I'm a land-rat... I had trouble drinking my coffee listening to your (this) episode ... talk about some crazy sailing (adventure). Hope they can make it without disaster. Thanks a lot for your videos!
Loved the intro once again. SO cool to see these boats doing exactly what they're designed for.. such a graceful sight. This Southern ocean just makes a tough life so so much tougher! Appreciated this younger version explaining the perils ;)
When they're at Point Nemo, the place farthest from land on all the oceans, the closest people are on the International Space Station and their competitors. Thanks, younger Florian, for showing us the actual feeling of being of being in the Southern Ocean.
The physical term you are looking for when describing coldness, is heat conductivity and heat capacity. Water vapor conducts a lot of heat very effectively. In vacuum, you can be quiye close to a heat source without feeling a thing. Not so in a sauna. Good analogy 😊👍
i live in central Canada. One morning approx 8 years ago about 645 AM , I was walking to work. It was on a New Years day , and about a 2km walk, it was -45 Celsius , coldest city in Canada same temperature that morning as THE SURFACE OF MARS. It was cold , BUT humidity was almost zero. Saunas yes very popular in my city. Lots of Finnish immigrants.
Thanks for the incredible insight to how tough it can be down in the Southern Ocean, didnt realise that the boats can accidentally jibe. Great racing and great updates.
In Nova Scotia we would be chill to the bone at 0 C with high humidity. In Calgary AB, you can walk around in a T-shirt at -5 C with no humidity. It is almost a desert. It is cold but not bone chilling.
This is most extreme sport that I ever seen? Amazing a single sailer could endure this. I am hopeful that experience pays off for to get through the event. First time to watch this race. Thanks!
Oh! I missed this video 4 years ago. This is a must to watch the potential dangers to any sailors in sailing in any oceans especially the southern ocean. That is the reason why i do not the sailing in the Korean winter season(Dec.~Feb.)to avoid one of the 5 dangers of southern ocea,the biting coid!
I have to congratulate you for the begining footage of this video quite amazing sailing panoramic of this boat floating above sea level.....increíble !!!!!
Flo, could you, if time permits, talk about how the cabins are built, so no water enters and destroys all the electronics, in those waves?? Thank you!!
I have sailed many miles but would never want to sail in the Southern Ocean. I much prefer to curl up and read about those exploits, sitting in front of a cozy fire with a glass of Brandy. I really admire those that actually live that incredible adventure and allow us to vicariously experience their courage from afar...
Good point. Waves can change the angle of the boat. And before you know it the wind is on the other side of the sail, causing your long heavy boom to swing the other way. And when it stops suddenly at the end of the swing it may rip the rope holding it or the mast or you Ü
I got my Seawolves cup! Woof-woof… It’s great but I wish there was a slightly larger one available. 14oz, I ‘d buy that one to. Thanks for your hard work Florian!😊
Florian, I knew that sailing in this latitude had it's moments, or said more forthrightly, dangers. The emphasis from other descriptions was the size of the waves and the strong winds. You have given a much better understanding of this area of the ocean. The dangers stack and as a result become much greater. The term I would use as a modeler is multiply to show this stacking of risks. Total risk = Cold X Wind X Sea state X angle of sail to waves. Thus each variable when it goes up, is more than that variable by itself. The math term for this is interaction. The variables interact to increase. Each variable has a multiplier to account for greater risk from that variable. Example injury from whatever source will have a higher constant on it than sea state. The impact of an injury can be enormous. Broken arm? I cannot imagine what that would do to a person. While I am familiar with air splints to hold the bones in place, there would be no setting of the bones until landfall and a qualified physician. Long wait? Oh, then you need to break the bone again to set it straight and that requires unusual skill and knowledge.
I had an accidental gybe once when my rudder failed. Turtled the boat. Of course it was a Sunfish on a warm inland lake, but it was quite a shock when it happened.
I have sailed for some time in my life and after few storms in cold weather I understood that this is not for average people. And the cold is the absolutely the biggest torture. Then I found for myself that the most enjoyable sailing is inshore racing. Or short passages from one port to other. Everything else is actually a gamble against elements. Yes - you know what and how needs to be done - but on top of that you are enclosed in a small space for a long time - why? Where is the fun?
