Unbelievable - didn't even scratch the paint
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Davy_S
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Yes! a boat on rollers!
Danny_Labrador
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Takes some nerve and skill that!
pvb
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The video is playing backwards.
scruff
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That was my initial thought too, however the pair catching the roller at the end of the clip don't appear to be in reverse, as it were.
Never the less - either forwards of backwards I wouldn't want to be within 100m of that boat launch/recovery.
ProDave
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So what's the story?
It looks to good to be driven onto the beach and scrapped?
A quick scrub and antifoulf and relaunch at the next spring tide?
It looks to good to be driven onto the beach and scrapped?
A quick scrub and antifoulf and relaunch at the next spring tide?
pvb
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Look at the guys around, they're walking backwards.
LittleSister
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Looks like it has already been scrubbed and anti-fouled. That's why they are launching it. (See post #4)
SolentDavid
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If people don’t think this is reversed, may I ask how the anti-gravity leaves around the tree can be explained?!
Caraway
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I think this has been discussed before, Think about the behaviour of the roller. Would it really bounce along in front of the bow and then jump under it?
RichardS
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The hull bottom and sides of the vessel appear to be bone dry. It must have been a very hot day. 
Richard
Richard
pvb
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Is it one of Sunak's magic money trees?
SolentDavid
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Haha, now that’s a lovely thought!
DJE
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The hull bottom and sides of the vessel appear to be bone dry. It must have been a very hot day.
Richard
Very smooth bottom. Maybe that explains the lack of wake in the water.
Caraway
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No wake because it is being launched.
Rappey
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It would make a huge dent in the bank rather than ride up it if it was trying to leaving the water.. Im amazed it didnt break the ships back over such a steep angle.
Caraway
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Just to get this right. Are there people who have watched the video and still think it is being recovered?
RichardS
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I haven't watched the video and still think that it is being recovered. Does that count?
Richard
Habebty
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Loads of youtube videos of ships being launched on those sausage rollers.
Some go well, and, er, some less well.....
Some go well, and, er, some less well.....
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stevebrassett
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Launched.