BAD day at Jupiter Inlet ,,,

**mr fun** · 05-03-2018, 07:10 PM

the question of the day is, "what would you have done differently?" my thoughts as a professional mariner in my past is to observe the situation as such, on an ebb tide (outgoing) with following seas from the atlantic, the guy was using too much power to somewhat surf the hull in rather than simply allow the hull at a slower speed be lifted from behind as the swell passes underneath. lake, river, intercostal boaters do not encounter such challenges. this can be life ending stuff for weekend warriors. observe,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGtQ5OVo8_0

**FMP** · 05-03-2018, 07:14 PM

Went down and stayed down?

**XstreamVking** · 05-03-2018, 07:16 PM

That boat had to have water in it already to ride that nose down and low in the water.

**mr fun** · 05-03-2018, 07:18 PM

that bafffeled me also, thing went down like a rock ??? what about about flotation? nuts

**mr fun** · 05-03-2018, 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by XstreamVking

That boat had to have water in it already to ride that nose down and low in the water.

not so sure about that, he was obviously trying to keep pace of the big sportfish that was filming him, i think he was inexperienced and was pushing the capabilities of his hull.

**XstreamVking** · 05-03-2018, 07:26 PM

Not gonna be nominated for skipper of the year, that's for sure....

**mr fun** · 05-03-2018, 07:51 PM

I'm not a surfer, have surfed some sinced highschool, mostly in and right after high school, a problem i disliked was refered to as "perling" , where your path off the wave did not allow the nose to move parallel to the wave and it gets shoved below the surface. makes sence to me in this instance. fun out

**Instigator** · 05-03-2018, 08:10 PM

That's an old video and was captains fault.

Stuffed the bow into wake of boat he was following.

**CUDA** · 05-03-2018, 08:16 PM

That must be a Low Rider model

I think he was hot and just wanted to cool off

**Bodhi** · 05-03-2018, 08:33 PM

Certainly not the hull for being out in big water like that. We see it all the time down here in tourist land with dopes trying to take low gunwale flats boats out in the gulf on windy choppy days

**hoser** · 05-04-2018, 06:21 AM

Nasty inlet

**Coupe427** · 05-05-2018, 02:45 PM

Hull is too small for those waters. It looks like he was coming in too fast and let off but he ended up sliding back into the wake he was creating. That pushed the back of his boat up and nose down. He would've been better off staying in the throttle.

**fichrman2** · 05-05-2018, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by Instigator

That's an old video and was captains fault.

Stuffed the bow into wake of boat he was following.

Pretty sure it was an experienced skipper with the pass that knew the hull was full of water already and the pumps failed- but I could be wrong. Im SURE we have already been here tho

I think the previous conclusion was, why not beach the boat outside the pass

**powerabout** · 05-05-2018, 07:03 PM

you pick a wave and drive on the back of it, not the front DOH

**mr fun** · 05-05-2018, 07:05 PM

SEAMANSHIP, it's just not a word. most on here rarely need to have concern with these issues, however I hope threads like this can alert people to the potential danger they may get themselves's into without real experience. fun out