The mental strength of this man is just unbelievable. I mean, 4 days in a turned over sailboat, filled with water, knowing that the chance that you will be found is very slim. This man is carved from a very rare kind of wood.... I salute him, with deep respect.
I spent a total of 5 months sailing down there singlehanded in a steel pilothouse cutter. Only had one knockdown and it was my bad for not tacking downwind soon enough after a wind shift - windvane steered me beam to the huge seas. The boat sustained a thousand dollars in damage but, didn't loose the mast even though it hit the water pretty hard. Doing the Southern Ocean is the most exciting and challenging sailing on the planet especially late in the season when you have snow and hail. I didn't carry a sat phone or other long range communications system (no epirb or liferaft either - i didn't want anyone risking their life rescuing me if I couldn't manage on my own) so it was just me and the albatross. Interesting experience - wouldn't trade it for the world! Gong fast down there on a Vendee Globe boat must be a whole other ball game!
@@johncoyle8309 he was a bit of a dude. My old man used to sail in the Sydney to Hobart. We both watched his rescue on TV pretty much as it happened. It was amazing….
Hulls keep afloat longer than you'd think. Never leave your ship, unless you SEE it sinking. Empty ships have often crossed an ocean. Remember this life saving fact! Do not step into the life raft too soon.
His voice still shakes when he remembers that, he's still traumatized by his ordeal : living 4 days with death swimming besides him... Still he's been courageous enough to replay all this for the film 🎥 🙏
No. Human heroes saved this guy. Check out miracle. An all-powerful, all seeing, all caring god would have never let the let the stupid Bullimore twit put other HUMAN BEING HEROES in danger, so he could feed some sick need. These lone sailors are nuts and, while HUMANS cannot stand aside and let them die, are not worthy of their saving either being a a "miracle"....or the HUMAN cost of rescuing their sorry arses.
Completely backwards thinking. This rescue was not amazing, it was pretty routine. The sailors were in little danger. What is amazing is when military personnel go to war to save the people they serve and there's a real chance of them getting hurt or killed and go anyway. Wars are not always fought for the right reasons or to save people but they often are. Yes someone is always on the wrong side of a war, sometimes everyone is. But often one side is doing what it has to do to survive. It is up to YOU, and me, all of us, to make sure war only happens when it is truly justified. But saying that war never saves anyone or should never be fought is extremely naïve.
lol you mean wars don't save people? Could you immagine what would happen if we let the nazis or communists conquer the world? Military forces dissuade hostile invasions and keep relative peace in the world every day.
Saw this on TV when it was on the news, never forgotten it. I miss the moment he walks aboard the navyship, showed his hand with the missing finger. What a man, all this drama and then happy as a kid. Great guy.
Im sailing from Grenada to Europe on a 54 ft Ketch... I dont expect this sort of sevice so Ill try to keep my keel! So glad to see this Skipper keep his head, and allow the Rescue Team to have a Halo Day and succeed at their task!
While living in Australia, I remember the HMAS Adelaide saving Tony and another sailor on the same rescue mission. On the ship's return to Western Australia, Tony was welcomed back to land at Perth's port of Fremantle. It was a media frenzy for days, and a lot of people discovered there are parts of Australia that aren't called "Sydney" or "Melbourne".
was that rescuer swimming in the water tethered to the rescue boat? or is he just trained to swim in those waters. couldnt he get swept away? jw. what a hero for jumping in there
My mate.s brother lives in Perth he works for eagle aircraft, the fire alarm commissioning engineer at the 02 centre in Finchley was a kiwi he needed to borrow pen gave him mine n when he saw eagle aircraft on it he asked how i got the pen told him my mates brother works there he said little Steve LOL after we went to the pub a small world sometimes for sure Steve took his LHD convertible Thunderbird to Perth, very few would survive if any like Tony did tough as nails is an understatement in his case
Be a boring world if we all stayed home and watched TV. Passion in life…is life. It’s contagious. Get naked and roll around in it. People who enjoy living have it all figured out. On another point the rescuers would have learnt more in that one event than 100 exercises.
so many of these people cause risk to others who "lived the passionate life" for a REAL purpose, which is to rescue to save others....not just indulge their egos.
