William Trubridge on Freediving blackout, near death diving, and growing up sailing the world!
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- How to stay alive free diving with William Truebridge | Sailing Life
We love our sailing life. Travel by sailboat exposes us to new cultures, new environments and new perspectives, it encourages us to take on the challenges that pass our way. Risk is second nature to sailors, if we were averse to life challenges then our live aboard sailing catamaran would never have left the shot. However, the trick to handling risk is to learn how to manage it judiciously. Last week we almost lost our eldest son Finn in a free diving accident. We know we must do better. Who greater to learn how to stay alive when free diving than someone who knows the sport inside out and he's a New Zealander to boot. Rob and Finn were lucky enough to sit down to a zoom call with 7 times world champion and 18 times free diving world record holder William Truebridge.
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In 1997, after rowing at the Atlanta Olympics, Rob rowed a tiny 7m (22 foot) plywood boat 2,500 miles from Tenerife (Canary Islands) to Barbados (Caribbean). It took six weeks for Rob and rowing partner, Phil Stubbs, to complete winning the inaugural Atlantic Rowing Race.
Skip forward to 2014 and, married with three children, Rob and his wife Rachel purchased Javelot, a 43 ft Fountaine Pajot catamaran. Armed only with Rob's 3 years of racing P class yachts from the age of 11 to 13, and Rachel's non existent sailing knowledge, We set off to learn the ropes of ocean sailing. We broke stuff, replaced stuff and got to know their boat before heading offshore with the kids, Finn (then 13), Declan (then 11) and Ivan (then 8), in tow. Through trial and error we have become confident wayfarers, kind of.
The plan? To sail around the world.
Part of the journey will be retracing Rob’s eldest brother Kerry’s travels at sea. Using Kerry’s original letters from the 1970’s we hope to retrace his movements from Australia through Indonesia and South East Asia to Cambodia where Kerry’s life was cut short after straying into Cambodian waters in 1978. Kerry and two friends were attacked by a Khmer Rouge gun boat, captured, tortured and executed. www.brothernumberone.co.nz
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William's description of his 42m blackout is utterly terrifying. Be sure to hang in there for what happened.
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I love this family. They are a sincere family unlike some of the other families on the catamarans. I think they are so nice.
Thank you Clem
@@TheCruisingKiwis You're welcome, Thank you so much! I'm a fan all the way from the US! I also watch Declan and Ivan's channel. I'm the age group that you guys are, I'm 49 about to 50 in December so it's great to see other Gen X'ers like us! Again, thanks and you guys take care out there and enjoy that ocean!
-Kevin
@clemsonbloke thanks Kevin. It's important to keep moving. BTW, we love this family too!😂
Taking the time to share the discussion with William about Finn's experience really shows a lot of respect for your community. It would have been easy to have simply left it with the pervious post and said " Remember to dive with a buddy." Thanks for going beyond and using your family's experience as a spring board to inform and educate. Calm seas and following winds.
Thank you Johny.
Great video! Hard to watch some times, but necessary in order to avoid too much risk.
Take care! Safe journey, good winds.
Wow, superb talk, learn a lot 🧠
This is a must watch 🔝
Rob,Rachel Finn Declan and Ivan extraordinare family ⚡️
Glad you share with us this talk 😎
Greetings
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks to William. And thank you guys for the upload. A lot of good information in this episode. For health reasons, (heart) I won't be attempting anything anywhere near those depths. Btw the coroner's report for my 3 year old, was noted as a dry drowning. No water in the lungs. Thank-you again C.K'S for the interview with William. Much appreciated. Take care and atb from down here in Aotearoa.
Finn has no memory of his blackout. He just went into a dream. I pray your child did the same and felt no pain.
It's wonderful that William would take the time to talk to you! Thank you for sharing. Safe travels ❤
Thanks we were fortunate to have him share time with us.
Absolutely a legend in freediving. Great information for you guys but also for your followers all over the world.
Now get emergency first aide training CPR/ First aide training and then get the needed supplies to support your training. You are well on your way to being as safe as humanly possible. ❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks TO
Well when I watched “the incident” last week I was alright. Not so today 😢 it’s very emotional. Wonderful how you Kiwis look after one another and will literally take your shirt off your back for one another and the occasional Australian 💯☺️God bless you all.🙏🏻
Thanks Lee, we love ockers!🙂
Scary s**t. Glad you made it safe and sound, Finn. William is a calm and reassuring voice. Best regards.
Will is the best of the best. We were chuffed he gave us his time to talk.
