Sailing in Heavy Weather - wiping out and getting into trouble
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Uploaded by alecmelnikov on Apr 23, 2010
Some nice shots of sailboats wiping out from Sailing in Heavy Weather video. Old video, old-school boats - 2 wipeouts, 1 dismasting, 1 guy going for a swim...
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Non-seamanship all the way down to disaster .......
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yeah, sailing is difficult to learn ..........
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oh fun!
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karma for putting your spinaker up in that wind. can you tell i do foredeck and hate our spinaker?
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Reef down 2 spots and put your storm jib on and gorgeous sailing.
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what the hell are you doing with a spinaker in that kind of wind?
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Armchair sailor.
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Race or no race, it's just plain stupid to risk boat & crew. If no one was injured it was a miracle.
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That's the problem with sailing downwind when it's windy. You reach the maximum hull speed very quickly and any gusts you get past that point are converted into pressure on the rig rather than into pushing the boat forward, so the mast breaks very easily. Was everyone alright? It's a horrible thing to happen! :(
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A programmed disaster. All racers in trouble, barely controlling the boats. Unreefed sails and too much wind. But who cares, it's a race and the insurance pays all damage. Viva USA.
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I am the guy who ends up in the soup. Thanks for posting this clip, I had lost my VCR tape copy.
The guy who pushes me in was getting hit with the wreckage of the spar and falling foward - it was not intentional
indikon1 1 year ago 22
@indikon1 Oh, wow!
alecmelnikov 1 year ago
Why did the dudes on the last one throw that fellow in? Isn't being dismasted embarrassing enough that you don't need to have a MOB, too?
JohnnyPeachPit 1 year ago
@JohnnyPeachPit At the end of the clip, the mast is down but the boom-vang is still on tight. As the mast swings around the boat, the boom swipes across the cockpit, pushing crew against lifelines and sending one unfortunate folk for a swim.
alecmelnikov 1 year ago