alandalus11
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The bit that gets me is the side windows under water. How it didn't overturn???
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The bit that gets me is the side windows under water. How it didn't overturn???
Plum
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Because the centre of buoyancy, when it was at 90 degrees, was above the centre of gravity
dunedin
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Mmmmm I wonder what the AVS was with that loading, as looked heck of a close to what I would expect it might be. Possibly a close run thing, unless that is like a lifeboat designed to be self righting (assuming doors closed and windows intact)
PCUK
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It's a Pilot boat on sea trials. Doing what it's supposed to do.
Rappey
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Safehaven marine build some of their boats to be self righting. Its possibly this one thats going to somewhere really cold so comes with heated decks and handrails
sharpness
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Aswell as the boats being fantastic, their film work is always very impressive in the conditions they go out in.
jon and michie
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just a couple of bumps and a draft that's all 
Farmer Piles
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The guy or the text specifically said on the video that it would self-right from 180 degrees.
dunedin
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That would explain why they were so chilled in such extremes.
Does beg the question as to why a pilot boat would need such extreme capability - would be unable to transfer the pilot on or off a ship long before conditions got anything like that.
Ships regularly have to wait off places like Aberdeen waiting for conditions to moderate for the pilot transfer.
RunAgroundHard
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They may have to cross a bar that has a significant capsize risk to get to flatter water to board the pilot.
