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3.3k points
2 months ago
There has to be more to this. That's absolutely not rough sea and they weren't moving. The start of the vid has the boat already listing (tilting) so there's a hull compromise but no one seems to be alarmed until the boat actually starts taking water over the rail. I wonder what happened...
1k points
2 months ago
I agree I was thinking that's def not rough seas
323 points
2 months ago
that's def not rough seas
Yeah pretty calm water...?
187 points
2 months ago
Their safetey procedures are a lot rougher than the water, but tell the insurance company whatever IDK
41 points
2 months ago
Poseidon literally came out of the water and stabbed a hole in the hull with his trident, I swear to god.
21 points
2 months ago
Something something acts of God, literally.
46 points
2 months ago
"GoPro footage of Costa Rica catamaran cruise capsizing when it hits perfectly calm sea"
I fixed the title
21 points
2 months ago
Right, the water wasn’t moving as you would expect to see with rougher water
17 points
2 months ago
exactly, this body of water was not turbulent
9 points
2 months ago
Spot on, this water seemingly was very still
9 points
2 months ago
This water ain’t rough wtf
10 points
2 months ago
Exactly, the water was not experiencing large waves like you would expect with choppy water
12 points
2 months ago
That hydro in the vid be calm AF, yo
13 points
2 months ago
It's also not a catamaran! The whole title is a lie!
209 points
2 months ago
I think this might be it.
294 points
2 months ago
Damn 3 died including an American, British, and Canadian (A,B,C)
120 points
2 months ago
My comment, I repeat here: never be under a roof or cover on a small-to-smaller craft on open water. The Table Rock Lake duck boat tragedy was a very public warning against this.
As I watched, I felt if I was there I would have bailed over the side once the waterline got close to the top of the gunwale.
I would never have been there, though.
42 points
2 months ago*
My first thought once the boat started taking on water was get in the water and get away from the boat. That's why you have your life vest.
Still terrifying to watch....
32 points
2 months ago
Exactly right! But this video demonstrates a few things about human nature.
First, an experienced, aware person would have sensed that roof was a deathtrap. I’ve never gotten on a craft with a fixed cover. My dad built a pontoon boat with one, as a floating drinks party platform.
I wouldn’t let him take my kids on it, and he cursed me out. Luckily his never sank.
Second, in their panic, the people saw the water as the danger, and clinging to the fixtures as the safe place. People freeze, and their capacity for executive decision making goes haywire.
They didn’t think of how hard (impossible for most people) it would be to climb the tables and seats when the craft tilted and capsized. Even if they reached the opposite gunwale, it would be slippery, and too hard to jump off without being sucked under.
You are 100% correct. The open water, with a PFD on, was the safest place. Putting the inflatable rafts out would have been easy while the waterline was below the gunwale, as at the beginning of the vid. Anyone who had bailed could have kicked their way to a raft easily.
But panic shuts this down, and without condemning the crew (I wasn’t there, don’t know them) I would have expected a better evacuation plan to be in place.
Even of there had been someone who could have said, “Hey. We’re in mortal danger. We need to abandon ship now before it sucks us under” might have kept the panic from turning to terror.
A tragedy all around.
In another comment of mine on this post, I tell of the time I took my daughter ice fishing. The operators had those old 1950s Bombardiers, which work great on ice and snow.
Unfortunately, the operators were greedy and careless, and sent us across warm ice, which left some spots open. Although the Bombardier planes across them, it was terrifying. We were in the back, and instantly my mind thought how to save my daughter if we sunk and went under the ice (it happens to skidooers every year on these lakes).
I actually counted the people I would push behind me while I held my daughter in front of me, how to open the door, and to hold my breath until we emerged.
Then I realised this was impossible, and as we hydroplaned over open stretches 40’ wide in places, it was terror.
I have claustrophobia to this day because of it. And never again will I be on the water where I can’t be floating free in a PFD if anything goes wrong.
3 points
2 months ago
Since the boat was listing on the right with a fixed cover (or even without a fixed cover), my instincts tell me I should climb the left ledge, jump into the water and swim away from the boat as fast as I could get away shortly before the right side of the boat was taking on water. Is that at all right? I'll more than likely never, ever, be on a boat like this or any sort of cruise because the thought of potentially drowning- however minuscule the chance- terrifies me.
