Visited this location as a child. Our vessel sunk 5km from shore. She now lays at the bottom of the waves. 8 of us on board, I was about 10-11 years old. I’m 61 now. my uncle was lost at sea that day and perished with the vessel.

@jolamartysz6089

3 жыл бұрын

I'm really sorry for your terrible experience. We were more lucky, but it was very scary.

@azwa1941

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that.

@sebyakka5260

11 ай бұрын

Sorry for you’re loss.

Been thru a few times and still find my heart coming up into my mouth. In a 40 ft motor boat up the waves and shipping green over the cabin top. And those whirlpools before you hit the waves. Scary.

Been through the Rip more times than i care to remember. Several times at the Rip's extreme. 98% of the time on a yacht. You did well. Common sense prevails keeping everyone safe even at it's worst.

I’m an ex merchant seaman Jola, I have a lot of respect for yachtspeople. As they say, “You’re a better man than I am” . Regards.

Been through the Rip many times and I went though on the QM2 a few years back and even at 153,000 tons she rocked about a lot going through!

i've been through this at various tides and it's dangerous in places where whirlpools can suck at underpowered craft. tide also creates a change in level of water and can be nasty to either face and ride up or ride over top of to bay level. you can't really hang around in Bass Strait waiting for tides or favourable conditions but you can at least time it somewhere near top or bottom of tide to slack water before the change..

That's A wild ride. I hope the conditions are better when I bring my Hans Christian 38 through there

@JolaDanaFelicia

8 жыл бұрын

Just wait for better weather.😊

thats a serious bit of water just there. no room for errors when its up like that.

That’s a bit rough, glad I’m not in the yacht!

I remember it was dinner time on the Spirit of Tasmania when we went through here...

@pamuk7

4 жыл бұрын

LoL

@romandybala

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it seems to coincide. Was having dinner at the time in the restaurant and pointed out to my wife we were passing thru outbound and the couple at the next table left their steaks and only the bloke returned a while later but he didnt finish his meal either.Was a rough crossing that time, lifting and banging all thru the night , the boat that is.

Bro i go out there in a small boat lol and its terrifying, its so scary one wrong turn and we would flip you always gotta steer the boat and get away from those waves.

Big balls and fun only for the experience people take out my bellboy on right days get a kick in smashing through the chop

Jeez that’s scary

i also need to know how to deal with waves cross winds etc... i have heard of them i dont want to learn the hard way!

@dragginmedown

3 жыл бұрын

Did you make it? Haha

Guys how would you take on those waves if you were in a boat? What the deal with dealing waves?

@LegitVenom

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t go on a windy \ swelly day. Always check the weather before you go through the heads, make sure you know where to enter and exit the heads from also, do your research before you get yourself killed. 8 years ago tho I figured I’d comment lol.

Fuck that!!

wild

What sort of height were the waves?

@Jscaff859

7 ай бұрын

3m easy

No Wonder they call it RIP!

You can have that

Water skied through it once.

could this be done ok on a jetski?

@JolaDanaFelicia

6 жыл бұрын

Mara I don't know. No experience with jet ski.

@CambionKaaera

6 жыл бұрын

You'd risk running out of fuel if your not stocked up and not many boats would be able to see you out there since your JetSki would be small

@Monza_Filmz

6 жыл бұрын

No u would flip

@frazbro27

5 жыл бұрын

10knot north wind no problem. In the current vid id be comfortable as long as i had a mate tailing me on their jet ski. As well as an epirb.

@truckeemick2486

5 жыл бұрын

Mara; the dudes who do the big wave tow ins and anyone with that kind of extreme pwc experiance could. you need the biggest and most powerful of rides as well.

DAH You Rip DO YA???

scary

Makes me sick watching. Land legs are my only legs.

Boooooring.

@pamuk7

2 жыл бұрын

Get out there bro. It will show you wants boring 😝

@davidwolff8903

Жыл бұрын

Scroll on then. Been through the Rip several times. It sorts the boys from the men.