I've been following the VG for 24 years now + seen all footage of previous editions. This is one of the best videos on singlehanded racing I've ever seen. 💯 Fair winds, Conrad!
Thank you, thank you! I've watched the Vendee for years and this is the first time anyone has shown first hand what goes into a sail change! All participants tell us that they changed sails but never showed the physicality and steps needed. Fantastic! Well done.
Conrad - you are doing a great job and you are a great communicator - thanks for sharing your journey with us… I especially appreciate your joy for life. What an encouragement when so much of what is happening in the world is difficult… bless you
Thank you so much for this. As much as we learn about how to manage your mental state as an Imoca sailor and about weather routing, we almost never get to see the actual sailing
This is amazing to watch. Thank you for being so thorough. I’m still no sailor, but I’ve learned some cool things from your video, Conrad. The work involved…!
This was fantastic! Thank you so much for this. Just reinforces my respect for solo Imoca sailors (and my own desire to keep sailing my very little boat as she is so much easier to gybe). Wow, it must have been so challenging in the Bay of Biscay with all the gybes you all had to make!
More sailing insight, much appreciated, keep up the good mood, the fantastic energy and the fighting spirit !!! Though it looks like the foilers are truely speedy this time around, we keep our fingers crossed for you mate !!!! Cheers from Munich !
Wow Conrad - all the younger men and women are getting a real taste of the Vendee and I'm sure they are factoring all of this into their futures. You are demystifying the IMOCA and now the younger ones will start to see it as a process, a doable process. I think you're a one man IMOCA publicity department. Hope your stay in the Doldrums is momentary.
are there rules about what are you allowed to use power for and what do you have to do by hand? is it movement of the keel, foils, rudder uses solar/wind/water/fuel power and then any sail or mast movement must be by hand
Fantastic, thank you Conrad. We NEVER get to see the real stuff in real time and that makes this video so good. Please feed us with more. Cheers
Conrad should be awarded a special prize for the best VG videos if he keeps this up.
I've been following the VG for 24 years now + seen all footage of previous editions. This is one of the best videos on singlehanded racing I've ever seen. 💯 Fair winds, Conrad!
One of the best IMOCA videos I’ve seen…
Same
Thank you, thank you! I've watched the Vendee for years and this is the first time anyone has shown first hand what goes into a sail change! All participants tell us that they changed sails but never showed the physicality and steps needed. Fantastic! Well done.
That was not a sail change. That was a jibe.
Very interesting ...full action.
And for body it's difficult.
Thanks Conrad.
Greetings from Germany
(my English is bad)
Mate that was brilliant! Keep it up Conrad, us sailors in NZ are right behind you and great to see you sending it. Kia kaha!
Quite possibly the coolest sailing video on UA-cam. Thank you for that perspective!
Just a simple gybe on a sunny day! Wow! Can't imagine what it must have been like for you in the Southern Ocean. RESPECT. Best VG video yet!
Great. Finally you are the only one who shows to sailors what they really like: monouvers on board and sails set. Keep going and fly. Thks
Best Vendee globe video I have ever seen
Fascinating and fantastic
THANK YOU
That was special thanks Conrad, you’re my favorite now.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T man! Amazing insight given to us fans of VG. Good to go!
Conrad - you are doing a great job and you are a great communicator - thanks for sharing your journey with us… I especially appreciate your joy for life. What an encouragement when so much of what is happening in the world is difficult… bless you
Thank you so much for this. As much as we learn about how to manage your mental state as an Imoca sailor and about weather routing, we almost never get to see the actual sailing
Thank you for taking us along in the maneuver. Great to see! We will keep sending positive vibes. Fair winds and GO GO GO!
Brilliant. Very interesting. Thanks Conrad.
Most interesting video of the whole Vendée so far! (Even though I won't even allow a windex on my own boat haha) Thank you so much!!
This was SO good to see. I've always wanted to know what the actual sailing and handling is like in one of these. More, please!
Thanks a lot for this video Conrad! The Imoca boats are fantastic!
You the Man! Loved it
Merci Conrad, c'est génial !
Excellent.........gréât technology!!!!!!! Thank you for explaining.
Hello c'est un truc de fou ce que vs vivez vs et tous les autres marins. Force à vous Mr
Please more of these. Very interesting.
Job done in 6 minutes! Bravo! Super video.
A great lesson in what it takes to sail one of these machines. Not easy in even light wind. Good Luck.
Brilliant video Conrad. It's great to see this sort of action. Happy sailing!!
Thanks for taking the time to show us
Really great to see this and understand what it takes to make these yachts go! Thank you!
Fantastic insight mate,keep up the good work.
This is amazing to watch. Thank you for being so thorough. I’m still no sailor, but I’ve learned some cool things from your video, Conrad. The work involved…!