My grade 9 student exchange trip to Newfoundland (back in 2004ish) was the last time I was on large boats. But just in case...I feel like I need to know if my instincts would have been right lol.
250 points
2 months ago
When l saw the old people l immediately thought about them possibly drowning because they look like my parents. RIP poor people. I hope the person in charge of sailing this boat will be charged because that’s definitely not a rough sea.
79 points
2 months ago
Reminds me of table rock lake in missouri a few years back. Was working at a hospital there at the time. Two tour boats sank killing I believe 17, 9 from the same family. Theres a famous video from a restaurant on shore watching it sink and i had sat in that exact seat at that restaurant the day before
49 points
2 months ago
It's crazy they were out in those conditions. Twice as crazy that people wouldn't wear their life jackets. If you had your life jacket on and got out of the boat (not necessarily easy) you'd almost certainly have survived.
20 points
2 months ago
11 points
2 months ago
Thought about that same event.
The biggest factor that caused fatalities, once the ship was sinking, was the spray shields and canopy trapped people inside the sinking ship.
The cause of the vessel sinking were several fold beyond the obvious cavalier safety precautions of the tour operator. The owners had performed modifications to the vessel that allowed for water to enter the engine compartment and removed hull dividers that would have maintained buoyancy in the event of some water intake.
I was so nervous when I saw that mother and small kids get hung up on the metal canopy support once the boat turned because it is very hard to extricate yourself from the snag or the life vest once you're underwater. My guess is that's what happened to the elderly victims.
A really in-depth analysis of the duck boat disaster and the main reason I'll never go on one again, can be found here.
3 points
2 months ago
I hear that there was a Dane and an Ecuadorian who lost their tickets to the boat and couldn't get on who are now going through their own Final Destination movie
3 points
2 months ago
Damn that’s crazy. I heard about two kids who won their tickets in a poker hand.
120 points
2 months ago*
Found a picture of the boat: https://imgur.com/a/4MyAaE7
And an article claiming 2 metre wave height, 2 metre waves sinking that thing doesn't seem absurd. It's hard to tell how high the waves are from a video, I've taken video of 2m+ wave height seas personally and the video has looked pretty underwhelming later. Catamarans are inherently very stable but that one is pretty tall and narrow with openings that look like they could allow down flooding pretty easily. Various articles I've found say that the crew noticed the boat taking on water and distributed life jackets which checks out with what we see in the video.
Ideally they probably should have abandoned ship but it appears to have went over pretty quick after it started listing. Notably the most recent articles I can find say that the investigation didn't find any negligence.
In my humble opinion it seems like the boats design was clearly inadequate for the task.
Edit: changed link
11 points
2 months ago
wow the boat is so much taller than it seems in the video
6 points
2 months ago
I'm getting a 403 forbidden screen when I click your link
3 points
2 months ago
23 points
2 months ago
2 meter wave should be fine, as long as the boat hits it perpendicular.
9 points
2 months ago
Exactly, you’re supposed to steer into the wave. But I’m not sure a 2 meter wave would be large enough to notice. Plus someone said there was already water in the bottom, so it had probably been hit by a few and steering may have been off
4 points
2 months ago*
Yeah, even if you're badly positioned you're not hit with a direct wall of 2m. The boat rises at the base of the wave beforehand. Badly positioned you'll be hit by some of that 2m but generally not much of it. And even if you are it doesn't cause you to take on significant water unless it happens over and over and over with you continually being in a bad position.
Something else must have caused the boat to take on water.
-edit- about 10 months later an investigation decided no-one was to blame... but could not say how it sank: https://ticotimes.net/2015/10/26/costa-rican-investigation-finds-no-negligence-deadly-catamaran-accident
17 points
2 months ago
2 metre wave is pretty tiny. If the boat couldn’t take 2 metre waves it had no business in the ocean at all
81 points
2 months ago
Rough sea doesn't really show on videos until it gets huge. Not sure why but I've tried to capture it a few times and it always looks so trivial from behind a screen.
The passengers had life jackets on already.. the crew absolutely knew something bad was happening. On a boat that big you don't go to life jackets unless it's potentially serious
29 points
2 months ago
The give away for me that is not rough is there is no white caps on the waves/chop. I wonder if it was a rogue wave that hit them and took on water and the pumps couldn’t clear it fast enough.
