My father, Bill Homewood owned and extensively raced "The Third Turtle" (1980, and 84 OSTAR) same boat Mike Birch raced to 2nd in 1976!! In this race (1980) my Dad finished in 25th place. He had to stop mid race, deploy sea anchors and ride out a FORCE 10 Storm, this caused him to drift backwards 70 miles! He raced again in the 1984 OSTAR in Third Turtle however was renamed temporarily, "British Airways 2" (British Airways sponsored him). We raced The Third Turtle extensively on the Chesapeake Bay, starting last and finishing 1st in 95% of the races!! That little boat 31' VAL Trimaran was incredibly fast, we reached speeds up to 22 Knots in the right conditions. I highly recommend anyone reading this to watch "The American Challenge". In that documentary Phil Weld hired a film company who installed cameras on several American boats including my Dad's boat The Third Turtle! It's an Awesome documentary!
It's 42 years later I'm old fat and crippled and the idea of dying at sea doesn't scare me as much as dying in diapers in a nursing home. I have loved the idea of sailing since I can remember . Watching Popeye and old Pirate movies. I have no desire to be a pirate but tremendous desire to pee in every ocean
I was in high school in Bermuda in 1976. I worked in a boat yard that some of the OSTAR boats put into for maintenance before the race. I was privileged to work on the trimaran CAP 33 skippered by Tom Grossman. These single handlers were my heroes. When I got my own boat, a Pearson 26 I did a lot single handing thinking I might be like them. Never did work up the nerve to head out into the Atlantic alone.
What a treat this was, why does everything look so damn more interesting and adventurous in the 70’s and 80’s - answer I guess because it was! Love the humour and spirit just brilliant
Because the "adventure" idustry was still in its hayday, soon to be regulated by each reapective country as so many modernized in the 70s and on as a rest of so much interaction with tourists and increased acxess to areas via mass transit caused many places to limit what guided tours can do, and also the stuff that makes it to media is ussually more typical of a high dollar tout only the very wealthy can afford and the cheaper commercial tours are much more heavily regulated. And for good reason as tourism can destroy the fragile ecosystems of many of these places.
When the RUclips algorithm works! That was a great programme. Respect to all the racers. But in particular Bob Lush. I was really rooting for the guy, bouncing around in his little mono hull.
I detect a certain feeling of nostalgia in the comments for pre-GPS sailing. With all due respect to the "good 'ol days" when sailing sans GPS, Iridium, AIS, etc, was the sitrep of the day. Yes it had its own set of challenges, but having sailed for 30 plus odd years in and around Pacific atolls, including several cruises to Japan, Philippines, Ogasawaras, and the Northern Marianas, I for one do not miss sailing by dead reckoning and noon sights. Fact is, it's a lot more enjoyable for me now (I've since thrown overboard my rolls of Rolaids that I used to control the pit of my stomach from churning when in the middle of the night I see incomprehensible lights and hear the roar of surf because I'm not exectly sure if I'm north or south of where I want to be and the flashing red, green, yellow is now a kalaidoscope on the midway.) Celestial nav is still an art in my opinion and like all art, is open to interpretation and stands alone as one of the great accomplishments of man/woman, and behooves any sailor to study and know how it works which I did. Knowing how celestial nav works, the current set of tech (GPS, AIS, IRIDIUM, and soon to be Starlink I hope) all present a new set of navigation challenges to the sailor that brings to bear a more intimate knowledge of the physical sea and sky. But no matter the way, the means, the tools, "the sea is still the sea" said Kipling, and the stars have not moved.
How nice to see Blondie Hasler and his junk rigged Scandinavian Folkeboat! He inspired some of the British sailors who started a Junk Rig Association, or club, and together they figured out how to bend all those battens in a junk sail. Aluminium rods with sturdy garden hose joints, and these people knew exactly what battens were the best. These sails are better then you'd think.
WOW AMAZING PPL!!! Iso enjoyed this seeing the angry sea an the trimaran cracking an blowing a hole WTH... I am just in awe of them all.... Amazing sailor's!! ✌🏻💗😊❣️
Virtually no electronics! And they make it back with no problems most.. can't imagine the anxiety that loved ones felt not knowing the real condition of there family's and stuff.. tough days sailing back then but very rewarding experience.
What marvellous stuff, I can even remember where I was & what I was doing when this was going on, nothing worth noting I’m afraid, but still it’s all rather nostalgic.
