The Boat Used to Take Down Drug Runners: SAFE Boats Interceptor 41 Walkthrough
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- To chase down drug runners and human traffickers, the Department of Homeland Security’s Air and Marine Operations uses a purpose-built vessel that is capable of high speeds, quick maneuvers and running at night with no lights on. The 41-foot SAFE Boats Interceptor offers the agents a stable platform so they can chase down boats in any conditions, at any time of day or night. Power & Motoryacht joined the Air and Marine Ops for a day on the water out of Miami, Florida, and got to see this vessel up close and personal. If you’ve ever wondered about the boats you see patrolling the U.S. borders, check out this video. We were very impressed with the handling, construction and thought put into this vessel. Read more about our day on the water with the Air and Marine Ops here: www.powerandmotoryacht.com/bo...
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I ran up on one of them going to lunch at Alabama Jacks in the Florida Keys. Amazing boat and the guys were awesome. I bought them all lunch.
Plenty of coke at Alabama Jacks! mm 103
Max isn't talking about cola either...
🤣
Very happy and proud to build these boats.
Always liked safe boat, zodiac fan but have been following since the early days.
And I'm the one who gets yelled at for overpowering my boat. What the hell.
@@jeremyclarkson1 ,
Yeah? well...thasa' whachu' get....
@@BobbyTucker lol, I guess they do that so I can't outrun the police🤣
@@BobbyTucker Actually, I saw a guy with a Lake and Bay, I believe it was like a 20', with twin 300 Mercurys. That thing will get away from any cop out there!
4.04 was a rare insight into youtubery when you can hear the camera operator whisper the next lines. Actually must be quite a challenge to do a monologue for that long without autocue.
He isn't reading no que
To funny thanks for pointing it out 😀
I've seen these behemoth's sitting at Safeboats plant. They are a beast! It's cool to see their "inventory" every now and then, they are 20 minutes from my house
I worked at Bangor base
@@ericjensen2557 oh nice! I work at the shipyard ha
I got a test ride in a SAFEBOAT with the CEO at the helm doing donuts and high-speed turns in Rich Passage right in front of our Port Orchard waterfront home. I also got to cruise on an amphib assault aircraft carrier in the Seafair military boat parade, tour the CVN Carl Vinson end-to-end / top-to-bottom, and spend a day on the Navy admiral's yacht at the start line for the unlimited hydro races. (I was a senior executive with the City of Bremerton - these were among the few perks of a stressful job.)
Repent to Jesus Christ
“just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.””
Matthew 20:28 NIV
ANOTHER MILLION DOLLAR TOY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
COAST GUARD ????
That's a very good question I think somebody should look into. You never hear anything about the coast guard anymore.
They are busy with shipping traffic.
@@mlane2012 I guess the COAST GUARD is busy rescuing crab fishermen in the Bering sea and
Long liners during perfect storms,
I sure did sleep better at night knowing WE HAD well trained and skilled people guarding our COUNTRY,
NOW WE HAVE TO RELY ON A bunch of OVER WEIGHT, UNEDUCATED, UNTRAINED PEOPLE TO GUARD OUR COUNTRY, IT'S NOT LOOKING VERY GOOD,
@@keithmyers1454 no it isn't, not one bit.
A million would be a deposit
I have seen these CBP interceptors go thru the Haulover inlet and fly through the rough current and chop with ease even at high speed.
Haulover is a joke.
Where do you put the rod holders?
Your hilarious bro 😅
The Coast Guard really messed up changing from SAFE to Shark. All the Safe boats I operated were fantastic, shark boats literally fell apart in days.
Washington state quality
Your tax dollars at work.
Perhaps the higher ups got a big discount and then lined their pockets with the remainder of the budget.
Protects the borders? LOLHAHAHA Abolish the DHS!…Government (and the countless agencies) is by definition an inherently inefficient, wasteful and coercive monopolist of ultimate decisionmaking and violence… DHS does nothing but waste resources and violate our rights!
@@Xponential911obviously someone did
I wonder how many construction and manufacturing hrs the boat builder has into making one of these. Wow, fit and finish just beautiful craftsmanship.
Boat.
I help build these boats and do repairs/customer requested modifications on them before they ship, on the welding side they're allowed a couple thousand hours, and then it gets another so many hours for rigging and finish departments to do their thing. It's pretty neat to see firsthand.
Must be fun to pull along side a boat going full throttle and shoot the motors.
