinson's is no joke.
Omg this gets a trophy mate
This guy handled his boat like a Navy Assault Boat Coxswain. He's got his $hit in one sock!
🤣🤣🤣
He did a much better job than the person that was pretending to film it - he actually managed the task he set about doing.
The man at the helm of that boat did a great job. Far from crazy. He's skilled
He handled that bar perfectly
7 years later I see this video, who ever he is, he gotz skillz. He waited the right time, for the right path....he sure is better on that boat than who ever is holding the camera, lol!🤣
When she tells you her parents left the island and she's all alone
People without skill will never understand people with skill.
true
That was me during my divorce, I watched the sets roll in, finished my beer, didn’t care and went for it. Went to the rollers and turned around and surfed one wave back in witch he didn’t get lol. Won’t do that again for sure.
I trust it blew the cobwebs from the brain and led to some answers. Yep you watched and counted the sets, chose your opportunity and committed. Subconsciously you had no death wish. You knew the boats capabilities. I couldn't tell if you had a lifejacket on. Please humor me if you didn't and put one on for bar crossings it does help if you ever end up in those white airy foamy things. I trust after this length of time you are enjoying to the fullest
Clear to see that this operator was diligent while waiting for the sea to tell home he was in position when he started into the waves departing the inlet! And Surely knew how his vessel would handle his departure. I commend him in doing what he must have wanted to do! Many can criticize but none can know the thoughts of the person who did it! His boat His call! Good for Him
I’ve taken a dive boat through this inlet many many times. It’s actually a little hairier coming back in because the waves are slowly pushed together and form bigger waves. This dive boat actually pitch-poled and sunk in the inlet a number of years ago. No serious injuries or fatalities. RIP Loggerhead!
Hand the camera to someone who can hold it still. God dam. The best part of the video and you have the camera pointed at the god dam water. WTF?
Haha!! Right!!
Yup. This guy sucked at taking this video. Fail
That's the 1st thing I thought. I was getting pissed at the cameraman. They make something called a viewfinder for a reason, but you do have to actually look through it. Ever wonder why they call it a viewfinder?
"Crazy youtuber tries to film a skilled boater" There fixed your title for you.
Skilled boater my a**
Boater aced waves 🌊
LMMFAO to tears at some of these comments. Hey the dude wanted to get out on the ocean for a while, he done just that, maybe a little battered and bruised up but he made it, and that is really all that counts. And he do have a story to tell if he makes it back in, and I bet others will laugh to tears hearing him describe the experience!!! Alls well ends well, happy boating, and I keep my boating experiences on the lakes where there is something to see besides open ocean and much calmer waters, still LMMFAO with tears heavily streaming!!!!!!
Skilled boater my a**
knowing your conditions and skilled boatman-ship is a wonderful thing... a lot of people have boats and don't have boat / water knowledge... he knew exactly what he was doing...
It’s called knowing how and when to go. This guy is not crazy. He is clearly VERY experienced. If you can’t tell the difference, please don’t bother to comment, other than to express awe.
That captain knew exactly what he was doing... He allowed his vessel to drift out into the perfect position, we're he could then power his bow straight into those rough waves!! He went with his boats bow directly into those rough waves, while staying between the markers!!! Excellent Captain out earning a living, or saving a distress boater!!
He waited and picked his spot. He knew exactly what he was doing.
exactly, it was a tad risky leaving the break water but once he was out, all was fine... he knew what he was doing.
Smooth seas don't make a skilled sailor.
Unlike the camera man
and if he got into trouble then some one has to risk there life to save him i think hes a fuking moron
nz i do whats ur problem of what i said its the fact that others would have to put there own lifes at risk to save him get over youself
THERE ARE BAD ASS BIKE RIDERS,FAST CAR RACERS,SKILLED PILOTS,AND OF COURSE,SOME INCREDIBLE AND AMAZING RESPECTFULL SKIPPERS!!!GREAT WAVE TIMING!!!
Well you get the award for the worst cameraman in the world😂😂😂😂
A little Jack Daniels goes a long ways.
Carl Smith: To bad the cameraman was drinking the Jack!
