This is a video filmed at Lake Hood in Anchorage Alaska. When flying Float planes on windy days a lot of considerations come into play and the displacement of the flight control surfaces matters a whole lot while just floating on the water. Taxing a Seaplane in the water with windy conditions properly is often called "Sailing the airplane" and there are conditions where you better not turn out of the wind. In very strong winds with a floatplane you may have to keep the nose into the wind no matter what. Turning downwind on the water can be a problem and sometimes one has to let the plane drift backward, downwind, with the nose pointed into the wind instead of trying to turn and taxi downwind under power etc etc.
Anyhow, I bet there will be a lot of comments.
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