Big wave throws dive boat captain overboard - Florida

[chillyinCanada]

Yes, the link that Max just posted said the DM had grabbed the lower helm. I bet the skipper who went overboard rethinks using the upper helm in rough seas even tho the visibility is better.

So did the first

 

[johndiver999]

This video posted yesterday elsewhere appears to show the vessel lost power? Or steering or nobody was driving it?

 

[CuzzA]

This video posted yesterday elsewhere appears to show the vessel lost power? Or steering or nobody was driving it?

Yeah, it doesn't look like he made any action to correct the vessel once it got turned exposing his port side.

 

[ibj40]

Okay, amateur here (in that I have only guided a boat like this once, but it was dead nuts calm and decades ago), but who is stupid enough to try this in the first place?

Do we not check the sea conditions in advance?

 

[chillyinCanada]

Yeah, it doesn't look like he made any action to correct the vessel once it got turned exposing his port side.

In one of the videos you can see him aggressively turning the wheel .


I'm no captain but can't figure out why he was side on from the outset

 

[chillyinCanada]

Okay, amateur here (in that I have only guided a boat like this once, but it was dead nuts calm and decades ago), but who is stupid enough to try this in the first place?

Do we not check the sea conditions in advance?

Video has owner speaking to that

 

[ibj40]

Video has owner speaking to that

Sorry, observing on my phone with sound muted.

 

[SoFlaDiver954]

In one of the videos you can see him aggressively turning the wheel .


I'm no captain but can't figure out why he was side on from the outset

He could be vigorously turning the wheel even if he lost power. The rudder would still be able to do something, just maybe not enough.

 

[Wookie]

Do we not check the sea conditions in advance?

It’s well known in the business that if the boat leaves the dock, the trip is fully earned if it turned around for weather. Some boat owners will send their boats to the jetties to say “whelp, it’s too rough to dive, but you can’t say we didn’t try”. I’m not saying that’s the case here. But I’ve heard of it happening. A dirty little secret.

 

[CuzzA]

Okay, amateur here (in that I have only guided a boat like this once, but it was dead nuts calm and decades ago), but who is stupid enough to try this in the first place?

Do we not check the sea conditions in advance?

Sea can be calm (not saying they were), but depending on tides those S. Fla. inlets can be treacherous. Boynton seems to have claimed a lot of lives. It's also technically not an inlet, rather a drainage ditch people use as an inlet.