Fun crash ! Sailboat mishap - Cecina, vela in difficoltà....

[moecat1000]

lucky that was the worst of it ,torn jib and brused ego

[thanksyounow]

My worst fears realized.

[jbkimble28]

holy crap. they were RIPPIN down wind! lol

[latinamajor]

Maybe I am just not 'hard core' but I would have fired up the iron jenny and waited until I was safely past the pilings to raise sail....

[benyannelli]

dam after u guys recovered you were ripping surfing waves

[kayser79pr]

idiots idiots idiots

[MrHobiecat]

Nice recovery, too bad you ripped your jib.

Accidental tacks suck.

Sometimes its better to keep the boat on the trailer, than to go out when you shouldnt. There is no shame in checking the weather at the shoreline, and taking the boat back home

in one piece.

[SailingFanatic1]

Planning ahead would have helped for sure.

[MegaShysky]

they look some type of stupid idiots to be going on that day

[nulichedo2]

bad seemanship, thats the problem. They shouldn't have gone out sailing.

[rilevamento]

The problem is that they failed TWO tacks to get off the channel......the rest is history!!!!

[Serendus]

La cosa più giusta da fare.... di poppa in un cul de sac con randa (e quel che rimane del fiocco) piena e 20kts di vento...sarei curioso di sapere com'è andata a finire, sicuramente avranno regalato qualche bel numero anche agli spettatori in porto...

[ciarlienchi]

@Serendus In effetti mi sono posto anche io questa domanda quando li ho visti filare in cresta d'onda come un surf con la randa tutta su..... peccato il video sia tagliato lì. cmq gran divertimento il 470!

[Sanduglen]

Well lyally99 - I'd agree with you, if it wasn't for the Brits stealing our fleet once and the fact, that these guys seems to be italian.....

[lyally99]

Lol, bloody yanks, just remember - Britannia rules the waves.

[lyally99]

Lol, bloddy yanks, just remember - Britannia rules the waves.

[peterschiavoni]

TACK!

[hagenar]

Minor mistake with minor consequences. Some hull scratches and the loss of a €100-500 jib. Next time they won't risk getting so close to the pilings in that long difficult channel.

[Mirror65196]

silly day to go out..

[warty2200]

Hey, let's go out for a quick sail, get all tangled up in some nasty pilings and then head back in... it'll be awesome!

[dedlyduo1217]

that poor boat. what kind of boat is it?

[Mirror65196]

@dedlyduo1217 470

[davemakesawave]

chances of getting out of that harbour that day..... 2%?

Or if I were at the helm.... 0%

[bebajoro77]

Not the best place to try and get out of in those conditions unless you're lightning quick with your tacking strategy. Still, I'll bet they learned from that. Nice abandon and recovery, though.

[donatelliano]

storditi

[FknAtex]

Hahahaha, sacks of crap. Ripped they're jib to shreds, serves them right.

[the5general1]

sometime you get that feeling your not going anywhere

[juan992]

auch! it hurst me lol

[jduey757]

TARDS

[jumahl47]

Could have backed the jib to get off, or just stayed further clear to begin with...

[RUSSSELLLLL]

idiots lol

[KommentARSCHreiber]

oh man, idiots! on this wind so close to the riff

[bigkiwial]

one trashed 470!!

[fishassassin1]

after all that,it looked worth the fast ride back in, I like to have power, not sails

[m1leswilliams]

Drive up a mountain not climb it too then, take a picture and print it not paint it. That is the difference to me.

[fishassassin1]

mountains are cool to climb, or 4 wheel up, painting good too, and pictures are worth a 1000 words, but when there is no wind, with power you can still go some where. and we all have seen those sail boats out with no wind. to each his own

[TheOsterholt]

mongols

[TheOsterholt]

mongols

[furyiiiplate]

Funny, but they did better than I could.

[dumon13]

wouldnt that be a lot easier if they just tacked and went away of those things?

