What Force 10 Winds and Rough Seas Look Like

[BosnBill]

I found a video of a pilot boat in 20-25' seas you might be interested in viewing. I've always been fascinated by the action of boats in such seas and the tenacity and courage of their captains and crew. You can view it here: What force 10 winds and rough seas look like.

 

[AndieMac]

Where was the estuary barway Bill? I gather the boys were out for a selective play during the flood tide.

 

[BosnBill]

Seems so AndieMac. What a ride, eh?

 

[Bajansailor]

The vessel in your video looks like one of the pilot boats built by Safehaven Marine in Ireland - here is one (of many) of their videos on You Tube - http://www.youtube.com/user/frankwildcat#p/u/18/eLIzp3WLpQE

Here is the Dublin pilot boat in a F 9 - it has had over 2 million 'hits' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihzaDoG1JfY

 

[BosnBill]

Incredible video BajanSailor. The whitewash around mid play back is spectacular. Thank you for sharing this!

 

[omega2]

The background music was added to drown out the screaming of the crew and the boat breaking up, along with the equipment. Safehaven Marine, Cobh, Ireland. Now this real rough riding LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK-hPSW7b88

 

[oldgit]

The background music was added to drown out the screaming of the crew and the boat breaking up, along with the equipment. Safehaven Marine, Cobh, Ireland. Now this real rough riding LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK-hPSW7b88

Hard as I try,still searching in the background of all these videos for the little sports boats that half the forum insists that they have been out in, under these conditions.

I got nearly got caught once in a F10,wound down the car window to check boat and got my hair messed up,,does this count ?

 

[Baydreamerr]

I think you'll find that most of the footage is recorded here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuV-sTv7FrI

 

[AndieMac]

The background music was added to drown out the screaming of the crew and the boat breaking up, along with the equipment. Safehaven Marine, Cobh, Ireland. Now this real rough riding LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK-hPSW7b88

So it is true that the Aquabell 33 can iron out even the roughest seas O...and you've even got the proof

 

[omega2]

So it is true that the Aquabell 33 can iron out even the roughest seas O...and you've even got the proof

That's true Andie, and unlike in Oz we only have to wait a few minutes for the weather to change, I remember spending 5 days in Coffs Harbour, awaiting a "lull" so we could go fishing, and even then when we did get out it was "orrible" Mind you I can think of a lot more "orrible" places to have to hang around in. LOL

 

[oceanfroggie]

That video is shot off Roches point lighthouse, Cork in only 10-20m depth so the wave and swell pattern is not quite what it would be 10miles offshore in deeper water. Safehaven have some cracking good videos on their site.

 

[AndieMac]

That's true Andie, and unlike in Oz we only have to wait a few minutes for the weather to change, I remember spending 5 days in Coffs Harbour, awaiting a "lull" so we could go fishing, and even then when we did get out it was "orrible" Mind you I can think of a lot more "orrible" places to have to hang around in. LOL

On one trip heading south from the Gold Coast to Sydney in the Princess, after being weather bound for 7 days, we had to make an unplanned diversion to Coff's to escape being belted by an unpredicted, huge south-easterly.

If you remember the layout of the harbour with the very prominent Muttonbird Island on the north-eastern end with it's high, vertical south facing cliffs, the big seas crashed on the fore-shore, ran half way up the angled cliffs and slid back down creating large pyramid like confused seas, in what appeared at the time, a rather narrow entrance.

As we came through with the sea on the port quarter the Princess was "surfing and slewing" (SOG 15knots) sideways at 45 deg. from her heading on the transit markers, as she heeled over (a disturbing amount of degrees), down the sides of waves, and into the tranquil water of the outer harbour.

Yes "orrible" was one word to describe it