I don't think it's the fun factor that motivates these sailors. Primarily the challenge and a strong desire to compete in an extreme sport they know well. They obviously love sailing, there's no doubt there. But love being subjected to all manner of dangers and discomfort for months all alone in often hostile environmental conditions? No. The competitive urge to be #1 for many, and just to finish this grueling race for others drives these sailors.
wonderful advert ,, 2322 potential round the world sailors have taken up model airplane flying . [ not putting down our brave model flyers ,of course ]. The footage from the Volvo boats ,having camera crews, was certainly spectacular ,even though I know you can never quite capture how big waves look 'coming at you with intent' ,on a camera .[ my yesterdays screen saver was team Brunnel submarining off cape horn, just the helm and radar.gps stands visible. I do wonder if having a 'minder/mothership ' ,big tri shadowing the fleet may become a good idea .
You change the heading on top of the waves bcs the apparent wind gets closer to the real wind, bcs 1. You're slowing down, 2. Up the wave the wind is stronger
What is the possibility of shutting the horn audio off. This way, we can listen to just how violent this sailing really is. We get a hint of the violence every few seconds on the intro, even over the horns. Would be cool to get the full meal deal. Tks R
I know some of the racers have drones that they launch in calmer conditions. Was the long shot of HOLCIM - PRB shot using a drone, or from a helicopter or airplane?
I've seen luxury yachts have what looks like a damper attached to the boom. I'm not sure if it serves that function or if it helps in lowering and raising the boom.
If sailing was often like it is in the southern ocean neither would I or 99% of the non-competitive sailors in the world! Thank the gods that's not the case.
An easy way to understand the humidity: Try putting your hand in an 100 C oven or 100 C water... And last week I watched: ua-cam.com/video/4x1R5-mMmsE/v-deo.htmlsi=gM8200CtWViOnIE5 , great documentary in french about the Vendée Globe 96-97. Multiple rescues by fellow competitors...
Hi Florian, am new here, thanks for this work you are doing, I’m really enjoying your explanations. Small request… 30 minutes is a lot of time every day to watch your excellent vids. Can you please do an edited version, say 10 mins? A short round up as complimentary to your more in depth pieces. (Hi from the 38th sth)
@@JG-ly2ij because your request is a bit impertinent. You can watch other channels here, where you can watch just 10 Min. videos. Seawolfes is the only one who goes a bit deeper into sailing for us who are interested. I just love his explanations esoecially about this race and the southern ocean and I'm not the only one.
There's the option to increase the speed of the video. If you view at 1.5x you will have reduced the video from 30m down to around 20m. It's not 10m but maybe more acceptable for your needs.
I really don’t understand t he southern ocean starts at 60 degrees south they will not get anywhere close to that not anywhere especially due to the ice limit 😩🙈😩🙈😩why why why do they keep saying they are in the southern ocean 🙈🙈🙈🙈
I've been on several sailing trips, but nothing that even approaches anything close to this. These sailors are pushing it so far beyond the edge already. Why not get rid of the ice exclusion zone and let them REALLY go for it? Then you'd separate the chaff from the wheat! Seems just a matter of time. Why not do it now?
Of course, you're joking but in case you're not some of these sailors would actually do it, hence the exclusion zones. This race is already high risk as it is.
I'm a land-rat... I had trouble drinking my coffee listening to your (this) episode ... talk about some crazy sailing (adventure). Hope they can make it without disaster. Thanks a lot for your videos!
Absolute horror haha not funny
Your channel is the best for Vendee Globe back ground informations!
Loved the intro once again. SO cool to see these boats doing exactly what they're designed for.. such a graceful sight. This Southern ocean just makes a tough life so so much tougher! Appreciated this younger version explaining the perils ;)
Yeah, I can’t get enough of seeing these boats flying along. There is just something so mesmerising about them
When they're at Point Nemo, the place farthest from land on all the oceans, the closest people are on the International Space Station and their competitors. Thanks, younger Florian, for showing us the actual feeling of being of being in the Southern Ocean.
