Rolex Fastnet Race 2023 - A Brutal Start
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2023
- A day before the start of the Rolex Fastnet Race and with a forecast for punchy conditions, crews had been putting on a brave face, yet underneath and with the prospect of 450 boats threading their way out of a narrow gap at the end of the Solent many were very apprehensive...and with good reason. The start of the world's biggest offshore race was as brutal as the weather forecast suggested...and there was more to come.
Matt Sheahan reports on the first 24 hours of this legendary race.
He starts from the centre of the action after the start to see the fleet exit the Solent through Hurst Narrows where conditions were wild as the fleet set out on the 689 mile course. - Спорт
it's the one wave in 50 that drops the cutlery drawer 🤣love it
Congratulations to the sound engineer, getting clear speech in a gale is so hard.
Agreed. That is a superb mic job.
Shout out for the real MVP in this upload - Matthews Microphone, great quality lads.
A stunning display of the Fastnet Race's intensity and scale. The contrast between serene practice and race chaos, paired with breathtaking aerial views, underscores the event's raw excitement and challenge. A remarkable race, amplified by its impressive participation.
Great coverage, Matthew Sheahan. As a current land-lock sailer, I enjoy all your updates.
Cheers
Good luck to Pip from France, she's awesome!
As a landlubber with very limited experience of sailing, I admire the fortitude of all those who take up this
sort of challenge, and gain much pleasure in viewing the various yacht designs and how they cope with
the conditions that can be met. Thank you.
Great footage what a race!. Many many thanks for the great content Matt.
Many many thanks for the great content Matt
Great job as always, beautiful footage, and I always like your friendly, interested, competent style of interview. But MAN, at 3:33: I've never seen a boat this big with sails this small, must have been terrifying!
@@dr5290 All a part of the strategy. I saw a lot of boats have their mainsails and even headsails get torn clean off the mast because they weren't reefed enough. On the other hand, a lot of the boats looked overpowered but coped just fine, reaching the end with out a hitch. Truly is all about how much risk you want to take.
I sai;ed from Tonga to New Zealand on Kialoa II (and we won the Russell Tallships Race that year). Good to see her looking fine. She was the only boat I sailed on with a gimballed shelf next to the galley, very very useful at meal time!
What year was that mate?
1998, I think. We stopped at North Minerva Reef for some excellent diving. We had only 3 experienced sailors aboard (rest was family). It was light air, about 5 knots, so we nervously decided to put up the chute. We were reaching, so set up the reaching strut on the after guy. When we finally got it up, and popped the rubberbands, she healed over and took off! We were doing 7 knots in 5 knots of breeze. The moon was out and we kept it up for nearly three days. We could not tell other boats how great we were doing on the radio scheds because they would get jealous. We arrived in Bay of Islands just in time for Thanksgiving. It was the best passage I have ever had. Kialoa II had everything in exactly the right place, and everthing just worked. No jimmy rigging. @@biggest23
Interview with Pip was so good! Thank you
Great footage what a race!. Excellent coverage! Keep safe everyone..
Really enjoyed this video - didn’t even know this race existed before! Thank you so much for the great and informative coverage!
Great coverage and clearly demonstrated the conditions which were brutal.
Great coverage, thank you.
"drops the cutlery drawer"!🤣
And a few cupboard doors and ceiling panels.
As a sailor, I wish a video of the start would include a wide angle view of the entire start line, with an uncut view beginning at least a minute before til a minute after. I suppose the start is not as critical for long races like this, but everybody wants clean air on the first leg.
Such beautiful boats - pushed right to the breaking point.
Thanks for the update, hopefully, nobody got hurt in the turmoil. This is not a walk in the park.
Sadly a lot of people did. But no-one died, which was great in the conditions!
Excellent coverage! Keep safe everyone.
Many thanks for a splendid video especially enjoyed the chat with Ellie Driver
great coverage! thank you
I did the Fastnet in 2021 and 2023. Great fun
Great footage what a race!
thanks Matt better than all readings
Great video.
Hi Matt - check out the Cowes Cork race 1974. We started in Force 8 with wind against tide through Hurst - tacked at the Scillies and,got up a spi a few miles before The Rock - the only sail change. We considered using a flare pistol to drop the spi ! In Battlecry we beat Tabarly by 20 seconds and were gale bound in Cork for a week leaving with DT's. I think that only about ten boats started. Chris Freer.
Fastnet Race began in 1925 = 98yrs - best i understood; Turmoil is one of the pillars of the race. A boat needs to be fast, capable, sea worthy. This race tests to whole package.
Love it Matt (your old neighbour over the back). Took the V39 to Yarmouth Friday night and the wind over tide then round Bramble Bank was punching up some 2m waves as we all remarked on the Fastnet (came back Saturday morning in blown flat seas)
hi, any chance you have some video rush where we could see us ? we are "Solenn for Pure Ocean", IRC2, white hull, grey main sail reefed with "Pure Ocean" sticker, and white jib.
Hope to race in it myself one day. Hat's off to those who have.
