Pirates Of The Caribbean broach - Volvo Ocean Race 2005-6

Pirates of the Caribbean, skippered by Paul Cayard broach (almost keel over/capsize) during a sudden change of wind in the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-6.

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[chubman1845]

the reason they wiped out was they tried to gybe but the boom could not cross centerline because they never let the running backstay go on that side. thus the main was all the way trimmed in and in that much wind it caused them to broach

[TheGreekSailor]

LET the MAIN SHEEEET GOOOOOOO...

[goingthroughthefloor]

Here I was screaming. DUMP THE MAIN!!! DUMP THE MAIN!!!

[SailorChick01]

well that crew is a bunch of idiots! FIX THE MAIN BOOM!! and yet they do nothing. shameful. :(

[SailorChick01]

@chubman1845 agreed. quite a stupid idea I find. Always be careful when gybing. This was on a small sailboat, if you tried that on a Tall Ship, well, politely put, you would be screwed.

[sailorj2009]

I'm pretty sure this is a gybe mark not the bottom mark so the kite was was done properly ish but the main got caught somewhere

[MrNarrative]

@tincoffin the Kicker is a rod and pulley system rigged up to a rope fed into the cockpit which allows the boom to be tightened flat or loosened (essentially dropped or lowered) it is likely that on the Broad Reach they were on approaching the Can it would have been mostly off anyway by bringing the Boom down (kicker on) you tighten the Leach of the sail (back edge) and take any bag out. For upwind sailing. in opposition, you can de-power a sail by letting the kicker off, this may have helped.

[verzu23421]

is that cape town?

[silencedbadger]

@tincoffin

Getting rid of some of the tension on the sail

[firestarterboy1]

@tincoffin

Hi.... Not sure how to take your question? Are you asking what the kicker does or are you saying what help would that be? Like i said in my post... i could be wrong........ all the best :-)