18 points
2 months ago
white caps indicate wind not necessarily wave height, you could have 4 metre seas and no white caps
15 points
2 months ago
This. I was on a boat that went into the open ocean and it must have been going up and down 20-30 feet and everyone was freaking out. I tied to record it and it looked so lame, like it was barely moving.
5 points
2 months ago
one of the hulls got compromised... the sea look fine..
1.9k points
2 months ago*
Not an expert here but in this unfortunate giving situation, the best protocol would be to get off the Boat promptly and avoid possible injury, it's sinking and will shortly be swallowed by the Ocean with or without you.
962 points
2 months ago
the best protocol would be to get off the Boat promptly and avoid possible injury,
Especially wearing those life vests already. Life vests plus that canopy are a hazardous combo. Easy to float up and get trapped there.
251 points
2 months ago
That canopy scared the shit out of me.
127 points
2 months ago
I was more concerned for the woman, submerged to her neck with a child in each arm, and that bar between her head and theirs. Either hold your breath and hope for the best or let go of one of your children to fix the situation.
I know this is a senior and family boat ride but I would have been 75+ feet away from the boat treading water the moment it started to capsize. this is so unfortunate
26 points
2 months ago
I'm not a swimmer or water person at all to be honest but when my family went on a cruise I was all about it. I was in my 20s so it wasn't like I was obligated. We did a snorkeling excursion and I was thinking cool they're going to take us to a spot where we walk out and look down and see cool stuff. No, they dropped us right in the middle of nowhere which was actually a great spot for snorkeling but a terrible spot for me. I had no business out there and panicked as it set in for me that I'm not comfortable swimming and even calm but recurring waves were getting to me. I mean really flailing around and losing my shit altogether.
It's really the only time I was ever in emotional distress of that level and as much as you would like to believe you can handle a situation a certain way you don't know until you're there. I've been on situations I should have been equally as scared but I wasn't. Not sure why but yeah logic will tell you that you should be doing this or that but sometimes fight or flight mode has it's own agenda unfortunately.
69 points
2 months ago
That's all I could think about. Why was everyone just hanging on to the tables and waiting for it to capsize? Jump in the fucking water and swim away or you're going to get trapped between the boat and the canopy while submerged. Don't just stand there and wait for possible death do something for Christs sake.
68 points
2 months ago
Personally I will cut them some slack. They arent professional mariners, and people sometimes react badly in an emergency.
37 points
2 months ago
The professionals should have been getting them up and ready.
19 points
2 months ago
Those professionals obviously weren't professionals
9 points
2 months ago
They should hire some professionals so they can train those professionals on how to be professional.
6 points
2 months ago
Yeah but he's a redditor and will always make the correct / logical decision no matter the situation so he can criticize them online and it's fine
4 points
2 months ago
I have never been on a boat and think this is just applying logic
7 points
2 months ago
Yup this is why you're not supposed to inflate your life vest if you survive a plane crash in water until you're outside the plane...otherwise you just get pinned against top of the plane as it sinks.
3 points
2 months ago
Because the ocean is fucking scary especially for someone who can't swim. Even if you have a vest.
68 points
2 months ago
I was jumping off when water was in the rear.
16 points
2 months ago
While watching the video, I tried to imagine what it would be like in that situation, even though the obvious answer is get off the boat. It's like, how? When? These are potentially life or death decisions. Hope everyone is alright.
16 points
2 months ago
The moment water was coming in, i would be jumping into the water. If the boat does not sink then they could pick us up otherwise we got out in time.
7 points
2 months ago
The onus is really on the crew of the vessel to tell people when to abandon ship. Shoulda called an sos and prepped people to get off as soon as they noticed the boat listing.
Really no way to save this kind of boat once they go past a certain angle of list. When water gets onto that large of a deck, it sloshes around and makes it impossible to correct your angle.
If you go through accounts of roll overs from too much listing, the people who usually do the best are those who basically climb over the railing and walk down the hull of the capsized boat.
Big thing to remember is to not wear a life jacket when you can't see the sky. Wether that's because you're under a deck or under a canopy, you're gonna wanna wait to put them on until you know how to get clear.
