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Rolex Fastnet Race 2023 at Hurst Castle | Lively conditions, gusting Force 9.
Hundreds of yachts set off from Cowes in the 50th edition of the Fastnet Race which was first sailed in 1925 by seven boats.
The wind was already around force 6-7, gusting 8, when the multihulls went through the Hurst narrows and rose to 8 gusting 9 when the smaller yachts arrived. Coupled with a change in the tide direction, so having wind-over-tide, this resulted in some lively conditions after 3pm (8 minutes on the video).
These were tough conditions for the smaller boats and some can be seen returning to the Solent in the video. Pip Hare's 'Medallia' is also seen returning - whilst apparently having difficulty with a furler - but they were shortly able to head west once more.
Yachts seen in this video include:
Banque Populaire
Lazartigue
Solidaires En Peloton
Komifo - Ocean Fifty 29
FRA 35
FRA 04
FRA 11
Charal
Apivia por MACIF
For People
FRA 17
Bureau Vallee
FRA 53
Morpheus 2199
Fortinet
Medallia
FRA 888
SUI 49
Teamwork.net
Monnoyeur
Lazare
ITA 34
CAN 80
La Mie Caline
Foussier
Hublot
FRA 71
FRA 22
NED 1
Wind Whisper
FRA 177
GBR 2747R
SUI 186
FRA 8668
FRA 115
NED 61137
FRA 185
NOR 15731
GBR 809
GBR 597R
GBR 1859L
GBR 8874R - Tall Ships Youth Trust
GBR 4147L - Zada
FRA 53239
GBR 6779R
IRL 1990
FRA 36736
GBR 3759L - Jelenko
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This popular annual race around the Isle of Wight, England, regularly attracts over 1000 boats on the 50 nautical mile course. The video shows the yachts passing Hurst Castle and sailing close to the wind as they head for the narrow channel between the Needles Lighthouse and The Shingles, a long bank of pebbles of varying drying height. The race was first held in 1931 and today is a permanent f...
Round the Island Race 2022 | Around 1000 yachts passing Hurst Castle
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This hugely popular race around the Isle of Wight, England, this year saw 1117 entries. The video shows the yachts passing Hurst Castle with a fairly strong wind from the south west to contend with. A strong westerly current was flowing and skippers would not want to be carried over parts of The Shingles, a long finger of pebbles of variable depth/drying height which stretches along the west si...
Rolex Fastnet Race 2021 | The fleet passing Hurst Castle - FULL LENGTH VERSION
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This is a longer version (20 minutes) of the original video, and has been added owing to several requests. The original 7-minute video is here: ua-cam.com/video/n8Aex-bqVww/v-deo.html Over 300 yachts in the Fastnet Race 2021 passed Hurst Castle into Force 7/8 winds - the video focuses on the smaller yachts.
Rolex Fastnet Race 2021 | The fleet passing Hurst Castle
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The Round the Island Race on 3 July 2021. Drone video showing the middle of the fleet passing through during a break in the weather. Video recorded with a DJI Mini 2. CAA-registered drone operator. Music by Vexento: soundcloud.com/vexento/tracks
The Birdbox - the first chick fledges
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The first chick surveys the world for the first time and prepares to leave the birdbox. The birdbox is in Hampshire, UK and was built in 2000. Although originally sized for blackbirds, it has always been occupied by Great Tits and so the entrance was reduced in size accordingly.
Mealworms are for sharing... the Bird Box
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Having left mealworms in the 'under-your-beak' feeding tray for the parent birds who have seven chicks, other birds are determined to have their share, even though more mealworms have been left nearby.... Photos and video from previous years appeared on my website; www.users.waitrose.com/~rod99/
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Tornado seen between Romsey and Redbridge, Hants., on 14th February 2009 with "The Valentine's Day Special Tour".

