Better than Semi Surfing

Gman · Since 11 Feb 2006 4907 Posts Portland Unstrapped

Yacht Surfing - Wipeout

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forrest · Fri Jun 08, 07 8:17 am

Holly shit, there is a dude on the back on the boat!

pacifichigh · Since 11 May 2005 1004 Posts ATX Texan

Sketch. That is gonna be one ticked off yachtie

forrest · Fri Jun 08, 07 8:42 am

See the arm sticking out just left of that float below the dude on the back deck....

Hein · Since 08 Mar 2005 1313 Posts Possessed

When designing construction equipment there
is a FOPS (falling object protective structure)
test that is basically dropping a 500# slug from
a crane onto the cab. A grease covered Styrofoam
operator envelop tells if any part of the cab
encroached during the test by leaving grease
on the surfaces. I set up and ran one of those
tests as part of an EU Certification.

That and having been required to read accident
reports as part of my job as construction equipment
design engineer made this point perfectly clear:

Stay well clear of cranes lifting stuff. Being on
that boat while it was being lifted was really
dumb.