We have no idea what we will capture when we set out to film. Nothing is ever staged whatever happens is what you see! On this day, we caught two viral moments within minutes, one being the subject of our raging "kid" and the second the moment a grandfather put his family in a dangerous situation... We will cover that one in another post.
Our camera operator set up across from the New Jersey State Police was enjoying a nice beautiful day with heavy boat traffic but nothing too crazy. Out of nowhere, she hears a bunch of screaming and yelling, "you're going to sink our boat! ". She turns the camera to a small boating passing under the Route 13 Bridge. A young guy we assume is a son gets on the boat's bow screaming and motioning to the boat in front of them to "slow the F@#k down."
This video went absolutely viral on our TikTok Channel with 14 million views and thousands of comments. Most of which sided with the raging "kid." However, not everyone understands the challenges of the Point Pleasant Canal. What most fail to understand is the power of an outgoing tide! Let's say the current is 8 knots (going against the boats) with some quick rough math. Any boat, regardless of size, would need 8 knots of power to stand still. Of course, boats need to maintain headway, so let's add 5 knots. Ok, now were are at 13 knots worth of power. That's a lot of power, especially for a large boat like the one in front of them.
Thankfully because we were set up at two different places along the canal, we have multiple clips of them, some of which we are not publishing... no need to bash a family more than they already have. Some of the takeaways I have found are. One, when they entered the canal behind the bigger boat, they had no one behind them; they could have easily slowed down and given the bigger boat some more space. Two, from the looks on their faces, they were/are new to boating... They also all looked pretty miserable.
We don't know who these people are, but if I were a betting man, I would guess they have seen this video and hopefully learned not to get so close during a tide change!
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