The physical term you are looking for when describing coldness, is heat conductivity and heat capacity. Water vapor conducts a lot of heat very effectively. In vacuum, you can be quiye close to a heat source without feeling a thing. Not so in a sauna. Good analogy 😊👍
I love the intro, long steady shot of beautiful sailboats.
And the “haunting” music really compliments the awesome footage. 🤙
Now I’m really really frightened 😮 Thanks for this picture of the southern ocean
i live in central Canada. One morning approx 8 years ago about 645 AM , I was walking to work. It was on a New Years day , and about a 2km walk, it was -45 Celsius , coldest city in Canada same temperature that morning as THE SURFACE OF MARS.
It was cold , BUT humidity was almost zero.
Saunas yes very popular in my city. Lots of Finnish immigrants.
Thanks for the incredible insight to how tough it can be down in the Southern Ocean, didnt realise that the boats can accidentally jibe. Great racing and great updates.
Very very good stuff , you explaining science in an understandable way . I enjoyed the physics . starting in the sauna .
In Nova Scotia we would be chill to the bone at 0 C with high humidity. In Calgary AB, you can walk around in a T-shirt at -5 C with no humidity. It is almost a desert. It is cold but not bone chilling.
This is most extreme sport that I ever seen? Amazing a single sailer could endure this. I am hopeful that experience pays off for to get through the event. First time to watch this race. Thanks!
Oh! I missed this video 4 years ago.
This is a must to watch the potential dangers to any sailors in sailing in any oceans especially the southern ocean.
That is the reason why i do not the sailing in the Korean winter season(Dec.~Feb.)to avoid one of the 5 dangers of
southern ocea,the biting coid!
Thank you Florian for a great explanation of conditions that the sailors can experience 👏👏👏
I have to congratulate you for the begining footage of this video quite amazing sailing panoramic of this boat floating above sea level.....increíble !!!!!
As a Canadian, even of the warmer parts, I laugh at your +1 "cold"
Flo, could you, if time permits, talk about how the cabins are built, so no water enters and destroys all the electronics, in those waves?? Thank you!!
Yes please!!!
sure tomorrow on question show
Great video. Scary Southern Ocean. I hope everybody will make it - safe and sound.
I have learned so much from this one video! Thank you!
I have sailed many miles but would never want to sail in the Southern Ocean.
I much prefer to curl up and read about those exploits, sitting in front of a cozy fire with a glass of Brandy.
I really admire those that actually live that incredible adventure and allow us to vicariously experience their courage from afar...
Good point. Waves can change the angle of the boat. And before you know it the wind is on the other side of the sail, causing your long heavy boom to swing the other way. And when it stops suddenly at the end of the swing it may rip the rope holding it or the mast or you Ü
I got my Seawolves cup! Woof-woof… It’s great but I wish there was a slightly larger one available. 14oz, I ‘d buy that one to. Thanks for your hard work Florian!😊
heeeeee nice :)
Great insights. Hard for any one who has not been afloat to get it. And even then it’s unimaginable
I love your intros. Really great!
that first 2.30 ... incredible.
I got to say I am thrilled to watch the Vendee Globe again and thanks for the wonderful coverage were making history ❤️👍
Thank you
Florian, I knew that sailing in this latitude had it's moments, or said more forthrightly, dangers. The emphasis from other descriptions was the size of the waves and the strong winds. You have given a much better understanding of this area of the ocean. The dangers stack and as a result become much greater. The term I would use as a modeler is multiply to show this stacking of risks. Total risk = Cold X Wind X Sea state X angle of sail to waves. Thus each variable when it goes up, is more than that variable by itself. The math term for this is interaction. The variables interact to increase. Each variable has a multiplier to account for greater risk from that variable. Example injury from whatever source will have a higher constant on it than sea state. The impact of an injury can be enormous. Broken arm? I cannot imagine what that would do to a person. While I am familiar with air splints to hold the bones in place, there would be no setting of the bones until landfall and a qualified physician. Long wait? Oh, then you need to break the bone again to set it straight and that requires unusual skill and knowledge.
Love the horns!!
this clarified a lot for me! Great podcast.
