How do you drive your Rib

[The Jackeens]

Originally Posted by John Kennett

You can see the video here: http://www.jfvideo.co.uk/gallery/Gen...ideos/ejection

Nice bit of Boatmad video.

But what happened next? (Boat?)

Us

[John Kennett]

Originally Posted by codprawn

Seems a bit strange to me - the boat doesn't seem to undergo THAT violent a jolt and yet the speed they are ejected is amazing!!!

The boat "hooks" -- the bow digs in and the boat swaps ends really quickly! It stops, but the people keep on going.

The boat mounted camera does make it look really weird because you don't get any feel for the violence of the event. It just looks like they are plucked out by an invisible hand

John

[John Kennett]

Originally Posted by codprawn

Seems a bit strange to me - the boat doesn't seem to undergo THAT violent a jolt and yet the speed they are ejected is amazing!!!

The boat "hooks" -- the bow digs in and the boat swaps ends really quickly! It stops, but the people keep on going.

The boat mounted camera does make it look really weird because you don't get any feel for the violence of the event. It just looks like they are plucked out by an invisible hand

Originally Posted by Mark Halliday

Close John.
The TV shot was of 2 passengers getting ditched. Similar conditions. The camera angle is higher on the HIGNFY clip.

It's near enough!

John

[Matt]

Lot's of examples on how "not" to drive:
http://www.mattyorke.co.uk/gallery/m...reezeFrameedit

[Seaharrier]

2 weeks ago we had the Belgian offshore challenge. From the almost 45 rib’s participating, 5 persons were ejected from there rib. All of them were sitting in bucket seats. One got even ejected from a bobsled console. We were happy we had bolster seats!

[Jonny Fuller]

Originally Posted by osprey__viper

Been there, done that this year. And it all happens very,very quickly

Martin

Imagine it then, at 94mph, which is what that boat was doing as it began to slow for the turn. They estimated they were doing 70 when it hooked.

That's stepped bottoms for you (a bad example)

[mackey]

Sometimes I find you don't have much say in the matter. When you want to sit you end up standing and when you want to stand you end up sitting. Something like that!

[roycruse]

Originally Posted by mackey

Sometimes I find you don't have much say in the matter. When you want to sit you end up standing and when you want to stand you end up sitting. Something like that!

Speak for yourself - im still perfectly in control of all my limbs.

[Mark Halliday]

Originally Posted by mackey

Sometimes I find you don't have much say in the matter. When you want to sit you end up standing and when you want to stand you end up sitting. Something like that!

Yeah, and you will always leave the seat in the wrong position, whatever you do. Atleast that is what the missus tells me.