No outboard? use the exavator!

[[32511]]

Don't know if this has been aired before- apologies if it has.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7odAbL3Ygts

 

[FWB]

I guess the music was "Excavator rowing boat blues" by Muddy Waters

 

[sailorman]

Any seahorses in the river :encouragement:

 

[[32511]]

Any seahorses in the river :encouragement:

Not now!

 

[ProDave]

My excavator weighs 3 tons. Even if it would fit on my foredeck, I think it would sink my boat.

 

[Sailingsaves]

That would definitely work better in a well at the stern, don't you think

 

[jac]

That would definitely work better in a well at the stern, don't you think

For gods sake don't let Dylan see this thread

 

[Sailingsaves]

I love the way different cultures solve things differently.

Would be great to travel and see it for real _ until then, youtube will do. Thanks for posting.

 

[Seajet]

Watching that clip I keep getting something run through my head; ' this is going to end in tears ! '

 

[chrisbitz]

They use that unusual method on one of the dredges in Gold Divers on Discovery Too!

http://www.discoveryuk.com/web/gold-divers/photos/the-christine-rose/

 

[trapezeartist]

Love it! He's got that travelling at a fair old lick.

 

[n4585k]

Brilliant, thanks for posting!

 

[Leighb]

Love it! He's got that travelling at a fair old lick.

I enjoyed it also, but, how does he stop?

 

[Twister_Ken]

I enjoyed it also, but, how does he stop?

Back-paddling?

 

[mikeinkwazi]

This is how they dredge my local marina, in Scotland.