He lost his Man-Card~

@@sarahpettyYTSUX I've had a martini on the rocks. Never had a Freeman on the rocks.

Seems like the crew did the best they could when it died, were on the radios immediately. Total loss of engine power but seems like the electronics were working as the radar and radios were working. Hate seeing a boat like that get stuck on the rocks.

@@SnowManson He was on plane and running just fine. Until he wasn't.

they were most likely partying way too much and their brains were not working

Hahaha 🤣

There's no way they would lose the steering.

I can fish everyday in my 17foot skiff for less than $100 a week.

Thant's Funny.

@@jasonlacroix6083 < That’s all a low achiever needs.

Yes sir it can.

Especially if you are really stupid, being a yank doesn't help either

Yes it can. Even the best ideas aren't always the best.

I give you credit for admitting that. I've been boating my entire life and be driving boats since I was 14. I've seen many experienced boaters have bad days

Too bad the surf wasn't a lot bigger.

I don't blame you, you had kids with you!!!

@@joshbennett6534 We were all kids. We stayed calm and did our best..

Nice try, you would have just wrecked your boat too. Owner prolly has money enough to be ok...

This is honestly one of the most mature and respectable comments I've ever read on YT. Great job young captain 👏 you def would have broke something trying and I appreciate that you at least made sure folks were okay.

Not once you hit the rocks. Think a few moves ahead the next time and quit showing off. Otherwise? BS.

CLUELESS ILL_TRAINED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES!!!... Our WASTED TAX$$$$

You are absolutely right! It was to dumb to see, NEVER EVER WOULD HAVE happened in the Netherlands, what don they mean by: Fire resque?? Damage guarantee??

Had to apply the force when a big wave came in and lifted it up off the rocks. I was also thinking that they could go forward at full speed and maybe rio the bottom of the boat. Lol. Sure those fire and rescue guys know what they are doing.

Yup, I was wondering the same thing. Unless they didn't want to get their props too close to the rocks...

True...but how many poor barnacles got crushed to death while they were minding their own business? I'll see myself out now...

Many mussels and barnacles were killed.

that boat owners ego sure was harmed😂

Lol

LMAO !!!!!!

I was just typing the same thing and erased mine because I saw yours. Do a dock follow up to see how much is damaged. Posted it anyways.

At least they have lots of rope an a couple broom handles

just scrapped and dinged up bottom - in spots.. Nothing huge.

@@roberto0561 Key word - "Could" ,,,,,, If I wanted to, I could take my car in to get all the dings and scrapes fixed on my old Honda with 200k miles. Not saying my old car is worth what this boat is, but I'm saying is dings and scrapes doesn't constitute having to have work done. They left under their own power, so if it was major damage, they would have been tugged in.

You could just go to the boat yard and see all kinds of stuff like that.

It still had power, you can hear the outboards rev. If he had any idea whatsoever he would have spilt the outboard too steer. Cats are easy to steer with no steering.

Your dam right and I like my car that way too!

Has to be you don’t get many novices buying Freemans. It looked to me his ballasts had water in them. Given the seas that day he would have. Maybe he should have emptied to get off rocks. Just speculation

@@jasonbelk7129 easy to steer when the fly by wire is not working? Tell me, how are you going to control the gears if the shifter dosnt select any gears? You can hear those engines rev up free, so the engines whre not in gear or he list all his props, in wich case he still has the same problem of not having any forward or reverse thrust.....

@@gabbermaikel He drove str8 towards the rocks for a while, it's on him, in that boat you go nowhere near the rocks.

Seems like the captain just wasnt paying attention,heck those powerful engines were working&his steering as he was heading into the outlet.

Maybe with the wrong current it could happen. On the north side of inlet neer that opening and to Channel Market the current rips North east . Then your fighting a incoming tide riping ENEWhile getting sucked thru that small Pass ripping North . Lol Unfortunately Last year I was on North side of Jetty when a pelican flew into my Jig by mistake. My trolling motor shut off and Got sucked thru that opening . just missed that Pole and rocks. Never panic

Yes it's the haul turning is not very responsive the thrust in reverse half of the thrust goes down the hollowed haul stupid design so it fights it self for best results only power should have been applied to two right outboards just in my opinion

Operator error

Yes why why ????

