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Teignmouth lifeboat crew lassoo runaway speedboat

submitted by Aard Vark

(oritteropo)
1 decade 1 month 1 week ago

YouTube Description:

A man who fell overboard from his speedboat knocked the throttle as he went, leaving the speedboat to spin out of control. He had been wearing a kill cord, but had taken it off to moor the boat when the accident happened. The volunteer crew of Teignmouth lifeboat raced to the scene and managed to stop the out of control boat. The man, who was wearing a lifejacket, was rescued and taken to hospital as a precaution.

(via LiveLeak)

6 Comments

One gets the impression they have done this before...

Maybe 24 seconds is their new personal best and they wanted the internet to know.

One gets the impression they have done this before...

aren't you supposed to throw it on its side, wrap the prop and then toss your hands up into the air so that the judges know to stop the clock?

Maybe 24 seconds is their new personal best and they wanted the internet to know.

The RNLI are a worthy cause for donations, while the actions in this video may seem a trivial task to observers it's just another example of volunteers putting their well-being at risk to help others. I've seen some of the footage of rescue operations out at sea and these men and women will brave insane conditions when called upon.

What's a lassoo? Is there a special type of rope they use for catching runaway Sea-doos?

I think each crew station only has two paid staff; the rest are all volunteers who work in real life and carry beepers...
Gutsy guys. Yachting Monthly had an article on them this month.
Sorry---no link, paywall...but seriously ballsy folks (men and women) who go out when everyone else is headed in.

The RNLI are a worthy cause for donations, while the actions in this video may seem a trivial task to observers it's just another example of volunteers putting their well-being at risk to help others. I've seen some of the footage of rescue operations out at sea and these men and women will brave insane conditions when called upon.

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