Mannnn now I gotta put a thick ass steel box around my motors. Can’t have this shit happen to me.
Pretty sure it depends on the situation... Do the people on the other boat also have weapons or might be fighting to try and keep their freedom?!
Most of the time I’m sure they’re not aiming for the motor lol
I'd shoot at the cops motors.
@@robertswift8708
Good. The cops are gonna make you cry like a little girl.
God Bless America from Glasgow Scotland.
That's just awesome beyond description ! 😎
Stay safe you guys ! 🙏❤
note to self build a kevlar boat with kevlar engine covers :p
And keep lots of old net and rope onboard, to throw overboard in the chase.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
You might be able to escape the boat...
But you'll never outrun the radio...
Bad ass. 60 kts. That’s smoking.
Hehehe
@@ironichumorist isn't that like 73 miles per hour? 😋
I saw one heading for the launch at John Pennekamp State Park in Key Largo last week. Impressive!
My son has one of these as he was tired of Sea Ray's, Grady White's, Boston Whaler's etc. He get's a lot of looks whether at the boat slip, the Manasquan River (NJ) or out on the ocean. We took a trip down to FL using the intercoastal waterway & it was very enjoyable & lots of positive comments from other boaters. I may have to get one but I don't need 41 ft. I was thinking one of the walk around center consoles.
Looks like Remington 870 Marine Magnum shotgun. Nice. I have it's brother the Tactical Magnum. Hard to come by
That is a nice boat! Watching the skipper cross through the wake at 50 knots like the water was glass.
I’m actually surprised you had access to the gun lockers, and the electrical cabinet. But it must not be to big of a secret.
We had to fill out A LOT of forms to get this access but it sure was worth it! You're right, the ride was incredible.
One of these rolled up on me recently. I was running my World Cat 280DCX in a 15 knot head wind with solid 3’ chop doing about 32mph leaving Clearwater beach to Tarpon Springs trying to beat the sunset and he pulled up out of nowhere 15’ starboard. Scared the crap out of me. He just smiled and throttled away. Very cool but pissed me off a bit.
Yes they came up on us sooo fast we had our kids, we were all startled! They waved and moved on.
Remember everyone deployed. 🇺🇸 God bless you all.
Good bless you too
I just woke up from a two minute daydream where I had one set up as a dive boat with just two of the engines and a nice little cabin...
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 it's about time they get a nice boat to protect our waterways and us God bless them all
I still want to joy ride in that boat. I love a boat that launches into the air and almost wants to frypan flip you for that adrenalin rush.
In the 90’s we at CIC worked under the direction of the United States Coast Guard for any thing coming in within 30 miles of our shores along with Miami metro Pd for the square grouper roundup
"I've heard of one. Its supposed to be very fast nigh uncatchable... The Black Pearl." -Captain Jack Sparrow
Bien pour est moment,pas pour un radeau de mouin dun moi
@@francklouvel3623 thats not even a scentence lol
Coast Guard has the safe boat line under HLS. Lots of outboards have been sold at auction over the years. Amazing boat.
Beautiful boat for sure. Wow
That is a totally badass piece of kit!
So good to show others now what they need to build to out run this boat.never understand why they show there top operation gear to the others they are trying to capture.
Powerful! Inspiring! Juicy!
I plan to renodla a former ting army boat to an adventure- & service vessel for youth in our rocky archipelago around Vaasa, west Finland. Got some more ideas and designs out of your "Interceptor"! Thx -GBWU!
F-ready The Finn
I love how somebody whispers "pull it down" to the host when showing off foot rests.
Great interesting video and boat.
Thanks
😂😂😂
Better still Thunderchild 2. Any weather any conditions it’ll have them 👍👍👍👍
This boat is crazy!!!
I grew up in South Florida and in the 1980s when most of the Drugs were being brought into Florida for the United States the Federal Government was competing with the Drug Cartels to have the fastest Off Shore Race Boats to have the advantage over the other at one point the Government was using a Boat that was called the Blue Thunder and I knew of a private fenced in peice of property in Dania Florida that had several of the Blue Thunder Vessels on their trailers. Parked inside that fenced in Property I did move out of Florida in the late 80s and those boats just kind of disappeared sadly. Many of the top performance boat builders were murdered because they tried to work for both sides the Law Enforcement and the Drug Cartels one of those Designers / Builders happened to be a former Classmates Father who was gunned down in broad daylight on his way home from work one day
who were all the many you speak of ...lol
Just last night watched Netflix “Speed Kills” with John Travolta being the company owner who designed/built the BLUE THUNDER chase boats. He was the person shot/killed on his way home from work.
