An Optimist Sailing selected video:
This Leg 5 Documentary tracks the fleet as they leave Auckland, the ‘City of Sails’ before starting their epic voyage through the Southern Ocean, rounding Cape Horn, entering to the Atlantic Ocean and finishing in Itajaí, Brazil. Catch all the drama and action as the teams experience the most extreme conditions so far in this race.
Expect more like this to be uploaded to the Official Volvo Ocean Race YouTube Channel in the future. Get all the latest updates on www.VolvoOceanRace.com
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Are these yachts so delicate because the engineers have sacrificed a proportion of the durability/weight so they can go faster? Surely normal superyachts are more tougher than these right??
Bring these back!?
Why don't these boats have some sort of dodgers for crew in conditions like this???
Wow! Amazing Sailors in Amazing Sail boats, Sailing in some Crazy Conditions.?
This takes balls to do. I would be scared as shit.
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I felt so bad for the french team so much effort put in you could feel the weight of the deception in their faces. These guys have balls of steel. I thought I was good with my occasional first places in our beer can phrf races, man this gave me a reality check on my abilities.
Awesome it not nearly enough!
Does anyone know the sighting tool they are using? The yellow portable one? Thanks! Great video!
They still make them out of Carbon Fiber. Hull and Deck….
no designers, sacrificed strength for speed.
I think that is the idea with every boat build. Was the old rule to make the boats only half as strong? heheh
yeah, slow and steady wins the race
That is really good to hear. I was literally getting angry when seeing these boats just break down all the time. Just make the boats a bit more sturdy (and heavy) but they will win in the long run!
they made a new rule where boats have to be stronger
needs more duct tape
It seems that way. They are made of the best,strongest carbon fibers but they engineer it to be as light as possible so when a stronger material is discovered they just make the hull & structure thinner & lighter instead of designing in a margin of safety. In my opinion that's great for racing boats that are close to shore & rescue crews but in races where they are in remote areas & a rescue could be days away that's crazy. I'm sure there are some build guidelines but IMO they have gone to far
are these boats made of paper or something?