Interceptor 42 in huge seas at Cork Harbour

[onekeypianoplayer]

did the pilot boad or what!!!!!!

[mossiemoopers]

Well your the expert but I didn't think the seas around here were particularly rough!

[SuperGroundControl]

You have to be made of stern stuff to live in these parts! Great clip, and great job too.

[mossiemoopers]

@SuperGroundControl What, Cork?

[SuperGroundControl]

@mossiemoopers Yep, but Ireland in general. With its one season and varying degrees of wind (hurricane) and moisture (deluge). I've seen these guys working in Cobh and from Roches point and its not for the faint hearted. I used to work in shipping, the German and Dutch captains used to say the pilots in Cork were the best in the business!

[DasHearach]

If the "Health and Safety" brigade had their way no ship could enter port in anything above a force 3 because the pilot transfer would be too risky. Bananas would be over-ripe on supermarket shelves! So thank the skill and daring of these guys and the seaworthyness of their boats for your fresh oranges and lemons!

[indoboardkid]

i no who built dat boat i have been on it nd dere used to be a shiny bit of metal on front off it nd seagulls used to see there reflection nd peck at it hahahhaha wat a boat go on da interceptors

[indoboardkid]

fuk fremantle fuk sydney fuk falmouth fuk all other harbours cork harbour= place too be

[roger50512]

Bit different conditions in the harbour today..

[v60sml]

Great video and fantastic music, anybody know who it is?

[omcguigan]

fearless!!

[Andeoch]

To all those saying to give credit to fishermen and all those who go out in other boats in this weather,but are ye forgetting that a guy has to get off this boat onto the larger ship in those conditions.Not exactly an easy task!!!!!

[frankwildcat]

There are some newer videos of these pilot boats with even better rough weather footage, search "Violent storm force 11" in you tube search, its well worth viewing.

[paimai85]

hai ucciso un nostro ideale.......bastardo.....

[dolidwepartiao]

Madness at sea. Imagine being those pilots...

[yokiemabob]

wow and to think these guys actully get paid for doing this.

[kingd54321]

oh and they dont have guts tht nothing to the trawler and the piolet boat will jus come back over if it capsizes

[kingd54321]

i can watch this every day cause i live there

[cliffhere]

great show....thats some boat..was lucky enough to work on a couple of boats with the same builder!

[Astaroth72]

i respect anyone with guts..and these guys HAVE

[highstreetcardotcom]

absolutely no risk

insubmersible waterproof and cant flip just pure pleasure

[kefis12]

just like to say you should give credit to the lads who work on the boat those guys are the ones who go alongside the ships and board the pilots.

[highstreetcardotcom]

more credit for the fisherman with shitty boat that goes out there in the same weather condition

[alonsojr20007]

very nice... i would like to know what kind course you need to take to become a pilot boat..thanks..

[pruitt2]

You really captured it. Love the sea, hate the sea.

[irishrover1967]

i forgot too say what a tough boat. hard as nails good video RESPECT TO THE MEN ON THE INTERCEPTOR

[irishrover1967]

wow respect to the guys on the boat and i mean that

[jdawgy87]

could offshore high performance boats handle that?

[manchesterunited99]

very brave men on that pilot boat

[mi1964amigo]

The excellent 'This Is How You Remind Me' by Nickelback. Brilliant clear video, fantastic camera tracking.

[neicykm]

must have some big engine to power tru those seas

[irishrover1967]

thats a cool video i work on a rescue boat from redbay in cushendall

[alainfros]

What is the name of the song?

great video!!!!

[coolieo5000]

Nickelback - Yeah

Great Video

[jdawgy87]

nickelback how you remind me

[marneydog]

I tip my hat to Ronnie Randall and the rest of the crew. May God continue to protect them.

[marneydog]

WoW, just went to your channel Frank. I didn't know you were the designer of this vessel. Well done to you too. You must be justly proud. I've been in a few storms myself and remember praying that the shipbuilders and naval architects knew what they were doing because I knew my captain did and wasn't worried about him. lol Was this videoed from shore? It sure is a steady hand on the camera if it wasn't.

[1wuffy]

I just realized that you are the designer of this interceptor. Super work.  You should be proud!!!!