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  • @benoitcavelier4813
    @benoitcavelier4813 6 місяців тому

    that is how i love to sail!!!! please take care of the sailors and of the boats

  • @bobsyouruncle1574
    @bobsyouruncle1574 6 місяців тому

    I love that the most replayed moment is when a real yacht is in frame. Absolutely sick of these ultralights and their hateful cruising counterparts, with ikea interiors.

  • @flyingfox10001
    @flyingfox10001 7 місяців тому

    Trimarans are for little girls on fish ponds!😂

  • @michajabonski8152
    @michajabonski8152 7 місяців тому

    Can't believe it's 9 Bf. 7 maybe...?

    • @RodOrmston
      @RodOrmston 7 місяців тому

      8 minutes into the video, the sea state picks up considerably. The wind speed (gusting to 9, not average) was checked subsequently at weatherfile.com/location?loc_id=GBR00002

  • @DeadEyeDave
    @DeadEyeDave 8 місяців тому

    How many of the multihulls will encounter a wave large enough to invert them into their most stable position?

    • @tincoffin
      @tincoffin 7 місяців тому

      I don't suppose anyone could answer that.

  • @omskdirk9035
    @omskdirk9035 8 місяців тому

    great pics

  • @iCE2sKY
    @iCE2sKY 9 місяців тому

    Nice sailing, no big waves, is it a competition for old people ? ;) Ps ..I`m kidding ;)

  • @spikevball1
    @spikevball1 9 місяців тому

    Great video ... thank you for sharing this!

  • @BritishNaturalist-vb8hj
    @BritishNaturalist-vb8hj 9 місяців тому

    Remarkably flat seas if it really was gusting force nine. What was the wind direction & state of the tide?

    • @RodOrmston
      @RodOrmston 9 місяців тому

      The sea state picks up after 8 minutes into the video.

  • @marmadukewynn9826
    @marmadukewynn9826 9 місяців тому

    *Promo sm*

  • @Fili_P
    @Fili_P 9 місяців тому

    POL Oiler Fujmo? (15:25)

  • @immanuellasker4273
    @immanuellasker4273 9 місяців тому

    I like how British people are constantly pissed off by their weather conditions but still they don't want to show it.

  • @yzScott
    @yzScott 9 місяців тому

    Does all that footage exist uncut? I would love to see more of many of those boats. Any boat that sails comfortably and well in these conditions would be a great choice for an ocean-crossing family boat. Most boats can be rigged to sail with a smaller crew. The trend toward less overhang and wider stern might be fast downwind and make for an overall better race boat, but they're a beating (sorry) in conditions like these. The more "modern" the hull shape, the rougher they seem to be taking it. This is prime boat-shopping material, right here. I've been to Bermuda twice on a J boat and I will sail to Hawaii on a J105 next July. Someday soon, I hope cross these waters with my wife. She would not enjoy the ride most of these boats are getting today. And days like this happen out there. Something along the lines of a re-rigged 1970s Swan could be the way to go.

  • @markdarley3825
    @markdarley3825 10 місяців тому

    Yup, “Eve” Swan 65 making it look relatively easy. Large has advantage! But this video certainly shows how the conditions got worse for the smaller boats as the day went on.

    • @user-wz2qe2pv6r
      @user-wz2qe2pv6r 7 місяців тому

      CO 26 would have killed it. Long keels win every time.

  • @limosalimosa
    @limosalimosa 10 місяців тому

    Beautiful. How fast does the tide run out here? The running monohull at 17:00 doesn't seem to make any speed over ground at all.

    • @RodOrmston
      @RodOrmston 9 місяців тому

      On springs, the west-going tide can be as much as 4.5 knots.

