Following your coverage every day for the first time and learning so much from you as well as really enjoying your fun take on the racing 👍 what iconic images of the leaders rounding the Horn in record time 😮
love your reporting, with Cape Horn and the imocas and the helicopter footage. As Spanish, Basque, Latino, I think about the number of western people sailing around those waters really taking a chance! way back then, no radar, no weather report, no gps position. even the sextant or the clock they had (if any) were not very accurate.
A belated Merry Christmas to all the skippers in the VG! Big congrats to Richomme for breaking the record to Cape Horn. His achievement is nothing short of astonishing and so is Chalie's, who is a very close second in that regard. Jean Le Cam is way WAY ahead of all the other daggerboard boats it's not even funny. I know a big part of it is his excellent routing skills and keen weather sense, but his new yacht's design must be considerably superior to the other daggerboard boats in the fleet. I cannot overstate how impressed I am with his performance in this VG.
Just after 12 mins you mentioned 'seasick'. Surely none of these sailors ever get seasick? Throw up and carry on. I bet they only suffer when they stop and get back on land...I know you have felt that! Aloha and thank you, Hawaii watching from the coffee farm.
Hi Jessie. Actually, you are a bit wrong in this assumption. Even professional sailors do sometimes get seasick. I can speak to this from personal experience. I personally have only been seasick two times in my life (and I have logged over 15.000 miles). It is true that most experienced solo sailors on the racing level, are people who have an extremely low propensity to develop seasickness. But it can still happen. And when it does, it usually happens in certain specific conditions. Downwind sailing in steep waves, with a short distance between the waves, is the sea-state that is most likely to cause it, even in folks who are the most resistant to it. Now it is also true that all experienced sailors have their own ways of dealing with it. Some take pills, other throw up, to give themselves a window of mental clarity to work, etc. Each skipper has their own way. You have to keep in mind that vendeeglobe skippers can be extremely exhausted in moments. When a moment of extreme exhaustion happens to fall withing a time with exceptional sea-states, sea-sickness can sneak up on them, and cause some extra challenges.
The Conrad analysis was a bit off. He was 26th, between Violette Dorange and Eric Bellion, when he selected the northern option. So actually he hasn't gained anything and will just lose positions now when he has to return to the south.
True, but we'll see if the weather pattern holds in the forecast. He could still end up with a better ranking if he plays his cards right and is blessed by the weather gods.
There's no point in resuming her course. She abandoned and has already sailed around the world before. She hasn't completed half the course and would risk more damage to be back on the ocean in the more than a month it would take to return. Repairs cost money.
@@jamesaron1967 How's saying that she will resume the race as she has official abounded the VG. My point is she might be able to sail it back to Poole or put it one a ship to transport it back. I'm always surprised by those comments of those keyboard warriors...
@@bitmanev4331 Perhaps this was your point but there was absolutely no way of divining all of that from the half-dozen words in your original comment. In any case, enjoy the rest of your holidays!
Absolutely horrific. I couldn't it believe when I saw the news. It is one of the more challenging offshore races and disheartening to hear about this tragedy. My deepest condolences to all the friends and family of the deceased.
New Zealand? Where in heaven is that! Heya Family 🐉 🌹 🐉 Kaptain Conrad May bee from Mars 🧞♀️ Tell please mate's 🐭 Where have you oar me ever Sea'n a'a Christmas Ball that look's lik'a whatever the hell that Was. Three thousand Watt Space ship? Yep!
Following your coverage every day for the first time and learning so much from you as well as really enjoying your fun take on the racing 👍 what iconic images of the leaders rounding the Horn in record time 😮
will Jean Le Cam keep his 17th place? or will Isabelle take over? What do you think :)?
He makes it look easy honestly, while I imagine the pursuing fleet out of breath asking themselves what type of wizardry is it about
Jean to retain the place. Wiley old fox!
He will end up on place #1. Before the VG he stated, that a foiler is not needed to win the VG.
Yes he Cam!
Le Cam🎉🎉
The images are spectaculaire of the Cap.........what an impressive formation!!!!
Florian, thank you for the presentations. The best part of my day is watching your show. Thank you again.