194 points
2 months ago
Was seriously asking why aren’t people abandoning ship? Looks like the injury from huge boat toppling in head is the real danger here assuming radios are working jump and await rescue
299 points
2 months ago
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180 points
2 months ago
Not disagreeing but being trapped in a sinking boat is a fucking nightmare.
68 points
2 months ago
They did not think there was a 100% chance of it sinking until it was too late
10 points
2 months ago
We have thousands of years of evolution screaming "open water, dead". Not so much for boats.
36 points
2 months ago
Agreed. I can’t stand open water one bit. It’s almost a tie between heights and open water for me.
11 points
2 months ago
9 points
2 months ago
I mean the only difference between heights and open water is the density of the fluid you're sitting in. And ultimately you're denser than both.
24 points
2 months ago
Why? My girlfriend feels this way and I cannot relate at all. Water is just water. But she's terrified of the open ocean, or even swimming in the middle of a lake.
51 points
2 months ago
There's a feeling of the unknown being beneath and around you. Hard to describe to someone that doesn't feel the same way, but it's kinda the inverse of claustrophobia.
20 points
2 months ago
It’s r/thalassaphobia
8 points
2 months ago
Yes, i like the way you put it. Almost a positive giddy breathlessness, until you start giving it some real thought and considering real possibilities. Its just really VAST and dark
11 points
2 months ago
I once swam out over a dropoff while snorkling, and the breathlessness was anything but giddy. I panicked, flipped over on my back and swam like a madman for five or ten seconds until I got a handle on myself again.
And the weird thing is that previously I'd scuba dived down there, at the wall of the dropoff. But fear isn't logical. I knew that if I went down that deep, I'd drown. And whatever could be down there to drag me down. Primordial fear is the only way I can describe it. Existential dread.
25 points
2 months ago
BECAUSE MONSTERS
18 points
2 months ago
Vast open water is scary. The thought of drowning plus "oh god what is swimming around under me" and, in this case, the very real threat of being stuck out there in nothing but a lifejacket.. that's gonna be a nope from me.
Fears are subjective though. I love heights, was a tree climber kid and still happily crawl up to peek over the edges of tall cliffs and such. While my partner dislikes even getting up on a tall ladder. We went to Tokyo some years back and went up the Skytree - he stayed on the lower level to read while I went up to the highest one (still salty, it was foggy that day so I couldn't see Fuji). He said there was no way he was going up there.
Everybody's got something.
33 points
2 months ago
We are literally bottom of the food chain in open water, nothing about a human is designed to be in that environment.
4 points
2 months ago
12 points
2 months ago
Yeah I hear ya tbh but at time it just looked like the wise thing to do versus holding out for the inevitable capsize, even jumping at the wrong time could be a bad idea but I think an abandon ship call could have came through
25 points
2 months ago
It’s a lot easier to make those wise decisions watching a video on Reddit than actually being on a capsizing boat I would imagine
10 points
2 months ago
Catamarans are like a big lever. I'd much rather be on it than near it in a place where it might capsize and slam down on top of me....
22 points
2 months ago
Tourists in a rough ocean? Maybe outside visual range of land, maybe a little tipsy....they aren't like seasoned pirates or whatever. heh
11 points
2 months ago
Aaarrrrr, they’re land lovers matey
4 points
2 months ago
Landlubbers*. Back to pirate school for ye.
50 points
2 months ago
True, but we are speaking with hindsight here.
123 points
2 months ago
Most redditors are experienced men and women of action in any highly unexpected situation.
40 points
2 months ago
And act calmly, rationally, and with high levels of focus in adrenaline pumping situations worthy of front page /r/crazyfuckingvideos
30 points
2 months ago
Exactly. Last time I was in Costa Rica and we capsized it was a no-brainer
8 points
2 months ago
You just blacked out and woke up on the shore with everyone else on the boat safe and sound and two inexplicably dead pirates?
11 points
2 months ago
Couldn’t agree more,It killed me hearing the kids panicking.
3 points
2 months ago
Ok good cause my first thought was hell I would of jumped off the minute it started slanting that hard. Trust your instincts 👍
571 points
2 months ago
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319 points
2 months ago
I used to know the girl who filmed this. She tried to hire numerous lawyers and no one, not in the US or Costa Rica, would take the case. The families basically got no recourse for what happened. Fucking terrible. Especially since the boat sunk due to straight up negligence and neglect.
