Thanks for the post. This is the first beach perspective I’ve seen. I was driving that boat when the 56kt gust hit. We had already developed a hole in the mainsail behind the batten, and the gust blew out the sail about 100 yards from the race finish. Smart crew work kept everyone safe and on board, as well as kept the boat off the rocks. For unprecedented conditions in the PNW, we were lucky. But not amateurs.
What other options did you have? I think I would probably have dowsed the jib and tried to hove-to and drop the anchor to keep the boat off a lee shore.
The title is complete nonsense. The boat is having a very expensive day out, but is nowhere near capsizing, far less sinking. We are not told whether it was, in the end, driven onto the lee shore, or whether they managed to sail out of trouble on their headsail, or start the motor and get home. Both are perfectly possible.
She was carrying way too much sail for the conditions. When the wind picked up, which should not have been a surprise, they should have immediately shortened sail.
Slightly overpowered😂, broaching power… i expect this hit so fast that you couldnt drop the head sail and reef in the main, happened to me in malaysia but i turned straight into the wind to take the punishment out of the sails.
Its not sinking, even if the mast was flat in the water, that boat isnt sinking. They just got caught out and blew out the main sail. Unfortunately, with no main they cant put up a smaller head sail so they are juat making do.
@@sailinggreenpearl2571 I would need to see the local charts and weather displayed. My comment is based on the situation with the sails, which is entirely preventable, and continuing to beat uphill? Why? I would heave to and make repairs, and get a storm jib up..Maybe the trisail... Need to see the charts.
@robdog1245 you are extremely negative. I have been in these situations, and would have done as I said above. If this is technically wrong, make your points, I might learn something. My instinct is always head for deep water and try and get hove to asap, hopefully my drift is away from land. I just didn't see anything of this sort going on.
Sailboats heel over a ton more before getting into too much trouble. Had my rudder out of the water and windows dipped last week during a race. Not a big deal because of our ballast and design. That mailsail is expensive though lol. Awesome footage.
They are very difficult to capsize. Even when broached you need a big incoming beam sea to turn it over. This looks like pretty standard race heeling. A bit breezy though.
Why does everyone keep saying he didn’t reef the main? It is clearly reefed. Some of these comments are pretty harsh. None of us was there, and we’re only seeing a 45 second clip (from shore, no less) with no context to what led to this. Glad everyone on the boat is fine.
@@StormyMonday0896it is clearly in first reef. Top of main is at forestay attachment height instead of top of the mast. They also probably carry bigger genoas. Do you even sail?
Wow. Lots of armchair skippers, judging on a few seconds of video. Go buy your own boat if you know so much. Things happen on the water, sometimes quite suddenly. I’m sure the skipper was doing the best they could on the day and with circumstances we know nothing of.
Under the same circumstances, I’m not sure I would do anything differently. If he drops the jib, he will lose control. Since the main is compromised, he can’t reef it correctly so it will continue to tear. Otherwise he’s committed to finishing the race. Wish I had this crew on my ship.
All happened very quickly apparently considering the shattered mainsail, but the boat was not even close to sinking and the jib kept the boat manoeuvrable.
Not about to capsize. Need to turn upwind and furl the headsail though. In addition, in those winds why is he sailing a beam reach??? High winds across the beam are guaranteed to make the boat heel if there is any significant amount of sail deployed. If it is the channel, he needs to have all sails furled with his engine on assuming he can get his engine started. however. this is a short clip with incomplete information. We are all just "spit-balling"/speculating at this point.
Ya but can you turn upwind with a blown out main. The lee helm would make it impossible. Ok so let off the jib but then you'll end up with 2 flogged sails.
Vaht…vaht is it…sinking about?😂 Not sinking. Just got caught with too much sail for the conditions. Good seamanship. Sailing with the jib AND using as much of the mainsail that still provides some power to still work his way windward!👍
Why are you trying to go to windward in these conditions with sails that you have allowed to be torn up? Why not heave to? Or head off the wind to get to some shelter?
@@csquaredvisionsfpv8964seems to be an educated guess, I‘d say. And as the skipper of that boat wrote, the finish line of that race was only some 100 yards away… possibly windwards. possibly also in the direction of something like a safe haven… anyway, it surely was difficult to find into that. also gusts do occur unpredictably, so studying the forecast would NOT have helped. I doubt the race would taken place and been started at all, if the forecasts were announcing winds of 50+ kt. So everybody got surprised.