Just Imagine being in his situation for a moment. Little Hope, extremely uncomfortable, freezing cold, in the dark, exhausted. That is Bravery to the end even if the result is not to survive. These heroic stories of survival and the people that have such mental strength simply amaze me! IMHO!
I remember this, i was proud of the Aussie navy for making the effort to rescue him. Tony "hard as" Bullimore. God knows how frightening that must've been
Impressive seamanship. It's not hard to design a yacht that could survive these or worse conditions... but it's hard to design a yacht that will generally sail well too. Boats are compromises between safety, speed, comfort and cost. Bullimore almost payed the highest price in this game.
Uhhh...what's so impressive about losing your boat? Now if he had made it through the Southern Ocean intact you could say his seamanship was impressive. Maybe he made all the right decisions and the ocean claimed it's toll anyway. Maybe he made a tiny mistake or two and that's all it took to sink. Maybe he should have hove to, or set out a sea anchor when conditions deteriorated rather than pushing on. And maybe he should have considered whether the boat he chose was really designed and built to stand up to those conditions before he left. Truly impressive seamanship happens before one ever leaves the dock...and choosing not to go can be the most impressive decision of all.
@@brimstone33 You totally got me on that; "maybe he should have considered whether the boat he chose was really designed and built to stand up to those conditions". Id say this was the highest risk he took, taking such a boat into the most volatile waters. As an utter experienced sailor, he should've known better. I admire his guts though and applaud him for taking the risk. I wouldn't, despite of all the lost fame without even trying. I go by the principle of safety before fame. There are other, more saver ways to gain and grow the latter.
Keels breaking, seem to be the weakest point in fast, modern yacht construction. It takes a very special type of person who is able to sail alone in these conditions. What a fellow.
@@sailingsolar so the keel broke and the boat tipped over? can't you just sail into or away from the wind to avoid breaking things and avoid tipping over? Isn't it a bad idea to sail solo? Certain I heard that somewhere.
@@landen99 You raise several questions. 1) The keel is bolted to the hull and those failed dropping the keel. No matter how robust the bolts and hull is made there is always a breaking point under sufficient extreme forces. That is what happened here. Racing rigs have extra large sails so they have way more power, thus speed. Boats not built for racing are not that over (highly) powered making them safer. The sails are the "wind engine" that powers the boat, larger sails = more power = heavier keels. These boat are like a "formula one" cars compared to a sedan, two very different classes. They are not your typical sailboat, they are purposely built racing machines . My 38 ft. Sailboat had a 15,000 lb keel and would over turn over instantly if the bolts snapped and it dropped off. Shit happens, especially under such rare and extreme conditions experienced here. Keels are only required with boats over a certain size and with sufficiently large enough masts for larger sails. 2) Yes, in heavy weather there are several different strategies that can be used to guarantee the safety of the boat. "Heaving to", greatly reducing the sails and heading into the wind to reduce the forces hammering a boat. I do believe the video mentioned the race organizers were faulted for NOT calling off the race soon enough, if they ever did. So long as the race was on going the captains would be very unlikely to drop out and give up and doing what is needed to prevent damage and death. Like a cross country foot race through death valley. (the have them). If temperatures unexpectantly rose to 130 f. and organizers didn't call off the race there would most likely be runners who would run until they collapsed and possibly die. Same here, it was a race and until organizers stop the race or in time this is what happens. 3) As far as sailing solo. I sailed a 38 ft boat solo from Ft. Lauderdale to the US Virgin Islands with no issues and a number of times through the Bahamas round trip with no problem at all. Of course I always watched weather reports and picked times to not sail in bad weather. I stayed anchored in protected bays when prudent. Keep in mind what happened here is not a typical leisurely sailing day on the water. Cheers.
Stunning, incredible story. What an impressive will to survive. What an encourage to sail 2000km at full speed without any hint of possible success. My highest respect for the australian army - and for Tony of course.