I wonder if he is in his boat, smoking a pipe saying "is that the beat you have got sea! Come on!!!"
Safe Inlet running requires great skill. Kudos to this guy. He knows where the best place in the sand channel is and times the lull just perfectly. Camera guy on the other hand is crazy for thinking this bouncy video would be good to watch.
My compliments to the three year old who filmed this.
Boater 1 Cameraman 0
Peter Martin III
Looks to me the Captain waited for the window of opportunity and then made his move. Only way to navigate a inlet like that.
1951RKP i agree, happy sailing
“Hey ya hear there’s a small craft advisory today? “Hell ya I did! I’m taking MINE out right now!”
😂😂😂😂 Dude handled it like a straight G though, lmao. Crazy as hell, but he handled it perfectly, much to my surprise.
StrikeForce K9 Could have been bad lol. He did pretty damn well.
That's no boater, that's a captain.
Two types of people in this world- shore people and water people. And the shore people never have a boat that is big enough.
Those were the truest words I've ever heard
Marina Timofeeva Depending on the weather, I'd agree with the shore people. I've been in weather that tossed around a 40,000 ton warship like a bathtub toy..
Two types of people. Drowned n Alive... Mostly the Coast Guard risking their lives for IDIOTS like this Buffoon.
And that ladies and gentlemen is how it's done. Fine job by the Captain.
Salty old sea dog. Camera guy a Starbucks dipshit.
“Big Al” crossed the bar for the last time today at 98 years old. Sad day in the fishing world. Tight lines in heaven Al. RIP.
Masterful job! It's sure not your typical inlet boater piloted by a guy with more money than brains. This guy got it done.
I found after years of boating in shitty conditions that boats are often way more capable than people give them credit for as long as the operator knows what he is doing with it. However, I cant not think of anything that would make me to go out in those conditions unless a friend or family member needed help out there.
Yea, it would think it could, I broke apart a 24' Grady White after years of beating it over to the Bahamas and back.
I agree with you.....unless pots had been soaking and I was hungry. Good crab is awesome!!!
Florida Saltwater Life yeah for real boats are made more stable these days
Very stupid considering he would expect the life guards to rescue him putting their life’s at risk
Darren Leach Coast guard performs ocean rescues of boaters, not life guards...and it is silly to talk shit about someone and their boat when he did a fine job. Nobody here knows what that guy’s skill is....saw him get his boat out safely, and are talking like he sank it.....
Nothing crazy about him. He obviously knew how to do it. An able hand on a small boat is safer than an ignoramus in a mega yacht.
+Kirk Pearson (KI7YY) I get a kick out of these armchair sailors, if it's not dead calm , it's dangerous. hehehe
+Mazda rx7 armchair sailors LMAO
Tripp Hartson Yea, they go to a boat show, get interested in boats (good thing) go home, read forms, watch KZhead vids and become expert sailors. Only place they had water splashed on them is in the shower or maybe at the beach or pool. If you say rope,line or cable they quick to correct you with halyard. shroud, stay, rode etc. . It has to be a head, not a wash or bath room. They get upset when you correct them saying the head is a hole in a plank mounted on the bow of a sailing ship so the waves can wash the shit off the boat. hehehe, They don't realize that before the internet, many people sailed many miles without knowing the proper names of the parts of the boat. I watched a gentleman come into the harbour a few years ago in a 30 footer, under sail turn smartly , drop anchor, fall back while dropping sails(no furrlers), jump in his little go0a0shore, and ask the lads on the warf if the bottom was good enough to hold his boat for a few hours till he gets a wash, some grub and water then leave on the next tide falling. He was quite the feller, got dunk with him for two days, only time he was concerned about his boat was when the tide was comming in. he didn't care if the anchor didnt hold when it was going out (someone would help him find it) but he didnt like the idea of it going aground and damaging it. He was not an armchair sailor
Sorry, this boat operator should have known better. We don't know why he was attempting what he did, but to risk life you better have a life or death reason. And yes, I've handled rough water myself. Kissed the ground when I made it back to dock.