Conrad, thanks that you took us with you on your gybe into the doldrums. You rock, thanks so much, and all the best for the next days.
This was fantastic! Thank you so much for this. Just reinforces my respect for solo Imoca sailors (and my own desire to keep sailing my very little boat as she is so much easier to gybe).
Wow, it must have been so challenging in the Bay of Biscay with all the gybes you all had to make!
this is an amazing video, I wish all the skippers did proper sailing content like this!!!!!
What a beauty Conrad.... you make it look easy mate! Champagne sailing is going fast in warm weather and blue seas and skies. Love that x
Really enjoy the videos on how you actually sail the boat. Keep charging. Greetings from Sidney BC Canada
Thank you so much to share this with us ! It's like we are there !
Brilliant video! It's good to see how you do it.
Brilliant. Thank you
Amazing video, merci beaucoup pour le partage et bravo a vous.
Wow.. after success in that, i'd just want to put my feet up and crack a beer to celebrate! As ever the best reports Conrad, wishing you all the best!
Thanks! That was enlightening!
that is amazing footage, I wish there was more of actual work done on a boat. Fantastic.
100% awesome big C.
More sailing insight, much appreciated, keep up the good mood, the fantastic energy and the fighting spirit !!! Though it looks like the foilers are truely speedy this time around, we keep our fingers crossed for you mate !!!!
Cheers from Munich !
That was awesome! I've never seen that before. I had no idea. Thanks much 😊
Wow, that was super interesting. It appears gybing an IMOCA is way more complicated than gybing my old 34-footer.
That was great, really informative. Thank you.
Really Great!..Thanks!
Very cool , thank you
I don’t understand anything, but it fascinates me ! 😂🤣😂 Merci 👍
Circumnavigate solo but cruised. My Farr 48 was a race boat. But OMG a toy. Thank you Conrad. Frigging amazing. Loved it.
thanks a lot for sharing this!!!
Great job, Conrad. It all looks like quite a solid workout, without at least another 4 crew members to help. Now let's get south!
Wow Conrad - all the younger men and women are getting a real taste of the Vendee and I'm sure they are factoring all of this into their futures. You are demystifying the IMOCA and now the younger ones will start to see it as a process, a doable process. I think you're a one man IMOCA publicity department. Hope your stay in the Doldrums is momentary.
Nice! Learned something.
Great video. Thanks
thnx for the nice video's of the past days
Insane. Thx a lot for these insights! I knew sailing one of these is science and sport at once. But obviously also solving a Rubiks cube in parallel
Phew, I'm knackered watching that! Time for a bevvy....
enjoy your bevvy while i grab a nap.........
Damn! I'm knackered just watching that!
Wow great vid!!!
More of stuff like this please
Cool bro... nice work... 💪
good to see you heading east of south... the wind will join you .
Amazing work. I thought I knew how to sail 😂😂.
Great to see this.P.S. loved the drone footage.....nice looking old Imoca.
Great to see 👍👍👍 now smoking 💪💪💪
J'espère tout le monde vas arriver au sable d’olonne ❤
What a job!! It's fantastic to experience the reality of the maneuvers. Could you also give the course change? I know I'm exaggerating.. Sorry
That was fantastic! To get that spin down, I assume there is a snuffer sitting on top of the head of the sail?
Finally we see some real sailing!
What job !
AH the sound of dyneema loaded carbon. Sweet.
And, all this in glamour conditions, in daylight. Nighttime in 40 knots is a different gig
Spaceship in reality)
My boat is much simpler
Go ahead Conrad, go !!!!)
Je vais m'en tenir à l'optimist.
Et bien tout ce sport !!
Sic vid !!
❤ next time step by step sail change?
Nicely done. Did I miss a foil shift or are they both retracted? I would’ve thought in 15 kn you might be foiling?
Can’t delete this, looked you up and you’ve a nonfoiler so disregard thnks.
Löschen .. rechts 3 Punkte ..da kann bearbeitet/korrigiert und gelöscht werden.
Jack Aubrey would be amazed!
👍
Super ! Mais dur dur !
are there rules about what are you allowed to use power for and what do you have to do by hand? is it movement of the keel, foils, rudder uses solar/wind/water/fuel power and then any sail or mast movement must be by hand
Nice Conrad! We do the same thing in about 10 seconds 😂 But that’s without winches, coffee grinder, swing keel and only 60m2 gennaker 😅
All that just to jibe?😂 way too much string Conrad! Ohh boy😊
et popurquoi c'est pas traduit in french ??
cliquer sur sous titres !
Wouldn't want to need to do it quickly.
actual sailing, its work… - not video games
What's that awful sound in the video?
Maybe you mean the hydraulic pump moving the keel over? Or just the sound of the heavily loaded lines on the winches!
Quoi ?
Respect