2010 Southern Straits Race onboard Astral Plane (J109)
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- Опубликовано: 4 апр 2010
- Take a ride with the RVYC J109 crew onboard Astral Plane during the Southern Straits race from Vancouver to Parksville April 2nd 2010. A 98.0 millibar low was forecast to power across the region during the start of the race and spread gale force SE winds. The wind never eased in the afternoon like it was suppose to. Max wind speeds at 1pm hit 55 knots, seas reached 6 meters and the top boat speed was 19.6 knots. Astral was one of 10 sailboats to make it across the Strait into Nanaimo harbour. 50 boats turned back and didn't attempt the crossing. Astral suffered minor damage including a blown traveller and ripped main. Others weren't so lucky. A 30 foot boat named Incisor sank and thankfully, all 6 of her crew were pluked from frigid waters with the aid of a BC ferry. Needless to say, the race was cancelled.
Astral Plane Crew: Tyler, Kyle, Phil, Matt S, Tammy, Adam, Kate, Sue, Matt B, Mike, Colin 
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Wow! So glad the folks on incisors are safe. Aside from this accident, the grins on the faces of the sailors of the J109 say it all. Loved the video, thanks for posting - Amazing.
Colin, this is mental. I think you need to keep this up. If Global picked this up you need to go after them for copyright or ask for a fee.
Amazing!
dont take this down ! this is a great vid and still doesnt do justice to the weather. but great sailing on your crews part. it was great crossing paths with you about 30 min after the start, gave us a chance to see how our pace was for a little while
Nice job, guys! Congrats on making Nanaimo. Those were some brutal conditions and very exciting, no doubt. Having been in the Straits of Georgia under similar conditions, I know the video doesn't do justice to the size of the swell and wind waves. Great job on capturing some video.
A great crew and a great boat!
Matt, you made that crossing look smooth and easy!
alanw2005. Viewer here from the UK. Recommended viewing by Scuttlebutt, hence the number of hits.
We did a Cowes Week race once (refered to as "Windy Tuesday") in 60kts and got 11.2kts under storm jib only.
Nice to see some good footage but sorry about the carnage in the rest of the fleet.
Impressive undertaking.
You guys are getting lots of views!
wow...19 in a J109.
wow I didn't know the Strait could be this gnarly, is this fall or winter season?
@cmeakin31 I believe the Halibut Bank Buoy that day was at 2.5 metres.
Thanks for posting this. It's highly educational. Please keep it up if you can.
I've VERY curious to know whether Global reached out to you to discuss copyright. If not, that's extremely unprofessional.
Real pucker stuff, but I see grins all the way across on their faces. Would love to have been on board that one..
Given the weather briefing at the Capts. meeting, was it really a wise decision to run this race?
Do you have complete video from the weather briefing? That was a meeting I'd like to show folks in its entirety.
What kind of digital/video camera did you use? The video looks crisp and clean!
Congratulations on surviving the storm. I sailed in a similar, though not quite as severe storm while crossing the English Channel in a J/109. We'd lost wind speed, which were forecast in the 40 kt range with 4 to 5m waves.
I'm interested, though, what happened to your traveler? Do you have any pictures of the damage to the traveler?
Thanks, Mark
I heard that Incisor capsized and sank during the storm. Why didn't she self right when knocked down and how was she swamped?
About 17-th-hand, but I heard they didn't secure the main hatch so when they went over the cabin filled with water.
Are they holding the same race this year?? i'm in. .. Do you need crew?
how much did u reef? can't see from video
Is the wind 55.5 knots, or the speed of the boat?
what is the clown in the drysuit doing at 3:10?
That is normal weather conditions for us in Japan Sea. We were racing in much worse weather conditions on the 25 foot racer Conrad-25R, with just one storm jib and we was going against wind, so you was lucky to go before the wind. :)
Oh fuck off.
The waves looked like they were 3 metres. Were there really 6 metre waves out there?
alanw2005 those are some big waves on camera