  • @fredoboomer5477
    @fredoboomer5477 10 місяців тому

    magnifique . en France les organisateurs auraient annulé

  • @crapisnice
    @crapisnice 10 місяців тому

    flat hull+tall cabin= recipe for disaster

  • @crapisnice
    @crapisnice 10 місяців тому

    as we can see, the taller the freeboard and the flatter the hull, the less seaworthyness with banging and acceleration, both old canoe shape hulls and low freeboard flat reggata hulls do fine, and foils should be installed in all sailboats for stability

  • @HumanityWillPrevail
    @HumanityWillPrevail 10 місяців тому

    Happily, whilst it was blowing its nuts off that weekend, we were tucked up in Gosport Marina with access to the pub, a fab Chinese restaurant, shops and power. It was howling. The moral is to pick your weather window. I think I made a good choice.....

  • @billgow04
    @billgow04 10 місяців тому

    thank you !

  • @protectorh9167
    @protectorh9167 10 місяців тому

    Force 7 still hard

  • @ariake9050
    @ariake9050 10 місяців тому

    At what time is LUCKY? did you see it in this video?

    • @RodOrmston
      @RodOrmston 10 місяців тому

      That must be USA 2872... I'll have a look when I have a moment.

    • @RodOrmston
      @RodOrmston 10 місяців тому

      I've had a look but can't see it. There is a gap of a few minutes when Lucky might have gone through - I think it was raining heavily at the time and I had taken shelter!

  • @Trampako
    @Trampako 10 місяців тому

    "...rose to 8 gusting 9 when the smaller yachts arrived. Coupled with a change in the tide direction, so having wind-over-tide, this resulted in some lively conditions after 3pm (8 minutes on the video)" Skip to 8:00, a VO65 fills the screen...

  • @ottobihrer732
    @ottobihrer732 10 місяців тому

    80% of that skippers have no clue how to sail in that wind. Wrong trim, wrong boat handling, wrong everything.

  • @stiffneck2090
    @stiffneck2090 10 місяців тому

    Looks like everyone was having a marvelous time. I love weather like this.

  • @greenstripeypaint
    @greenstripeypaint 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for not adding music.

  • @Wightkitesurfer
    @Wightkitesurfer 10 місяців тому

    Great footage. Not sure it was gusting a force 9 though. Maybe 30-35 knots.

    • @RodOrmston
      @RodOrmston 10 місяців тому

      The wind speed was checked from the Hurst Castle sensor; weatherfile.com/location?loc_id=GBR00002

    • @Wightkitesurfer
      @Wightkitesurfer 10 місяців тому

      @@RodOrmston ok fair do’s, I’ll take that then - it’s me kitesurfing on the foil, was getting ragged around rather a lot by the time I got to Hurst, with a 9m kite, and it probably got windier over the following hour

  • @michaellippmann4474
    @michaellippmann4474 10 місяців тому

    Wow..just sitting here at a harbour waiting out a gale that is blowing through and happy not to be out there...watching this video reminds me of how much we love to sail. Every boat that competes in that race is a winner regardless of final place! Well done lads...now back to my coffee and brekky and more sailing videos! Mike 😊

  • @dryflyman7121
    @dryflyman7121 10 місяців тому

    It would help for the initiated to know the point of the race, where from/where to, how far, when it starts and when it ends ??

    • @RodOrmston
      @RodOrmston 10 місяців тому

      This webpage sums it all up, I think: www.rolexfastnetrace.com/en/follow/general-info/about-the-race-spectators

  • @kastelholm
    @kastelholm 10 місяців тому

    I'm not familiar with the geography at the location of this video. But I guess the seas (waves) are still quite moderate due to shelter from the Isle of Wight. I It must have been a very different (worse..) sight if this wind force still prevailed out around Fastnet with the whole of the Atlantic Ocean attacking the boats. Is there any video coverage from that region as well?

    • @RodOrmston
      @RodOrmston 10 місяців тому

      PlanetSail [ www.youtube.com/@PlanetSailOnline ] features interviews with some of the yacht crews, including their on-board footage.

  • @dirkjansen3440
    @dirkjansen3440 10 місяців тому

    Its not a race , but a struggle to get the boats and crew in save ! 😢; but definitely a good practice in storm sailing!!!

