Caught in a Storm

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2 жыл бұрын

As a Storm Spotter i get excited at the prospect of a storm coming in off the Lake, so with the forecast showing storms today I got on the Sea Doo and rode out far on lake Erie to see what i can spot.
Within minutes the calm waters were changed into rough waters.

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@IrelandsAtlanticAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job Nigel, you should try that in Ireland lol :)

@NigelHay 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos, envious that you have great swells of the Atlantic and Irish Sea.

@BROutdoorz 3 ай бұрын

Careful on Erie.. it can change incredibly fast..15-30 foot waves/swells can happen.. it’s a dangerous lake

@morgangentle1515 10 күн бұрын

Yes it’s very shallow

@jack5394 14 сағат бұрын

couldn't have said it better, most piers don't last more than a few years

@loricharpentier1654 7 ай бұрын

I'm from Canada and watching this is giving me goosebumps. That ĺooks frigging scary!

@NigelHay 6 ай бұрын

I wouldn't do that in the cold. Thankfully the lake water felt warm

@bogue1149 8 сағат бұрын

Really cool to watch. That lake takes a lot of people each year. Stay safe

@AdventureIndiana 6 сағат бұрын

I once was out fishing on a much, much , much smaller lake on a small Jon boat. I knew a storm was coming, but was fishing. I got caught out on the water. High wind and lightning. I was able to get the boat ashore and we got under a shelter house. That wasn’t dumb, that was stupid and dangerous. I will never do that again. I am glad you were safe. Scary stuff man, don’t push your luck and get your ticket punched

@harrybarry2291 Жыл бұрын

I have lived on the other side of the lake for 55 years and it can build trecherous waves quick. If you see lightning strikes, get off the lake ASAP.

@billjenkins1535 2 жыл бұрын

Been there done that along the Texas gulf coast. It can indeed pick up very quick. Thanks for the video.

@williamkeogh9578 Күн бұрын

Erie kinda spot in fairness 😮

@LeahK2018 8 ай бұрын

Lake Erie is the shallowest of the 5 great lakes and gets huge waves because of that during storms. Getting caught on a boat during thunderstorm on lake Erie can be terrifying. Happened to me once around midnight while fishing for Walleye near Buffalo NY. the lake was flat and within no time we had 3 to 5 foot waves. Pretty scary when your on a 12 foot fishing boat and we had to travel back to the dock 2 miles away in the dark. On top of that I called the local TV News weather report on the phone and there was a SPECIAL MARINE WARNING for the Lake Erie near Buffalo NY. Good Memory now because that we made it back without getting hit by lightning or capsize the boat.

@NigelHay 7 ай бұрын

If I recall on this particular day there was no warnings issued on the Canadian side but there was one issued on the US side around the time i was riding back.

@paulbelisle7213 Жыл бұрын

Looks like a lot of fun.

@dh2172 Жыл бұрын

I've got a similar machine! Adjust your handle bars up and stand! you'll have so much more control and reaction speed as well as ability to lean the machine away from waves coming over/dodge the spray a bit and save your back from impacts if you hop a wave or two

@miwandariz9512 2 жыл бұрын

That’s scary, glad you are ok

@richardbeese7635 3 күн бұрын

I'm 60 I've been a boater my whole life, mainly saltwater deep sea. You seem to me that you've never been in a serious issue off shore, I would hope you never do. When you make it back to shore by the grace of god with you bung puckered so tight you can't unpucker for a bit you'll never mess with the weather again

@slowmutants Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this! Down here in Kent, Ohio!

@NigelHay 28 күн бұрын

Thanks, hoping to have around Ohio's coastline later this summer

@stardustandgolden1 Жыл бұрын

That was fun, thanks so much

@garyharrison555 27 күн бұрын

You found some nice fast sailing weather. The best type of water for. At least fourteen knots

@willmansfield6532 29 күн бұрын

Jet skis are the bane of a peaceful summer, especially owners like this one.

@NigelHay 28 күн бұрын

Why is that? Less noisy than a power boat, racing boat and most speed boats

@cottonj9 27 күн бұрын

Absolutely. The noise is on thing but the hazards they produce for real boaters are significant especially when they operate in packs. There should be significantly more controls on where and when they can be operated. There are many area where they should be prohibited altogether.

@NigelHay 26 күн бұрын

@@cottonj9 I am not a fan of group riding, dangerous, to many distractions and wakes, I prefer on my own or with one other.

@Furryfeather 2 күн бұрын

I own one and I think they should be banned. ! Ruin every morning on my inland lake & for some reason they think people are interested in watching them so they must find other boats or beaches with swimmers

@WilliamCrew 4 ай бұрын

The fact that you put yourself in that kind of position to provide us with such an incredible video, you have definitely earned my respect.

@NigelHay 4 ай бұрын

Thanks William. There is of course risk in everything we do daily, but I always take into account where I'm going, notify others, check wind direction etc. If this was an offshore wind, I wouldn't of done it. The wind was pushing me back towards land.

@jamesnelson6980 2 ай бұрын

No offense, but I think your main belt is slipping a little. A jet ski, in a storm, on Lake Erie? Well, it's your life.

@rickss69 14 күн бұрын

Actually, a jet ski is far safer than most boats. They will not sink unless you allow one of the seats or hatches to open. In the event of a roll over you can easily right it...not possible with any boat.

@fireboy5043 9 ай бұрын

Looks like Fun Be Safe

@davidminor6663 2 күн бұрын

We used to go up for anything 3-5 or 4-6 , 6to 8s were too brutal

@flimmaytinstone8980 20 сағат бұрын

For all the warnings, gloom and doom, I have been fishing on Lake Erie in a 19 ft deep v for 40 yrs and have never been close to death or dismemberment.