That's what happens when you work for the US government. Ask the Clinton's.
I was a boarding officer on Blue Thunder in late 80’s early 90’s. It was a catamaran with twin 900 inboard motors. Awesome boat and took the sea’s really good. It got its name Blue Thunder because it was loud as f***. There was a movie made in the early 90’s called thunder boat row that had the boat in it.
What a craft. 22,000 lbs!
So 1400 HP is reasonable!
Cheers. 🇨🇦
And it still moves like a speeder
wow 9 tonnes that as big as yo mumma.. you yanks think lbs are huge .
@@masterkronixster 🤣 I raced hydroplane boats and I know watercraft which had me wondering why this aluminum craft needed or could handle 1400Hp until I saw it weighs 22,000lbs. That is a heavy boat for the size and style. By the way the flag in my post is Canadian not Yankee. Your reply made me chuckle.
Cheers Mate. 🇨🇦
@@jamesmisener3006 i dont see no flag.. fly it higher i cant see from here. laugh away congrats on not being a yankee..
@@carlitogarcia-lavin8494 60knts is slow ...lol we run over 100knts for miles
That's a fine vessel. The only thing that would make it more effective would be an AR500. Stay safe.
What are you talking about? AR500 is a kind of steel.
@@MrEazyE357 ,
He's referring to an AR chassis with a fifty Caliber receptacle.
I loved building aluminum boats in the northwest .that interceptor is sweet.
Many law enforcement agencies, And emergency services also utilize these craft. These are some well made boats!
If we had used these crews and boats during prohibition the Kennedys would not have been so rich.
Now that's a cool boat.
Hi I'm just glad we are friends,wish you health and safety ,, thanks rick
I know USCG and CBP work hand and hand in Miami, but I’m surprised they have their own fleet. Pretty cool 🤙🏽
Nice boat!
That guy with the shotgun looks awfully vulnerable to hostile fire.
He cant wait to get his first kill sadly
Especially if the bad guy is holding a long gun of some sort. Maybe what they didn't show us in the video though, is the .50-cal that folds up on a bow-mount from the front deck? Of course the BlackHawks can bring the pain, but what if there's none around?
Well with a crew of 4 people, I'm guessing one gun is on the motors, and the other dismount with a gun is pointed or at least at the low ready towards the hostile crew on the boat
Have you seen how many seats are on that thing,I would not go near a gun unless I wanted to be mince meat
They need some kevlar inside that hull. Last I checked aluminum doesn't stop bullets. And min a double M2 bow gun.
Who said it doesn’t?
Yes, This boat is just what I need.
Very impressive boat 🚢
Now they come with The 600 hp V12 Mercury's!
Saw 3 of these ripping up the intercostal a few weeks back.
This is a great bed time video, puts you right to sleep
I love the "down" at 4:04 lol
Wow, tax many well spent. Awesome. I think a few more would be helpful!
You pay.
Cops haven't stopped anything .. Just diverted drug money to themselves to get rich .. Qualified Immunity was written into law in 1982 to protect Reagan's DEA .. and the rest who were confiscating hoards of cash with no accountability ... Tens of 1000s of cops played both sides to no end
Yes! What about some rod rests though?
You beat me to it, Todd. I was going to ask how many rod holders on the T-top, in the gunwales and across the stern. Also, where are the baitwells?😁
Also where do the women sunbathe? And how are the beers cooled? Looks like a great hull but they blew it on the amenities
@@nsh1980gmail a yacht tender version of this boat has been built. had several of those features.
That boat is absolutely incredible I would have Evinrude on it though
Man that boats a beast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want one👍🙂
It needs redundant controls. Starboard side also. It also needs weapons pods so a shooter does not need to hold and fire. Also quick release harnesses.
Yea I agree on the weapon pod/holder for sure.
"Hey you, stop trafficking drugs!
That's the job of the government and its friends, you can't do that!"
Like Bill Clinton and GHWBush...
They got one here at my MiLs in staurt
The seats are wild
Insane when parked!!
This is 10 types of awesome right here
All this is going to do is make the bad guy have even a better boat to run with...
Would've been nice to see more of this boat in action
As a commercial Alaskan charter boat owners and river guide with jet boats we say about the Mercury outboards is they are painted back because they just don't want to work!
The worst outboards I have ever used at Mercury and Yamaha as totally crap and full of issues making have constant issues.