To be in a boat for about four days in those conditions and then to be able to recognise voices and decide to swim down through a hole in the boat to join in the open ocean, that decision took some courage as he would never enter back into that capsized boat. A very brave man indeed who did believe in himself and one who makes the right decisions under so much strain. The keel should never have broken and the engineer who designed that should be ashamed of himself and lose his warrant.
Shackleton, Worsley and a handful of men traversed the southern ocean in basically a 22ft whale boat. It doesn’t look like much more than a lifeboat. The most insane survival story of all time.
I remember vividly when this story broke. These guys are made of stern stuff, they have toughness beyond comprehension. In SA we had our own legend Bertie Reed, unsung hero.
Fred Dibna of the seas. RIP Tony and thanks for all the memories.
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Those interested in sailing must read Derek Lundy's 'Godforsaken Sea'. After enjoying that awesome read back in '99 I developed huge respect for sailing and crewed a racer. Very difficult even in good weather.
yacht builders very often do poorly at the keel attachment point and the rudder is very often weaker than that used for airplanes. Therefore, you cannot trust the builders, you always need to pay great attention already at the beginning of the fastening in this place.
So many holes in this story; camera footages that could not have been taken by Tony; especially the moment the boat capsizes. Rely on a small pocket of air for 4 days when he could've easily dove under and onto the capsized boat where he can better rest; no facial frost bite ... Calculated drama ... "I could only survive a day and a half but rescue will take 2 days" ... Possibly a reenactment but unlikely at the moment footage.
Incredibly lucky to have survived. Heard it said that being alone in the Southern Ocean, the closest person to you is on the International Space Station. Don’t think they could be of much help though 🙁
FUN FACT: Homo sapiens is the most resilient animal on Earth. We are the most adaptable species to ever exist, not just intellectually but also physically. We have some of the best body temperature regulating abilities in the animal kingdom as well as on of the most efficient fat storage metabolism among mammals.
Cannot imagine back in 1997 without all the high tech communication tools available today, without proper internet access, how scary it must have been, especially for the people on the back of the peloton. When you are close to last, people are going away from you, and in the southern ocean this must add tremendously to the sense of loneliness and nervousness, in case something goes wrong.
Tiddles A. they just happened to be the closest by... Love the aussies as well, but this was a relatively 'easy' rescue for those waters mate (as in, they sailed to the rescue beacon with a big ass boat and the dude was still alive when they arrived, in calm waters) The chileans do a lot of this type of rescues around the horn and the antarctic peninsula as well.
The current boats (IMOCA 60s) use a standard keel for all the boats that is a lot stronger than the keels used in that race. The present Vendee Globe is just concluding in France with two boats finished and the rest scattered over the Atlantic and Southern Oceans. There has been a lot of retirements, but nothing as dramatic as Tony's rescue. Tony wasn't the only sailor rescued that year, in fact I'm sure not far away another sailor was rescued by the Australian navy, whilst others were rescued by other competitors.
4:58 if you look towards your left of the screen towards the middle on the left-hand side there’s like oh something in the water You can see something down there lurking
To all the people complaining about how much it cost to rescue this fellow. You have to realize the rescue crews are already working and being paid even if they are not rescuing somebody. The fact they had to rescue somebody probably added some cost to that day but not likely as much as you would think. I do however agree that the organizers of the race should foot the cost of rescue because it is their race that created the dilemma. The southern ocean is dangerous for any sailing vessel but especially for racing sailboats that are built without a full keel. The race organizers have it in their hands to change the rules so nothing like this ever happens again.
Actually he basically did win lotto with the book deals and TV appearances. But never gave a cent towards the cost of his rescue. All the R.A.N got was a "thanks mate" and then he flew back to the UK.
@@brandtube2 Perhaps that should be addressed. There are laws that prevent murders from receiving proceeds generated from their crimes and where it is directed. They could find a way of recouping rescue costs from books and appearance revenue if they chose to.
Surprising how much hull is out of the water in the rescue scenes for him to only have a "tiny pocket of air" in the hull. Also impressive that he can survive 4+ days with just a tiny pocket of air. I get the impression the tiny pocket is most of the hull.
When I heard "the keel had snapped" I literally had to stop the video and take like 10 second before I was ready to hear how he managed to survive. I'm a sailor myself and this put me in such a stress, like, what?? How did he do that??