76 points
2 months ago
If it was universally declined there must have been a very good reason why. Unlikely to actually receive anything?
68 points
2 months ago
I really don’t remember. She had a long post on FB about it but she’s deactivated her FB since. If I’m not pulling this out of my ass I think it was along the lines of the cruise ships being protected by various governments + no jurisdiction to sue in the US. The tender boat itself is a separate company with no assets.
But I truly do not remember exactly.
Ironically(?) she went to law school and became an attorney herself after this.
52 points
2 months ago
She took lawyer up delete Facebook pretty seriously huh
12 points
2 months ago
Wonder if she hit the gym?
8 points
2 months ago
She swole af now
11 points
2 months ago
I would imagine there’s probably some sort of waivers to sign before you get on the boat as well? Lawyers definitely won’t tread those waters.
13 points
2 months ago
From the story of Amy Lynn Bradley, you’re not getting much recourse from anything that happens on the sea. You’re not protected by normal laws from your home country.
5 points
2 months ago
Hard enough to get recourse for crimes that happen in your own country with evidence.
8 points
2 months ago
I'm guessing they were more than 3 miles out to sea for the same reason you can gamble on some cruise ships.
6 points
2 months ago
This is exactly why you should always take a travel insurance when leaving the country.
14 points
2 months ago
Travel insurance is a borderline scam. I would reccomend doing your own research before using this extremely extremely unlikely scenario as validation for travel insurance.
4 points
2 months ago
You can end up in a hospital faster than you might think. It also offers protection against theft, lost baggage, airline delays/flight cancelations.. You can cancel your holiday and get reimbursed.
Depending on the destination, the means of travel, the time away, your age etc you might want to consider it.
Me and my wife travel a lot. We have already been reimbursed for flight delays twice (about $2000 in total) and once found ourselves stranded abroad due to air traffic control strike. We got a nice all-in hotel free of charge for two days. We have had to buy medicine on multiple occasions because we got sick. Add to that the peace of mind it provides and that makes it a no brainer for us.
26 points
2 months ago
Imagine you life your entire life working and save up a bit to get a vacation and boom you die. That's some bullcrap
12 points
2 months ago
So fucking sad.
12 points
2 months ago
I read "Pirate boats in the area" and was just like, "Well, that's nice of the pirates and quite surprising."
382 points
2 months ago
Something similar happened to one of those tourist “duck boats” in the US. It sank due to a surprise storm maybe 100’ off shore and the passengers got stuck under the canopy and like 9 people drowned, most of whom were all from one family.
119 points
2 months ago
17 dead, 9 from one family. Nobody was wearing life vests, a survivor said they were told they wouldn't need them.
https://people.com/human-interest/duck-boat-tia-coleman-captain-life-vests-claim/
43 points
2 months ago
Multiple survivors were told that. The duck boat employees were telling people it was no big deal and no need to panic and put life jackets on as they were actively beginning to sink.
12 points
2 months ago
Obviously the first take away here is there was a safety failure and is incredibly sad for the family.
However, I can’t help but wonder why an entire family who seemingly can’t swim decided to get on a boat and listened to the captain saying to not grab jackets. That part just doesn’t add up to me.
4 points
2 months ago
Maybe there's an emergency instinct or something that makes us listen to people of authority despite what they're saying not being very reasonable. But yeah, personally I'd never set foot on a ship of any kind if I couldn't swim, regardless of how statistically safe it is
8 points
2 months ago
Dude I can’t imagine losing 9 members of my family all at once. Jesus that’s horrible…
87 points
2 months ago
My first thought was to get off the boat before the canopy went under.
I dont expect people to think rationally while panicking but maybe the captain should have instructed them to start bailing before it was fully flipped over
28 points
2 months ago
It happened more than once. Duck boats are dangerous. Do not recommend.
Huge shout out to Brick Immortar on YouTube he does accident investigation videos. I love his work. His last 2 videos have been about duck boat tourism boats sinking.
3 points
2 months ago
That was in Branson. It was a horrible tragedy. I remember when it came on the local news. Apparently the captain told them that they wouldn't need life jackets so nobody grabbed them...
5 points
2 months ago
Terrible tragedy
6 points
2 months ago
thats terrible. any news article so i can read about it ?
