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Old 25 September 2010, 22:19   #1
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I love watching stuff like this - any one else got anything similar!?

how swamped would a 5.5 metre rib be in this sea state?!? someone on here must have have been out in a vile sea like this

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Old 25 September 2010, 22:36   #2
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Bit of a lumpy sea ,,just
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the boat floats, does the driver?
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All I went a bit flip flop, didn't it.
Judging by how hard he was trying to get it back you'd think they were going to dock it out of his pay!
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I think was recently voted the roughest seas on YouTube:
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jesus that is epic
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I know, it's beyond pant-filling. I reckon those waves towards the end must be 80-100ft high.
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You all missed the Pacific 22 in the back ground
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You all missed the Pacific 22 in the back ground
Nah - it was a Vipermax. I'd go through that just on the aux, no bother

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I love that clip watched it many times before now and does engender the real power of the sea


Also it makes me appreciate the construction of lighthouses and I read some stuff about the guys who made those structures .. which endure those kind of events ..amazing
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