The mental strength of this man is just unbelievable. I mean, 4 days in a turned over sailboat, filled with water, knowing that the chance that you will be found is very slim. This man is carved from a very rare kind of wood.... I salute him, with deep respect.
4 days in that pocket of water. And he made it sound like it was no big deal.
Legend. Absolute legend.
Or just crazy
I spent a total of 5 months sailing down there singlehanded in a steel pilothouse cutter. Only had one knockdown and it was my bad for not tacking downwind soon enough after a wind shift - windvane steered me beam to the huge seas. The boat sustained a thousand dollars in damage but, didn't loose the mast even though it hit the water pretty hard. Doing the Southern Ocean is the most exciting and challenging sailing on the planet especially late in the season when you have snow and hail. I didn't carry a sat phone or other long range communications system (no epirb or liferaft either - i didn't want anyone risking their life rescuing me if I couldn't manage on my own) so it was just me and the albatross. Interesting experience - wouldn't trade it for the world! Gong fast down there on a Vendee Globe boat must be a whole other ball game!
Brave man 🙂
I should try this, sounds interesting,
Although I am hydrophobic 😅
Still the most isolated ocean rescue ever attempted. Well done RAN and RIP Captain Bullimore…
Love your respect for the man "CAPTAIN BULLIMORE" R.I.P
@@johncoyle8309 he was a bit of a dude. My old man used to sail in the Sydney to Hobart. We both watched his rescue on TV pretty much as it happened. It was amazing….
Balls made of Titanium, amazing courage and passion for life ......what a man ...hat's off..God speed
Titanium doesn't float!
THANKS AUSTRALIA ... just loving you guys down under,
so much effort to safe a man who is MAY BE alive
R.I.P Tony Bullimore. 🌹
1939-2018
🇬🇧
He was simultaneously struck by lightning, attacked by 2 sharks, an alligator on PCP, and crushed by a falling tree.
RIP.
Sad he's dead😢
ohh he is dead already..haven’t got a chance to experience the covid crisis
Hulls keep afloat longer than you'd think. Never leave your ship, unless you SEE it sinking. Empty ships have often crossed an ocean. Remember this life saving fact! Do not step into the life raft too soon.
Very happy this man made it out alive. You are such a brave man heading out into that environment. 100% respect to you sir.
Not only that but even 3-4 minutes in that environment would have been terrible
i met tony in a pub in bristol
lovely bloke
His voice still shakes when he remembers that, he's still traumatized by his ordeal : living 4 days with death swimming besides him... Still he's been courageous enough to replay all this for the film 🎥 🙏
I'm not lying when stating that this gave me goosebumps and wet eyes. This is truly a miracle!
No. Human heroes saved this guy. Check out miracle. An all-powerful, all seeing, all caring god would have never let the let the stupid Bullimore twit put other HUMAN BEING HEROES in danger, so he could feed some sick need. These lone sailors are nuts and, while HUMANS cannot stand aside and let them die, are not worthy of their saving either being a a "miracle"....or the HUMAN cost of rescuing their sorry arses.
@@nickw9376 yeah, but what do you really think?
And that's what the military is amazing for, saving people. Not going to war. What a brace rescue. The man saved is so lucky and tough
The rationale is "training," and "goodwill."
((And that's what the military is amazing for, saving people)).... great comment in this time and age, this is the way it supposed to be....God bless
Completely backwards thinking. This rescue was not amazing, it was pretty routine. The sailors were in little danger. What is amazing is when military personnel go to war to save the people they serve and there's a real chance of them getting hurt or killed and go anyway. Wars are not always fought for the right reasons or to save people but they often are. Yes someone is always on the wrong side of a war, sometimes everyone is. But often one side is doing what it has to do to survive. It is up to YOU, and me, all of us, to make sure war only happens when it is truly justified. But saying that war never saves anyone or should never be fought is extremely naïve.
lol you mean wars don't save people? Could you immagine what would happen if we let the nazis or communists conquer the world? Military forces dissuade hostile invasions and keep relative peace in the world every day.