I have switched all my boats to Chevrolet 350 V8 to a Chevrolet Big block 402 500 hp in the jet boat.
Never again will by the large outboards just the trolling motors work fine.
I really wanna know what the hell you are doin to those poor Mercurys.
@@jeremyclarkson1 I am doing nothing to Mercury engines other than putting gas in them then having to pay up to $30.000 in repairs on a 225 EFI that never did get fixed to stop No. 1 cylinder from turning on and off.
I have to have trolling motors for fishing salmon so that is the only outboards I own are the 9.9 motors that never have problems.
Now my jet boat I rebuilt then put in a 1969 402 big block that left GM in 1969 at 425 Hp .
Nothing stops this Chevrolet engine and I can run it at 1/4 throttle with 8 people in the jet boat at 35 MPH.
It is a beast of an engine for a jet boat !
@@Lure-Benson Hmm. Never heard of this from anyone else owning Mercurys. You may just need a new motor, if I had to guess, you have twin 225s? If so, just get a single 400R or Verado and get it over with. I've never heard anything bad about them. If you have a single 225, just get a 300 Verado and leave it.
@@jeremyclarkson1 In Pacific NW and Alaska Jet boats we use have 1 large outboard.
I do have a new engine as I told you about putting the newly rebuilt Chevrolet 1969 425 + horse power 402 Big block in the jet boat hooked up to a Berkeley jet pump then never again will I buy any outboards over 20 hp.
In Alaska where help can't be called up you can't have outboards that have a constant failures.
@@Lure-Benson Well since you can spend $30,000 to constantly fix the 225 I figured you could spend around $50,000 and buy a brand new 300 V8, which I've never heard/seen any issues with. I'm just not a jet guy, I have always run outboards, but whatever toots your horn is what you should use.
Wow! Wouldn't that be a great office to go to work in :)
And no bullet proof shield and no bullet proof cover for engine.. Nice!!
Imagine the 450r or 600's on this beast
450rs would really rip.
This is absolutely the most fantastic chase boat I have ever seen. What a gem. Total price must be at least $23,535.25 ( Twenty Three Thousand Five Hundred Thirty Five dollars and Twenty Five Cents ). I see the officer aiming at the engines of the boat they are after. Thats a NO,NO. Don't spank them nice $25,000+ each, Mercury outboards. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Spank the low lifes in that boat and the boat will stop. This marvelous chase boat has four 350 hp Mercurys for 1,400 hp and 60 knots ( 65-70 mph ? ). Mercury has the 425 hp "Racing" outboard. Four=1,700 hp. The super muscle boats can go 100-150+ mph and will outrun you. In them cases mount a Vulcan 20 mm Gatling gun in the front of the boat. Nice video, thanks.
It looks awesome. Would like to see the truck and trailer that hauls it.
I have a 16ft lowe with a 40hp 2stroke…..
Trust me, they get ridden the same way
Lol!
are those hi tech tactical hand holds?
Cool Setup 😎
Very nice!
Ending the war on drugs would negate the need for this.
While it's a video to demonstrate, I highly doubt a drug boat would allow a police boat to go along side and shoot the motors. More like it would be a gun fight between them.
Not likely. Its a huge leap for a criminal to go from smuggling drugs to murdering cops, especially when most of them are foreign nationals who get released to the custody of their home countries where their freedom is bought cheap from corrupt authorities.
Gun fight? Bad guys are scared little girls.
Like you.
@@batvette lol, no...
@@bradhuskers tobacco kills 500k per year, all illicit drugs combined kill 70k per year...who is the bad guy?
@@jacobwalls452
Try again.
Fentanyl ALONE is responsible for 70k deaths! And that's just a single drug out of thousands of illegal drugs.
Once again you display your low IQ
I just put down a $50k deposit on one of these machines. Will be delivered in July. I can't wait!
So cool to see
Fascinating. They have a suicide knob on the steering wheel
I wish there were more "suicide knobs" available. I loved those things on the tractors, and the older cars like my friend Steve's Hudson Commodore 👍
@@daveblevins3322 I,purchased one at autozone otherwise I, would've had a heck of a time driving my Dually when I, was down to having one usable arm for a couple of months, it saved The day for me. That might just be a 3D printer job for me to make a higher quality one.
@@timsmothers8740 I bought mine at auto-zone too, the only thing I could get it to fit was my MTD Yard Machine, lol.
CBP AMO have the best G- rides and cubicals out there
🤣
Amazing boat
Have 2 in the shop right now.