What is another boat going to do? Nobody has a boat big enough to haul them away from all the rocks and heavy waves slamming them. You also have to stop and think that if another boat ties off to that boat they could end up endangering themselves as well and now you have more people who need to be rescued by the Coast Guard.

💯

I like it, thanks!

Yes! I would have tried getting in between the rocks and boat with my skull to cushion my stupidity. Love them panicking grabbing shit that don't matter all crazy like. Where's reverse? Ohh that was a little extra for that. We didn't get that. Your dad's probably wondering if we caught the big one today, we should call him I guess.

If you were able to pull your boat out of the sand bar using the anchor, you don't know what being stuck is.

@@herygarcia6193 this is the inlet, the minute they throw the anchor up thing is gonna be 100 feet away and they are not gonna be able to pull themselves even with the winless

the pacific can be anything but what it was named after by Magellan making a passage sometime in the 1500s around the world. Pacifica's meaning tranquil is in itself a needle found in a haystack the size of earth is more like the odds to bank on for it being your lucky day for comin in after noon on a tranquil flat ocean. i bought a aluminum 23ft StarCraft stern drive cabin lookin thing that resembled a cheap Winnebago for 3000 bucks from a ex Chevrolet master mechanic, the motor was brand new from his rebuild, the sterndrive cable was corroded stuck and didn't have reverse. i ran that just like that for 8 months 2 times a week (i had quit my job on account of yellowtail running rampant in 98, plus white seabass bonito dorado(that never hit,) barracuda that all went for over the length limit, out of all so cal harbors. now the gift i had acquired was patience, timing an unparalleled accuracy in forward and neutral gears. because every day in the afternoon you had tail wind at least 8kts. in the busiest public launch ramps, after a case of Budweiser and a boatload of fish, made every reason why not to go to work was an important part of life experiences that kept it no.1 on my list. never hit another boat. it's a good training operation to see far ahead of time in all kinds of conditions, rain, high surf, dive equipment scattered all over the bloody deck and all but a few beers could be found aboard the vessel Overcast. it was a workhorse that with almost nothing of maintenance to be ready by the next 4 am alarm. to go out again. i pulled it by a truck that had not good brakes, and the heaven sent single axle trailer had a bad seal lip that would empty the grease per trip, and the wheel would start wabbling just before it was gonna fall off. i towed to cabo san lucas one time for stipers and dodos.

good to know, thank you.

I agree.

They had more control facing the rescue with the current and waves easier to turn boat away from rocks. They didn’t that much power to pull. Especially with the stuck boat being a cat and half of it still floating.

Such a dangerous recovery. And to have all the rescue people standing right in front of a rope under tension was just ridiculous. Bad technique.

@@JNDaly it looked like a clown show on the bow with no one watching the stern

Because if there is a much greater danger of a prop wrap if you tow off the stern. This way has less power, but keeps the line away from the props…

This is exactly what happened!

Yep, this right here is what happened.

The boat lost steering. Can’t turn that tight using throttles only. Simple as that

You may have just called it.

Here's a thought how about a metal pole to try to keep you off the rocks instead of toilet brushes and other things that you would actually use in the boat? And I'm pretty sure you might damage those fishing poles as well which cost a whole lot less than a million dollars trying to keep the boat from hitting the rocks!

I see it. He should have shut down the two unsteerable engines. It's possible he had a steering system that allowed differential control of the two sets of motors. Great for docking and super slow control. I've seen setups that have a joystick for docking and the standard wheel for cruising.

@@jamminwrenches860 I agree that he”should have”, but you can only make that comment that after reviewing the video and knowing the outcome. How was the operator to know that he lost steering in that short window? Same concept as flight 1549… people criticized the pilots decision only because they knew the outcome. Stuff happens so fast where there is not enough time to run through a check list. “is my steering ok, are my engines ok- oh just hit the rocks”

Do a little looking around, Freemans specifically seem to have this problem here and there.

@@growlith6969 that is a valid point. The captain did have deck hands to help. I am just saying in general it was a fluke accident. Happens to the best.

@@jn4897 Not a fluke, but not very common, but definitely a mechanical or software problem with Freemans. I'm not in the business and even I have heard of at least 3 boats doing this.