Damn dirty hippie.
Why filming crew didnt help him entire four days.
Saw this on TV when it was on the news, never forgotten it. I miss the moment he walks aboard the navyship, showed his hand with the missing finger. What a man, all this drama and then happy as a kid. Great guy.
The people who take part in the Vendee Globe are a completely different class of human.
He lost his finger in this accident?
Im sailing from Grenada to Europe on a 54 ft Ketch... I dont expect this sort of sevice so Ill try to keep my keel! So glad to see this Skipper keep his head, and allow the Rescue Team to have a Halo Day and succeed at their task!
While living in Australia, I remember the HMAS Adelaide saving Tony and another sailor on the same rescue mission. On the ship's return to Western Australia, Tony was welcomed back to land at Perth's port of Fremantle. It was a media frenzy for days, and a lot of people discovered there are parts of Australia that aren't called "Sydney" or "Melbourne".
I was one of the many thousands on the dock at Fremantle to welcome them back. It certainly was a big event.
was that rescuer swimming in the water tethered to the rescue boat? or is he just trained to swim in those waters. couldnt he get swept away? jw. what a hero for jumping in there
Dear Leader
Love it... you’re on you own until aussi navy co e and rescue him.... there should be competition insurance
My mate.s brother lives in Perth he works for eagle aircraft, the fire alarm commissioning engineer at the 02 centre in Finchley was a kiwi he needed to borrow pen gave him mine n when he saw eagle aircraft on it he asked how i got the pen told him my mates brother works there he said little Steve LOL after we went to the pub a small world sometimes for sure Steve took his LHD convertible Thunderbird to Perth, very few would survive if any like Tony did tough as nails is an understatement in his case
Be a boring world if we all stayed home and watched TV.
Passion in life…is life. It’s contagious. Get naked and roll around in it. People who enjoy living have it all figured out.
On another point the rescuers would have learnt more in that one event than 100 exercises.
People who don't enjoy living have things figured out too. They know all too well.
Well said mate! God Bless.
or we can watch yt.
so many of these people cause risk to others who "lived the passionate life" for a REAL purpose, which is to rescue to save others....not just indulge their egos.
And now...
2020...
We are ALL stuck at home watching TV...
(or UA-cam!)
#coronavirus
😷🦠🧻
The spirit that guy has, look at him after four days freezing in the ship, he's running the show
he was also running the risk....stiff shit.
I heartily recommend reading "A Voyage for Madmen" about the first instance of this race, held in 1968 ....
Just Imagine being in his situation for a moment. Little Hope, extremely uncomfortable, freezing cold, in the dark, exhausted. That is Bravery to the end even if the result is not to survive. These heroic stories of survival and the people that have such mental strength simply amaze me! IMHO!
in other words act like a right dick
I remember this, i was proud of the Aussie navy for making the effort to rescue him. Tony "hard as" Bullimore. God knows how frightening that must've been
i met tony in a pub in bristol
lovely bloke
I knew he survived obviously as he was talking yet I still found it a cheerful awesome moment when he was saved!
Even in the death I still salute you Sir. This is not easy to any human being
What do we say to the god of death .... not today .... Amazing story of a legend of a sailor. Awesome!
Just watched this and it made me cry! God bless the rescuers for not giving up
Impressive seamanship.
It's not hard to design a yacht that could survive these or worse conditions... but it's hard to design a yacht that will generally sail well too.
Boats are compromises between safety, speed, comfort and cost. Bullimore almost payed the highest price in this game.
Uhhh...what's so impressive about losing your boat? Now if he had made it through the Southern Ocean intact you could say his seamanship was impressive. Maybe he made all the right decisions and the ocean claimed it's toll anyway. Maybe he made a tiny mistake or two and that's all it took to sink. Maybe he should have hove to, or set out a sea anchor when conditions deteriorated rather than pushing on. And maybe he should have considered whether the boat he chose was really designed and built to stand up to those conditions before he left. Truly impressive seamanship happens before one ever leaves the dock...and choosing not to go can be the most impressive decision of all.
just what is the definition of sail well....?
