Cruising Documentary - Queen's Birthday Storm
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- In June of 1994 a dangerous storm caught dozens of cruising sailors by surprise as they voyaged north from New Zealand. 7 Boats were abandoned and 3 crew were sadly lost.
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I love how this was made back in 1994 yet... real footage real accounts and no repetitive footage and repetitive commentary. Unlike shows that started in the mid 2000's that have maybe 10 to 15min of content in 45min of an episode. An absolute testament to how things should be produced and presented.
@Trent Wade 😂😂😂
Hmmm...they did show many of the same images several times, like the "snowy" waves pics, but they used enough to where its not that noticeable.
@@norml.hugh-mann yeah, but not like now where the narrator keeps repeating himself & showing the same footage over & over.
I guess ur not alone,prays the Lord.
Yeah this was really good. They covert a lot of crews and their boats.
We're not in control anymore. The media and entertainment industry is.
This has everything. Beauty, danger, courage, heartache and heroism, topped off with a crazy lady.
she was hilarious lmfao
If she was ugly the whole premise would have fallen on deaf ears
The new age lady is what takes this from being a great doco to a masterpiece.
I was there on HMNZS Monowai. I remember as we were sailing into the storm bracing myself in bed and watching all our stuff fall onto the deck. I just left it there. I was on the bridge for the Silver Shadow rescue. My job was maintaining the ships boats, including that RHIB. The second rescue actually cracked the hull in the RHIB and it spent the rest of the 3-month deployment sitting on the forward well deck.
At some stages the ship was rolling 42 degrees either side of centre. The engines had CPP props which would back off pitch when they came out of the water. The starboard shaft ended up being locked in full pitch. Certainly the worst weather I have ever been in.
I always hoped we would find Quartermaster; it was not until after the deployment I found out they were lost at sea.
Brave man
Thanks for all your efforts. I too was in that storm on a 42' Halberg Rassy yacht Mahina Tiare II. We were further to the west but heard alot of the radio exchanges. I'n 1977 I was in a similar storm sailing to Tonga from NZ. I've since done 360,000 ocean miles incuding racing around the world and polar sailing...I've never seen such big seas as then.
One of the best documentaries ever made. - V
I never fail to be impressed by the calmness of professional sailors acting under pressure in extreme conditions. Pure grace.
Perhaps you mean experienced. Yachtsmen, by definition, are not professional.
The two new age freaks with the 1970s hair should have gone down with the ship.
“Grace under fire” as the U.S. Marines say.
we were in that storm. Most of the sailors were amateurs the rescuers were amazing and yes calm
@@kristinpercy Books and documentaries cover those who needed rescue. Do you have any idea of how many other yachts were out there, and what did they do differently not to require rescue? I've been wondering this for ages and just came across your response. Were you knocked down? Was it as bad as everyone says?
The willingness of those cargo ships to help the helpless smaller boats is Amazing!
Lore of the sea.
One you’re requested it’s pretty much the law you do what you can to assist!
This is why I love RUclips. Hours of rubbish is paid off with a gem like this
kilötönnes mit mega äch yödäretönz D
@@cv507 whatever you said?
Agreed. But u don’t need to go through hours of rubbish if u begin subscribing to the right people and channels. I’m mostly subscribed to history, pilots, NTSB investigations, human mysteries, cave diving, a former convict (prison stories) and nature related. I used to not be subscribed to anyone and I got tons of rubbish.
The sailors’ commentaries are fascinating. Many of them were basically professional amateurs, which results in a technically comprehensive description of events, but with a lot more humanity instilled in it. The mixture of personalities was great too. I liked how the Fijian sailors were like RL superheroes.
What a great effort by so many folks, to save these sailors in some of the worst conditions. From those commissioned to do so, to the captains and crew of commercial ships who diverted from their course to risk some of their own safety, this is heroism to the nines. Beautifully done documentary. With all the nastiness occurring in the world today, it's inspiring to see the generosity of others shared so willingly.