Congrats on your follow up with William... this afternoon i ran across your previous video then this one just now. William is a friend and used to facilitate freediving classes on our catamaran here in the bahamas along with our wild dolphin swim s. He was kind enough to gift me the Masters freediving class at Dean's Blue Hole in Long Island bahamas... you surely picked the best person to check in with both for his experience and his ability to clearly communicate the proper info concerning yours and everyone elses needs to know what to do.
Its very frustrating to watch so many videos with freedivers and speros that dont know or use the safety measures that can easily make all the difference in a good or tragic dive...
I also see so many using age as an excuse to not be able to check their anchors properly, reset them or just to be abie to really enjoy one of the best gifts the sailing life has to offer... the underwater world... at 68 my static breath hold is 6:22 and 150 ft is my comfort zone... no need to go there or futher.
It also gets better and more comfortable all the time.
A freediving course is one of the best investments that a crusing sailor can make. Its not about depth or bottom time , its more about safety and knowledge... the rest comes according to your comfort zone.
A warning about William... it might be prudent to not let him sweet talk you into a scrabble game... there have been very few survivors 😊...
Safe diving to your family and thank you for sharing your experience with others, it will hopefully make a difference for some... peace.
Thank you for this fantastic message Geoffrey. What an amazing capacity you have. Nearly 50m deep is very impressive. I will keep this in mind as I continue my foray into freediving. Massive one day will bump into you on our travels. 🙂
This was a great video. As others have said, this video is a great public service.
What an incredibly informative episode. William knows his sport. His blackout sounds very scary.
It is incredible that he survived that incredible blackout incident.
Thanks for sharing. I didn't realize how much went into free diving...
Very informative; what a story. Thanks for sharing.
So many things we didn’t know that we were getting wrong.😢
Really good and valuable video. My last first aid course, CPR was continual breaths, no chest pumps done any more. Keep on doing until patient comes to and is breathing on their own. Put them into the recovery position and monitor. If they don’t breathe on their own, continue breathes until Paramedics, Ambulance or a doctor arrives, they will take over immediately. This course was in the UK, the procedure is different for children. So in the situation you and others are in, sailing, you’d need also to complete a Paediatric first aid course on top of the adult course. Williams advice is spot on. In the forces we had the 7P’s rule, “Prior Planning and Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance”. Sorry for the words in the quote but it does make you think. Congratulations to you all for saving Finns life, your boys were outstanding. Yes get yourselves fully trained, ALL of you. Rob, Cardiff, Wales. ❤️❤️ ps, First aid rules are constantly revised, so it’s very important to continually take refresher course to remain current.
Thanks heaps Rob. The 7ps it is!
Great message. I think it's worth clarifying though your comment from the last first aid course of: "CPR was continual breaths, no chest pumps done any more" I presume is specifically for the drowning situation?
For a more typical CPR scenario on land, it's actually the opposite: if there is no heart beat, chest compressions are mandatory and in fact are all that's typically needed as there is some passive ventilation through the process of good quality CPR - the breaths there are optional and just giving breaths won't work. I think you probably know that, I'm writing this more for people who haven't been on CPR courses (also, why not - please do!)
Hum,, i am glad fin recovered well and the whole family has learned from the mishap ! And brought us along to learn as well ! So we have a better understanding of what happened to Fin and helped us learn some of how to help someone who’s blacked out under water and may have drowned or drowning support their back , and put your hand under there Chin to keep there mouth closed as your heading to the surface , although i am 68 years old i don’t see myself in that kind of situation but its nice to know i would know what to do so thank you Rob and Fin for sharing this with us and again stay safe stay happy and healthy
Thank you James, we how others may learn from our mistakes
Loved the educational side of your whole ordeal.
Thank you Luis
In snowboarding there is a rule …
.. that when you get to the bottom of the hill and you think “I’ll just take one more run” that you never take that last run. You’re most likely to injury on that “just one more run”.
Interesting to hear him say one needs to take their “big dive” at the beginning, in the first few dives. That really flips the script on the “building up to” a deep dive mentality.
I let a comment without joking about amputating anyone’s head … though Rachel’s absence in the video made me wonder if she was off investigated possibilities.
Yeah that just one more line.... that has always bothered me too. Rachel is off editing again another episode 😢
Fantastic follow- up interview! Thank you for all that great information. So happy that Finn is doing well.
Thank you Susan
I think that Finn's episode with COVID is a contributing factor. His reduced endurance with rowing and possible limited lung capacity might take longer for full recovery. I have followed Dr. John Campbell's coverage of COVID since early 2020. His videos cover Long COVID effects.