That boat was FAR from sinking thanks to great boat handling. It looked worse than it was. The main sail was ripped out. But, the jib was perfect, and was keeping steering under control. It appeared the captain may have been heading to the beach preferring to run her aground rather than put her back in the deep on one sail. Any plan that is carried out in tough weather is a good plan.
It's not sinking, but he was flying way too much sail against that much wind. I've been out in worse, But not running that much canvas! Racing... that's why.
Exactly, the difference between racing and cruising. Racers test the boundaries, cruisers reef ahead of squall and don't blow out sails, or spill cocktails!
@@wstadlockI raced with a skipper that required you to do your job not worry about the boat, that was his job. So what if your winch is under water. When he says wind, you crank it in.
@stevve86 Yeah, I suppose that wouldn't be the worst idea, and i really don't have a good answer for you because the skipper and crew were apparently experienced. In my own experience, open sails and flapping jibs, etc, have a tendency to get caught up in other rigging, which might cause problems down the line. If it had been me there, I'd have cut down the rest of the main, at least. But sure, I've no clue what was happening in that moment and they could have been preoccupied trying to keep her steady with all they had.
@@Admiralofthedeeps Yes of course, thats why it always hard to tell when you havent been there. So no judging or smartassing what so ever. Just thought I would probably open the boom completly and open the jib way more so there is less wind cought. Was just wondering if there was a reason for not doing so. But again... we are all learning I guess
I grew up on an island in Puget Sound. Storms like shown here are quite common. In fact, I would not consider this one to be a big deal, relatively speaking. It just something the locals learn to handle.
Nop far from sinking Sailboats can to a full 360 capsize roll THEN self righting back up without sink These boats are built to withstand all these, just the sail isn’t
Depends on the boat. If the capsize screening number is over 2, like, say, a Catalina 30, no, it might not come back up. And nothing is designed to roll to 180 and come up, you have to rely on being pushed back a bit by wind and waves to come back up. You might not. You would be surprised how many production boats are not suitable for the purpose (sailing on the ocean).
@@charlessnachez4248 Not really, you need to know how to choose the right one. A self righting boat is anything with a capsize screening number under 2. Get down below 1.8, and any wave or wind will tip the balance even if you are pitch poled, you will come back up. Your rigging may be snapped, and the sails and gear all over the boat, and you are still getting knocked over, and structural stress is coming in to play, and then the mast tears loose, leaving a big hole in the cabin top, and you get knocked down again, and fill with water. Self righting is no guarantee of safety.
The first thought is "why is he so over canvassed?" But we had the storm that sunk the Bayesian pass over our house and the speed it went from calm to full on storm, about 2 minutes, I don't think even a race crew would have time to reef the sails.
Caught with too much sail up. Need the sails to power through under control. Tough situation. Needs the storm jib up and 2 main sail reefs. Was this a freak storm? They can come up on you very quickly. Been there.
almost looks like the current and the wind are keeping that boat in one place. I can imagine maybe they pulled out the head sail because the main was torn. I don't think you would expect them to use the head sail in bad weather right?
These sailboats keel to the point where they're almost at at a 90 degree angle. It's fine. Looks like the sail is out tho which is making it difficult to navigate.
It has 2 point of reff.. and he was managing it well. If he would've turn to the wind he would have lost the control. He was staying it out of the rock. He did a great jod managing the situation. He saved the boat by keeping it under tension.
@@spencerking1742you're over canvassed, there's one reef in each of the genoa and main and the head's sheeted in too hard. Too much too high. You needed two hankies. Maybe just a trysail. You could have got upwind with tighter main and slacker head. Then held it to shorten main....then head. But you did live to sail another day.
@indridcold8433 where it's at in the water there is a shelf but it's still about 6 fathoms. The keel likely un damaged and my assessment that the boat was sinking was wrong
It looks to me the skipper is not aware how messy this looks, or, he didn't care what unknowing spectators thought. The boat isn't sunking, there are definitely sail issues, but right choice was probably to not risk people to fix something that, as it is, will probably get the crew home.
Yikes. Not quite making enough speed to come about but too risky to gybe? This is when paralysis occurs and boats get blown ashore. Good on that crew for recovering this! Anyone can sail a boat. Experience keeps her safe.