I remember as a 14yr old, listening on a shortwave radio to Kerikeri radio scheds during this storm, writing down positions and plotting them.
Having been a former boat owner and need of rescue, the feeling of being safe again is nearly overwhelming. The safety of another vessel in such times is beyond measure. The recovery eventually builds the foundation for courage to go out again. The adventure may be hazardous but the calling is stronger.
"Every sailor knows
That the Sea
Is a friend made enemy
@@Orcinus1967Blame whom we wish, but Mother Nature is in charge. Once we head out to sea, we're at her mercy.
But you already know that.
@@Orcinus1967 q
@@leochen887 , . ‘Smells baaad’. 6 hours !!!! 🔴🦌. 5 days or more sitting inside your stomach puuuu-trifying !!! No fibre if you eat animals in their secretions !!! Timelapse. ruclips.net/video/lmSrUvgWiqE/видео.html .... 🤢🤮.. That’s why I am vegan !!!! Your teeth are flat 😬. And your stomach is very very long, “combined length of the small and large intestines is at least 15 ft in length”. We are herbivores. The ape family. ✅❤️😬💪🦍 GorilIas never ever eat animals, they are huge !!! 98.6% the same as us !!! And I’ve gotten bigger and stronger and fitter on a plant based diet. Scientific fact !!!! Fat deposits clog the arteries, eating animals and their secretions. Deodorant mask the symptoms but the shoes and socks and armpits.. 🍳🍖🍔...🦠🧟♂️👕🧦🥾🤮..
Being a sailboat owner/ sailor/ racer. Having worked on every inch of my boat and knowing it like the back of my hand, that lady is coo coo for coconuts!
Pleasr ram my perfectly seaworthy amd salvageable boat.
Incredible documentary. My family had sailed to Tonga just prior to this and I joined them in Fiji. We knew some of these boats and my childhood holidays featured radio calls to John & Maureen as we cruised on & offshore. The care that has gone into this record of what was an entirely remarkable set of events is extraordinary. Kudos to everyone involved.
I was an officer in the merchant navy for 26 years, sailing on ships from 3500 tonnes to 55000 tonnes. When I retired I decided to buy a boat, and I did. I got myself a 48 foot canal barge. After I bought it I too was caught out in a force 9 storm. The waves in the canal reached a record 10 inches high and I was driven 30 foot to the far bank. I still remember it to this day. .... In all seriousness guys, after working at sea for that amount of time I have too much respect for nature and the sea and feel that the canal systems are the place for me.
10 inches!! Jesus Christ! If there's one thing I know about canals;, its that things can go VERY wrong, VERY quickly
@@epowellrob 👍🤣
What does " are you spry " mean ? Do those rescued get billed by the rescue organization, like when an ambulance comes to get a person?
Hahaha
You will need to be fit and agile.
To sail across oceans in a sailboat takes knowledge, courage, luck and insanity. But for someone to risk their lives to rescue yours, takes a strong heart and a good level of nobility.
Just heart-wrenching. Very bad, but the Fastnet 1979 race was even worse (75 capsizes, 24 abandoned vessels, 5 lost believed sunk, 19 dead - 15 sailors and 4 spectators: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Fastnet_race ). Some of what they learned from that storm helped save lives in this one. God bless 406 MHz EPIRBS! Much appreciated that you posted this.
Engrossing, terrifying, emotional. Thanks for sharing this excellent documentary, Phil. Sail on. Liz
Please don't abandon your boat unless she is as good as sunk. This documentary is a testament to the dangers and waste of fear. What a waste of vessels and what a danger to the lives of rescuers and crew alike. Any descent boat wants to float (she can't help but want to) sail her to safety.
indeed terrifying. and thanks for your amazing channel, i'm glad you (and I) never went through anything like thank. bang 3x on wood.
