Japanese Disaster Badass Of The Week: Man drives boat straight into tsunami
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[url]http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/04/02/hancocks.tsunami.boat.cnn[/url]
Instead of fleeing to higher land like everyone else, this brave bastard got on his boat and drove straight into the tsunami, to save the island where he lived from being cut off.
I get why it's labeled drugs now.
If you hit a tsunami far enough out at sea before it starts to develop into a wave, it's hardly noticeable.
Holy shit, what a great guy. Too bad since he's continuing to help people through this way he's most likely gonna get killed by a wave eventually.. The fact that he got through this long is pretty amazing.
You're so much safer on a boat when in a Tsunami then on land. The farther out the better. It won't help much if you're still in port and you'll be in for one hell of a ride but if you're out there a few hundred yards you're way safer.
And he sailed honorably into the eye of the demon.
保護の精神の名誉のあなた
Yeah that's right I kno japanesa
[QUOTE=mzathemind;28963296]And he sailed honorably into the eye of the demon.
保護の精神の名誉のあなた
Yeah that's right I kno japanesa[/QUOTE]
And your English could use a little work.
I bet he was yelling "Come at me bro" while slamming the gear into full throttle towards the huge wave infront of his boat
Legend.
I am going to model my life on this guy by taking a small dingy up against a massive wave
[QUOTE=ratman_122;28962769]If you hit a tsunami far enough out at sea before it starts to develop into a wave, it's hardly noticeable.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3e6_1300505578[/url]
He should have shouted "Banzai!"
At first I thought you were talking about this guy:
[url]http://www.badassoftheweek.com/akaiwa.html[/url]
But the other guys is cool as well.
Fucking amazing
There was a ship captain at Krakatoa who survived one of the largest Tsunamis in history.
He was running a cruise liner.
He ran directly into the wave, he had to literally be tied to the Helm so he would have control of the ship even though he was at like a 50 degree angle.
I can't wait for the over exaggerated manga chronicling his heroism.
[QUOTE=Mikedestruct;28968830]There was a ship captain at Krakatoa who survived one of the largest Tsunamis in history.
He was running a cruise liner.
He ran directly into the wave, he had to literally be tied to the Helm so he would have control of the ship even though he was at like a 50 degree angle.[/QUOTE]
Probably the only mariner at the time with the proper knowhow to conquer a wave. That guy is badass.
I think I saw him hit the first wave on someone's phone camera on the news but they lost interest and looked at some floating cars, me and my dad were very pissed that we didn't get to see if he lived or not.
[QUOTE=Chickens!;28968910]I think I saw him hit the first wave on someone's phone camera on the news but they lost interest and looked at some floating cars, me and my dad were very pissed that we didn't get to see if he lived or not.[/QUOTE]
Damn ADD cameramen.
Japanese coast guard also did it, it looks terrifying.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06huCv3cCaM[/media]
[QUOTE=Orkel;28969217]Japanese coast guard also did it, it looks terrifying.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06huCv3cCaM[/media][/QUOTE]
"wuuoooWUUOOO[b]WUUUUOOOOOO[/b]WUUuooo"
But being honest I could not have been quiet at there.
Dude is fucking invincible.
Actually, pointing towards an incoming tsunami is recommended by most survival/boating guides. It's usually the safest way - a hit from the sides will capsize the boat, and a hit from behind could carry you too far. Unless you're far enough out at sea, best defense is to charge straight at it.
Still takes balls of steel to do it, though.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;28970484]Actually, pointing towards an incoming tsunami is recommended by most survival/boating guides. It's usually the safest way - a hit from the sides will capsize the boat, and a hit from behind could carry you too far. Unless you're far enough out at sea, best defense is to charge straight at it.
Still takes balls of steel to do it, though.[/QUOTE]
That's standard procedure for any large wave. You can find videos of people in smaller boats fighting to get the bow against the against the wave. Like you said, if you're backwards it will pick you up like a surfer, if you're sideways it will throw you over like a toy.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvh2hCxUvJA[/media]
0:50 is a good example of what happens if you don't do it right.
1:12-1:22 look like small rouge waves that usually capsize smaller boats.
Boats are surprisingly buoyant and as long as you have all your doors closed and sealed you can take a good beating from waves.
[QUOTE=OvB;28971735]That's standard procedure for any large wave. You can find videos of people in smaller boats fighting to get the bow against the against the wave. Like you said, if you're backwards it will pick you up like a surfer, if you're sideways it will throw you over like a toy.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvh2hCxUvJA[/media]
0:50 is a good example of what happens if you don't do it right.
1:12-1:22 look like small rouge waves that usually capsize smaller boats.
Boats are surprisingly buoyant and as long as you have all your doors closed and sealed you can take a good beating from waves.[/QUOTE]
I know - I know the proper procedure for handling a boat encountering large waves because I've actually done so.
Sure, the biggest waves I handled were only a meter, maybe a meter and a half, tall, but relative to the size of that small boat, they were pretty big.
What a nice guy
[QUOTE=gman003-main;28971782]I know - I know the proper procedure for handling a boat encountering large waves because I've actually done so.
Sure, the biggest waves I handled were only a meter, maybe a meter and a half, tall, but relative to the size of that small boat, they were pretty big.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I was just adding on. I remember this one video where the wave hit them and blew out some windows on the bridge and soaked all the crew and their equipment. I guess this method only works if your vessel can take the beating. Sooner or later its just going to fall apart.
That also reminds me of a time when I was on a lake with a rented pontoon boat. The thing was so slow that when we were going against the waves they would just wash right over the deck and get everyone soaked. The waves were only like 3ft but it was still funny as hell because powerboats and bigger pontoons were just cruising on by while we feel like were in a hurricane or something.
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