Chicago Yacht Rescue

aero3113

WoW!!!! So close to help and there's not much they can do!

https://youtu.be/kPybt-bFjug

zaverin1

I assume loss of power cause the situation 

Michael T

BRUTAL! At least if it was a Rinker the hull would be okay! :-) Bloody expensive boat too!

F1100

OUCH

rasbury

Why did the not try to pull the bow towards the waves instead of watch it beat against the side?

zaverin1

That boat is no joke to just handle like that 

Dream_Inn

Crazy! We were in a similar situation a year ago, not quite as bad of course, but it was bad enough that the hardtop was less than a foot of hitting the top if a piling at a wall. There were 3 of us, all inserting doubled up fenders every wave after they popped out. Finally got the first boat the nerve to move (when sunlight appeared, it was most of the night), then us other two were able to move. I had pictures in my mind I exactly this.

Handymans342

Diesels would have plowed right out of there. LOL

zaverin1

I bet that thing had diesels bigger then your boat 

skennelly

Wonder when this was...I heard nothing about it.

Black_Diamond

1 year ago

raybo3

Why were they out in that mess to begin with???????

Black_Diamond

Just another day on Lake Michigan.  Weather and lake conditions can change fast.  People get caught in it all the time.  Failure to monitor conditions. 

skennelly

I sit at the dock when small craft advisors are issued and yet I see boats leaving with people on the bow all the time.  Doesn't seem to deter them

Michael T

@skennelly, I did the same thing too and that was with an EC 360 with 8.2 Mags and B lll X drives that weighed almost 9 tons - yet I saw small cruisers going out with IMO too many people on board and kids on the bow rails. There seem to be a lot of people in the "stupid club".

raybo3

skennelly said:

I sit at the dock when small craft advisors are issued and yet I see boats leaving with people on the bow all the time.  Doesn't seem to deter them

That's my point. With all the cell phones and electronics on boat that gives weather forecasts and warnings no body should get stuck in that kind of a mess. People just dont give a rat's a$$ and take too many chances.......... Just say'n.

Black_Diamond

Wait till Monday here. Forecasting upto 9' waves. Some tool will wander out on their boat or go swimming.  

skennelly

This past week in Chicago they issued a swim ban...so what happens?  Husband and wife decide to go for a dip in the evening.  Wife made it alive...husband did not and I'm not sure they found him yet.

Black_Diamond

Almost every weekend we lose a few.  

Yachtsman1304

Chainsaws, power saws, and the Great Lakes.  Three things that I have a very VERY healthy respect for.  This video is perfect example why.