40 years later, a tiny handheld GPS tells position accurate to 10 feet, modern catamaran race machines cross the Atlantic in 4.5 days, and satellite handphones communicate instantaneously between boat and shore crews. wonder what's in store another 40 years from now...
Lazy Jacques ikr!!! When I do that the onlookers stare slack jawed and call me reckless. Give me a monohull , throw the motor overboard and ill go anywhere,
@@sailingongrace3243 People became soft... not a 100 years ago people would look at the sea in awe or die trying ... now they pay other people to show it to them ;)
Good strategy, the monohull has the advantage In bad weather and high winds can't beat that deep keel, but a catamaran has the advantage in light winds. I don't know much about trimarans
I sail both a mono hull and a catamaran...The main benefit of multi-hulls is that you eliminate the heavy lead ballast, required on mono hulls. The second benefit is that multi-hulls have a reduced wetted surface area, which results in less drag. Lastly, if I'm not mistaken, multi-hulls are able to carry a lot more sail area.
I wonder if Bob Lush's marriage to that lady lasted to this day. It's funny how, before marriage, women are so concerned about you; and, then, after a few years have passed, they could care less about you. I'm referring to the way Bob Lush's fiance carried on about his hurt finger. Later, when the women divorce you, you represent everything they hate. In other words, it's just interesting how women do a 360 from complete infatuation to deep hatred in the span of a relationship.
According to his obituary (he passed away just 4 weeks ago, on March 6th, 2019), they did divorce at some point after having 4 kids together, but remained friends. www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?n=robert-john-lush&pid=191842884
What nonsense you are talking as if all women are bad. Marriage is a two way street,you get out of it what you put into it. Some do not work out is also true. Been married for 30 wonderfull years.
"... the computers have only been working intermittently ...." 46:40 with the honeywell hardplastic Morse-machine in plain sight ... LOLZ! ... but really, wasn't being out there just ... a tad better without Iridium phones and before GPS?
manfred schmalbach taking the risk of sounding like a smart ass , you can pull their plugs , and a lot of racing classes today do not allow for gps plotters onboard so the experience is still there but it's a choice now.
I believe it's flat Myself... and I don't understand how They could literally keep the Satallites up... But Their doing Something to pass information along as fast as it's done...🤔
this is one of the best damn movies i've ever seen!!! why the hell can't they make em like this anymore!!! here's my attempt ruclips.net/video/5Pqr1DBWYXU/видео.html
@@donnakawana That was before they gave you cancer! This fabulous dude I knew just croaked from cancer. What a waste. I quit in 2007. I was up to 3 packs a day. I met a guy on the beach who said he smoked 5 packs a day. He did meth, smoked cigs and played with his computer all day. He had managed to quit. About the only good thing is cigs help you understand the nature of addiction. Ha ha!
My father, Bill Homewood owned and extensively raced "The Third Turtle" (1980, and 84 OSTAR) same boat Mike Birch raced to 2nd in 1976!! In this race (1980) my Dad finished in 25th place. He had to stop mid race, deploy sea anchors and ride out a FORCE 10 Storm, this caused him to drift backwards 70 miles! He raced again in the 1984 OSTAR in Third Turtle however was renamed temporarily, "British Airways 2" (British Airways sponsored him). We raced The Third Turtle extensively on the Chesapeake Bay, starting last and finishing 1st in 95% of the races!! That little boat 31' VAL Trimaran was incredibly fast, we reached speeds up to 22 Knots in the right conditions. I highly recommend anyone reading this to watch "The American Challenge". In that documentary Phil Weld hired a film company who installed cameras on several American boats including my Dad's boat The Third Turtle! It's an Awesome documentary!
Hi! My father is Francis Stokes.
It's 42 years later I'm old fat and crippled and the idea of dying at sea doesn't scare me as much as dying in diapers in a nursing home.
I have loved the idea of sailing since I can remember . Watching Popeye and old Pirate movies. I have no desire to be a pirate but tremendous desire to pee in every ocean
I was in high school in Bermuda in 1976. I worked in a boat yard that some of the OSTAR boats put into for maintenance before the race. I was privileged to work on the trimaran CAP 33 skippered by Tom Grossman. These single handlers were my heroes. When I got my own boat, a Pearson 26 I did a lot single handing thinking I might be like them. Never did work up the nerve to head out into the Atlantic alone.