@justwatching2302 2 жыл бұрын

Lol looked intense and fun

@simontemplar404 2 жыл бұрын

That was above my tolerance for risk threshold. Instructive video, glad you posted it.

@NigelHay 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Simon, I was only worried about lightening

@jamesburnside3023 3 күн бұрын

Awesome

@dwayneroberts6616 Ай бұрын

People he's on one of the best machines for handling waves 😂. I know people who wait for storms to head out parasailing and running their sea doo. He's not stupid.

@NigelHay Ай бұрын

Thanks for that, I know my limits, for as long as the machine is running, i'm safe, once the waves crest, i'm out of there. plus I plan acording to direction of the wind

@soyounoat Ай бұрын

Engine failure would make this ,a very different video....

@johnnycrash3270 5 ай бұрын

You Have Never Heard Of The Buddy System ? Out There Alone On a Sea Doo Great Video BUT YOUR CRAZY 😎MAN

@NigelHay 4 ай бұрын

yes i have, but you have to put faith in your machine and yourself. always have a back up plan. When out on my own i always inform the family where i intend to be and i frequently text (hourly). Also have a VHF radio, whistle etc and on this day, this winds would of pushed me ashore. Buddy system for sure for new riders.

@buffalobill9793 11 сағат бұрын

You always inform somebody where you intend to be so they can find your body if disaster strikes? I think your machine is pretty new so right now it's pretty dependable but one of these days your going to find yourself in an undesirable situation. Let's hope your machine warns you ahead of time and you heed that warning.

@ronlussier8570 2 ай бұрын

Um....no thanks! I am near Erie PA - those clouds were ominous. Glad you weren't on L. Superior or Huron

@NigelHay 2 ай бұрын

I wouldn't go out in the conditions they get, no thanks

@twallen43017 Жыл бұрын

How do you keep the hat on in the headwind?

@NigelHay Жыл бұрын

It's easy, never look up. the cap will stay on for as long as your head is slightly down and i mean slightly down. but once you look up, it's gone

@matthewh117 10 ай бұрын

How big is the wheelbarrow that you wheel those big brass balls around?

@NigelHay 10 ай бұрын

Lol.

@Dr.Ballsonya 9 ай бұрын

Hahaha I’m guessing it’s a dump truck.

@archiebunker7688 3 ай бұрын

Canadian women can handle it.😮 U.S. women too ---- ( fill in the blank).

@jimeikelberg7934 5 ай бұрын

You should have watched the radar on the weather channel

@wayned.orcutt2243 2 жыл бұрын

Does that mean we finally got rain at my house? Lmao

@NigelHay 2 жыл бұрын

Just a little

@craigaustin4779 2 жыл бұрын

You are the iron man, it pays to practice your foul weather riding skills. Great lakes change fast, you need skills to keep up, panic kills.

@NigelHay 2 жыл бұрын

Craig, I have pushed myself a lot in the past 14 months. 155 hours with many of them in adverse conditions.

@craigaustin4779 2 жыл бұрын

@@NigelHay You look completely competent, you proved your mettle to me during the Niagra whirlpool incident, kept the camera rolling while you found out rubber shorts aren't only to keep water out.

@tubular2006 6 ай бұрын

How does that hat stay on?

@NigelHay 6 ай бұрын

I have been asked that so many times. On this particular ride. I was travelling exactly the same speed as the wind behind me. Other than that, there is a point where if you just tilt your head back ever so slightly, it goes. You quickly learn that the wind pushed down on the peak until you look slightly up

@vullom29 Жыл бұрын

You’re wild lol

@NigelHay Жыл бұрын

Quite the frill out on the lake when that happens

@morgangentle1515 10 күн бұрын

There’s sharks in there

@NigelHay 8 күн бұрын

Anything is possible in that water

@morgangentle1515 8 күн бұрын

Exactly , that lake is wild I grew up on it by cholchester ont

@vince131s 2 күн бұрын

Not caught in a storm. Purposely drove into one maybe…

@toothlessdiver 23 күн бұрын

You disregard the safety of others by senselessly putting yourself in possibly a dangerous situation. I can only hope you have some consideration of the people that put their own safety at risk when rescuing others. I am glad this was not one of those.

@rickss69 14 күн бұрын

Get a grip. He was never out of sight of land and that storm was literally nothing.

@user-pv2bj5bj8n 15 күн бұрын

What a fool men have to go out and risk their own lives to save these people

@Furryfeather 2 күн бұрын

If your calm enough to film & narrate then not a storm. We stupidly rode stand ups in 12 foot waves past the rocky river ohio police boat who suggested we not go out but we avoided death in the giant brown mountains or being smashed into rocky bluffs.

@2199SPUDMAN 7 ай бұрын

I have no respect for people who have no respect for the Great Lakes. These are really fresh water seas, not lakes. Talking personal watercraft so far from shore is reckless.

@NigelHay 7 ай бұрын

I really don't understand your issue.

@professorstokes6596 7 ай бұрын

Nonsense. Dude knows what he's doing. No need for disrespect just because its something an inexperienced person should never do but a pro can handle.

@leonwilde8128 6 ай бұрын

People take those to the islands from FL, perfectly seaworthy. Disrespecting the weather can get anyone!

@archiebunker7688 3 ай бұрын

If you get wet on the outside just get some hot wings and get wet inside once back onshore

@jamesnelson6980 2 ай бұрын

I couldn't agree with you more. Maybe he ought to read about the Marquette and Bessemer #2. She's been missing in Lake Erie for over 100 years.