Near-death under Sydney ferry

Raw footage of a diver nearly sucked in to ferry propeller.

[johndougherty]

This isn't just adrenaline seeking behavior, its just plain madness. Besides how horrifying this is, as well as stupidly risky, the shots are really cool. Stuff of nightmares.

[nikerailfanningttm]

when you see the propeller blades on a variable pitch propeller move, you know its time to get the fuck away

[mtnentertainment]

falling overboard and being sucked in to one of those is a recurring nightmare of mine. thanks for making it worse

[selection]

I literally just had a goddamn nightmare of being sucked into one of these...

[andystevens]

I am not sure if "Ferry Hunt" realizes how close to death they were. Ferry's especially will rotate screws while docked and you can even see when they reversed the blade pitch to set off. Ugh, this video set off my anxiety hardcore...

[globalautobahn]

The Sydney ferry stops for a predetermined about a time. It’s still stupid and risky, but he knows that he has like 20 minutes until the ferry leaves, and there are several things the ferry does before it departs, including sounding its horn, lifting the ramp, and as you can see the propellers at the “front” becomes the rear and vice versa. The Sydney Manly ferry never turns around it has propellers on both sides. So that propeller was not at risk of starting spinning again. The one on the other side of the ship, however, was.

[soconnoriv]

Today I learned that boat propellors can change pitch like airplane propellors.

[putinirvladim]

Just one slight movement, and I'm never touching a boat again. I admire your courage, man.

[FlightLevel]

How the heck did you film this? Were you that close to the ferry or was it some camera on a stick or something? I thought you'd get chopped by the prop being so close!

[notnice]

That fish at 0:27 looking at the diver like "O hell naw u dum asf boii"

[bravosierra]

What YouTube has taught me:
1. Don’t go caving
2. Don’t go cave diving
3. Don’t go diving under ferry propellers

[MsSteelphoenix]

Jesus Christ on a bike, please think about how the ferry crew would feel if they had to fish bits of you out of the harbour.

[TheTrexESP]

If you care about your family, NEVER DO THIS AGAIN!

[Dawgsofwinter]

as cool as the footage was that was VERY dumb. And not because of the Prop. The hull's have intakes that can and will suck you into them. Then some poor engineer will find chunks of you in a strainer as he tries unclogging it so his cooling pump goes back to normal operation after parts of you clogged it.

[itishpaul]

So this what they mean that "the propeller will pull you down if you're on the side of a ship" 💀

[MatsBengtsson]

This is the craziest thing I have ever seen. As I understand, no one was aware of your presence. Correct? I have done plenty of diving on ships. Hundreds of inspections. But all with safety meetings prior to the diving.

Fuck this was intense to watch. Thanks for sharing but please don't do this again!

Stay safe buddy!

[jamesshunt]

Please don't tell me you actually filmed this while being submerged yourself.
And what's with the diving over the axel(!) of the propeller while it sounds like the ferry engine is still on??
This video gave me the chills.

[Romdara]

The fact that you put the the Propeller fully functioning and at max speed at the beggining, just to then Go right into it its fucking insane

[LighthouseProductions]

Ive seen a guy swim close to a ferry but not this close, thats just beyond stupid

[cpufreak]

and the award for "the most anxiety inducing youtube video" goes to...