@@jfdbcpv1983 ; . ‘Smells baaad’. 6 hours !!!! 🔴🦌. 5 days or more sitting inside your stomach puuuu-trifying !!! No fibre if you eat animals in their secretions !!! Timelapse. ruclips.net/video/lmSrUvgWiqE/видео.html .... 🤢🤮.. That’s why I am vegan !!!! Your teeth are flat 😬. And your stomach is very very long, “combined length of the small and large intestines is at least 15 ft in length”. We are herbivores. The ape family. ✅❤️😬💪🦍 GorilIas never ever eat animals, they are huge !!! 98.6% the same as us !!! And I’ve gotten bigger and stronger and fitter on a plant based diet. Scientific fact !!!! Fat deposits clog the arteries, eating animals and their secretions. Deodorant mask the symptoms but the shoes and socks and armpits.. 🍳🍖🍔...🦠🧟♂️👕🧦🥾🤮
What a bunch of amazing, exalted, and rare breed of people those search-and-rescue people are! Not to mention the merchant mariners who immediately stop their commercial duties and put their own lives on the line!
Humankind at its finest...
One of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen. Thank you thank you!!!
The incredible sacrifice by those that put to sea to rescue those that do also with best intentions should always be acknowledged.
Words fail me to express my appreciation for this wonderfully produced documentary. It demonstrates the best in humanity under stress. Will probably watch again. The only improvement would be to delete the "dramatic" music that shades the real drama of the radio transmissions.
This is my second time watching this and it is utterly heart-wrenching.Paula is one capable woman, god bless her.
ohhh so touching !! People loving sailing and sea can understand the deep sorrow when a crew and a yacht is loosing in a storm. Thanks to the rescue teams saving lives
I live on a small 22ft yacht. it was awesome to watch this and the dangers of the waters. It was very emotional to hear the tales of the sea and I would like to thank all the personal that it took to do the rescue. just awesome
Aww you live on a Dinghy 😂
personnel
@@lacricademarta Smaller than that have crossed major waters, so don't scoff at the size, she's like a cork
22’ and yacht are kind of hard to fathom. lol. How do you rub one out with out making a mess in the kitchen lmao
I read a book about this tragedy about 20 years ago. It was entitled, "Rescue in the Pacific." Spellbinding and terrifying. This documentary certainly brings that account to life. Well done.
Yes, the book is by Tony Farrington and is called 'Rogue Storm' in the US edition. I was there, and the book is authoritative, as is the video.
@@RothesayBayMan where you on a sailboat in this storm??
@@bendaves77 No, Sir, I was in command of HMNZS MONOWAI
@@RothesayBayMan still a pretty sketchy time to be on the water no matter what the size of the vessel is
Great video. I went on a spring break trip in 1990 from Miami to the Bahamas on a wooden 52ft ketch called the Shark VIII. We left Miami at midnight for an overnight crossing to Bimini and encountered 60mph winds and steep 20-25ft swells with white caps. That part of the ocean can be dangerous when you get a strong southerly wind blowing against the strong northerly current which creates high steep waves. We rolled 45 deg to port and two people flew out of their bunks onto the floor. There was a bright full moon that night so you could see the enormous black swells towering over the boat. At that moment I couldn’t decide if I was excited for the adventure or plain scared.
Thank you so much!!! I've been reading the book twice or even three times a long while ago, but a book is a book and real pictures are something else. Thank you again!
Wild story. Hats off to the sailors and the rescuers that risked their lives to help. Amazing and terrifying stuff.
What an incredibly moving story, shows how important safety equipment is and location
Thank You for sharing this horrible experience all the crews hit by this storm had to experience. The bravery of t he rescue vessel's crews and that of those in the search aircraft was commendable. Peace be with the captain and crew of the Quartermaster.
RUclips repeatedly recommended this video to me, before I eventually sat down and watched it. RUclips must know I need a cautionary message, given how I've recently purchased a bluewater sailboat and intend oceanic passages. Thank you youtube, message received loud and clear
so sad regarding quartermaster , bless their souls and may they know they are loved
NZ search & rescue is incredible!
Yw
Wow. Sad to see lives were lost. Amazing there’s that amount of footage filmed before smart phones and GoPros...