I'm not remotely close to being a sailor or boater but wouldn't it be safer at that point to drop sails and get into harbor on engine power...? Waves coming from the rear if possible or head on.
No. In weather like that, the last thing I'd want to do is count on my engine. A sailboat is far safer and much more manageable under sail. She's having a moment, but she'll be fine.
@rockinghorses It was a very strange day. Blue bird day very calm then out of nowhere this squall came through and ramped winds up to 55 mph for all of about 10 minutes. It was very isolated and very random.
Looks like the ripped main sail is caught in his roller genoa and he cant lower either sail now. NIGHTMARE situation. We had a spinnaker get jammed up on top of the mast and we dipped the rails like this. We couldnt drop it when the weather turned until we cut it down with a knife. You ALWAYS need to cary a big knife to cut the sheets and halyards and let the sail luff, yank them down by hand if you need to. Itll set you up straight fast.
I sailed under Cap’n Treveylan for nigh on fifty year, man and boy, and this vessel is clearing scupping its jibtuck and needs to poop the baftbeam. Or start the motor.
Not to mention that those sheets are carbon they're usually mylar the shiny licking but those are not I'd like to know more about the leaching lines on that
You need two people bailing, patching holes and dowsing fires, one manning the cannons and adjusting the sails and one steering. Easy for a thief of the sea
I think they left the sails up during a storm maybe the winds were too strong and they couldnt winch them down. Must stay vigilant when sailing it can go bad fast as Mother Nature is nothing to play with
For those who dont know, the main sail should be triangular shaped but has ripped and the boat is having overpowering issues due to the fabric tearing high up and causing more drag in the strong winds
Given the sails they do have up and the wind strength it would be a challenge to get the next tack in. The lack of forward speed won’t help either. But we don’t have that video!?
We dropped the jib and got the engine on to back out. Easily 60 seconds from disaster but due to quick thinking and good seamanship we got out without any hull or rigging damage (other than the exploded main, clearly!)
@@spencerking1742 thank you I was genuinely interested having been in a similar situation in a small sailing dinghy. I had to jump into the shallows to turn it around. Good to hear you had an option and took it!! And as you say that’s good seamanship! 🤔
Yeah I wonder why he did that? Skipper should know the weather in advance I thought he was going to swing it round and go with the wind to take sail do but looked as if he was going backwards lol
Thanks for the post. This is the first beach perspective I’ve seen. I was driving that boat when the 56kt gust hit. We had already developed a hole in the mainsail behind the batten, and the gust blew out the sail about 100 yards from the race finish. Smart crew work kept everyone safe and on board, as well as kept the boat off the rocks. For unprecedented conditions in the PNW, we were lucky. But not amateurs.
Hi skip
looks scary af
What other options did you have? I think I would probably have dowsed the jib and tried to hove-to and drop the anchor to keep the boat off a lee shore.
Not even close to capsizing. Nice work keeping her under control!
Great stuff!
The title is complete nonsense. The boat is having a very expensive day out, but is nowhere near capsizing, far less sinking. We are not told whether it was, in the end, driven onto the lee shore, or whether they managed to sail out of trouble on their headsail, or start the motor and get home. Both are perfectly possible.
She was carrying way too much sail for the conditions. When the wind picked up, which should not have been a surprise, they should have immediately shortened sail.
It hit so fast and hard they could not get the sails down
Don't think it's sinking, looking like a blown out main and a slightly over powered head sail. But it's very much still sailing
Slightly over powered??? lol
The heel angle isn't actually that much 😂
Yep, not anywhere near sinking.
And sailed well
Slightly overpowered😂, broaching power… i expect this hit so fast that you couldnt drop the head sail and reef in the main, happened to me in malaysia but i turned straight into the wind to take the punishment out of the sails.
Its not sinking, even if the mast was flat in the water, that boat isnt sinking. They just got caught out and blew out the main sail. Unfortunately, with no main they cant put up a smaller head sail so they are juat making do.
I don't see any effort to make do here. It's an awful amateur mess.
@@wahid-lg1kk interesting, what would you recommend?
@@sailinggreenpearl2571 I would need to see the local charts and weather displayed. My comment is based on the situation with the sails, which is entirely preventable, and continuing to beat uphill? Why? I would heave to and make repairs, and get a storm jib up..Maybe the trisail... Need to see the charts.
