9 May 1942. US Coast Guard Cutter Icarus cruises at 14 knots along the coast of North Carolina en route to Key West. The sea is calm, but the world around them is not. Only five months have passed since the bombing of Pearl Harbor thrust the US into war, and tensions are high among…
Category: nautical
This WW II Shipwreck is Home to 100 Sharks – SS Caribsea
11 March 1942. 0200 hours. The merchant ship SS Caribsea is steaming along the coast of North Carolina. She’s carrying 3,600 tons of manganese ore to Norfolk, Virginia from Santiago, Cuba. The night is cold and dark, but nothing is out of the ordinary. Suddenly, an explosion rocks the ship, and seawater starts flooding the…
Moving a 1000 Ton Boat with a MASSIVE Boat Lift
Watch this 1000 metric ton mobile boat lift move a 1000 ton boat at Colonna’s Shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia. The lift is the 1000C Marine Travelift, and the boat is the M/V Spirit of Norfolk. I filmed this in January 2016 when the Spirit of Norfolk was hauled out for her biennial yard period. During…
This Prehistoric Predator Got Shrunk to Pint-Sized Proportions
For millions of years, many great sea beasts have risen and fallen in Earth’s oceans. Some friendly, some not so much. One of the greatest of those beasts was an armored fish that lived in the late Devonian 382 to 358 million years ago. This beast was known as Dunkleosteus. As a child, I learned…
A Day at the Aquarium with Classical Music – Clair de Lune & Gymnopédie No. 1
Spend a day at the aquarium without leaving your home! My wife and I like watching Foo the Flowerhorn on YouTube, so I decided to make my own relaxing and visually pleasing aquarium video with calming classical music. Foo the Flowerhorn is well know for using Gymnopédie No. 1 by Erik Satie in their videos,…
Videos That Will Trigger Your Thalassophobia – 4k UltraHD Footage
These underwater videos will trigger your thalassophobia. Thalassophobia is fear of the ocean and deep water, and it’s a pretty common fear. Even though I love the sea, even I can feel afraid in the deep blue. The sea is both cruel and kind, and it’s easy to feel a mixture of terror and wonder…
There are Spiders in the Ocean (I’m Not Joking)
Beneath the turquoise sea, you dive down to the wreck of a decaying tugboat. A small fish darts in front of your mask and swims into the wreck. You follow it down and place your hand on the wreck, taking in the once glorious vessel. When you remove your hand, you casually glance at your…
My Life as a Tugboat Deckhand
Every sailor has a sea story, and I have my own tales from the sea. One of my most memorable tales took place in the summer of 2014 when I was hired as a deckhand at a tugboat company. Back then, I knew very little about boats, so I was green as grass. Little did…
Cruising on a Tugboat on the Chesapeake Bay
Nearly a decade ago, I worked on tugboats. This is some footage I collected during that time. This tug was named Hoss, and we were pushing a sand barge across the Chesapeake Bay. The Hoss is now an artificial reef off Ocean City, Maryland in the United States. There is no music or narration in…
Why Scuba Divers Should NOT Hold Their Breath
When swimming underwater, we are accustomed to holding our breath. I mean, we’ll drown, if we don’t, so breath-holding is critical to our survival in the water. But, the moment you put on SCUBA gear and dive beneath the surface, you need to throw all of those reflexes out the window. When you’re SCUBA diving,…
Tidewater Teddy 