It never ceases to amaze me peoples lack of respect for the ocean. My old man does similar stuff on a boat. Gives me the ****s.
That was awesome, if your going to surf a sailing boat, cats are definitely the go. No way in hell a single hulled yacht would have made that with out turning it side on.
Next time he needs to get the sail up and get that thing parked in a barrel
I tried that with a zodiac + wife and it went end over end (front dug in)... miss freaked out but then thought she was something special for not TOTALLY freaking out... I don't think she's been near the sea since.
That was insane! I literally held my breath as he took the drop! Feared for the worse! YEOW!!!
They are talking about skill ..... I think it was stupidity to ride the wave.
Now I am no big boat skipper, but considering the wave only is really vertical for about 30m of its travel toward land, would a skilful skipper not just get on the back of a wave and motor hard for 10sec to keep up with it and thus make the crossing with no probs at all?
He nailed it, imagine if the misses was onboard 
he would have been home 2 days later.
Also nice to see a cat handle like that good to see he use's the boat unlike half the wanks with a 4wd with chromies
That boat loved it ............pull in deeper next time.
One forgets 5m seas stuck 1 km off the coast mmmmmmm going into night ? was there another raging front approaching?
Sail out to sea and Score 5m on the back deck anyway and sink ?
Could have run it up on the beach or the rocks ?
May be he had not been for a good surf for a while.
"Sweet heart just whipp down before we take this on and let us know when the the boat insurence is next due. I know her life insurence is up to date [}:)]
Its a few years old now that footage. Last time it came up there was some pretty good footage of a sailboat entering a harbour in Portugal but the best bit of footage I can recall is that of a lifeboat launch in surf. that was impressive. Can anyone recall if this was a Seabreeze thread or it might have been a cruising forum. Wouldn.t mind having a fresh look at it again.
fair go for that boat /cat it handled it well, and the driver knew what
was needed of him. There was only a slight second of suspence when the
crest of the wave rode under the hull and steerage was challenged for a
tense moment, other than that all OK. Good surf cats 14-18+ with deep hulls
such as the old Caper Cat Of Queensland were perfect for this type of action.
Many hours at Australind in the surf and on Bunbury harbour out the end of
the jetty, under sail only, helped for a trip from Cairns to Cooktown on a 14
footer. surfed all the way. Deep rudders are the trick so one does not loose
steerage when balanced on the top of the wave, That was a bigger boat
same principal, not a worry, a calculated risk ......maybe...but great fun.
That was the action of a true sailor.... not a cotton wool wannabe [}:)]
Yep it was caused by a loss of stability due to a) the reduced buoyancy in the whitewater and b) the broaching effect caused by the overtaking wave. A cat will have the stability to handle that, plus better directional stability due to the long skinny hulls.