Sounds like it was a race. @@wahid-lg1kk
@robdog1245 you are extremely negative. I have been in these situations, and would have done as I said above. If this is technically wrong, make your points, I might learn something. My instinct is always head for deep water and try and get hove to asap, hopefully my drift is away from land. I just didn't see anything of this sort going on.
Sailboats heel over a ton more before getting into too much trouble. Had my rudder out of the water and windows dipped last week during a race. Not a big deal because of our ballast and design. That mailsail is expensive though lol. Awesome footage.
They are very difficult to capsize. Even when broached you need a big incoming beam sea to turn it over. This looks like pretty standard race heeling. A bit breezy though.
I've put the spreader in the water, racing a Santana 30
Why does everyone keep saying he didn’t reef the main? It is clearly reefed. Some of these comments are pretty harsh. None of us was there, and we’re only seeing a 45 second clip (from shore, no less) with no context to what led to this. Glad everyone on the boat is fine.
I can see it is reefed atleast half of the sail is gone 😅😮
It's ripped down rofl not reefed
😅9@@StormyMonday0896
He is quite clearly WAY over canvassed.
@@StormyMonday0896it is clearly in first reef. Top of main is at forestay attachment height instead of top of the mast. They also probably carry bigger genoas.
Do you even sail?
Wow. Lots of armchair skippers, judging on a few seconds of video. Go buy your own boat if you know so much. Things happen on the water, sometimes quite suddenly. I’m sure the skipper was doing the best they could on the day and with circumstances we know nothing of.
I do 100% agree!
I have. That skipper is very experienced and was dealing with a few issues. No danger here.
So since I have my own boat can I say this boat is having no problems sinking or capsizing but but those sails I bet he wished it did
Under the same circumstances, I’m not sure I would do anything differently. If he drops the jib, he will lose control. Since the main is compromised, he can’t reef it correctly so it will continue to tear. Otherwise he’s committed to finishing the race. Wish I had this crew on my ship.
All happened very quickly apparently considering the shattered mainsail, but the boat was not even close to sinking and the jib kept the boat manoeuvrable.
Full sail in that wind? WTH were they thinking ?
😬😬😬
Storm sail ⛵️ 😮
@@johncavar2914 non reefed main was up, they definitely weren’t thinking of heaving to. I think they panicked and it all went downhill.
@@TheTir1962 I agree
а если шквал ?? ты бы успел занайтовать рифы ??
A torn mainsail and a high angle of heel in strong wind does NOT suggest the yacht "is sinking"
It's not any extra low in the water, either
Not about to capsize. Need to turn upwind and furl the headsail though. In addition, in those winds why is he sailing a beam reach??? High winds across the beam are guaranteed to make the boat heel if there is any significant amount of sail deployed. If it is the channel, he needs to have all sails furled with his engine on assuming he can get his engine started. however. this is a short clip with incomplete information. We are all just "spit-balling"/speculating at this point.
Ya but can you turn upwind with a blown out main. The lee helm would make it impossible. Ok so let off the jib but then you'll end up with 2 flogged sails.
Furl the headsail when the main is shredded, and you're close to the leeward shore? Really?
Read above..the guy who was on it commented. 60 mph wind popped up and blew out the main in a race. All crew safe, boat never in danger
Vaht…vaht is it…sinking about?😂
Not sinking. Just got caught with too much sail for the conditions. Good seamanship. Sailing with the jib AND using as much of the mainsail that still provides some power to still work his way windward!👍
😂 yes they made it through ok
Why are you trying to go to windward in these conditions with sails that you have allowed to be torn up? Why not heave to? Or head off the wind to get to some shelter?
@@wahid-lg1kkbecause shelter was to windward and heaving to would drift them into the beach, just a guess though I'm not sure.
@@csquaredvisionsfpv8964seems to be an educated guess, I‘d say.
And as the skipper of that boat wrote, the finish line of that race was only some 100 yards away… possibly windwards. possibly also in the direction of something like a safe haven… anyway, it surely was difficult to find into that.
also gusts do occur unpredictably, so studying the forecast would NOT have helped. I doubt the race would taken place and been started at all, if the forecasts were announcing winds of 50+ kt. So everybody got surprised.
Most people here are commenting but have no expertise to base it on. The crew is dealing with the situation the best they can. It’s not sinking.
I’ve been in similar. And I love these conditions. And sometimes, xxxx happens.