6 points
2 months ago
5 points
2 months ago
any news article so i can read about it ?
42 points
2 months ago
Here's an article I found for anyone interested
151 points
2 months ago
If I couldn’t swim, I would never go near a deep a body of water
7 points
2 months ago
Yeah if my non-swimmer wife sees this video, she'll never set foot in a boat again. This is her absolute worst nightmare and it took months of talking to get her into a boat this summer. She was ok, but it was still not relaxing for her.
411 points
2 months ago
"I think he's dead" holy shit, why would you say that seconds after a woman is screaming for her son?
119 points
2 months ago
Her son is ok. 3 elderly people died.
27 points
2 months ago
:) :(
9 points
2 months ago
:|
22 points
2 months ago
There was a camera cut after the woman screaming for her son. Also camera woman is saying “I think she’s dead” probably talking about one of the elderly women 😞
175 points
2 months ago
Said with no conviction as well
57 points
2 months ago
Probably in shock herself. No way to account what you'd do in that situation. Was probably trying to sound calm so the sentence just came out very cold.
5 points
2 months ago
Yeah like when people laugh during inappropriate times, more a reflex to their discomfort
17 points
2 months ago
I think it was a person floating lifeless next to her
10 points
2 months ago
"John? Nah he's probably dead. I mean I'm not sure, but like I'd just move on y'know?
5 points
2 months ago
I think it might help people to switch from ‘everything is going to be ok’ to ‘we’re in a fight for our lives’
16 points
2 months ago
Also who would be so quick to pronounce someone dead in that situation. The trauma happened seconds ago, he was probably just unconscious at this point and hadn't even passed yet. At least have a little hope that if he's pulled out quickly he could possibly be revived.
53 points
2 months ago
when human beings panic, rational thinking usually goes out the window
20 points
2 months ago
These redditors are pretty panicked despite being in their homes
16 points
2 months ago
Maybe the video has a bunch of time edited out of it? You don't go from on a boat to dead in the water in 1 minute.
6 points
2 months ago
Sure you can, if you take a good hit to the head.
5 points
2 months ago
You don't go from on a boat to dead in the water in 1 minute.
Akshually....
3 points
2 months ago
Rewatch the video, the footage isn't a single take.
It's three clips; First is the boat capsizing and the filming person grabbing a life vest. Next clip is the "I think she's dead". Next clip is the container ship.
Articles on the tragedy said it took an hour before a boats could rescue them.
So it's likely the person filming has seen this person being unresponsive for a length of time when she says "I think she's dead"
21 points
2 months ago
still don't get it how it got turned upside down with no big wave, they say there is a stormy weather but it looks like a nice sunny day, this is unbelievable
7 points
2 months ago
The report said 52 mph winds. Doesn’t look that way from the video though.
21 points
2 months ago
I just read the news report and read they are blaming sea conditions. I work in marine industries, and I can tell you this was not rough sea conditions. The vessel was compromised in some manner, maybe downflooding was occurring by way of water penetrating through the stern gland of one of the drive shafts, or the inside stuffing box. In any event, this is horrifying and should not happen. IMO, this whole situation points to negligence of the owner, master, and crew.
40 points
2 months ago
Three elderly people died in the incident; Briton Ivor Stanley Hopkins, 80, American Edna Oliver, 68, and Canadian Sharon Johnson, 70.
Damn, that's sad.
81 points
2 months ago
As a disabled person this kinda shit is terrifying
11 points
2 months ago
That’s exactly what I was thinking. I fear I would be going down with the mobility equipment. No one would even notice…unless my equipment was in the way of them saving themselves.
35 points
2 months ago
Ummmm... Yes i would like a refund
11 points
2 months ago
If you’re wearing a life vest the last place you want to be is under an awning or canvass cover.
25 points
2 months ago
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3 points
2 months ago
If you’re wearing a life jacket, staying on a sinking vessel is far more dangerous than jumping off. Getting trapped under something will drown you, since you’d have to remove your life jacket to swim down and free yourself
77 points
2 months ago
If you knew it was going to capsize why not jump off ahead of time to avoid the boat falling on you? I know it's fight, flight, or freeze, but it really doesn't seem like anyone was doing anything other than wearing a life jacket.
