Thomas Coville almost capsized on his trimaran Sodebo

[frampton48]

what music artist is this?

[iliastp]

@frampton48 The XX - Intro

[FizzNews]

should have taken the genoa off. he just panicked and tried to head up yet the rudder was out of the water and was no longer useful in any way.

[eibophobie]

if you are going on a broad reach with the asymmetric spinnaker (big front sail), you need to bear away in such a situation. If you turn upwind, you will capsize because of the big lateral pressure in the rig mostly caused by the spi. The spinnaker in this case generates less pressure if you are going straight down wind, because its covered by the main sail. Additionally the pressure i the rig is in direction of the course resulting in a decreased pitch moment.

[sailflyboy]

Bastiaan - I believe the English Dart sailors bear-off in the gusts (when sailing upwind). I can't quite get my mind around the process that allows you to do that without going for a swim - perhaps it stalls the main and therefore depowers it. The current world champion has just joined our fleet down here in South Africa, I will have to quiz him on it.

[FizzNews]

@sailflyboy nah, when going upwind, if the boat starts to heal die to a gust, you have to stuff the nose into the wind (head up, not bear off) very gently as to not end up head to wind or tacking. bearing off is for when you are reacing and you start to heal :)

[sailflyboy]

I am completely confused !! The boat starts to pitch-pole, and his response is to grab the wheel and crank her downwind !! He is on a fast close-reach, surely turning up into wind would have depowered quicker without danger of a pitch-pole ? He damn near threw it over !!

[BastiaaNED590]

@sailflyboy You certainly have a point, however, he was in a huge gust, and I think rounding up would have made him tip over sideways. I think in a situation like that you should dump the main, but he didn't have enough time for that...Conclusion: it was close

[DoneWrongType]

what is the song?? Rhianna just came out with a new song "drunk on love" with the same song.

[41799MJT]

It's so cool but if I was in the air and fell in the water I would be freaked out.I have seen jaws

[Sails470]

Great! Very well!

[superhobieboy]

I hope he was wearing a diaper.

[songofyesterday]

Now if that was a AC45 he'd be plowing through the wing xD

[XtSurfMogulXt]

youtube.com/watch?v=eOURLUtXdk­w&feature=related



[ig7157]

What is the name of the song playing in the background and who is the artist?

[pacman445]

@ig7157 It says a the end.... Dumb person

[HighDefinitionVideo]

Do you think he opened a bottle of wine shortly after? Holy poop!

[ragnarox16]

1: Awesome frickin skill!

2: Awesome frickin sailboat!

[telebyte1683]

Single-handing and almost pitchpoling your 100 foot trimaran in a non-stop round the world race? Priceless. A full "brown trousers" moment.

[Dimon4ikUSA]

cool!!!!

[Gonebefamus]

the XX- Intro hah i used to always listen to this song great song!

[iphone6944]

if yahoo sent you here thumbs up

[GeekingForJesus]

This music is more out of place than the AutoSwap music.

[InfiniteEsoterics]

PLEASE IF ANYONE knows this song...please reply to this with the answer

[GeekingForJesus]

@InfiniteEsoterics It's at the end of the video.

[GameBigc]

Song ?

[budda8you]

0:33 for near crash and rambling radio person

[mccafferty16]

Someone's spent too much time on a motorboat..

[keeponkeepinon18]

Yahoo has the most random links on their page..

Anyways, this is interesting; good luck on his journey!

[TheLoneJoker]

What music is playing in the background ? Really nice video.

[rsschick12]

@TheLoneJoker if you actually thought it was a really nice video you would've watched the whole thing, lol jk at the end at 1:13 it says it..."Intro" by "The XX"