"Worth the risk?"

[Captn_Black]

If this has been discussed before, I didn't find it. If there had been casualties I don't think the accident report would have agreed with his assessment.
Cool video though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp9WvZzxdR8

[JPA Cate]

Any idea which day that was? There has been some gnarly surf conditions along New South Wales and Queensland over the past weekend. The APL England lost a bunch of containers, after they lost power and before they could renew it, down between Seal Rocks and Newcastle Hbr.

There's pretty good depth at the Gold Coast Seaway. We draw 7'2" (2.2 m.), and while there's lots of shallow water nearby, the seaway itself isn't too bad, plenty for a cat.
I think we would have gone around, and what he told the reporters, well, if you really wanted to, you could get back down there in a 24 hr. day after having gone the long way around, assuming the tides worked out. The Jacob's Well route is very well lit, for night time crossing, although there is a 22 m. power line you have to get the mast under, and one shallow bit. Normally, we plan our trips up and down there so that we meet the shallow places on a near to high tide, but still rising. The sand banks move around a bit.

Actually, I don't think we'd have waited overnight, either, but gone outside the previous day, if there were an appointment to keep. The ship channel is very well lit, and can deliver you to a few jumping off points in Moreton Bay. If you are not familiar with Moreton Bay, you might want to wait for daylight before proceeding to Southport, but catamarans can follow light to light at all tidal states, except if it is their air draft that is the challenge, then they have to wait for lower water before they can go under the wires.

Ann

Edited to add last paragraph.

[StuM]

Ann,

That clip was posted on Youtube on Sep 19, 2009

And yes, it has been posted here before - google found 22 posts on CF with a link to it

Here's the last time it was posted three months ago:

https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...ml#post3067335

And I think this was the first time back in 2010:

https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...tml#post386266

[sanibel sailor]

First time I saw it. Lucky bastard. Could have turned out very different.

[JPA Cate]

Originally Posted by StuM

Ann,

That clip was posted on Youtube on Sep 19, 2009

And yes, it has been posted here before - google found 22 posts on CF with a link to it

Here's the last time it was posted three months ago:

https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...ml#post3067335

And I think this was the first time back in 2010:

https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...tml#post386266

Hey, Thanks for that Stu.

I had not seen it before, either. I don't spend much time on the multihull forums because I really don't know much about them, and my former, naive comments were corrected a lot -- as they should be-- but they were not helpful.

Maybe you'd like to tell Captn_Black how to find such links. I imagine there were some pretty funny comments.

Ann

[Mike OReilly]

Combination of skill and luck. Could have easily gone the other way. Not something I'd try if I had other decent choices.

[StuM]

Originally Posted by JPA Cate

Maybe you'd like to tell Captn_Black how to find such links. I imagine there were some pretty funny comments.

Ann

The video URL is https://youtu.be/qp9WvZzxdR8


Type into Google:
site:cruisersforum.com qp9WvZzxdR8

[Captn_Black]

Originally Posted by StuM

The video URL is https://youtu.be/qp9WvZzxdR8


Type into Google:
site:cruisersforum.com qp9WvZzxdR8

Cheers
Not offended if you want to delete this. It just popped up in my YT feed and I thought it was worth sharing.

[NevilleCat]

Originally Posted by Captn_Black

Cheers
Not offended if you want to delete this. It just popped up in my YT feed and I thought it was worth sharing.

Na, it's always worth another look. That's a classic.
Would have been pretty exciting on board. Probably the only risky bit is at the top of the wave when the rudders start popping out the back but once he starts down the face it's all back on rails.
I like the vid of the big Lagoon doing it for hours in a force 10.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njcbjnSMdH0&t=241s

From about 4 mins in

[Captn_Black]

Those bar crossings are no joke though. I read ozzy accident investigations too, and there are fatalities every few years still involving bar crossings. Usually because an unusually large wave catches them out at just the wrong moment as they are heading out.

[NevilleCat]

Yeah, no, you're right.
Even had that Lightwave cat pitchpole on the Wide Bay Bar some years ago.
Hit the bottom I believe; must have been a pretty steep wave.

[tkeithlu]

That's a modern definitional photograph of the origin of the expression "being pooped." Not tired, nor being dumped on by an albatross, but being chased down by a wave over the poop deck. It can spoil your entire day.

[Captn_Black]

Originally Posted by tkeithlu

That's a modern definitional photograph of the origin of the expression "being pooped." Not tired, nor being dumped on by an albatross, but being chased down by a wave over the poop deck. It can spoil your entire day.

Yup, though not as dangerous as the same wave off the beam.