[yachtymadness]

No. Beam on to that surf would capsize and / or wash them ashore. What would have helped is to launch further up wind of those piles .

[m1leswilliams]

I'd of tacked, just used the main to move away, tacked back after 10 m or so and cleared the last pile. Easy to say sat in the office with a coffee in my hand though.

[K2luver]

so sailors are some of the worst i've ever seen seriously there trying to beat the waves with that shitty boat what chance did they ever have?

[skater11295]

racing boats arent shitty dumbass

[mindreadingradios]

"what chance did they ever have?"

-If they had been decent sailors, it really wouldn't have been all that hard.

As dumon13 said, just take, run abeam of the shore until you are well away from the piles and the tack back.

[m1leswilliams]

A good one if they cleared those piles. I have been out in worse single handed in my old topper. Smaller boat less power and it was GREAT !

[chrisjoneschrisjones]

bloody niggers

[smburzynski]

Tack Tack Tack!!! Release the jib sheet the main and tack in between waves.

They were obviously not trained enough to go out in these conditions.

Hope they have learned their lesson.

[lunarossa94]

tack!

[hankfletcher]

Release the jib, tighten the main, come about, problem solved.

[surf2kevin]

too true!

[dinger454]

aye aye captain

[jimomapsta]

Idiota!!

[morattiforever1]

bella figura di merda e addio fiocco...

[Sebo093]

è risaputo che l'uscita dal porto di cecina è una delle piu dificoltose di tutta la costa... se poi provi a uscire con un mare così, su una barca come quella sei proprio di fori...

[K0K4NE]

no upper body strength lol

[rodnisimo]

After their little mishap they take their torn jib and surf away at 12 kts. BRAVO!

[Rotten622Pig]

you know its hard to laugh at them when you've done it yourslef except I ran my dinghy into a dock. the dock won and put a 4" crack into it.

[470child]

Hahaha...Amature Hour!!!

[floodvictoria]

get out on the trapeze

[lpinoakland]

What I see as the key problem here is that the sailor is trying to head directly into the breaking waves and misses his chance to tack between waves. He should have studied this situation better from the seawall before setting sail. This is one of this situations that requires precise execution of plan - hard to improvise with strong wind, sea wall, pilings, and breaking waves. They are very lucky they didn't get killed. I say THUMBS UP for surviving this - boat and crew!

[datzfast]

@lpinoakland the wave penetration was weak, very good dismount .

[jas0n123456789]

@lpinoakland or maybe not buy a sail boat if you don't know what your doing.

[BlueStoneTV]

You were to far into the wind and/or did not have your sails trimmed enough....

[saddamdontsurf]

Too much sail . Hittin the pylons was just the last of many mistakes for these guys.

[emme114]

normaly sailing is more fun the more wind and waves you get but in this case... not that intelligent (on the other hand, they didn't have that much space to tack seeing how narrow the harbour entrance was)

[dcalimited]

"Uh, did the instructor say to sail close to the pilings or, FAR from the pilings....?"....FAIL...lol

[tweety989833]

If I were a Crew of this boat I don't be very happy ;-). Sorry for my english

[1hr4play]

all aboard the FAILBOAT!

[bigkiwial]

friggin idiots!!

[renkn]

This is way man has invented the powerboat.

[minjasrock]

haha FAIL!!! y would u ever go out on a day that windy?

[Banane705]

ok, also das ist echt traurig!

im ernst?! wie kann man einem 470er sowas antun?!

[waltermitty375]

they had the jib in tight and the main out. they couldnt point up or tack cos the stupid crew would not let out the jib

[ThisManForHire]

In my opinion it was the helm's fault

as sailindude1221 said he should have tacked, but they didn't have enough speed because the helm didnt sheet in his main.

riding the wave back to the port looked nice though, should have put the symmetric up since the jib was torn :p

[sailindude1221]

Ok, first of all why would you let your boat get that close to the pilings, second why not just tack away in that situation?

