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Facing the storm - VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2008/9

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Uploaded by on Jan 26, 2009

Whilst the rest of the fleet sheltered off of the coast of the Philippines, Telefonica Blue crossed the Luzon Strait and hit the big storm head on.

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  • I like how the trimmer is sitting as if on a benvh in the park...with his legs crossed, watching the birds.. meanwhile holding on to the sheet of massive sail powering a carbon fibre boat/shell along a wildly angry ocean... amazing. I guess you get used to everything.

  • What's the best route to start getting into this level of the sport, any advice?

    I've dominated multiple sports, some of which I am growing tired like extreme soloing (mountain climbing without guide or safety ropes) big wave surfing (without tow-ins) and rapid kayaking.

    Sailing looks like it could be the next big thing for me, I am the kind of person where the sport I'm working to master, no matter what stage of life I'm in, becomes all consuming and takes over my life to a point its unhealthy.

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  • A terrible thing element! In such moments I heart stops and the spirit catches!

  • 1 peson has never sailed EVER

  • @xlr8up Start with dinghys and work your way up

  • beautiful!

  • I have to also say the star of of the video isnt the storm, its the fellow with crossed legs, bothered by nothing, scared of nothing, oblivious to the threats, carrying on a huge task. Thats amazing. Love to have a chat with him sometime. Meantime i like to see life in a storm, learn some small thing everytime.

  • think i might be dribbling

    

  • Thank you for sharing this information. The information was very helpful and saved a lot of my time.

  • respect for that mast xD

  • Shit that looks awesome, closest i can get to that is 45 knots in a single hander :)

  • Shit that looks awesome, closest i can get to that is 45 knots in a single hander :)

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