Seaplane and boat collision, video

Good vid. Thx.

I was in-correct in my post #6. Even with floats the tail does come down and engine blocks the view.

Not only did the pilot not notice the boats down range; the tower also warned him of this. There was no acknowledgment of this from the pilot, no follow up from the controller.

Further in post #6, IMO Crazy for a plane inherent with visibility issues to be carrying passengers. How doe even see the shoal marker rite behind the boats??

There will be some NTSB and FAA stuff flowing down hill shortly.

Look forward to comments from those involved. Boaters and the guy in the front/right seat..

I was thinking, The control audio from that last vid.
Complacency ..
Repetitive and boring.
He just fraking took off.

Same for the controller for not ensuring an acknowledgment of his last; boat traffic ahead.

Yep, It is both of their fault.

That video is ignoring one major element : the COLREGS. Instead he relies on a simplified version from boat US. The COLREGS are clear: seaplanes shall keep clear of vessels, irregardless of which side they are coming from.

assuming the rest of the video is accurate it seems that both the CARs and the FARs give “right of way” to seaplanes when a vessel is on port. A major conflict with the COLREGS

Obviously the boater should have taken action and probably should not have been there in the first place but both the pilot and the controller / advisor are even more at fault.

And again, a $50 dash cam mirror mounted high on the windshield would have solved the visibility problem.

How do you not hear the roar of a Beaver from an open boat ??? I read somewhere the boater was charged with BUI.

Couple of weeks ago in Bimini I slowed down in the channel to let a Caravan seaplane cut across and start its take off, I could hear it from an enclosed PH.

I often admired the Chaulks planes.
In crowded harbors, they seemed to never have a problem.
I miss them. Not that I was ever a passenger, just thought they were supper cool.

I flew to Bimini with Chalks in the 90s. Cool. In 80s I flew a few times between St Thomas and St Croix, I believe their were the same seaplanes as Chalks, maybe with turbine conversion. Don’t remember. I know back
Then it wasn’t twin otters

Aside from the fact that the operator of the boat was apparently already charged (BUI, as mentioned above...

The fact that this happened on a designated "runway" changes things, which is the problem investigators are now having.

Canadian Aviation Regulations (602.20) are aimed at seaplanes taking off and landing on bodies of water here, there, or anywhere.

However, Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre - https://www.vhfc.ca/ - (ICAO: CYHC or IATA: CXH) is a registered aerodrome, and a tower controlled airport. It has a terminal, CBSA agents, etc etc. It's the busiest seaplane facility in Canada. Boating across the designated runway area is basically no different than driving your car into a land-based runway in the path of a landing airliner.

Interesting, 2 power boats were down range and a snailbote. Lots of traffic crossing (or near) the run way..
And how does the pilot see that shoal marker? Or, is that his target and hopes he rotates before it?