So fortunate to have all of these professional sailors in the comments
@miketexas4549 even those who could not tell the difference between helm and hell if their lives depended on it.😵💫
That boat was FAR from sinking thanks to great boat handling. It looked worse than it was. The main sail was ripped out. But, the jib was perfect, and was keeping steering under control. It appeared the captain may have been heading to the beach preferring to run her aground rather than put her back in the deep on one sail. Any plan that is carried out in tough weather is a good plan.
I can't imagine why anyone would ever prefer to run aground. I highly doubt that was the plan.
Said no sailor ever deep water is your friend
Over powered reef and tack to deep water
Do motorized sail systems have manual overides?
Yes
It's not sinking, but he was flying way too much sail against that much wind. I've been out in worse, But not running that much canvas! Racing... that's why.
She.
@@ashleykerlin but it looked like it had an erection when it was having the anti-fouling re-done
Exactly, the difference between racing and cruising. Racers test the boundaries, cruisers reef ahead of squall and don't blow out sails, or spill cocktails!
@@wstadlockI raced with a skipper that required you to do your job not worry about the boat, that was his job. So what if your winch is under water. When he says wind, you crank it in.
Why is the jib full on? Serious question- of course i was not there - just asking if there is a reason.
They were in a race when the squall hit. Mightn't have had time to furl the jib before they got blasted.
@@Admiralofthedeeps fully understand, but you could have at least open it, not furl, before whole boat gets damaged.
@stevve86 Yeah, I suppose that wouldn't be the worst idea, and i really don't have a good answer for you because the skipper and crew were apparently experienced. In my own experience, open sails and flapping jibs, etc, have a tendency to get caught up in other rigging, which might cause problems down the line. If it had been me there, I'd have cut down the rest of the main, at least. But sure, I've no clue what was happening in that moment and they could have been preoccupied trying to keep her steady with all they had.
@@Admiralofthedeeps Yes of course, thats why it always hard to tell when you havent been there. So no judging or smartassing what so ever. Just thought I would probably open the boom completly and open the jib way more so there is less wind cought. Was just wondering if there was a reason for not doing so. But again... we are all learning I guess
No furler on this race boat. Sail had to come down, but took 4-5 crew in pounding waves to get it down. You can see it dropping in the video.
They say the highlights of boat ownership are the day you buy it and the day you sell it, but this owner looks like they made a memory that day
I grew up on an island in Puget Sound. Storms like shown here are quite common. In fact, I would not consider this one to be a big deal, relatively speaking. It just something the locals learn to handle.
And the guy inside boat is going ' WoooHooo best day ever'😂
What is the solo guy doing behind the sail boat?
Wow, so sailors are just as bad as welders with telling everyone what this guy did wrong and what they would have done different. 😂
That's all sailors do LOL
That's just a high adrenaline day racing. Wee bit close to shore, but hey, it's the sound so there ya go!
Vut iz ze boat sinking about?
Nop far from sinking
Sailboats can to a full 360 capsize roll THEN self righting back up without sink
These boats are built to withstand all these, just the sail isn’t
Depends on the boat. If the capsize screening number is over 2, like, say, a Catalina 30, no, it might not come back up. And nothing is designed to roll to 180 and come up, you have to rely on being pushed back a bit by wind and waves to come back up. You might not. You would be surprised how many production boats are not suitable for the purpose (sailing on the ocean).
@@wahid-lg1kk There is self righting boats, but they are so expensive
@@charlessnachez4248 Not really, you need to know how to choose the right one. A self righting boat is anything with a capsize screening number under 2. Get down below 1.8, and any wave or wind will tip the balance even if you are pitch poled, you will come back up. Your rigging may be snapped, and the sails and gear all over the boat, and you are still getting knocked over, and structural stress is coming in to play, and then the mast tears loose, leaving a big hole in the cabin top, and you get knocked down again, and fill with water. Self righting is no guarantee of safety.
@@wahid-lg1kk what are you talking about? A boat that rights itself at 180 degrees is safer than a bout that doesn’t
Overpowered, not sinking. Looks like they got caught in unexpected conditions.
OOOMMMGGG... Why are the sails not reefed before the gust developped a hole on the mainsail...???
why the sails are hoisted?
Save fuel, main torn & jammed
Did the main mast survive the squall?
Is that boat anchored? Did the make it?
why didnt they reef the sails before the storm?
