I worked with John for about a year and just wanted to say what a wonderful colleague he was. I was new to the country, but he treated me like I'd lived here my whole life in Australia. We worked in a small crew and it highlighted what a genuinely good man he was. When he used the word magic in this footage, it reminded me of my phone call with him to come down for a job interview, saying it would be magic if we could meet up and be introduced to his boss Steve. I thought that was a great way to put it. He is missed.
I knew the story just yesterday at The Hague village. Well, it's insane that in sport you can lose your life. But he died doing his best hobby... Long live to John Fisher
VOR should honor John by implementing mandatory improved technical solutions securing that a sailor can always be found, eg a small backpack with water-activated GPS, satphone, beacon and VHF. It is technically feasible, and not particularly expensive.
@jmpoulsen1 They already have all of that! It is always hard to stop a sailing boat, especially in conditions that the boats where in during the time John was lost. The biggest problem are the waves! Even in lighter conditions, where the waves are lass than a meter high, it is so incredibly hard to find a guy swimming. I don't really think their is a lot that they can add to the safety equipment that does not limit the sailors in their movement too much! Thats dangers too! It is a real shame to have lost such an amazing sailors, but these things sadly happen in extreme sports such as offshore sailing.
jim, it is an almost impossible task to turn the boat sailing above 20 knots around and sail upwind with waves 7-9 meters high and get back before the freezing waters claims the life a crew member. it will remain the biggest challenge to overcome. may John rip
@David as you are aware this issue is highly sensitive, these sailors are bonded as brothers and sisters. I'm 100% sure they did everything they could. Imagine yourself in that position and some of your crew goes overboard, I have absolutely no doubt you too will do. The race no longer matters, and the agonizing moment you need to realize he/she is gone is getting closer. But the cruel reality is the conditions are against, the waves are high which reduce visibility to meters, you will have to be at the top of the wave to see your surroundings for one or two seconds and yet, other waves around you will block a lot, the currents are heavy which makes any sailor move from their last known position, and a boat sailing at over 20knots to be able to do a 180 degrees turn will take an eternity. Add that at night with clouds (most of the heavy seas are clouded) will be pitch dark. It's an impossible task.
@David I've no clue whatsover but I've been wondering if nowdays a heavy drone could fly under extreme conditions (since rescue by helicopters are the best options at open seas, but so far away will be impossible), if they deploy a heavy drone from the boat, maybe they are lucky enough to find him right away and drop a self-inflatable device, I don't think a drone, for more heavy as it might be, will be able to pull him out of the water. But what if the drone is still attached to the boat with a fishing line, it might reduce the range but at least you get a shot at reeling the self-inflatabe device back to the boat. It is as crazy as it might sound but then again I have no clue!!
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I worked with John for about a year and just wanted to say what a wonderful colleague he was. I was new to the country, but he treated me like I'd lived here my whole life in Australia. We worked in a small crew and it highlighted what a genuinely good man he was. When he used the word magic in this footage, it reminded me of my phone call with him to come down for a job interview, saying it would be magic if we could meet up and be introduced to his boss Steve. I thought that was a great way to put it. He is missed.
born on the shore, lived on the ocean, died in the waves ✌ 🌊 😢
I knew the story just yesterday at The Hague village. Well, it's insane that in sport you can lose your life. But he died doing his best hobby... Long live to John Fisher
R.I.P KING!!!
nice tribute rip john
RIP, Hero.
rip john fischer
VOR should honor John by implementing mandatory improved technical solutions securing that a sailor can always be found, eg a small backpack with water-activated GPS, satphone, beacon and VHF. It is technically feasible, and not particularly expensive.
@jmpoulsen1 They already have all of that! It is always hard to stop a sailing boat, especially in conditions that the boats where in during the time John was lost. The biggest problem are the waves! Even in lighter conditions, where the waves are lass than a meter high, it is so incredibly hard to find a guy swimming. I don't really think their is a lot that they can add to the safety equipment that does not limit the sailors in their movement too much! Thats dangers too! It is a real shame to have lost such an amazing sailors, but these things sadly happen in extreme sports such as offshore sailing.
jim, it is an almost impossible task to turn the boat sailing above 20 knots around and sail upwind with waves 7-9 meters high and get back before the freezing waters claims the life a crew member. it will remain the biggest challenge to overcome. may John rip
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@David as you are aware this issue is highly sensitive, these sailors are bonded as brothers and sisters. I'm 100% sure they did everything they could. Imagine yourself in that position and some of your crew goes overboard, I have absolutely no doubt you too will do. The race no longer matters, and the agonizing moment you need to realize he/she is gone is getting closer. But the cruel reality is the conditions are against, the waves are high which reduce visibility to meters, you will have to be at the top of the wave to see your surroundings for one or two seconds and yet, other waves around you will block a lot, the currents are heavy which makes any sailor move from their last known position, and a boat sailing at over 20knots to be able to do a 180 degrees turn will take an eternity. Add that at night with clouds (most of the heavy seas are clouded) will be pitch dark. It's an impossible task.
@David I've no clue whatsover but I've been wondering if nowdays a heavy drone could fly under extreme conditions (since rescue by helicopters are the best options at open seas, but so far away will be impossible), if they deploy a heavy drone from the boat, maybe they are lucky enough to find him right away and drop a self-inflatable device, I don't think a drone, for more heavy as it might be, will be able to pull him out of the water. But what if the drone is still attached to the boat with a fishing line, it might reduce the range but at least you get a shot at reeling the self-inflatabe device back to the boat. It is as crazy as it might sound but then again I have no clue!!
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