@@sg-yq8pm ok grandpa
@@sg-yq8pm The footage onboard MONOWAI was filmed using 2 super-8 video cameras, one of which was personally owned and got damaged by sea spray during use. Ninox got a replacement for the owner
Thank you for keeping my dad happy
Quartermaster..."we are just hanging on".......
Of courage we had plenty
We fought wind and seas valiantly
But when the waves started risin'
We prayed hard and frantic
Across that stormy Pacific
Weird how all the commentary here is about production and how it was better or worse than other shows they'd seen.
I found this document try grippng and felt close personal connection to the sailors, from their casual expectations, through their growing worries, moments or terror and strength, and finally, to their sorrows and recapitulate.
Thanks.
Incredible documentary. Thank you. What inspirational rescuers.
Love this documentary! Have watched it several times now. I just can't comprehend why the crew of Pilot would not have working radios!?!?!
Oh to live in a world where our resources, intelligence and expertise are used only for the good. Where we work together for own wellbeing. That was a terrifying ordeal for all and the voice of rescue was beyond description. Bravo.
Awesome documentary. I would have loved for the people who made it to have told their story.
what a detailed and insightful documentation. Incredibly beautiful and touching. Impressive how you live the spirit of sea sailing down there! warm regards from Germany!
What an absolutely incredible document.
A tremendous story of skill, tenacity and dogged will to survive. Bringing incredibly well trained and selfless people together pursuing one objective in the face of grave danger,. Thanks for sharing.a truly a gripping tale.
Excellent documentary reporting. Some great courage amongst those sailors. Greetings to my kiwi cousins from Western Australia!
No amount of words can express how you feel being caught up in this storm. My son was 11 and the fare that he may not make it through this gave me more fight than I ever thought I was capable of. At the end we got lucky with minimum damage to our yacht. 7 days of hell.
you mean you were in this storm?
You survived
Tell us more about how you stayed safe
the thumbs up is about how the content was presented and the True selfless heros that helped many see the nest sunrise...
One of the best documentaries I ever watched.
I recommend you The Fastnet Yacht race tragedy of 1979 and The deadly 1998 Sydney to Hobart
Agree on both....throw in some sexy latinas and make it a night
Jacaranda was right in the middle of this. We left the day everyone departed from North Island. Jacaranda one of the very few boats that suffered no damage. Luck has a big part to play in this game. Nuku’alofa main dock looked like a war zone as boats limped in. I do admit we needed a snorkel with much blue water sweeping the decks. Thanks for posting.
I along with 7 others were on Swanhaven out of tauranga we were right in the thick of it and luckly suffered on damage.I to this day still cry when i hear a C130 fly over head. It was one hell of a ride.
@@lindsaynewland2774 How did you keep safe in the conditions?
I'd love to hear more about this experience. What did you do to keep safe?
@@Secretlyanothername we had a very strong and well-mannered boat and a very good Captain and crew The crew were young and fearless
Very impressive story but may I remark that I would've expected a clairvoyant to have avoided this mess??
😀
We had a clairvoyant that rented one of the offices at the airport when people would come and ask us where she was all the pilots myself included would tell them don't worry she knows you're here.
I went to see a clairvoyant once. I knocked on the door and she called “who is it?”I said “forget it”
hahaha You know those people are adorable.
The clairvoyant didn’t want to go her pushed for it. (So the book said)
Ahoy!!Enthralling documentary!!! May put my/any dream of sailing on the back burner though!!
Love the ship to shore conversations...‘How’s it going?’.....had a few knock downs...hold on a sec just finishing my fish & chips....!
Totally makes the ups & downs of land life seem a wee bit more manageable!
Thanks for posting. We’ve showed this documentary for many years on our expeditions to demonstrate ultimate storm tactics. At the time we were sailing from Auckland to Tahiti on our first expedition together aboard Mahina Tiare II, our Hallberg-Rassy 42. with 5 expedition members.
