Hello Mr. Big Teeth, Welcome To The Lineup!

At PISMO beach Ca we flew out at 9:15am and wanted to get some surfers on a DJI phantom 3 ...but saw a 10ft shark instead!! For any licensing requests please contact licensing@break.com

Wednesday Wipeout.

Oups...oops!

Monday Mishap. "Spectacular Laser Wipeout!" (moving pictures)

It's going to be one of those weeks.

Wrecks On Wednesday. Ah-Oh, Joe. It Looks Like Snow.

The Tall Ship Sloop Providence, Rhode Island’s Official Flagship and Tall Ship Ambassador, has suffered damage after toppling over in blizzard conditions at Newport Shipyard on Tuesday.

The vessel is a 110 foot fully rigged sailing vessel and a faithful replica of John Paul Jones’ famous warship that sank or captured 40 British ships during the American Revolutionary War. It had been hauled at Newport Shipyard and apparently tipped over during the peak of a blizzard that brought gusts upwards of 60 mph to the coast. Read more here.

Hat tip to Matt

Wrecks On Wednesday.

Down she goes to the bottom of Davey Jones' locker.

Wreck: The Amoco Cadiz
She was a very large crude carrier that ran aground on Portsall Rocks, 5 km off the coast of Brittany, France on 16 March 1978.

Spectacular Video Of Rabaul Volcano. (Moving Pictures)

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Chris Hamilton captures Rabaul as it erupts.

Wayback Wednesday.

Where are we going today Mr. Peabody? Sherman, we are travelling back to 2011 to see for ourselves why it's not a good thing to play chicken with a ship in a channel.

Munchola! 

Ah-oh, mast fall down and go boom.

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Fall off, fall off...too late! Nice sail shape.

Former Naval officer and skipper of the Atalanta of Chester, Ronald Wilson and his crew of serving or former Royal Navy personnel managed to collide with the tanker ship, Hanne Knutsen. The yacht's highly experienced crew - which consisted of serving and retired Royal Navy officers - had failed to correctly anticipate the tanker's movements. Do tell! A big red ship, balsting it's horn and sailing up a narrow channel, damn near impossible to tell where it's going.

Hubris is not a good thing.

Wrecks On Wednesday: Spanish Ship Splits In Half. (Moving Pictures)

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What happens when your engines give out and you're next to a seawall? Munchola!

The Spanish cargo ship Luno collided into the sea wall at Anglet, after its engines failed. More at the BBC and Hybridcar.com.

Mommy Monday. (Moving Pictures)

Wait a second, Joe. This doesn't cry out Mommy. It looks so pleasant and peaceful. What a nice little marina. Ah, my friends, looks can be decieving.

I wonder what happens out past the breakwater? Hm, I wonder?

Hm, I wonder?

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Velero volcado en Zumaia from Gabi on Vimeo.

You've probably seen the photos from a few years back of our brillant band of heroes attempting to sail past the breakwater into the marina at Zumaia, now see the video. Via our friends at Pressure Drop.

Wednesday Wipeout.

Houston, we have lift off.

Wednesday Wipeout.

The agony and the ecstasy.

Wednesday Wipeout.

Even great sailors wipeout on occasion.
That must have been a son of a gun to right!

Teahupo'o (Surfing Video)

What happnes when everyone shows up? Chaos? Carnage? A pissed of Raimana van Bastolaer? (I think Puffy might be able to relate Raimana's close encounter with a kite.)

Wreck On Wednesday.

I said, "neat," not "on the rocks!"
In case you folks have forgotten, this is "Safe Boating Week." 

Wednesday Wipeout.

Do you believe in happy endings?

Before You Buy A Boat And Go Sailing...

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I think you should learn how to sail. A bit of common sense also comes in handy if you want to venture out on the water. "See that thing staright ahead, it's called a beach."

But Joe, I've seen catamarans sail onto the beach in Florida.

Tillerman Tuesday. (Team NZ Damage Wingsail In Dramatic Incident.)

Is the Tillerman behind this mishap? He is madly promoting some old guy sailing contest in Newport.

More on the incident here.

No Es Bueno.

If you're going to steal a sailboat, at least know how to sail it. Imagine sitting down to a nice cup of coffee, you turn on the TV to watch the morning news and flashing before your eyes is your yacht bouncing off the shore down the coast. That's what happened to the owner who promptly called the police when she realized that her boat was the one on the screen.

Via Pressure Drop and Latitude 38.

Where Did I Park My Car?

I hope he used Ziebart.

Tillerman Tuesday.

Shades of Capt. Joe Schmidt and Dan Brazeltont!
I wonder why sailors don't like the surf? Could it be that dark feeling of dread that in the next 30 seconds you will be inverted in your smashed Laser with water shooting out of your nostrils?

Photo source: ISAF