[1wuffy]

This was quite a spectacle. I have nothing but respect for the crew of those vessels. Great video. Thanks.

[yeomanrycavalry]

that is frikkin' crazy!

[LuisPiteira]

O mar tem destas coisas... " Homens grandes".

[marklewisbcfc]

you wouldn't wanna suffer from sea sickness if you were on that!

[tugcaldwell]

well mucker impressive seas was taken bk by the roll of the bgantwerp...but u were goin so slow man i thought u were goin backwards. did u actually board the ship in the end..she was goin faster than u.lol

[frankwildcat]

To late to engage me in conversation after your previous replys, just fuck off.

[millercork]

cork harbour is the second biggest natural harbour in the world, trailing only sydney harbour.....come on the rebels!!!!!!!!!!

[coolcork]

d dubs get sea sick walkin over the halfpenny bridge. rebel army march on. great video.

[dowling1981]

coolcork - cad e mar a ta tu?

[AceOfHearts]

Isnt Cork.Cobh Harbour the biggest in the world?

[steveeq26992]

when god made cork....he was just showing off..

[jpkm123]

outstanding work

boat crew and film crew

[Irishsoldier69]

we dont know how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful place.....up the rebels.

[GEORDIEKEN2002]

WOW best footage i have seen in a longtime

[Carrignafoy]

Impressive video. Cobh is such a great place to live in in any weather!

[Doyle1958]

Great film clip, I know the coxswain, Ron Randall well enough, tell him Chris Doyle says ''Up Cobh''

[solarcat1]

I think those pilot boats should be multihulls which are much more stable than singles. But yes that boat is well-made and handled those huge seas as well as any monohull would.

You know the seas are big when the bow bulb on a container ship comes completely out of the water!!

[Maz75]

Super video! I think pilot gave VHF assistance to Master, Great VIDEO! Really!

[magnavox50]

nice Job tearin up the waves in such a narrow hull ship! had to be one hell of a ride!

[IsamwI]

Wow, that is some verry dangerous work for thr pilot.

Stepping from one ship on the other with those waves!!

[ILikeStarTrek]

i wish i was on that boat

looks like fun

[perichi101]

What a waste. So much wind and nobody didn`t remember to bring the windsurfing gear. Pfff....

[Lorand2288]

whats the song called?

[JRC808]

thats fricking huge and there haulin 20+ knots on the swells jeez crazy looks a HELL of a lot easier to do than it accually is you have to use a technique to keep from overheating the transmission or messing up your screws (the props)

[MisterGasMan]

cool boot

[ARSEABOUTFACE]

Super video, used to spend a lot of time on Fort Davis and watching the Pilot boat pull along side some of those Monsters was scary... speaking of which, it would have been cool to show in the video the pilot getting off the ship and onto the boat... just a thought.

[crashball30]

What date was this recorded I cant remember a force 10 in a long time.

[frankwildcat]

1 december 2006, check with MET Ireland on their records and tell me what you find!!!!

[UGSAce]

so what exactly is the point of these boats?

[frankwildcat]

Pilot boats are used to transfer pilots on to, and off ships to both bring them in or out through difficult harbour entrances and aproaches. They have to operate in all weather conditions. As you can imagine, coming alongside a ship in these conditions is not easy on both boat and crew.

[UGSAce]

ya i can imagine its not very easy those ships are huges oh and which boat is honking the horn and why is he doing that?

[frankwildcat]

That the Roches Point lighthouse, where the video was done from in the background.

cheers Frank

[solarcat1]

Did the pilot boat ever catch that ship??

[frankwildcat]

I had said to the coxwains that if they were ever doing a video In really bad conditions, give me a call and I would video it. Conditions were so bad they transfered the pilot at the start of the video, then ran out offshore into the weather so that we could get the video, respect to the lads on her for doing it, they had balls because it was really bad, but they had confidence in the Interceptor and it was no problem for her. (designer & builder of her)

[sebasiew8]

this is some f*cking shit

[eddietwang]

what great boats! we have pilots in the humber estuary at spurn point they have to cope with some shitty weather.

[shahza85]

I know what its like. I'm a harbour pilot myself in Penang (Malaysia)but its pretty plain sailing here. No gale force wind. Wonderful clip to honour those who knows what it's like to work in those conditions.