LOL He knows what he is doing. Just because you have less experience don't assume he is wrong.
Maybe I just never hit it on the right day but I’ve never seen Hillsboro Inlet that rough. I salute the Captain of the boat who navigated the Inlet like a pro!
Oscar nomination for camera work.
He stopped to access wind, waves, current, etc. I would do the same. And obviously he's done this many times. Very well done.
The sea was angry that day my friends.
LMFAO^^^^^ BEST COMMENT HERE
Yes! Like an old man returning soup in a deli!.....lol
movie- LOL, on target...
MovieMuscle LOL, like an old Jewish man trying to send soup back at a deli.
George had some of the best lines
I bet he was listening to Gordon Lightfoot the whole time lol.
The wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald
And Christopher cross.
Gentle on my mind, Glen Campbell
He did it....Bravo...will hire this guy as captain anytime on my 86ft expedition yacht.
Weather be damned, I paid for a 3 hour tour.
Leggo My Ego laughed til i cried at your comment Leggo.
The guy obviously had experience with this inlet. Nice video catch.
If this man is truly a boat builder in his 90s he may be testintg the integrity of the boat he has just built. Not something most people consider today.
*Love the 'sleepy camerman effect'!*
He did a better job of driving that boat than you did filming
It's like he suspended his phone from a string
Whilst he was on a trampoline.
This is one of those rare moments of a Old Bold Boater
Looked like he knew exactly how to handle his boat to me, waited for the right moment and out he went like a real pro. Plus his boat was all closed off at the front so it looks like he could take on a lot of sea without swamping his boat. All in all top marks for the boater and zero to the camera"man".
that was the coolest video I've seen in a while (certainly not due to the terrible camera man) that crazy ffn boater charged and braved some heavy choppy swell , and it basically looks like he powered through it like a boss. insane !!! !Love it !
The operator of that boat seems to know EXACTLY what he is doing....he waited for the incoming wave set that he felt comfortable handling and went for it when he had the timing ....If I were you, I'd try to get HALF as good with a camera as he obviously is handling a small craft so that when you see something incredible to shoot, you will do as good a job
Ding ding ding! We Have a winner! Granted that I wouldn't have done that; I also: don't live at the coast, have years or decades of saltwater boating experience, know the inlet backwards and forwards, and have a probably local built very seaworthy boat, which that one is.
That Boat is more capable of taking a Breaking Curl than almost any Center Console boat! And he's a Old Salt!
Does a flip video camera make it hard to stay on target? I honestly couldn't see how, but maybe for some people...
When you're making a video it's pretty important to point the camera at the action.
New title. "Asshole films experienced boater leaving harbour".
Did that once on lake Erie 6-8footers with a 21' statecraft islander. scared the crap out of us . my son was in the cuddy cabin and when we came down from the first wave we heard him slam into the ceiling. The look on his face when he came out was hilarious. Took me about 45 minutes to get the boat turned around and back in. The waves didn't appear to be that bad when we launched. Boat handled it fine . just have to keep a cool head , take your time and choose wisely when trying to turn. Learned to use the noaa buey maps after that. Got caught about 40 miles out once. When we departed it was calm and out if the blue we got caught in 6 footers and took us a couple of hours to get back to shore. Learned to pay more attention at weather in Canada after that. And left the weather radio on especially while we were out more than 10 miles. But it was all fun ....after the fact. Boat handled it all just fine. Unfortunately scared some of my passengers out of ever going back on Erie ever again.
Captain has a steady hand at the wheel. Camera man has steady shakes.
Nicely done, instead of just plowing right through, wait for the right time and go.
In theses situations , the boat is only as good as the motor. If the motor quits his minutes were numbered.
Oh he'll have a spare on board for sure.
You are 100% correct. A lot of people don't realize that when a boat loses power it instantly sinks.
Not just that...he was freefalling coming off those waves and slamming hard. He could have cracked that fiberglass hull open, the stress on the transom due to motor weight and pounding seas could result in losing the motor completely. Cavitation from the seawater intake coming out of the water could burn up the impeller on the water pump, causing the motor to overheat and quit. It is not a rough water vessel to begin with.