We've watched many of his productions and will look for this specific.
Wow, what an incredible and informative episode! William's firsthand account of freediving blackout is both terrifying and eye-opening. It takes immense courage to share such experiences and educate others about the risks involved. Thank you, Cruising Kiwis, for bringing us this conversation and going beyond the surface to provide valuable information for your community. Your sincerity and respect truly shine through. Keep up the great work and fair winds to you all!
Thanks very much Team! William was remarkable huh and that story was indeed horrifying
Hi Guys. I've always known what free diving is and have seen something in the past about William but that was the limit of my interest. Never done it and never will, so I was surprised how fascinating this conversation was. Its great how well William talks and communicates and that he is prepared to take the time to pass on his knowledge. All your videos are great but, surprisingly, this was actually one of the best in my opinion.
Thanks Brian I agree William was very engaging.
Great interview for future safety…so glad Finn is ok
when i was younger i liked to free dive fresh water in Australian rivers and luckly i had no frights with passing out ,just one major fright with a bull shark in fresh water ,i saw him and managed to get out of the water ! so Glad Finn is ok god really blessed him that day and also you guys to ? we were very worried because this sort of misshap can have long lasting effects love you guys God bless you now and always
Thank you very much Robert. Those bill sharks 🦈 are scary critters. Although, my assumption, if you saw it, then perhaps you were safe. The ones you can't see are potentially more dangerous, especially with great whites.
Another great video and really topical - it was nice to run into Rob and Finn yesterday! Super down to earth and approachable - cheers Nik
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Thank you for the deeper dive (so to speak) into this subject! I'm sure that you have saved more people than you know!
Take good care and cheers from Guam! 🇬🇺
Thank you very much. We certainly hope you're right.
Wow that was a great interview! he knows his stuff. Glad to see Finn is looking healthy.
He sure does and shares his knowledge in such a calm way. Can't wait to start the course
Wow, so happy with end results. Learning is life. Pity not more of it. Keep safe. 😊
Thanks Wendy.
Wow that man is calm. You feel that he is very professional. He is not overhyping things but clearly analyzing. Great choice for that kind of video. I am also very glad that everyone is okay and that you will implement procedures.
He sure is, we were super fortunate to have him on, lots of learnings
@@TheCruisingKiwis will you talk about the procedures you implement in a future video?
Hey there. Great follow up to the last video. A good reminder that free diving is not something you can approach to casually. He would be a great instructor with his very calm and measured style. Good on you for owning what you weren't doing well and going to do the course. Shame I missed catching up with you again when you were in Auckland. That would have been great!
We can't believe how stupid we have been and we see lots of people free diving the way we do. The day after last weeks episode came out we heard of a young man in his twenties drowning while cleaning his hull. He was the only one in the water at the time, his father was in the engine room. I don't know the in's and out's of the case but wonder if low CO2 levels had something to do with is with his demise, with multiple dives up and down. Something to keep in mind when cleaning the hull.
@@TheCruisingKiwis it's very sobering for somebody who is looking at doing things pretty much on my own.
Excellent information for safe free diving. Thanks for the opportunity to learn from the best in the world 🌎. Amazing how he was brought up on a cruising vessel like your journey
Cheers from the Tron team 👍 👏 😊😊😊
Cheers Rob, we learnt a lot talking with William, and yes how cool that he grew up on a very similar adventure!
Amazing episode. Thank you so very much for sharing this with us. Fin so happy happy you’re recovering from the scare. Love you all
Thank you Tim, we're chuffed he's on the mend too.
Thank god everything turned out ok for Finn in the end . A lot of lessons learned from William Truebridge . A true legend in the sport of freediving . One thing I think I can say is noone on S/V Javelot will ever freedive without a buddy diver watching every stroke underwater . Great and informative video . Thank you for sharing .
Very true. Rob is usually on call watching the boys because I can't equalise. I'm hoping William's course will help me remedy this so that I can keep an eye on the guys too.
This was an amazing episode and huge thanks to you and William. I have no desire really to dive deep but love shallow ish diving and increasing my fitness, relaxation and time under water. I have been stupid in the past but probably unknowingly. This video highlights just how easily things can go wrong and what's required to minimize risk.
Many thanks.
As William himself did, most go into freediving just for play. The sooner the big picture is considered the better.
What a great follow-up episode! Thank you for the information.
Glad you enjoyed it
Very informative followup to your previous video. Thank you. So glad all are safe.
Thank you. It was kind of Will to be available to chat.
Glad all is well...when I saw this I had to watch it first before going back to see the previous one....take care and have a great evening!