Very well done! These sailors, real sailors, are so well spoken and tell their story so well. The graphics and explanations are excellent. It’s hard to imagine just how scary being in a situation like this and how powerless you become. Bravo!
Thanks for posting Phil
Thanks. Amazing - I was cruising my sloop on the Waitemata Harbour on that QB weekend. Great cruising conditions - we were amazed to hear what was going on further up north...
Liesss
Amazing real footage and live accounts, an Excellent Documentary !
This devastating Cyclone could have killed everybody if wasn't for the sea rescuers' bravery, the Kirikiri Radio Service and NZ National Rescue Coordination Center.
Aldo seems that some of this unfortunate sailors didn't have much experience in high seas, the great lesson is to have the right tools and that mandatory safety equipment that allowed their mayday to be heard, to be located and be saved.
For the family of three lost souls, our prayers.
Excellent documentary, thank you for posting it for us.
Just WOW! Amazing footage, edit. Here’s to lives rescued and t hi ode lost. Just such human grace and effort all around.
The 20mm would have been a noble way to go down, but isn’t it interesting that they both faced up and accepted that very painful outcome, and then a reprieve came. I found this gentleman’s attitude best deserving of this. Great.
I want to tell my partner what a great film I just watched but I’m scared she won’t want to go sailing afterwards. But this film was so educational for a budding sailor as myself really. To understand why and how the right equipment can make all the difference. Wow and it was a great watch too. I could easily see this being a block buster film 🎥
Good job to everybody that turned two on saving so many peoples .
Proper rough business. Greatest respect to all involved. RIP Eternal Watchmen.
When my dad taught me the ways of boating and navigation, he first said that to never forget the sea never stops trying to kill you. Keep that foremost in your planning.
Every sailor knows, that the Sea, is a friend made enemy.
Harrowing story with so many heroes. How awful for those who were talking with the crew of Quartermaster all that time, but just couldn't do anything for them. Such a sad aspect to a mostly triumphant story. Incredible how many people, aircraft ad vessels came together to rescue all the yachts. What was the giant round light in the sky??
amazing footage
thanks for uploading
This is the most exciting and heart warming story I have seen in a long time! So very informative and relevant to what it means to be part of a community. 😎👍
The Thumbnail for this is a Photo I shot from HMNZS Monowai.
The strong centred women in this are inspirational ….the beautiful woman in purple ( Davinana ) who speaks of counselling her children about going back into the saltwater womb …wow !
That's one thing you notice here. Incredible women leading the way, strength and courage rather than victimhood. I feel like we've moved on from this era.
amazing documentary.
What an amazing story! Well done.
Best video on RUclips
Incredible story. The will of survival. Tragic loss of life.
What an incredibly brave group of men and women - inspirational!
Haunting stuff. The heart sinks at the thought of the fine and kind people on Quartermaster.
A tragedy worth learning from...thank you.
Loved watching this! I'm buying another epirb now! Lol.
So sad about quartermaster. Brought tears to my eyes.
I was caught in this weather system on my steel yacht Sabre. Had wife Judith on board. I had worked as a volunteer operator with Kerikeri Marine Radio for some years and had picked up clues from other vessels as to the weather in their location. This weather bomb originated up in north fiji. We were all tied down and hove to when it hit. Interesting experience.
Wow, what a well told story, just plain riveting.
Fantastic stories and view from the actual sailors and the view from the rescuers. Very professional saying pan pan pan 90 knots wind storm force 9. After being rolled several times then silence when their mast has been broken off or bent around their hulls their radio antennas in the water. Then EPIRB's one after another going off in total silence you know the situation is very serious. One crew was lost I believe. Such courage.
All very very lucky to have survived that weather. The semansip of all the rescue ships was amazing and a massive well done to all 👏👏👏
Thanks Phil.
I luckily was delayed in Aukland on route to Tonga when the Fiji race got caught in a BOM. 2005.
Very brave of the Fijian sailors to go down onto that yacht. Impressive RIB handling and recovery by the RNZN, they must have drilled that alot! Well done to everyone involved!
alot?