Lol

Without it he might have missed the rocks completely!

@@leonwagenaar4479 😂

Skipper, rocks ahead .... BOOM yea I see them now. crunch, crunch, crunch .....LOL

I can imagine the thoughts of fire and rescue as their approaching the boat probably trying not to laugh

pretty much says it all

Still, I think he came in too fast. You go fast out on the open water and slow down around obstacles, no?

@@jeffk464 typically yes unless that obstacle is two jetties at the inlet that has deep water in the channel and shallow water on the outside edges creating big short interval waves in the inlet that come over the bow of your boat at slow speeds. You can either bow down and plow through at faster speed if you have the length to gap the wave sets or trim up slow down and use accessory power to ride the back of the following waves (if its an incoming tide).

Any effective anchor on that boat would weigh 80 pounds or more. Not a lot of guys can throw something that awkward very far. I can’t imagine how you came to the conclusion that fire rescue did a great job though. Watch what he did again. His positioning of his vessel and choice of line attachment was poor at best at every turn.

Likely the anchor was quite heavy and it would be difficult to throw it any appreciable distance and you would definitely not get the angle needed to have the anchor set and by the time it did set it would probably be under the boat and pull straight up

@@johnk3606 as the rescue boat, would you have pulled the Freeman from it’s stern? I wondered if it was getting further raked over the rocks when being towed out. There seemed to be a helpful swell. It looks like there is a pole in the way to pull him from the stern.

Best not throw an anchor out in a crowded inlet Cheers

First put on your life jackets!

Probably wasn't paying attention to the radar was coming in at the wrong angle was a factor and speed!

Power steering failure.

Probably on auto pilot watching TikTok’s

Radar not going to steer your boat if you have some sort of steering control failure !

@@dancernogorsky4996 steering failure

Looks like a steering failure, not the engines.

You can hear at the end the guy yells steering

@@willraefpv If your steering goes out you can still use differential steering to make the boat do exactly what you want it to. I hardly ever use my hydraulic steering. Everything is done with throttles and trannies.

@@DIYDaveT With quads you can only control the Left 2 and Right 2 combined. If you lose the left 2 motors, the right stick is only the right 2.

@@LS3ftw15 drive by wire but the reverse and throttle is on the same system what the fuck is that design.

The inlet is being recorded nearly all day, every day. I'd be amazed if it wasn't recorded.

@@LordFalconsword gotcha, I come from a sleepy little fishing village. Shit like this happens but never on camera. Glad they got off the rocks

@@gar949 exactly this is a very popular UKposts channel, they record this inlet all the time

...about as real as HeavyDSparks not sinking his boat on purpose

In 4k!

Yep, seen that before a few times with the new electronic steering boats.

Exactly what happened

Yep, I was on a nice twinvee going AJ fishing and the boat basically shut of and had to reboot everything then it was back to normal. Couldn't believe it. Captain says it happens from time to time....

@@allneedsmobiledustlessblas2859 Computer got hacked by russia. Too many Russian spies in Miami. That looks like the Inlet syndrome to me. lol

I'll stick with hydraulic steering.....

the what ? not available in the usa

damn straight!!

Exactly. Why reverse?

9 rears in the coastguard auxiliary. Fire rescue had no fenders out when alongside that thing . Skiff hook to fend off not your hands and arms. Stearn tow would be better as u pointed out.

With wind and waves pushing into the rocks, they ran the risk of hitting their own props if they went stern first.

Imagine if he was going 40mph into inlet

More entertaining that’s for sure love watching rich people suffer like us commonfolk

The rescue boat has to have engines trimmed into the water to provide thrust to pull. If the foot of their engines catch one of those rocks, there will be two boats up on those rocks needing rescue.

Might have been better to pull it seaward instead of over and through the rocks.

@@mettler54 It definitely would have been better to drift in open water, the coast guard would’ve been there quickly to tow. However, this vessel already had forward momentum when the engines cut out, which forced them into that rocky little cove. Without main engines, there was no way to redirect their drift.