@@brimstone33 You totally got me on that; "maybe he should have considered whether the boat he chose was really designed and built to stand up to those conditions". Id say this was the highest risk he took, taking such a boat into the most volatile waters. As an utter experienced sailor, he should've known better. I admire his guts though and applaud him for taking the risk. I wouldn't, despite of all the lost fame without even trying. I go by the principle of safety before fame. There are other, more saver ways to gain and grow the latter.
one lucky sea dog. One great bunch of rescue crews, HEROES AND HEROINES !!!
A chapter for the annals of extraordinary survivals at sea. The man met the moment and made sure of
his place in maritime history. A legend indeed.
Keels breaking, seem to be the weakest point in fast, modern yacht construction. It takes a very special type of person who is able to sail alone in these conditions. What a fellow.
Losing a mast and losing you keel ballast is not that uncommon.
The organisers need to insist on seaworthy boats.
The problem is, a seaworthy boat cannot win a race, but it will safe your life !
@@sailingsolar so the keel broke and the boat tipped over? can't you just sail into or away from the wind to avoid breaking things and avoid tipping over? Isn't it a bad idea to sail solo? Certain I heard that somewhere.
@@landen99 You raise several questions. 1) The keel is bolted to the hull and those failed dropping the keel. No matter how robust the bolts and hull is made there is always a breaking point under sufficient extreme forces. That is what happened here. Racing rigs have extra large sails so they have way more power, thus speed. Boats not built for racing are not that over (highly) powered making them safer. The sails are the "wind engine" that powers the boat, larger sails = more power = heavier keels. These boat are like a "formula one" cars compared to a sedan, two very different classes. They are not your typical sailboat, they are purposely built racing machines . My 38 ft. Sailboat had a 15,000 lb keel and would over turn over instantly if the bolts snapped and it dropped off. Shit happens, especially under such rare and extreme conditions experienced here. Keels are only required with boats over a certain size and with sufficiently large enough masts for larger sails. 2) Yes, in heavy weather there are several different strategies that can be used to guarantee the safety of the boat. "Heaving to", greatly reducing the sails and heading into the wind to reduce the forces hammering a boat. I do believe the video mentioned the race organizers were faulted for NOT calling off the race soon enough, if they ever did. So long as the race was on going the captains would be very unlikely to drop out and give up and doing what is needed to prevent damage and death. Like a cross country foot race through death valley. (the have them). If temperatures unexpectantly rose to 130 f. and organizers didn't call off the race there would most likely be runners who would run until they collapsed and possibly die. Same here, it was a race and until organizers stop the race or in time this is what happens. 3) As far as sailing solo. I sailed a 38 ft boat solo from Ft. Lauderdale to the US Virgin Islands with no issues and a number of times through the Bahamas round trip with no problem at all. Of course I always watched weather reports and picked times to not sail in bad weather. I stayed anchored in protected bays when prudent. Keep in mind what happened here is not a typical leisurely sailing day on the water. Cheers.
I give more credit to the cameraman that stayed with him for days & able to record him swimming to surface, brilliant, well done. The Money Shot!
That was a reconstruction
I met Tony in my pub Liskeard Cornwall 2006 lovey chap, feel privileged❤️
You’ve got to be brave and tough to survive that kind of thing.
Stunning, incredible story. What an impressive will to survive. What an encourage to sail 2000km at full speed without any hint of possible success. My highest respect for the australian army - and for Tony of course.
Rest In Peace, Tony.
Yeah, I remember this. What a story about survival and rescue in the worse place in the world. Thank God for EPERB! That is one insane race.
aahh god. there goes reason out the window again.
What a remarkable person, you did not give up!
To be in a boat for about four days in those conditions and then to be able to recognise voices and decide to swim down through a hole in the boat to join in the open ocean, that decision took some courage as he would never enter back into that capsized boat. A very brave man indeed who did believe in himself and one who makes the right decisions under so much strain.
The keel should never have broken and the engineer who designed that should be ashamed of himself and lose his warrant.
Shit can happen mate. Even if its built perfectly
Brought tears of joy . Wonderful rescue!
that Antarctic katabatic wind is a killer on land or sea! that was a damn strongly determined man to survive.
