I totally get the idea of not wanting someone riding on the bow of a boat thru the canal, and specifically in what is the nastiest section, that guy was safer there at that point then he was trying to move to the stern while pitching and rolling like that. Its bad to have a dangerous situation but worse to make something more dangerous trying to fix the first issue...

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I am the last boat to go under the bridge at the 19-second mark. I felt so bad for the guy in the blue top Sea-Ray. The current coming through the bridge was no joke, and I need to power up. I yelled at him to do the same. My wake was pretty big and swamped him. I made sure he was safe and was ready to turn around if he needed help. Although it's no wake, you have the right to maintain 100% control of your boat at whatever speed it takes. 20-25 kt South wind that day.

That current is serious in that canal! Really good way to watch how boats handle current and waves. Thanks for this awesome channel.

Love this channel….reminds me that not everyone has a 50 foot, 2 million dollar center console with quad 450R Mercs.

Great to see a channel covering the NJ waterways. Count me in as a new subscriber!

Excellent, glad I ran across this! tired of the usual Florida inlet vids. That looks like a serious channel with hell of a current, I bet those single engine small boats had a hell of a time just fighting the current, thanks for the vid man, awesome!

Thank you for the PP Canal video.

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Coming through the bridge is a challenge at peak tide change there's a two ft drop from side to side. Had my 16 ft 65 hp half throttle almost through to have engine clank an stop . Boat driffed back for 10 ft to violently turn around an duck rear down to rushing water with engine pulling up . Managed to lift motor to find steel cable wrapped around prop .. boat is now half full of water an pouring in . Had presance of mind to restart in netrule an throw motor to reverse spinning cable off an limping boat now 3/4 full of water . So much so 6 gal gas tank floating on rear seat to island outside entrance by hospital . After dealing boat an reafirming never go through there at tide change as cable floated up from firsness of currant again . Lesson learned

Great video thank you hope to see more from the canal

Nice work! I run a 35’Bertram through the canal. It is supposed to be “No Wake”. Those waves present me with little difficulty, but we see the smaller boats having trouble. Please keep your speed up.

Everyone seems unbelievably complacent in what looks to be a potentially life threatening situation during periods of strong current.

Love the canal vids. Videos don’t do the canal justice on how crazy it gets. If you don’t hit it by 6am to get to manasquan your in for an adventure

Currents like these are no joke. That waterway cop is understandably nervous. On a day like this you'd wear a PFD on my boat until we're well clear of the canal and inlet or I'd take you back to the ramp. To be bow-riding with a leg in the water is asking to be dragged overboard where the hull could crack your head, break your ribs or an arm or leg, and you'd still have to avoid the prop. Odds of rescue given the current, an injury, and no PFD are minimal. Even uninjured with no PFD your odds are not good. Wearing a PFD injured or not it could still be a long, difficult rescue. Boats coming in/ out with the current can't just stop in a narrow waterway like this, and they may not be able to avoid you floating in the channel.

Lmao! No PWC in the canal but here comes dude in a small ass Jon boat with a 15hp outboard!

Great Video, been through that canal 100s of times. I remember going through before the original bridges were replaced. The water got bottlenecked under them and it was like the rapids on the Colorado river. The canal is not natural and there is an elevation difference between the bay and the river causing a very strong current.

I have navigated through that canal since I was about 14 yrs old. Experienced it with the old bridges too. At that time, you had bow riders going down every weekend. People just have no clue how dangerous that canal is or how to navigate it. Going against the current is the worst and I see too many boats without their motors trimmed up. Watching these videos with people stacked in the front of the boats is just mind boggling. Another example of people who have the money to buy a boat, but have no idea how to SAFELY operate one.

The police have one hell of a soft job there, just watching boats go by, beats a day on a construction site I guess 🤣!

I was born and raised in the borough I miss that canal I remember the old draw bridge at 88. And Loveland town. I fished in that canal very dangerous. Currents