@@bitsbrainsandbeanies2527 yeah...and did it comeup to.your mind they can THROW a rope as well. Keep it going in forward, and when it's tied, just pull it AWAY from the rocks, instead of parallel....man man man...and they call themselfs fire-resque?? This would NEVER EVER would have happened in the Netherlands. Never. What a poor display of boatingskills. Greetings from the Netherlands

@@bitsbrainsandbeanies2527 hh

It’s possible rocks were caught between the hulls, holding the boat in. A V hull might have fared much better.

Yeah. If these were serious people they should have been donning life jackets immediately not bending over to poke the rocks with fishing poles. Ridiculous!

The reverse power of a prop is a fraction of the forward thrust. Nothing but cavitation! Rescue boat put itself in a lot of danger there.

@@tomrogers9467 They obviously do not know how to tow boats....surprised they even hooked up to them...

@@Chris-fo8wp Wouldn't lots of thrust shoot water at the stranded boat possibly pushing it further up the rocks? Maybe they used reverse intentionally as to be gentle with the currents.

@@Chris-fo8wp They got the job done that's all that matter

You ain’t Lyin

From englewood boca grande this is comical

Or just a poop captain 🤣

Excuses, excuses. The captain was a putz. It's negligent to use an autopilot in an inlet.

Agreed.

You can also wreck a boat on rocks - rocks win every time

assuming you have multiple throttles. The quad I have been on only had 1 throttle for all 4 engines

Yes but it’s not so much easy with 15 mph wind and 4 footers

And with a cat the engines are so far outboard that they can spin on a dime.

Also painful to watch as a non-boat owner.

@Samm Salvey yes, insurance covers their stupidity. Love to see that estimate. Hull , props, outdrives/lower units.

I think it will need a whole new hull since integrity probably compromised...

@Samm Salvey On that boat. Retail probably over $250K. I would say a new hull would be about $50k

@@CSJiGSaW08 $250k? Try $1.5m

Odds are also 90% financed.

People who are less experienced than you might use it for training.

Those guys think that open array spinning around looks cool.

Yup... bourbon and boat on the rocks.

Certainly does look like pilot error.

@@ohioguy215 Straight up!

Probably not error from pilot, In the beginning of the video you can see people turn around and look at motors for no reason. Happened at the same time he should have been turning in but wasnt. I am sure he said something along the lines of, "oh fuck i cant steer"

you can see 2 engines steer left and 2 steer right though. Definitely looks like some systems failed...usually the engines steer in the same direction or else you wont turn...

Weren’t Yamahas

Then why not trim up the motors? Must be electrical

That was mercs

@@RP133 Ah yeah, since only Fords break down and Dodges are perfect right? It's a brand name. Most of modern engines share components nowadays anyway cause that makes manufacturing costs go down. If it isn't the exact same engine with a different badge.

@Adam Richardson: Yes, differential steering is fantastic. This captain simply did not have much experience.

some captain, better sell + get something ya can control

I think the engines cut out, you hear them die at 0:14 and the captain looks back at the outboards

That's cheap, much more than a million

Have you priced out a freeman? 1.5 million with the 5 motors easy.

@@stephenhusak6098 these plebs thinks a million dollars gets you a $50 million 40 meter yacht

Depreciation can you say depreciation

@@daleolson3506 3 - 4 year wait for a new one = very very little depreciation

It does actually but « you’ll have to think quickly what to do instead of panic »or maybe slow down a little bit ,it doesn’t kill anyone 😊be safe out there good people 😊PEACE😊

I was wondering how 4 engines all seemed to lose power.... beautiful boat though!

You doShould second guess him.Hes a boater for over 40 yrsnt know Boca inlet when the waves are big you cut them off by coming in from the south.When the engines went in to safety mode there is no power.

By the time he quit looking at the camera, it was too late.

Look like he has throttle but it wasn’t gonna do much for him because he was being pushed into the rocks so he decided to pull his motors up probably smart

@@DOUBLEDEFENSE i doubt the insurance covered it and gave him the motors.

Ummm no they have reverse

The engines clearly didn't fail as you can clearly see and hear them reversing. If anything failed, it would have been the steering, as the engines are turned the wrong way when he first reverses. This resulted in the stern being pulled in towards the rocks instead of away from them. The other possibility that the helmsman just got distracted, and then panicked and forgot how to steer. Either version is entirely within the spectrum of mechanical or human behavior respectively.