Thank you
Following your coverage every day for the first time and learning so much from you as well as really enjoying your fun take on the racing 👍 what iconic images of the leaders rounding the Horn in record time 😮
love your reporting, with Cape Horn and the imocas and the helicopter footage. As Spanish, Basque, Latino, I think about the number of western people sailing around those waters really taking a chance! way back then, no radar, no weather report, no gps position. even the sextant or the clock they had (if any) were not very accurate.
yes, back in the good old days :P
A belated Merry Christmas to all the skippers in the VG! Big congrats to Richomme for breaking the record to Cape Horn. His achievement is nothing short of astonishing and so is Chalie's, who is a very close second in that regard. Jean Le Cam is way WAY ahead of all the other daggerboard boats it's not even funny. I know a big part of it is his excellent routing skills and keen weather sense, but his new yacht's design must be considerably superior to the other daggerboard boats in the fleet. I cannot overstate how impressed I am with his performance in this VG.
Just after 12 mins you mentioned 'seasick'. Surely none of these sailors ever get seasick? Throw up and carry on. I bet they only suffer when they stop and get back on land...I know you have felt that! Aloha and thank you, Hawaii watching from the coffee farm.
Hi Jessie. Actually, you are a bit wrong in this assumption. Even professional sailors do sometimes get seasick. I can speak to this from personal experience. I personally have only been seasick two times in my life (and I have logged over 15.000 miles). It is true that most experienced solo sailors on the racing level, are people who have an extremely low propensity to develop seasickness. But it can still happen. And when it does, it usually happens in certain specific conditions. Downwind sailing in steep waves, with a short distance between the waves, is the sea-state that is most likely to cause it, even in folks who are the most resistant to it. Now it is also true that all experienced sailors have their own ways of dealing with it. Some take pills, other throw up, to give themselves a window of mental clarity to work, etc. Each skipper has their own way. You have to keep in mind that vendeeglobe skippers can be extremely exhausted in moments. When a moment of extreme exhaustion happens to fall withing a time with exceptional sea-states, sea-sickness can sneak up on them, and cause some extra challenges.
Yes we Cam. Toujours!
Thanks, merry christmas! Andrew
Florian, sorry I missed your live presentation. Start first, stay first. The rich get richer.
Go Charlie, wow video!
My thoughts go to the families of the two sailors who lost their lives in the Sydney Hobart race today.
Conrad, they are called thongs in the South Pacific!!
Yoann & Charlie are severly hindered by the exclusion zone. 9:49 !
true
What are the boats using for communication? Starlink or ?
yes starlink
The Conrad analysis was a bit off. He was 26th, between Violette Dorange and Eric Bellion, when he selected the northern option. So actually he hasn't gained anything and will just lose positions now when he has to return to the south.
True, but we'll see if the weather pattern holds in the forecast. He could still end up with a better ranking if he plays his cards right and is blessed by the weather gods.
Pip still has her 'old' mast so who knows 😀
There's no point in resuming her course. She abandoned and has already sailed around the world before. She hasn't completed half the course and would risk more damage to be back on the ocean in the more than a month it would take to return. Repairs cost money.
@@jamesaron1967But somehow the boat needs to get to europe
@@jamesaron1967 How's saying that she will resume the race as she has official abounded the VG. My point is she might be able to sail it back to Poole or put it one a ship to transport it back. I'm always surprised by those comments of those keyboard warriors...
@@bitmanev4331 Perhaps this was your point but there was absolutely no way of divining all of that from the half-dozen words in your original comment. In any case, enjoy the rest of your holidays!
Hi Florian thanks for your inspiring episodes! I wonder what is that bottle of bbq sauce doing next to your screen?
Really terrible news in the Sydney Hobart Race. Two sailors on different boats died. Both of them hit in the head by the boom in rough weather.
Absolutely horrific. I couldn't it believe when I saw the news. It is one of the more challenging offshore races and disheartening to hear about this tragedy. My deepest condolences to all the friends and family of the deceased.
A sad day for the sailing world.
Bonsoir from La Vendée....
New Zealand? Where in heaven is that! Heya Family 🐉 🌹 🐉 Kaptain Conrad May bee from Mars 🧞♀️
Tell please mate's 🐭 Where have you oar me ever Sea'n a'a Christmas Ball that look's lik'a whatever the hell that Was. Three thousand Watt Space ship? Yep!
Following your coverage every day for the first time and learning so much from you as well as really enjoying your fun take on the racing 👍 what iconic images of the leaders rounding the Horn in record time 😮