Cool boat. What is fuel usage/hour? Avg hrs between fill ups?
1mpg 1000 gal tank
60mph
Can they use it for fishing on their day off ??
Why wait for a day off. Trolling into shore toting a seized drug boat throw the shark lines out. Lol
Fantastic bolt boring video
That is totally awesome
take it to rio grand river, if it's for protecting our boarders.
Where's the live bait well? I want to know what one of these costs. I'll take tackle storage and whatnot where the shotgun racks are, and I will probably want a different electronics package, but I want one
SAFE Boats would sell you one. Not going to be a yachty boat but they can get fancy.
Now check out the new Sharrow propeller. Totally innovative.
A great dive boat for the Southern Ocean.
I hauled one of those a couple years ago to port of baltimore. It was wrapped in plastic but still, everybody including dot officers were very impressed... the trailer had swamp tires on it. The boat is no joke, however, now, 60 knots isnt that fast anymore....
60 knots is over 70 miles an hour
@@tonyclough9844 yes I know, the safe boat company told me that boat will run 190mph... new boats today r going way faster than 60 knots, which what was eluding too.
@@masterwoods6586 WHOAAAAH, 190?
I've seen a 43' boat do 103 mph, which is no match for the popo
@@jeremyclarkson1 those popo's r using these safe boats!! That 103 mph 43ft is hella fast, but these safe boats r built to run them down. 😳😁
I wonder if it's a good or bad thing to let the bad guy's know about everything that this boat has and what it can do !!!
I highly doubt they showed the truth of what this boat has or can do. I would even bet money this video had to get approved before posted.
boat goes fast, boat man has gun
There's a ton of stuff you dont see.
Ahhh ... but who are the "good" guys ?
I heard the USA created the Taliban in order to help them in their war against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and their future wars against them so as to ensure the Military continues to maintain a valid reason in order to function ... and that they also created Isis !
and that the UK maintains a false God who believes His Holiness Christ the Messiah is "insane" and that she, her DNA Bloodline and those who chose to be tricked / conned / swindled into enslaving themselves to maintaining and preserving such a nefarious lie are God.
@@georgegeorgepht so it's a propaganda video?
00 buckshot. 12 33 caliber pellets in magnum force! You can cut trees down with this load! My favorite :))
That boat is awesome
Alum is great until the Alum welds that WILL crack after many bounces up and down at high speed.
yeah because fiberglass boats never crack. lol
Check out all the heavy duty fishing boats in Alaska , they ain't fiberglass
Would think 60 knots would be on slow side
Yeah, the slowest of the slow go fast boats do 100kts easy.
That's what he is told to say , trust me it's a 100 + or almost.more like 80 ish.
Could be 4 . 400 rs
@@patrickjohnson7801 Those Mercs are interchangeable, can quite easily put 4 + 550hp on
@@robbiejosh6082 Or how about The 600 hp V12 Mercs hang 4-6 of those instead. They have no budget to worry about.
@@timsmothers8740 Sky is the limit
Cool thanks
Good quality machine 👌
How good is this,, its so nice that LE get something to assist them to be safe.... And effective.. The border guys need the best of everything. We all know the bad guys do
I can only imagine their budget while Biden and democrats are in charge. Trump would have had the top of the line EVERYTHING! And all that comes down to safety and effectiveness.
Trump would have put any drug seizures into Donnie Jr.'s stash.
Hell, some are just fighting to keep their jobs under Biden, if they don’t bow to taking the vaccine.
How dare anybody besides the government
bring drugs into the country
Exactly
Biden has the cartel bringing it in for Hunter why do you think we have border problems now😂
They don't like competition
Just an awesome amazing ride I would much rather take a ride on that than any roller coaster you can think of
Very cool boat
In San Diego during the light parade the authorities ran over a small boat killing a 8 year old boy! They were just going to a call about a sailboat adrift at night. They sped to the area at 50 mph!
Great video. I would like to know the make and model number of the shotguns.
If it's not a Mossberg 500, it's a Remington 870
It would be the mossburg 590, popular all weather coated shotgun, great for coastal areas and salt air
@@ericsarchive7718 Remington 870’s
REM 870
Awesome 👍 I bet that boat would be good for tubing and for fishing 🎣
I bet a high quality belt fed 50bmg would be an excellent choice to shoot just above the waterline to help go through the side of the ship. The more holes the more water. Plus if the agents get froggy can be used against personal too