What a disaster Mark grounds the boat, suffers both engines failing and gets Awanui NZ impounded by the Maritime Police.
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No judgement here👍🏼
Great episode with such honesty… I noticed from the diving video there appears to be a gap between the props and support skeg … maybe next hall out have rope cutters installed …??
also with all the sand kicked up maybe check the rubber empellers on the sea water pumps..
I Enjoy your show and your honesty..
You need to get yourself a bike to get around when on land, be a lot quicker for you.
there's to types of Boaty's one's that have run aground and bull shiters
we all make mistakes, rule of thumb, stay close to the break water wall where the water is darker and no waves were breaking, waves breaking even in tidal changes means shallow water, to your port side you had the break wall and dark water with no waves breaking, this is the safest rout, ignore the depths on chart plotters and use observations is the best plan, dont be so hard on your self, no one got hurt , love the content
Someone that is a Captain of vessel, should know how to read the ocean. This was one of the most obvious calls to make and the Captain didn’t apply any general knowledge. Honestly terrible skippering
Good old government shakedown.
No planning as a Captain ? Surely you look at the charts and look at the tides. Honestly people like this are are the reason there are so many accidents in the boating community.
No idea that you owned norwood gardens, will be keeping a keen on your adventure. Goodluck!
Ship happens! I love how you effectively counted down the distance to the grounding. What is obvious to one person and one time, may not be to another person at another time. If it was, accidents would never happen. Keep your pecker up.
You need to read the water surface. I am not a sailer but surf all breaks and would never attempted do do that xrossing
One hour 13 minutes seriously, how about making the Readers Digest version without the fluff, I'm not going to waste over an hour on whatever it is that you're on about.
Thank you for sharing, Mark. Lots of great footage for everyone to learn from. You and Vince stayed calm, and you did well not to panic. Fiona, you were fantastic when you heard the news. Onwards and upwards, Mark. Loved the episode. Safe travels, we hope the boat is ok.
Counting down the metres in depth but carried on heading in. It yourself a office job is my advise..
Sonar was the best tool here when you were relaying the DBK and got to a metre I thought you were pretty brave. Lucky to get out with little damage.
Wow Mark. You kept your cool there! I would have thought that the Harbour Master, being responsible for safety in his harbour, would have put out a Notice to Mariners on VHF notifying all vessels of the new danger. The previous storm unexpectedly silted up the harbour entrance rendering the charts un-useable. I would have thought that you could have grounds to request the refund of your fine which I consider totally unnecessary. Had he done his job and warned all approaching vessels this entire disaster would have been avoided. That is what he is there for. Good luck, keep up the videos and safe sailing.
Love the calmness throughout
It was obvious where waves were it was shallow u should of been over left side no waves
So… Am I right in saying the skipper mistook the breaking waters as the meeting of the incoming tide and the outgoing river flow, when it was actually just the incoming tide breaking on the bottom, like a beach? Earlier on the skipper mentioned they could see depths as low as 3m. Yet when the depth reading is way lower than that, he still hasn't put the boat into reverse and aborted. Would it be better to plan an abort depth? If you expect 3m and you get a single reading of 2.9m abort, "go around"? I know nothing of boats, planes are more my thing. There an "approach" would have a "profile" to remain within with expected readings the whole way down to cross reference against the plan and the limitations. If things are not following plan, regardless of reason, abort, get safe, evaluation and try again.
Can't believe you did not notice the waves breaking in front of you mate.
You have proved to the police (by your actions ) that you are incompetent, they are coming to check you and your vessel, to verify how much of a liability you are. You have the money to buy it, but you are obviously have not the skill to use it. Get yourself a Quintrex 3.75. I don't think that boating is not a good idea for you, maybe bushwalking?
Hi mark when you get into U.K. waters if you have a problem you can call the rnli or other rescue services who will come to your assistance should you need it through the hm coastguard on channel 16,and they will not charge or ask any questions,but you learned a big lesson,if it don’t look right probably isn’t right, carry on don’t panic.
Image a mistake I thought it was odd that the sea birds were walking on the water just before I grounded in Auckland
Timer 1.11.39 Mark, you've learned… back into the saddle. No more to say.
Looking at that surf ahead of you was obvious that there is a shallow water bar, accidents happen but that was a rookie mistake that shouldn't have happened
No railings you say – $500 bucks to call the cops, only one bloke ever fell in, no one else can afford it.
WOW! Have a Drink and move on. Doing Great.
Is this a comedy? Just kidding. Looks like you’re having a great time, pretty envious if I’m honest