God bless you and all the rescuers did good
Tony you absolute beast.
Australian S.A.R. and Navy ....Three Cheers and free beers.
Shackleton, Worsley and a handful of men traversed the southern ocean in basically a 22ft whale boat. It doesn’t look like much more than a lifeboat. The most insane survival story of all time.
Incredible! The dude has balls of steel!
No. He's a dick.
Steel doesn't float!
This is Amazing! Going out to sea for three months, that's challenging!
Abhilash Tomy an indian army commander sailor circumnagivated the earth solo and non stop....
Even participated in golden globe race...
I remember vividly when this story broke. These guys are made of stern stuff, they have toughness beyond comprehension. In SA we had our own legend Bertie Reed, unsung hero.
Amazing, well done that man and the rescue team
Steve Mason '
luved that lil thanx-a-heap kiss.
I would eat, sleep & sail in my survivor suit.
Surprised met too, he had it not put it it on before!
No shit. Better yet, stay at home where you don't need a survivor suit.
This is the British spirit! Much respect - from Canadian Chinese
Fred Dibna of the seas. RIP Tony and thanks for all the memories.
Those interested in sailing must read Derek Lundy's 'Godforsaken Sea'. After enjoying that awesome read back in '99 I developed huge respect for sailing and crewed a racer. Very difficult even in good weather.
yacht builders very often do poorly at the keel attachment point and the rudder is very often weaker than that used for airplanes. Therefore, you cannot trust the builders, you always need to pay great attention already at the beginning of the fastening in this place.
Tony Bullimore is the definition of a man.
Amazing story, one tough guy!
We had this as an example for surviving in our maritime rescue course.
Onya Tony B I remember watching the rescue when you popped up and out, Great to see.
Could be in part, his Liquor appetite that saved him as well as his Grit!
Pity his keel wasn't made of the same stuff as his balls, then it would not have broke.
That's one of the best comments that I have EVER come across! :)
alaskanalain hahahahaha
This has to be one of the best comment i have ever read in my life 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
best comment ever.
He kissed them all just like my dog often kiss me and my friends whenever i come home late and he was already thinking he will die alone!! lol
So many holes in this story; camera footages that could not have been taken by Tony; especially the moment the boat capsizes. Rely on a small pocket of air for 4 days when he could've easily dove under and onto the capsized boat where he can better rest; no facial frost bite ... Calculated drama ... "I could only survive a day and a half but rescue will take 2 days" ... Possibly a reenactment but unlikely at the moment footage.
A caption states it's a reconstruction at 2:14
Speechless the courage and mindset are unthinkable Godbless Sailers breed of there own.
i remember this from a trip- i was in my convenience zone in a hotel room
How this man managed to survive four days floating in freezing water is beyond me
The one most vital and useful survival skill is...NEVER GIVE UP.
Beyond me how he managed to film his yacht capsizing!
@@kingrobert1st LMAO 😂😂😂😂👊
Good work Aussies.
Richard Curtis damn good work. Amazing
Richard Curtis Vendée globe
Vendée globe
Vendée globe
Richard
Full keel baby. I was rolled by a wave as a kid with my Dad in a storm. We lost the mast, but rhe weight of the full keel rolled us upright.
Backbone of survival
Best thing to tell an Aussie is "Ya can't do that". Great Country, Great People!
Incredibly lucky to have survived.
Heard it said that being alone in the Southern Ocean, the closest person to you
is on the International Space Station.
Don’t think they could be of much help though 🙁
Can we please accept that this man legit just said that water spewing into his boat, in the middle if the antarctic ocean was “quite amazing”
1:09 you can’t tell me that boat doesn’t look like it will flip in the front in bad weather lol
Amazing. Great will to survive. Well done!
3:50 I think he's staying very calm..
really great performance congratulations.
Tony is the rarest breed of sailor, a myth, a man the legend. Now he sails with Christ on the Sea of Galilee. INCREDIBLE.
Lol or just a nut job
FUN FACT: Homo sapiens is the most resilient animal on Earth. We are the most adaptable species to ever exist, not just intellectually but also physically. We have some of the best body temperature regulating abilities in the animal kingdom as well as on of the most efficient fat storage metabolism among mammals.