What a treat this was, why does everything look so damn more interesting and adventurous in the 70’s and 80’s - answer I guess because it was! Love the humour and spirit just brilliant
Because the "adventure" idustry was still in its hayday, soon to be regulated by each reapective country as so many modernized in the 70s and on as a rest of so much interaction with tourists and increased acxess to areas via mass transit caused many places to limit what guided tours can do, and also the stuff that makes it to media is ussually more typical of a high dollar tout only the very wealthy can afford and the cheaper commercial tours are much more heavily regulated. And for good reason as tourism can destroy the fragile ecosystems of many of these places.
Thank you Alison Lush for telling me about this film.It's a beautiful of work and you must be so proud. Jim
@26:05 - "this camera that's supposedly idiot proof, has more than met its match" this got me haha
When the RUclips algorithm works!
That was a great programme. Respect to all the racers. But in particular Bob Lush. I was really rooting for the guy, bouncing around in his little mono hull.
Nice upload, thank you. Hello fellow sailors!
One of the best Videos that I've seen in quite some time!! Thank you for showing . And a good wind for your collective sails!
Thanx for posting this old documentary. Could not pause till the end. Greetings from Sweden.
I detect a certain feeling of nostalgia in the comments for pre-GPS sailing. With all due respect to the "good 'ol days" when sailing sans GPS, Iridium, AIS, etc, was the sitrep of the day. Yes it had its own set of challenges, but having sailed for 30 plus odd years in and around Pacific atolls, including several cruises to Japan, Philippines, Ogasawaras, and the Northern Marianas, I for one do not miss sailing by dead reckoning and noon sights. Fact is, it's a lot more enjoyable for me now (I've since thrown overboard my rolls of Rolaids that I used to control the pit of my stomach from churning when in the middle of the night I see incomprehensible lights and hear the roar of surf because I'm not exectly sure if I'm north or south of where I want to be and the flashing red, green, yellow is now a kalaidoscope on the midway.) Celestial nav is still an art in my opinion and like all art, is open to interpretation and stands alone as one of the great accomplishments of man/woman, and behooves any sailor to study and know how it works which I did. Knowing how celestial nav works, the current set of tech (GPS, AIS, IRIDIUM, and soon to be Starlink I hope) all present a new set of navigation challenges to the sailor that brings to bear a more intimate knowledge of the physical sea and sky. But no matter the way, the means, the tools, "the sea is still the sea" said Kipling, and the stars have not moved.
Awesome Comment there 🤔‼️
@@clarydaprince7523 Thanks
How nice to see Blondie Hasler and his junk rigged Scandinavian Folkeboat! He inspired some of the British sailors who started a Junk Rig Association, or club, and together they figured out how to bend all those battens in a junk sail. Aluminium rods with sturdy garden hose joints, and these people knew exactly what battens were the best. These sails are better then you'd think.
WOW AMAZING PPL!!! Iso enjoyed this seeing the angry sea an the trimaran cracking an blowing a hole WTH... I am just in awe of them all.... Amazing sailor's!! ✌🏻💗😊❣️
Amazing!! Thank you for putting this up This is awesome.. Go MultiHull!
I really enjoyed this
what a treat..to find this video of the 1980 Ostar.
Virtually no electronics! And they make it back with no problems most.. can't imagine the anxiety that loved ones felt not knowing the real condition of there family's and stuff.. tough days sailing back then but very rewarding experience.
It really was
What marvellous stuff, I can even remember where I was & what I was doing when this was going on, nothing worth noting I’m afraid, but still it’s all rather nostalgic.
40 years later, a tiny handheld GPS tells position accurate to 10 feet, modern catamaran race machines cross the Atlantic in 4.5 days, and satellite handphones communicate instantaneously between boat and shore crews. wonder what's in store another 40 years from now...
Cool old sailing stuff !!!
Brilliant video footage.
Great Docoumentary. Thanks.
This mustache guy smokes way too much.
CLASSIC! thanks for the upload!
Good old days when people used to really celebrate and support these sorts of events... just doesn't feel the same these days.
Today you get likes on Facebook or retweets on Twatter... what a world...
The Ostar simply isn't as interesting as it once was, that's not the fault of the public.
As a young sailor in modern times I wish I was born in those days
Excellent!!
Love the old Honeywell computer.
"I've had my 167-mile days ..."
