Docking for the bold...

[Boomshanka]

 

[spynappels]

They've done that before! Don't think I'll try it though.

 

[dt4134]

He must've done that before as he knew exactly the speed required to stop in position on the trailer.

 

[RobbieW]

Makes you wonder how many trials they had before they got it right - and what happened

 

[Halcyon Yachts]

Are they drug runners?!?!

 

[stearman65]

Did something similar with a 38ft Sailar motor sailer in Portimao, the yard uses a trailer attached to a tractor. Everyday method there. Less expensive than a conventional lift out.
Stearman65

 

[dt4134]

Less expensive than a conventional lift out.

Potentially less expensive than a conventional lift out.

 

[stearman65]

Portimao Lift Out

The boat in the pics belonged to someone else, I was assisting. Mine (40ft Moody) I had lifted out with the conventional travelator, however, if you have done this at Portima, it's 6 & 2 3's, very hairy in a wind with a concrete structure to reverse in to. Both methods have their drawbacks.
Stearman65

 

[rotrax]

First mate and I rented a 20 foot outboard skiff in Cedar Key, Florida in 2004. The guy took us in a pick up with the boat on a trailer to the dock, launched us and we agreed to meet back at the dock by 5pm. He arrived just after us, but with a different trailer. He told me to do something similar to the video clip, keeping a bit of speed up. I got the skiff on first go, and expected the guy to get out of the truck, secure the boat and get us back in the pick up for the 1 mile ride back to his base. He did none of the above, but slammed it in gear and drove us back still in the boat, not secured or even hooked on the winch! It was a bit scary, but he did just tickle along. He told us he did it all the time, but only with the trailer he picked us up with. He said he had worked out that it must be ok as he came all the way back from Chiefland-50 miles or so- without a boat secured when he forgot to do it!

 

[martyn78]

Yep, done that years ago with speedboat on Windermere.
CORRECTION.....
My wife drove the boat 'cos she couldn't reverse the trailer.
I and around 20 people were seriously impressed.

 

[Boomshanka]

It's not the technique of boat retreival that's in question, it's the apparent lateness to lay off the throttle and sublime accuracy of hitting the slot that raised an eyebrow

 

[sailin]

Holy cow!

 

[Boreades]

After that, they moved onto BIG boats

Here

and here

 

[Deleted member 36384]

After that, they moved onto BIG boats

Here

and here

Thanks for posting.

Anyone who hasn't clicked on the links I thoroughly recommend the bottom link. Keep watching it, it looks as if the video has frozen, its not.

 

[2nd_apprentice]

My guess is that the first video shows an intentional beaching. Preferred method by ship breakers in Bangladesh and Pakistan:

The ship breaking practices applied in Bangladesh are strictly prohibited by most countries in the world due to very dangerous nature of the work and the huge environmental implications. It is the so-called beaching method that is being used in Bangladesh. The ship is sailed with maximum speed during the high tide and will be beached over the flat muddy land where it is completely dismantled by semi- and unskilled labourers during the low tide. Beaching is considered a specialised operation. The captain on board has to calculate the movement of the tides, the swell and the wind by the minute. The closer the ship is beached to the shore, the more profitable it becomes for the ship yard owner. The gigantic ships are ripped apart by blowtorches and large steel parts are taken to shore with use of electric winches. Most work is done by raw human man power.

link

 

[rhumlady]

I don't know about the boat driver but I wouldn't like to be one of the guys on the trailer.