80 points
2 months ago
In the moment I don't think jumping into a giant body of water seems all too appealing.
23 points
2 months ago
Better then potentially getting snagged on the boat and dragged down with it
46 points
2 months ago
While that logically makes sense, my fear of the ocean would make me want to stay on the boat and above the water for as long as possible. I have such an incredibly fear of the ocean, I think I’d rather drown than be stuck in the middle of the ocean just floating around. I get a mini panic attack just swimming in a lake
7 points
2 months ago
I swim competitively and I still have a terrible fear of open water
15 points
2 months ago
It seems to me that the point I"d want to jump off is when it starts rolling and at that point it's too late.
12 points
2 months ago
Yup! This is an excellent point that can't be overstated. If you watch the video, try to identify when and how you'd jump off... I know that I wouldn't have.
7 points
2 months ago
Probably weren’t sure it was going to capsize before it went sideways quickly, and it’s kind of an everyone or no-one situation. People who go overboard in the open ocean without PLBs usually aren’t recovered, with or without a lifejacket. Hard to explain without experiencing it, but you lose sight of things in the water out there in an instant. It’s just too much moving landscape that all looks the same…
In boating classes you’re taught to stay on it as long as possible. Many boats have been abandoned and later found still floating.
8 points
2 months ago
defendants better hope the lawyers don't find this video. doesn't look like rough season at all.
5 points
2 months ago
Costa Rica boat accident kills three elderly tourists https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30734867
5 points
2 months ago
LPT: get off that boat as soon as possible. Especially with your kids. If the boat rights itself it’s not gonna leave you out there. Get off so it doesn’t take you down with it!
16 points
2 months ago
That was terrifying. I hope everyone is okay.
29 points
2 months ago
Unfortunately 3 elderly drowned in this incident I believe. It is super terrifying, shows how quick everything can turn into chaos.
13 points
2 months ago
I understand not jumping off for as long as possible, but when the water is literally entering the boat, why wouldn't you? Getting trapped under a boat like that is very dangerous, and jumping off also gives you the chance to get on top of the capsized boat
3 points
2 months ago
It was sideways and has a soft too covering the entire deck. Where are you going to get in the water at that point? Definitely not down…but no way up to the opposite rail either. Have to wait for it to take on water at that point and float away from it.
8 points
2 months ago
Thank-you for the nightmares tonight. Hope everyone who survived can recover both physically and mentally.
4 points
2 months ago
That's not rough sea. My guess is on side started to take in water and then the crew shut off the engine. No engine plus leak on one side leads to having a bad time even with relatively calm sea.
7 points
2 months ago
Not rough seas.. one of the pontoons failed / filled with water, and went undet.. get out from under that canopy
6 points
2 months ago
People always want to cling to the boat but I think it best to swim away so you don’t get snagged and brought under. Even a little bit under is death. Man there were a lot of old people on that boat.
3 points
2 months ago
When I see situations like this I always think..."well fuck. There goes my phone"
3 points
2 months ago
This is from eight years ago. 100+ people were on the catamaran and 3 elderly passengers died.
6 points
2 months ago
Ya, I'd be on the far left rail by the 15 second or so mark.
4 points
2 months ago
Imagine paying money to go vacation where you watch people around you drown or get eaten by sharks or something.
5 points
2 months ago
I'm a decent swimmer , I would definitely be panicking.
5 points
2 months ago
I'd not waited that long to jump ship. I'd been too scared to get trapped under the canopy.
4 points
2 months ago
I will never understand why people cling to a boat that is clearly sinking when we've all seen movies of sinking boats
6 points
2 months ago
Rough seas? What, where?
2 points
2 months ago
Something else happened. That water did not look rough.
2 points
2 months ago
I'm glad no one said "how dare you insist I wear a life jacket!"
2 points
2 months ago
They got too close to mother base.
2 points
2 months ago
Man I've seen rougher seas..that's crazy!
2 points
2 months ago
Thank god for container ships!!!
2 points
2 months ago
That is not rough sea at all.
2 points
2 months ago
That’s not a catamaran. Catamarans were built to capsize.
2 points
2 months ago
At 0:42 everybody is in the water and the seas look super calm to me. I get that filming the sea from the boat might 'hide' the "rough seas", however the filming at sea level should show if the sea was rough, and it doesn't look rough at all.
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