The first thought is "why is he so over canvassed?" But we had the storm that sunk the Bayesian pass over our house and the speed it went from calm to full on storm, about 2 minutes, I don't think even a race crew would have time to reef the sails.
If they raised the keel it would sink .
That shows you how resilient a boat is in 56 knot winds with the sails still raised .
Caught with too much sail up. Need the sails to power through under control. Tough situation. Needs the storm jib up and 2 main sail reefs. Was this a freak storm? They can come up on you very quickly. Been there.
Why don't they hoist the sails?
Rare skipper that didn't exagerate the wind speed ⚓
No he'll just tack it, the main's blown out but the jib's fine. There's a comment above everything worked out in the end.
The yacht is "reefing" its own sails due to the crew not doing their duty and reducing sail area.
almost looks like the current and the wind are keeping that boat in one place. I can imagine maybe they pulled out the head sail because the main was torn. I don't think you would expect them to use the head sail in bad weather right?
These sailboats keel to the point where they're almost at at a 90 degree angle. It's fine. Looks like the sail is out tho which is making it difficult to navigate.
Keelboats don't capsize.
"Nearly"😘
They do if the keel fails.
@@Bo_in_SeattleThat's like saying something non deadly "nearly" killed you...😘
@brandonwatts5031 thanks for watching
@brandonwatts5031 thanks for consuming my content
The skipper should have fired up his engine, turned head to wind, furled his sails, and headed to a safe harbor.
Why didn't they head up if they couldn't get the sail down?
Why are the sails out, and seemingly out so much in those winds.
Not even close to a capsize
Boats not sinking, its simply carrying too much sail for the conditions and sailing way too close to shore.
Why have they got full sails up in that weather.
Tacking 😮put sail irons
It has 2 point of reff.. and he was managing it well. If he would've turn to the wind he would have lost the control. He was staying it out of the rock. He did a great jod managing the situation. He saved the boat by keeping it under tension.
How about putting in a few reefs?
We were double reefed.
@@spencerking1742you're over canvassed, there's one reef in each of the genoa and main and the head's sheeted in too hard.
Too much too high.
You needed two hankies.
Maybe just a trysail.
You could have got upwind with tighter main and slacker head. Then held it to shorten main....then head.
But you did live to sail another day.
@@spencerking1742I saw that. Glad you’re all okay
The keel hit bottom causing the boat to list heavily. If it did not sink, it likely took heavy damage.
@indridcold8433 where it's at in the water there is a shelf but it's still about 6 fathoms. The keel likely un damaged and my assessment that the boat was sinking was wrong
It looks to me the skipper is not aware how messy this looks, or, he didn't care what unknowing spectators thought. The boat isn't sunking, there are definitely sail issues, but right choice was probably to not risk people to fix something that, as it is, will probably get the crew home.
Nah, the person in charge wasn't aware of his surroundings and didn't drop his sails in time.
They're racing, not taking school kids to a picnic! This isn't their first rodeo.
@@philgray3443 a good racer takes care of his boat.
@@simtalkayak Tell us you are clueless without telling us you are clueless.
Nope, just another day of heavy weather sailing and what appears to be poor sailmaking. The boat is fine.
Is there anyone on board?
Yikes. Not quite making enough speed to come about but too risky to gybe? This is when paralysis occurs and boats get blown ashore. Good on that crew for recovering this! Anyone can sail a boat. Experience keeps her safe.
Not sinking at all, just heeling a lot in a very stiff breeze. The boat has a huge keel, so no, it is not sinking at all!
Looks a bit hairy but not terminal. Maybe they struggled or were unable to get a reef in on all sails sooner.
Who besides filming called coastguard ? 😅
I'm not remotely close to being a sailor or boater but wouldn't it be safer at that point to drop sails and get into harbor on engine power...? Waves coming from the rear if possible or head on.
No. In weather like that, the last thing I'd want to do is count on my engine. A sailboat is far safer and much more manageable under sail. She's having a moment, but she'll be fine.
@vetercrew85 love the way you put that. 🙏😆
How the hell did they get into that situation?
@rockinghorses It was a very strange day. Blue bird day very calm then out of nowhere this squall came through and ramped winds up to 55 mph for all of about 10 minutes. It was very isolated and very random.
Monohulls have this great feature where the more they heel over, the greater their righting moment is. It's the opposite with cats.
