I viewed another video taken from a vehicle who videoed this same boat for a while and then continued videoing as they drove away. It did look like there where some protected bays not far from where this SeaRay was heading out into the rough stuff.
When I first saw the video I posted I couldn't help but think to myself OK, if you where in the position of having your boat pinned up against that bridge with the conditions as they were what strategy would you use to get your boat away?
With a single engine I/O boat say 22 - 26 feet you couldn't use the twin engine I/O approach of trying to use the engines to twist the bow of the boat out into the wind. With a 27 - 33 foot boat with I/O twins and a single prop on each drive I'm pretty sure you wouldn't have enough bite from the single props to use the twin engines to twist the bow out. Twin I/O engines with duoprops would have more bite to the props to try and twist the boat out, but you would really need to get on the throttles to try and do it. It might twist it out, but not sure if it would under those conditions.
That SeaRay would have inboard engines and with the larger props placed further forward it would help with the twisting abiltity of the boat and may of been a good part of the reason he got out of that mess along with some decent boat handling skills. He's also lucky neither of those bow lines fouled his props!
I wonder on that same boat how twin I/O's with duoprops would compare to inboards in terms of twisting ability into strong winds? Anybody want to comment?
I bet while he was reversing hard into the waves he dropped a number of gallons of water right thru his cockpit and down into the galley. I know the least of his worries.
Might as well add some carpet cleaning to all the gel coat repair that will be needed.
Mike
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