Hope well see the tally ho in the fastnet race again one day soon
loved the real boat at 4:05
I was there 1979. Lets not have more tragedy.
LOL, went camping in my dinghy last week. smooth as glass...
looked like that the next morning, that was a nasty ride.
Trimaran is going to be epic. She is looking real good already.
Looks amazing... From under the covers in bed snugggled up with my dog...
Pip sounds prescient. She's had a shocker, and hope she salvages some useful experience.
Someone knows where is Club Swan 125 Skorpios?
They must be crazy
I want to hear so much more. Tell me about the Class 40’s and how the radical scow bow does beating to weather. I want to hear how the IMOCA fleet is doing with the various generations of boats. I want to know what the ratio of fully-crewed to double-handed retirements have been so far. Tell me everything about the double-handed fleet. How does the Sun Fast lineup stack up against the JPK lineup, vs the J-Boats... is there going to be more helicopter/drone footage...
That's British/Irish weather for ya.
Hart melody is going to cry the entire day
As a lubber I'd get seasick at the drop of a hat on a boat, even that vid made me feel queasy..:)
As a matter of interest, are sailors immune to seasickness or do they simply get used to it?
Some are immune whilst other sailors do get seasick but they get used to if after a short while. Some people don't get over it and, well, sailing likely isn't for them.
It was amazing to be in Cowes and watch them go. Inspirational stuff.
We all can't wait to see the return of Tally Ho.
"ellie driver chili pepper" now that is a name
I wonder how foil boats would do in a force 10 situation?
It feels so great to know I’m not alone in my world view! Today’s world is working hard to make me doubt my own sanity by canceling and isolating me.
N'importe quel Voilier classique, normal, comme Dieu le veut, n'aurait aucun problème avec 35, 40, 50 nœuds de vent... ces monstres de course sont splendides, mais vulnérables...
Growl you may...go you must!💨💨💨💨⛵⚓
Can't to see Pip in the V.G. again.
“demasted” Heck of a descriptive word. Whoa.
Looks like fun
Nothing more tedious than fair weather sailing
🙏 🌊 safety 🦺 #luxor ⌚
Fastnet usually throws something at you. It’s not for the faint hearted
And with a belly full of lunch 😂😂😂
There were a lot of highly qualified sailors it would have been nice to have heard from
Can't wait for the orcas to pull up and put in their bid
Won't be the worst conditions they will face I'll bet.
anyone who says this was FUN is full of it!!!
Pip complains that she and her boat haven't been tested, so don't go until the testes have been passed. Or adjust your sailing plans to account for the weather, the fleet, and the boat.
I think I would have pulled out, instead of taking the chance of smack tarring my boat.
Dear God.....did you spill the eye-shadow or what?
It is disppointing that so many retired. The conditions were not at all severe and every boat crossing the start line should be capable of dealing with conditions far worse than gusts to 35 - 40 knots. Thank goodness the breeze came in before the fleet got to the western approaches where the seas would have been far steeper. The skippers must understand that they are responsible for preparing the boat and crew - RORC will always start a race and it is up to the skipper to assess the capabilities of boat and crew - it seems in this instance that many skippers unerestimated just what a challenge the Fastnet can be and were caught out by relatively mild heavy weather.
Great filming, music/noise sucks
Why don’t more people fall off these boats?
Thanks. It’s hard to see if you don’t know.
Rule 1: do NOT fall off the boat. If you do, you're almost certainly dead. In anything other than a flat calm, a man overboard is out of sight almost immediately and gone before the boat can be turned around. Crews know this and obey rule 1!
I used to sail in the bays seas around Victoria Australia. Out in Bass Strait mostly and forget calm and delightful. So stop carrying on about the bloody weather. Sail.
Thank god for the M key to mute that ridiculous "music".
Everybody knows where this race is so there's no point in mentioning it.
Do u know where u need a mullet?
Hi John.
The Golden Rule of journalism:
Declare who, what, when, where, and how.
To not include "where" would be journalistic malpractice.
Your assertion that everybody knows where it is is patently absurd on its face.
Cheers
music is pointless and ruins your videos.
40 Knots??? I did that on my own as a novice. These guys are supposed to be sailing boats with some degree of experience. Give it a break. "manage the asset" hahahaha. get a life. 88 retirements within 24 hours. You must be kidding. These clowns are what made 1979 a disaster, while competent crews raced hard. Imagine going offshore on a short race in quite mild conditions and not even lasting 24 hours.
Who really cares
Why are all the British sailors so Ill prepared for this race? There are some fantastic dead British sailors turning in their graves right now! What has happened to the UK, it seems to be the norm there now. Very disappointing. Let’s get the quality back in British.
British sailor Sam Goodchild just delivered a thrid place in the highly competitive IMOCA fleet on his first major race with a new boat - Sam Davies finished 5th in Innitiatives Coeur - quality performances from British sailors
MERCI
Please stop showing someone s face and show the bloody
Boats!.you can talk over it
While its happening if feel
Needing too.
Great coverage, thank you.