Whoops!! Years of Boating Blunders!

Feel sorry for the operator as he has NO HOPE of redress against these guys, I know, built a few homes for them and it is a matter of get it right or ...
Luckily I got it right plus there was a few Russians who started to get the idea of thinking for themselves, rather than being controlled by the recently arrived henchman, so we got it it all going really well, eventually!

The porthole layout suggests a Fairline Squadron, 60 or so foot. A very heavy boat for a trailer recovery!

Russians like boating too!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vfxVX5FqQE

****. That is not a great way to pass out!

roflmao!!!!!!!!

An oldie but a goodie.

"Would you like fries with that"?

The Exploding Whale - YouTube

Some parts of that whale must be still in earth orbit after that explosion.

Some nice sunday fishing..........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfDQ35v86AU

"I hugged him [the crocodile], gave him a little cuddle

Hard to believe this story, but it's true, otherwise it would not be in the paper!

Frenchman survives crocodile attack

Let the jokes roll in....

Swimming to a dinghy ... at night ... with no moon ... in Arnhem Land ...

Seems the Croc just wanted a French Kiss ...

must have been love at first bite ...

Even crocs like a it of french food once in awhile.

I like this photo.

Carbon masts are strong-errrrrrrr?

Carbon is strong

Yes it is, but.....! Carbon reinforced fibre are strong, do not corrode, .........! Long list of positives. But CRP is not honest. Aloy or steel tells you, when being overstressed. It wrinkels, rivits are popping, paint gets off, it tells you, I was overstressed. But Carbon lies. It looks perfect after being overstressed. 32 times it looks perfect. One more time, bäng and it looks like in picture above.

When we came back after flight and some rivits where missing, our mechanics new, their pilots had fun again

Cheers

Another crane failure.

Crane Gently Lowers Boat Into Water - YouTube

Unbelievable, I would been so totally scared that these seemingly playful fish would all of a sudden decide that they were hungry that I would have been cowering in the cabin instead of filming the action!!!

Video Landing Page - WFSB 3 Connecticut

This is NOT an Oops, just the opposite. This guy really knows his boat.

The Smoothest Boat Captain On The Seas - YouTube

Canal Boats

That maneuver reminds of driving canal boats in France... no keel, and a big barn door rudder that can be swung near 90 degrees each way. The end result is that it's like pushing a pencil around a book on a desk (which I practiced lots in school at age 10 ). You're not really steering as one generally does, instead you're pushing the stern one way or the other, with minimal forward thrust judiciously applied after the stern's where you want it.

And I agree, the guy knows his boat!!!

People say the Amsterdam canals are the busiest and most difficult areas to move your boat around.

In summer time I am on the canals a lot.

A lot of fun and a lot of almost accidents.

The Amsterdam district is seriously debating about putting speeding photo cameras on the canals. (This is not a joke)