With crowds and media looking on, he casually comes ripping in and ties up at the dock under sail in 12-15 kn!
Lazy Jacques ikr!!! When I do that the onlookers stare slack jawed and call me reckless. Give me a monohull , throw the motor overboard and ill go anywhere,
definatly the character of this film..
@@sailingongrace3243 People became soft... not a 100 years ago people would look at the sea in awe or die trying ... now they pay other people to show it to them ;)
Good times in the 80s
Blondie Hasler is a WW2 commando legend.
Sad that he passed away a few years after this film was made, in 1987. Jester, no doubt heartbroken, sank the following year, in the '88 Ostar.
He was a Royal Marine commando
That's sailing for real people.
Inspirational!
love the smoker!!!!!
24:29 When this guy speaks the film speeds up..
Good strategy, the monohull has the advantage In bad weather and high winds can't beat that deep keel, but a catamaran has the advantage in light winds. I don't know much about trimarans
Seems like the trimarans dominated this race
Seems like the trimarans dominated this race
i think Tris are similar to cats...in the way they handle water
I sail both a mono hull and a catamaran...The main benefit of multi-hulls is that you eliminate the heavy lead ballast, required on mono hulls. The second benefit is that multi-hulls have a reduced wetted surface area, which results in less drag. Lastly, if I'm not mistaken, multi-hulls are able to carry a lot more sail area.
Great video, I wonder if that was his last cigarette?
I wonder if Bob Lush's marriage to that lady lasted to this day. It's funny how, before marriage, women are so concerned about you; and, then, after a few years have passed, they could care less about you. I'm referring to the way Bob Lush's fiance carried on about his hurt finger. Later, when the women divorce you, you represent everything they hate. In other words, it's just interesting how women do a 360 from complete infatuation to deep hatred in the span of a relationship.
According to his obituary (he passed away just 4 weeks ago, on March 6th, 2019), they did divorce at some point after having 4 kids together, but remained friends. www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?n=robert-john-lush&pid=191842884
What nonsense you are talking as if all women are bad. Marriage is a two way street,you get out of it what you put into it. Some do not work out is also true. Been married for 30 wonderfull years.
Ask Steve...LOL
Excellent and no bullshit
hello Bob Lush from Tom Burwell
"... the computers have only been working intermittently ...." 46:40 with the honeywell hardplastic Morse-machine in plain sight ... LOLZ! ... but really, wasn't being out there just ... a tad better without Iridium phones and before GPS?
manfred schmalbach taking the risk of sounding like a smart ass , you can pull their plugs , and a lot of racing classes today do not allow for gps plotters onboard so the experience is still there but it's a choice now.
A classic. Glad that NFB let it out of the closet.
Just one question. Why Trimaran sit listing in the water? Does making them sitting upright like a Catamaran is less efficient?
Keeps the windward hull out of the water, so faster.
Presently it is the Austronesian are original creator of the outriggers and extending arms technology copy after the bird wing.
Why do we not see Cigarette advertising anymore ;)
Because cigarettes are bad for health and McDonald's isn't. So we all get our share of deadly burger ads. ;)
Or balding guys with comb overs
Cuz Cancer took the fun out of the lie, that smoking was what cool daring ppl did!!! Yup times have changed!!! ✌🏻💗😊❣️
NO SATELITS SEE FLAT EARTH.
I believe it's flat Myself... and I don't understand how They could literally keep the Satallites up...
But Their doing Something to pass information along as fast as it's done...🤔
this is one of the best damn movies i've ever seen!!! why the hell can't they make em like this anymore!!! here's my attempt
ruclips.net/video/5Pqr1DBWYXU/видео.html
the dude with the cigarette in his hand constantly is a little weird.
Cigs $2.00 a pack!
yep, there was a market to take cigs up north back in the day
Yeah.. and he was complaining about the price.. thinking of quitting over it, even.
Brought my 1st pack of cigarettes out of a cigarette machine for the astronomical price of 65¢ a pack!!! Yup those were the days!!!! ✌🏻💗😊❣️
@@donnakawana That was before they gave you cancer! This fabulous dude I knew just croaked from cancer. What a waste. I quit in 2007. I was up to 3 packs a day. I met a guy on the beach who said he smoked 5 packs a day. He did meth, smoked cigs and played with his computer all day. He had managed to quit. About the only good thing is cigs help you understand the nature of addiction. Ha ha!
Mike Birch RIP...1931-2022