That's probably a good way to watch the events actually
Really interesting to see Williams views and advice on the whole situation.
On ya fellas
Myself made my debut snorkling when I was in Great Barrier reef when I was closer to 60 than 50. Felt brave!
My only memory of early "freediving" at about 7 years,was in the sea water, trying to learn to swim, probably saved by parents !
These days I enjoy the freediving I find on RUclipss excellent videos I follow, from all corners of the ocean world!
Keep on keeping on Sissel
Very interesting and informative video. You have done the best thing possible in consulting an expert like William. He is a the best on the planet. Keep well and safe.. James.
Yeah he's top shelf
A groovy and informative episode.
Great interview and start to your learning. Much better than from the RUclips comments section. Dive Safe!
Thanks heaps Paul
This is a powerful video. Compulsory viewing for anyone who puts their head under the water. Thank you.
Thank you Craig
Absolutely amazing interview, so much education on so many levels, I learned so much watching this. You had most of what was needed, just a bit Caddywompus. They say the best way to learn something is to teach it to someone, you are learning so much by teaching us, thank you. Life is a lesson. ❤
Thank you. William was amazing huh
That was interesting. The thing I found most surprising is that you don't get any warning, you just blank out.
Yeah. One thing I forgot to ask was if not rescued, does the victim regain consciousness under water. Not sure I want to know the answer.
Finn is a rower. A well known BBC presenter (Andrew Marr) had a stroke while he was doing HIIT on a rowing machine. The simple fact is that you can push it too far in any sport. We have all learned a lot here, well done William for explaining it so well.
Thank you. When did this happen to Andrew?
Years ago
I obviously don't know the specifics of what happened to Andrew Marr, but I think it's very likely he dissected a carotid artery through the strain of the HIIT whilst rowing. That's like a tear on the inner lining of the artery, which then creates a flap that waves around, causing clots which then travel to the brain.
I don’t know if you believe in God but from perspective after listening God sure had his hand of your family that day , both boys are extremely blessed to still be here.
Well done on such an informative video . Hope to see you all now take on board his invaluable support and do what you need to be safer in the future . 🙏❤️
Thank you so much Marion.
Best episode ! Getting an interview with the GOAT and hear from him all the science and protocols. Excellent debreif, hugely helpful for us going into our kiwi summer. Kia kaha!
Thank you Reuben, he is the GOAT indeed.
Wow thank you for this video, very informative.
Thanks for doing that info on diving. It's a part of cruising we all enjoy. Thanks for sharing that. Enjoying watching fins rowing too. Good luck to that lad.😊
Its great to learn and understand about deep diving and what went wrong and what can be done better next time definitely i think the toll from the last couple months on Finns body the jet lag as well and catching covid perhaps the depth was little too much too early, and even if he ascended quickly up it would of been worse with dcs. Great chat folks.
Thanks Gus
Awesome video, thanks. I still had a bad moment seeing Finn just laying there like that.
It's n image that Rob will have with him for life. This has ben the catalyst for change in our diving practices. I can't wait to start Will's course
Hi guys - this video will help save lives, I believe.
I could not figure out how to email you, so sorry for posting publicly and I apologise if this comes across as patronising. I have a background in writing for dive magazines in the UK, and some of that has included reporting on dive safety. It’s also included how I screwed up reporting on an indoor freediving course I took, making it to 30 metres and getting a samba……If you want to spread the message a bit wider about the dangers of freediving when it goes too far (and how that happens - mine was writing the intro to my article which featured me hitting 30m before I took the course, and being to goal focused to back off) and of secondary drowning, I’d suggest submitting articles about the event to scuba, freediving and boating magazines.
I think your frankness in publicising the causes of what looks like a very near miss indeed is commendable (told you I’d get patronising). I made a mistake while teaching scuba that could have killed a 15-year-old. I wrote it up so others might not make the same error of judgement. I did that because a lot of mistakes I have avoided were because others had shared their experiences.
Thanks again for a really important lesson.
Thanks very much Steve. Appreciate the suggestion. I like the concept of wiring an article but the actual doing is another thing, especially when ones energies are diverted far and wide. So it may happen but don't hold your breath🙂
Well done guys, great response to your misadventure.
The only thing that I feel critical about when watching sailing channels is melanoma. Didn’t worry about it until till 5 years after kicking colon cancer I found a melanoma on the back of my leg. It’s all good now but after 50 years of living a sunburnt life it’s something I notice when watching white guys sailing the world.