William Cooke Boats are able to take a lot more than you think.
Dear Mike: First rule if you want to do something good in photography, have the hand still and without tremors!
Damn, I’m on the edge of my bed with clenched teeth. You can really tell that man knew exactly how to navigate that boat like a savage.
He knew what he was doing the camera man didn’t.
Make sure the volume is up all the way. Incredible audio...
Awesome navigating. Nerves of steel on display here.
Not sure why the boat chose to pilot out in those seas, but he handled it quite nicely. I got caught in a supercell on Lake Wilson (BIG lake), and I was in a bass boat in 8-10 footers before long, with no place to go but back to my landing 6 miles across the lake. Or get smashed on the rock dam. There was a Bayliner 26 or 28 foot cabin cruiser stuck by the dam with me, and he headed out when I did. I worked the waves with a bass boat that only stuck 10 inches out of the water. He had 3+ feet of gunnel, AND an enclosed bow. I made it AND landed/trailered my boat 2 hrs later. TWO HOURS to go 6 miles! The Bayliner went down probably about the time I heard her engines go quiet. She was on my port 11 o'clock, about 100 or so yards out. I could see her when the waves had us both up and timed right. She was bowbraking the waves. Loudly. Like a drum. Then she was just,..... gone. 3 drowned. Damn shame, but "poopy occurs" and/or schitt happens........ I didn't CHOOSE to be out in those seas, but MILLIONS of seaman over the millennia get caught in them, and fight mother nature best they can. Seems the meek videographer that uploaded this vid needs his man card pulled, some testosterone shots, and a phukkkin tripod, oh, and maybe some testicle transplants before he is allowed to even ASK for his man card back. FACT!!
You aren't a boater are you? He assessed the situation and he went for it. Once he made it over the breaking waves he was fine. Inlets can be challenging.
Well, been there, in the same inlet, same sea state, done that and have to say that he handled his boat well. As for why? He's definitely a Hatteras, Avon, Frisco or Salvo boy, probably a commercial fisherman. He knows what he's doing. The guy filming it doesn't.
How many days later did the pieces of his boat wash on shore?
I crossed the Gulfstream returning from Bimini in my BLACKFIN and was hit by 10 foot seas. This was before chartplotters and I didn’t have radar. My depthsounder failed to record. The rain was so strong I had to wear a dive mask to see anything and I lost my position. I stuck my boat hook down to check the bottom and found rock. I turned into the wind, drove out about 200 ft, anchored with a full scope and waited it out. Two hours later, the storm finally passed by us and I was about 300 ft from the soldiers key reef having a hard rock bottom and my BLACKFIN had a Deep Vee hull with a single inboard prop. My wife and friends were in the cabin having fun and never knowing our predicament. I didn’t bother to tell them and we got back to our dock in Coconut Grove safely.
Title should be: "can't hold a camera"
Well......I guess he knows a little more about the ocean than you do sport.
Legend has it he is still motoring eastward to this day.
Why was he heading out? I don't see any sign at all of fishing tackle. Do we know if he came back?
Whats the problem? Dudes a badass.
exactly.. lmao
The problem is if something went wrong then a SAR boat would have been launched to assist him, depending on the country perhaps even a volunteer crew in the case of the RNLI would have had to risk their own safety to assist. That being said guy clearly knew what he was doing and did a good job so not as if he was a novice.
Kind of makes you wonder what was so urgent.
Others climb mountains and jump our of perfectly good airplanes.
He surely has done this many times but he is putting his life on the line totally depending on his motor holding up
"No you can't go out today, the waves and the current is..." Me: "Hold my beer"
You can tell He’s done that many many times. He’s just waiting and timing. I’m sure he’s a talented old fisherman
Haha I know that guy new yorker he has been offshore longer then most of us alive!
padwtf ballshit you don’t know anyone
Who was holding his beer?
Shit....whose holding his balls😂🤣😂🤣
That is Mathias Fjällman, he knows what he is doing. A real seaman
I read all the comments, and i can't see from here: did he make it? where was he going? did he make it back in? was the camera tethered to the boat,somehow?