As great a film as this one is (bloody great!), there is nothing that can capture the reality of being in those sorts of conditions. The sound that each one of those waves makes as it bears down on you is impossible to replicate. It even silences the sound of the banshee winds. The feeling of terror, fear mixed with reality as the stern starts to lift, accompanied by the roaring 'sound' and you know you are about to take off on another long skate where if you lose it, the 'it' may well include the vessel, the crew and you. Too cloudy and rough for a navigational star fix. The only outside contact being some shore based radio beacons. Opening the hatch to see an empty cockpit, knowing we could not turn back and get our mate, and then miraculously, find him (slightly terrified) attached by one of two safety lines, and get him back on board. Only for the sea to claim him a couple of decades down the track, having saved his 3 crew mates lives in losing his. We once shared the deafening silence of terror together, and survived. Once more he and another of our mates survived in the terrible Fastnet race. Then, the third time, she embraced him for ever. RIP JB and to all claimed by that harshest and most entrancingly beautiful of mistresses.
The yacht being higher than the rescue ship really shows how bad it was
Greg Forbes, what a gentleman and a patient wife, at 6:50, acknowledging humbly of low budget cruising, having faith and experience that they will make it safe even without the basics like a radio, I'd love to have met them in real life.
The sea is so strong for those blokes in the really big ship couldnt imagine being in a tiny little boats. Those blokes on that big ships, did they even sleep for those 5+days? Bloody legends true hero's. ❤❤❤❤
People are capable of great acts of humanity and never more so than when they are Mariners.
on water we are all family
..".left Westhaven Marina with NO radio and NO locator beacon." Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
@ which part of the people rescued by the cargo ship for the very fact they had a radio and distress beacon and were able to relay their position via spotter aircraft didn´t you understand?
@@alanwaterworth6464 he failed to understand all of it !
I have been running fishing vessels for the past 25 years out of New England area and been faced with some nasty weather, my VHF and SIBAND radios were my lifeline to civilization and also being able to hail other vessels in the area. Your a EPIRB is the only way you would be found if you lost communication. I cannot fathom how someone would leave port and plan to sail a decent distance with no communication devices and an EPIRB. Total morons!! And the comment about being low budget was the icin on the cake. Should of named their vessel the ship of fools.
@ If they can be located, it's highly possible a life raft could have been dropped close enough to it.
I got here from the "last of the cape horners" that was epic.
BEST ONE YET !
It was really nice to see how attached keith was to his boat. And that he was heartbroken to hear the way it was goin to be sank..putting myself in his shoes I would feel the same bcos it did its job keeping them alive and not sinking plus all the good memories with her over the years , I can understand why he didnt wana let go that rail...
I cheered when Keith and Ursula got Sophia back. Great documentary.
Yep thank god Ruth Avery was not cruising those parts in 94
Brilliant documentary
Well done to all the vessels who aided in the rescue of the sailors.
Slow hand-clap for the people of Vanuatu who ransacked the stranded yacht.
Well done Kiwis great rescues
My farther was in this storm on a 36ft steel yacht, his words “I don’t talk about it much because it’s to hard to get across what it was like”. His radio was not working and no body really knew they were there.
Omg 😳
🙏
Your Dad was brave. The ocean is so vast!!!! South Australia
I caught a chill when the clairvoyant's husband said "We're heading towards a Vortex" "Huge".
Ooft, what a watch. Well done as is often he case, the Kiwis.
I love the maturity and innocent morality of these days, and only 30 years ago, how fast culture and behaviour can change
Indeed these were real people
These people will always be among us. Don't worry about that. Until the moment comes they look just like everyone else.
...for the better?
@@gaycha6589 🤣, your funny!
"'Member when? 'Member? 'Member?" Innocent morality my ass. People have been shit for millennia.
Great job you all deserve a medal
Respect to the sailors telling their stories....on their new boats! Hell yes I'm going back!
Like lightening, will probably never strike twice in the same spot, these people will almost certainly never experience a storm like this again if they are sailing in the right season.