  • @mikerandall3819
    @mikerandall3819 10 місяців тому

    So, bit choppy then! Well done all

  • @wojciechgwiozdzik7150
    @wojciechgwiozdzik7150 11 місяців тому

    Fantastic footage ! An external look at what I experienced and saw from the deck at 15:30 s/y Fujimo ab POL14833. Thank You very much for this excellent souvenir :)

    • @RodOrmston
      @RodOrmston 10 місяців тому

      Thank you for the kind comments.

  • @KennaGreen
    @KennaGreen 11 місяців тому

    Interesting to see how some of the boats with less sail out are doing better.

  • @andyvare8541
    @andyvare8541 11 місяців тому

    Cool to see Imp there.

  • @Safeskipperboating_sailing
    @Safeskipperboating_sailing 11 місяців тому

    Fantastic video Rod! I took part in this challenging race and shot some video in the calmer moments. I would love to include some of your video footage with mine with your permission.

  • @erichdatzkow3836
    @erichdatzkow3836 11 місяців тому

    Da eiern die Bleitransporten In schieflage hinterher 😅

  • @toddbrown4935
    @toddbrown4935 11 місяців тому

    anyone else humming "Riders on the Storm" by the Doors? :)

  • @solenngerard9646
    @solenngerard9646 11 місяців тому

    @RodOrmston : how to contact you privately ? we are one of the boat that participated and finished the race, thank you !

    • @RodOrmston
      @RodOrmston 11 місяців тому

      If you're logged in to UA-cam, you should be able to go through a Captcha sequence on the 'About' tab on my channel and then UA-cam will reveal an email address. For your channel, you don't appear to have a contact email set - I would have come through to you on that if you had.

  • @Valkyrie11609
    @Valkyrie11609 11 місяців тому

    What an incredible event! This looks like a life changing event. Love it! (And thanks for the great footage.)

  • @johnadams7402
    @johnadams7402 11 місяців тому

    It's on my list to sail that race one day. Hats off to all that have.

  • @volkergenau841
    @volkergenau841 11 місяців тому

    Super Film, wer hier segelt ob erster oder ob letzter ist, ist ein könner❤

    • @RodOrmston
      @RodOrmston 11 місяців тому

      Ich stimme sehr zu!

  • @volkergenau841
    @volkergenau841 11 місяців тому

    Super Film, wer hier segelt ob erster oder ob letzter ist, ist ein könner❤

  • @goflying1929
    @goflying1929 11 місяців тому

    I love this weather..

  • @user-kv3jv7yh4c
    @user-kv3jv7yh4c 11 місяців тому

    Great video, shows that those who had set up their boats for the conditions could manage OK. Good call by Race Committee to start on time. It is an Ocean Race.

  • @jamesaron1967
    @jamesaron1967 11 місяців тому

    Fantastic footage. Wish there were more big boats like there were last race.

  • @oltredding
    @oltredding 11 місяців тому

    2023-1925 = 98 years ago. My guess is there have been a few years when no race was held. Fascinating to see the variety of boats participating.

    • @RodOrmston
      @RodOrmston 11 місяців тому

      Yes, it was annual until 1931 and then became bi-annual, but then missed the war years.

  • @ausweta44
    @ausweta44 11 місяців тому

    Much more comfortable and probably faster on the boats with reduced sails especially small/storm jibs - the boat with their full size jib seem to be on the point of rounding up all the time.

  • @robertballard3242
    @robertballard3242 11 місяців тому

    Not sure what all the fuss was about? Conditions are not so bad as long as you sail within them

  • @chanandror1185
    @chanandror1185 11 місяців тому

    Chanan Dror < 17:37 (1 minute ago) Excellent video, thanks to the brave photographer. Also for the great sailors

    • @RodOrmston
      @RodOrmston 11 місяців тому

      Thanks for the kind comment!