Cannot imagine back in 1997 without all the high tech communication tools available today, without proper internet access, how scary it must have been, especially for the people on the back of the peloton. When you are close to last, people are going away from you, and in the southern ocean this must add tremendously to the sense of loneliness and nervousness, in case something goes wrong.
Why in the world would anyone have a reason to dislike this video?? 24 people are real jerks
Tony has the relaxed expression of being at a pool party as the cabin fills 3:50
This would make a good movie
They did make a full hour long documentary, the footage here is just snippets from it. I have it on VHS somewhere, its quite old now.
You're right!
Damn I love our Aussies! The Thai cave rescue. We have the best. Need I say more.
Tiddles A. they just happened to be the closest by...
Love the aussies as well, but this was a relatively 'easy' rescue for those waters mate (as in, they sailed to the rescue beacon with a big ass boat and the dude was still alive when they arrived, in calm waters)
The chileans do a lot of this type of rescues around the horn and the antarctic peninsula as well.
Not even close to the US lol
Amazing story!
Tony and his wife - Wonderful unassuming people .
God Bless the Royal Navy of Australia .....and happily you are a lucky "bastard" !!! I am sure that made millions of us Very HaPPY!!
such a brave man I salute you👍
Read the book. What an incredible story.
Funny thing is, this chap has a proud grin on his face. You're no hero, genius!
Thank you God, for having those blesses Angels around
Maikon Camilo don’t thank a fictional character. Thank good training
God caused the problem.
The current boats (IMOCA 60s) use a standard keel for all the boats that is a lot stronger than the keels used in that race. The present Vendee Globe is just concluding in France with two boats finished and the rest scattered over the Atlantic and Southern Oceans. There has been a lot of retirements, but nothing as dramatic as Tony's rescue.
Tony wasn't the only sailor rescued that year, in fact I'm sure not far away another sailor was rescued by the Australian navy, whilst others were rescued by other competitors.
A Frenchman by the name of Thierry Dubois was rescued on the same mission by the crew of HMAS Adelaide.
Wow brave brave man I was gona try sail round coast of Britain still might lucky man 🍀
i remember it when they save it years ago
4:58 if you look towards your left of the screen towards the middle on the left-hand side there’s like oh something in the water You can see something down there lurking
Yeah tf is that?
That's truly living a full life
Awesome guy surviving this disasterous accident
To all the people complaining about how much it cost to rescue this fellow. You have to realize the rescue crews are already working and being paid even if they are not rescuing somebody. The fact they had to rescue somebody probably added some cost to that day but not likely as much as you would think.
I do however agree that the organizers of the race should foot the cost of rescue because it is their race that created the dilemma. The southern ocean is dangerous for any sailing vessel but especially for racing sailboats that are built without a full keel. The race organizers have it in their hands to change the rules so nothing like this ever happens again.
The best lotto win ever
I'd prefer a cash payout.
Actually he basically did win lotto with the book deals and TV appearances. But never gave a cent towards the cost of his rescue. All the R.A.N got was a "thanks mate" and then he flew back to the UK.
@@brandtube2 Perhaps that should be addressed. There are laws that prevent murders from receiving proceeds generated from their crimes and where it is directed. They could find a way of recouping rescue costs from books and appearance revenue if they chose to.
@@sailingsolar until you need rescue right?
What a legend
This is why i sail a full keel. Fin keels like to sheer off or snap. But a full keels never winning any races
Surprising how much hull is out of the water in the rescue scenes for him to only have a "tiny pocket of air" in the hull.
Also impressive that he can survive 4+ days with just a tiny pocket of air.
I get the impression the tiny pocket is most of the hull.
And that makes it super comfy? lol
doesn't add up
I will stay on land. Many thanks
When I heard "the keel had snapped" I literally had to stop the video and take like 10 second before I was ready to hear how he managed to survive. I'm a sailor myself and this put me in such a stress, like, what?? How did he do that??
Nerves of steel, sailor friend! God Bless-
god be fucked