My parents plucked us kids from the middle of Melbourne to grow up on an aboriginal community in the tropical north. It’s the best thing they did for us, similarly what you two have done for your kids is the same. They will be better humans because of this life. Great parenting👍
If only slip slop slap, had been a thing back in the 70’s🥵
Thanks Mac, sounds like you would have learnt heaps with your up bringing . Brilliant.
Best information 😊
Thanks very much Genie. Hoping this helps avoid a drowning
Wow thank you for doing this. and hope all is well with all of you!
Valuable lessons to learn
great.vid thanks guys
Very interesting thanks guys.. obviously posted on your behalf..
you are a lucky man Finn.. kinda surprised the boat has no diving equipment on board? I’m assuming it will pretty soon?
Thanks Trev. We have scuba gear but will get O2 as well.
@@TheCruisingKiwis oh because it’s pure.. not just compressed Air.. makes sense now..
"Wow"!! very interesting and a learning experience this interview. William is the go to person I would say to get the information for this Sport. Finn you are one lucky young man. Even though your buddy diving ways were basically very basic thankfully it worked this time. By what I saw after this interview and plus you are going to take the coarse (smart move) you will be definitely more prepared in the case something like this ever happens again hopefully not.
Okay you CRAZY!!! KIWI take care looking forward to another video stay safe CHEERS
We will certainly not be diving how we were before
I use the Cruising Kiwis in my classes with the teenagers. Teaches many useful life lessons.
Crikey thank you Nichola. Where are you based?
Very interesting to watch, thank you for getting this info out. Best wishes to you all. 🙂
You are welcome. I think there's something in this for everyone who spends anytime in the water, be it swimming pool, lake, ocean or even whatever. The day after last weeks episode came out we heard of a young man in his twenties drowning while cleaning his hull. He was the only one in the water at the time, his father was in the engine room. I don't know the in's and out's of the case but wonder if low CO2 levels had something to do with is with his demise, with multiple dives up and down.
Whale 🐋 🦈 s so cool 😊
Whales? Gosh I don't recall them being in this episode. Might have to watch again 🤔
Somehow this free diving bit has a touch of Russian roulette which I don't play. I try not to put myself into dangerous situations. Life tends to present those incidents without my provoking assistance.
Goodness… who was filming this whole situation?
They mentioned on the previous video that they had recreated the event. They saved their son firstly. I expect it was some time later when they filmed the recreation.
In the last video they told that the clips were reproduced afterwards.
First comment!
First reply
Great video
Thank you.
Great episode but my take away from this is that the Kiwi crew need to stop the deep diving games! Free diving around reefs or to check the anchor is one thing but I’d leave the diving challenges to William and the pros.
The depths that William reaches are well beyond the boys reach.
Second comment, from Center Point Texas. LoL
Yay second reply!
good god this was scary .
Yeah it was.
That's interesting..Here the American Heart Association is 30:2. 30 compressions first and then 2 breaths.
It has changed a lot over the years. When I trained as a physiotherapist I'm sure there were more breaths and less compressions
Where @ianmoone? I’d like his commentary on this episode but also some insight into the NZ cricket team’s efforts in India. It’s also worth noting Australia’s fine effort which is probably a very good reason for the cruising kiwis to stay well away from civilisation.
Haha love it. I didn't even know Aussi was there.
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Not enough views on this video😔
Absolutely. Over 70,000 people watched the previous video where we almost lost our son to a shallow water blackout; less than 10,000 watched to see how to avoid it.
In case you missed it
ruclips.net/video/iJFy47r7mF8/видео.html
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Difficile les commentaires , l’adrénaline obtenue par la prise de risque , contre la conscience de la vie , les expériences sont necessaires mais les liens et l’amour que vous vivez entre vous ne sont ils pas superieurs ? PRENEZ SOIN DE VOUS , et les uns des autres
Thank you Alain
All i can say about this session is: (yiu ain't gonna like it) ;) .... The gentleman you are speaking with is listening and giving great advice and is very polite but i have a feeling his first thoughts were " These people were bloody stupid"! i told you, you would not like it !!
That's all good and yes he did indeed react when he heard more about what happened. However, he did similar things himself as a kid.
Rob, you are not a kid!!
@lets_go_see_ excellent observation Jim.
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🤿Rob I recall that's how we met. You saw my commenting on William Trubridge's FB page...then you messaged me.
My son Tane is into Freediving with Spearfishing. I've forwarded him this episode and the shocking previous episode. Great detailed info to learn. 💙
Hah, funny how that works. William has been so generous with his time. He's a good man.
PS I hope Tane is all good with his diving.