Looks like the ripped main sail is caught in his roller genoa and he cant lower either sail now. NIGHTMARE situation. We had a spinnaker get jammed up on top of the mast and we dipped the rails like this. We couldnt drop it when the weather turned until we cut it down with a knife. You ALWAYS need to cary a big knife to cut the sheets and halyards and let the sail luff, yank them down by hand if you need to. Itll set you up straight fast.
Hardly, it sails on steady & stable towards the shore
Sailor is a hot pepper, I give him 1000 points. Can work with fore sail , Real good one.
I sailed under Cap’n Treveylan for nigh on fifty year, man and boy, and this vessel is clearing scupping its jibtuck and needs to poop the baftbeam. Or start the motor.
@johnsrabe Only those on shore are pooping. 💩 It looks like they are using the main for TP otherwise.
@@helenebee166 Head’s up!
5 passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour……
Needs to move sheet lead aft to let more wind out of the headsail.
Under load ? good luck :)
I think they having fun and a whale of time out there. Nothing like a hot shower and a whisky when back on land in the bar and talk about it.. 😊
Why are the sails full out! Madness 😮
Nope, a torn sail is not even close to a sailboat sinking.
@inward _passage no doubt they have a sewing machine, some canvas, and a spool of thread somewhere on board. Sailors come prepared. Easy peezy. 🕊
That's the old sailor in the bar with all the ol sea stories.
It's Captain Jack Sparrow, Savvy ☠️
Not to mention that those sheets are carbon they're usually mylar the shiny licking but those are not I'd like to know more about the leaching lines on that
Expensive but making way on the no3.
chiedo scusa, ma mettere l'imbarcazione controvento non sarebbe stata una soluzione?
lascare un po il fiocco?
Thats just a very hardcore starboard tack, chill out people.
Shame about the blow out though. I know that sound 🫡
Why would it be sinking?
It only appears to have a damged mainsail.
Thanks for watching
@@Bo_in_Seattle thanks for posting it.
You're correct
👏👏👏👏👏😮well done crew!!!! I am sure that extra rum rations were issued 😅
You need two people bailing, patching holes and dowsing fires, one manning the cannons and adjusting the sails and one steering. Easy for a thief of the sea
Monday morning Captain Jack's
Just shows how strong sail boats are, sail on brothers.
Thought someone was waterskiing behind it until I realised it was a buoy 🙈
Not sinking at all. And it's pretty evident.
Why do so many just keep repeating the same things and was that someone trailing the boat?
@@mikeyoung9810 The "person" is a green channel marker.
It looks like they are towing a water skier at the end.
@George.Andrews Exactly what I said! 🎉
Nowhere near sinking
Is that Capt Jack Sparrow standing atop the rigging?
Aye!!!
It's not sinking it's sailing to windward with just the jib.
I think they left the sails up during a storm maybe the winds were too strong and they couldnt winch them down. Must stay vigilant when sailing it can go bad fast as Mother Nature is nothing to play with
-aplap230 darn that wicked winch!
For those who dont know, the main sail should be triangular shaped but has ripped and the boat is having overpowering issues due to the fabric tearing high up and causing more drag in the strong winds
who puts on so much sail in a storm?
That’s not a sinking vessel…it’s Captain Jack Sparrow, duh! 🙄
Given the sails they do have up and the wind strength it would be a challenge to get the next tack in. The lack of forward speed won’t help either. But we don’t have that video!?
We dropped the jib and got the engine on to back out. Easily 60 seconds from disaster but due to quick thinking and good seamanship we got out without any hull or rigging damage (other than the exploded main, clearly!)
@@spencerking1742 thank you I was genuinely interested having been in a similar situation in a small sailing dinghy. I had to jump into the shallows to turn it around. Good to hear you had an option and took it!! And as you say that’s good seamanship! 🤔
So many comments assuming ″he″.
The woman at the helm has commented here.
And shown constraint not calling out the unconscious bias.
Close hauled on a broad reach with no reefs,?
Is that a kite sailor behind the boat, lol?
Já passei por uma tempestade dessa, porém recolhi as velas poucos segundos antes do bicho pegar....
Sinking?.. because of a damaged sail??
Yeah I wonder why he did that? Skipper should know the weather in advance I thought he was going to swing it round and go with the wind to take sail do but looked as if he was going backwards lol