[loskipper]

ma virare prima nooo????

[davemakesawave]

I nearly fell down a 100ft cliff last week but compared to this gimme the cliff any day.

[cadwaele]

Last summer I had the same problem... absolutely not funny!

[killdac]

hahahhahahah dum ass

[SailinganFD]

Well they have guts, and I bet they now have fibreglassing skills

[eatsleephockey777]

is it just me or is the water way to rough for that boat?

soz if i sound like an idiot

[xxxzacke2xxx]

what's fun?

[embecerto]

ma uscire con un po' piu' di vento noo!?

[deepislandboy]

Is that a 420?

[laseristas159718]

470

[keithinkorea]

They were brave, but stupid, to try and launch any kind of boat in those conditions from there.

Glad they made it out OK.

[IallertU]

Magari partire un po' più sopravento non era una brutta idea... e se proprio si deve virare da fermi, lasciare il fiocco a colla può aiutare. Adesso però occorre un fiocco nuovo... capita! Comunque lo stato del mare non era dei più amichevoli.

[giannibrenna]

cazzarola a virare da fermi con un 420...........a questo punto fai prima a ammainare tutto e a remare con un tangone o a braccia..............e rientrare a quella velocità poi,.....bah

[Kongelig]

ha that guy had a lifering just in case

[BlackDiver777]

Take heart, we all learn. Plan your exit, boat eating pilons to one side sea wall on the other plus head wind. You could have took off close to the sea wall, sheet in hard and you could have made it out. Or in between waves de-power the main slightly and sail between pilon out to open water. You were in irons at times. Coming in, drop the main and come in with the jib, slow and under control, no hurry, no panic. Just my 2 cents worth. Happy sailing!

[GMPST2000]

Did they know where wind was from ? SIC! Moan Over Boat! in that condition! Stupido!

[patanacca]

ma partire più lontani dal ponticello dismesso nooo? ma dimmi tu...

[cioccisk8]

se la sn cercata......

ma poi qnd li batte i mare...l è dura ve lo dico io..

conosco i posto...

[whigred]

se la sono cercata... bravi ad arrivare fino a li...

[STIbySC]

serve un fiocco???

[skippersolitario]

it's a 420

anyway, che coglioni!!|!

[puffa1993]

forse è meglio imparare prima di uscire sarebbe meglio...nn si vira senza velocità..

[pirefra]

Starsene a casa, no?!

[TenFourOver]

MUPPETS

[kwisn]

Anybody have a used jib for sale? Hehe.

[scarsty]

im back on bro ehaa

[sailorsibby]

dai ma come si fa ad uscire in questo modo?!?!?!

[fladfisk]

i allso say: poor 470.. and dumb sailors

[chickenlover01]

you idiots!!you go out head to wind, windward of pilons...poor 470, i feel sorry it has such stupid owners...

[klef77]

looks like they had a good day out . well worth it ! shame they are the fucking dumb !!!

[kommos]

Virare pareva brutto?

[contedeminka]

Se devi uscire solo con il fiocco allora è meglio che te stai a terra....

[Uccio87]

marcoloo cosa risolvevi uscendo solo con il fiocco?? peggioravi la situazione, la barca prendeva meno velocità,quindi non riusciva a uscire, e oltretutto tendeva a poggiare, quindi ci finiva di punta, sui piloni...

[marcolooo89]

Uscire solo con il fiocco no??

[OrangeSFO]

There is truly no shortage of idiots.

[kuala54]

o chi è questo pesce che non sa uscire dal porticciolo?'

[1966AN]

Forse era una lezione di vela..."Come coricare la barca su un pilone affiorante" Ci sono riusciti bene mi pare!! ;-)

[kuala54]

...pare anche a me. quamdo è stato fatto il film?

[1966AN]

Agosto del 2006, quando tira vento è sempre uno spettacolo stare li'...

[chickenlover01]

its not in a goddam film u idiot...