Still amazed how they can still sleep in those rougher conditions, any comments on that?
I think sleep is a relative word at 20+ knots
@@leonardbertaux6897 Exactly, they probably just 'rest' more than sleep and even resting is relative.
Thanks ... Excellent explanation...
ok this episode actually terrified me, so far it has been one gigantic romance film! greetings from Dr. AlGoREhythym down under
Magnificent intro 💥💥💥
Die drone shots kan ik echt de hele dag naar kijken
To avoid accidental gybes, are they not using preventers?
Great show , thank you!
Baby Florian’s bad lighting is giving me horrible COVID flashbacks 😂 thanks for your daily updates!!
That was Great!
Also, cold air is heavier, bcs more dense. For same wind it has more mass, more quantity of movement in the sails.
I had an accidental gybe once when my rudder failed. Turtled the boat. Of course it was a Sunfish on a warm inland lake, but it was quite a shock when it happened.
I have sailed for some time in my life and after few storms in cold weather I understood that this is not for average people. And the cold is the absolutely the biggest torture. Then I found for myself that the most enjoyable sailing is inshore racing. Or short passages from one port to other. Everything else is actually a gamble against elements. Yes - you know what and how needs to be done - but on top of that you are enclosed in a small space for a long time - why? Where is the fun?
I don't think it's the fun factor that motivates these sailors. Primarily the challenge and a strong desire to compete in an extreme sport they know well. They obviously love sailing, there's no doubt there. But love being subjected to all manner of dangers and discomfort for months all alone in often hostile environmental conditions? No. The competitive urge to be #1 for many, and just to finish this grueling race for others drives these sailors.
Thank you very much. Ask your younger brother to join the Tuesday video 😀👍
The intro is superb 👍
Thank you for your excellent videos. It is so much deeper to watch and learn from Vendee race👍 is it possible to follow Jules Verne Trophy somewhere?
wonderful advert ,, 2322 potential round the world sailors have taken up model airplane flying . [ not putting down our brave model flyers ,of course ]. The footage from the Volvo boats ,having camera crews, was certainly spectacular ,even though I know you can never quite capture how big waves look 'coming at you with intent' ,on a camera .[ my yesterdays screen saver was team Brunnel submarining off cape horn, just the helm and radar.gps stands visible. I do wonder if having a 'minder/mothership ' ,big tri shadowing the fleet may become a good idea .
Again, thanks ... very enjoyable. Might you be able to occasionally have live contact with boats.. ?
yes I do
Last Vendee didn’t Pip climb the mast to fix something while in the Southern ocean? Badass
beautiful intro
You change the heading on top of the waves bcs the apparent wind gets closer to the real wind, bcs 1. You're slowing down, 2. Up the wave the wind is stronger
Looking good today 👍 what moisturiser do you use?
What is the possibility of shutting the horn audio off. This way, we can listen to just how violent this sailing really is. We get a hint of the violence every few seconds on the intro, even over the horns. Would be cool to get the full meal deal.
Tks
R
And Don t forget the infamous narrow drake passage who boost the amplitude of the longue longue powerfull swell again around😂😂🇨🇵🇳🇱🇨🇵
For tomorrow's Q & A....what's Cam's "clack, clack" about?
Hmmm the likeness is remarkable, I guess your brother...
I guess they just turn on the cabin heater to warm back up 😊
The competitors who suffered gear failures on their boats in much kinder conditions must be really concerned about the next few weeks
I used to believe that the Idiarod was the greatest of human endurance races. Not anymore. The VG tops all.
Is a person able to pull themselves back onboard if they fall in whilst tethered, say at 20knots?
Good question. Hopefully, that won't happen.
Who’s that young hansom guy that hosted the show today? 🤷♂️🤙😉😂
Intrepid flying!!!!!! Merci pour les images
They are at the end of the spring entering in summer the 21st of December. They are not in winter like in Amsterdam.
Yet again Jean Le Cam in 2012 had a chinese jab breaking some of his battens and proceeding to cook resin on the boat to fix them back
Ist there any way for the sailors to get warm and dry in the southern ocean? So they have some Kind of heat source in the cabin?
And that, Ladies & Gentlemen, is why I’m an armchair sailor 😂
How is the climate of Amsterdam similair to South Africa? Cape Town 34 south...
Because of the Golf Stream. The stream heats up Europe.
@@maschame3697a huge difference between Amsterdam and South Africa, I have lived in both regions.
I know some of the racers have drones that they launch in calmer conditions. Was the long shot of HOLCIM - PRB shot using a drone, or from a helicopter or airplane?
drone
do imocas have heat ?
Im surprised you can’t lock that boom to at least one side of the boom… like a stop in the rail or a security line…
Side of the boat…
I’m so missing Alex Thomson from this race.
does anyone have data on the g-forces from deceleration and bottoming out?
The way you describe the accidental gybe will stop all youngsters from ever wanting to ever sail a Vendee Globe! - but that's reality unfortunately!
So , what you are saying, in the S Ocean they should not gybe but tack to remain safe.
No, they can often not tack in the southern ocean, because they are saiing down wind.
Why can you not deal with accidental jobs by having a shock absorber system at where the sheet is fixed to the boat?
I mean jibes of course
I've seen luxury yachts have what looks like a damper attached to the boom. I'm not sure if it serves that function or if it helps in lowering and raising the boom.
I don’t want to sail anymore😂
If sailing was often like it is in the southern ocean neither would I or 99% of the non-competitive sailors in the world! Thank the gods that's not the case.
Good, 95% relearning all the time
An easy way to understand the humidity: Try putting your hand in an 100 C oven or 100 C water...
And last week I watched: ua-cam.com/video/4x1R5-mMmsE/v-deo.htmlsi=gM8200CtWViOnIE5 , great documentary in french about the Vendée Globe 96-97. Multiple rescues by fellow competitors...
But there is summer on the southern hemisphere, so all you talk about is not for the vendee globe…
Hi Florian, am new here, thanks for this work you are doing, I’m really enjoying your explanations.
Small request… 30 minutes is a lot of time every day to watch your excellent vids. Can you please do an edited version, say 10 mins?
A short round up as complimentary to your more in depth pieces.
(Hi from the 38th sth)
Take the time, it’s worth it. Let things go where not. It depends on you, not the time itself 😉.
If you want something short, there is a platform called TikTok. If you look for "dance videos" you will find what you're looking for there :) :P
@@SeawolvesTV wow. thats interesting, tiktok/ i never thought to be so banal.
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@@JG-ly2ij because your request is a bit impertinent. You can watch other channels here, where you can
watch just 10 Min. videos. Seawolfes is the only one who goes a bit deeper into sailing for us who are
interested. I just love his explanations esoecially about this race and the southern ocean and I'm not the only one.
There's the option to increase the speed of the video. If you view at 1.5x you will have reduced the video from 30m down to around 20m. It's not 10m but maybe more acceptable for your needs.
Is it AI generated to have your younger 'brother' video 🤣
I am artist in England do you have a name for your art dealing business?
kroongallery.com
Your climate in amsterdam is not the same as Capetown. Cold in Adam - warm (summer) in Capetown.
i did not say same... :) I said in some ways, it is similar.. Big big difference :)
If you mean both are winter rainfall cities, you're correct, but by every other measure you're not.@@SeawolvesTV
I really don’t understand t he southern ocean starts at 60 degrees south they will not get anywhere close to that not anywhere especially due to the ice limit 😩🙈😩🙈😩why why why do they keep saying they are in the southern ocean 🙈🙈🙈🙈
I've been on several sailing trips, but nothing that even approaches anything close to this. These sailors are pushing it so far beyond the edge already. Why not get rid of the ice exclusion zone and let them REALLY go for it? Then you'd separate the chaff from the wheat! Seems just a matter of time. Why not do it now?
Of course, you're joking but in case you're not some of these sailors would actually do it, hence the exclusion zones. This race is already high risk as it is.
Your intro is a pain and a waste of time. Get on with it.
:) if you need something quick and fast.. go visit a... :p
Just skip it!
Love the start!
Love it really beautifull scenes
@@SeawolvesTV I love the long horn intros. It's what makes this channel unique!