An incredible article detailing the grounding of Team Vestas Wind during
the Volvo Ocean Race. Below is a video showing the seconds leading up to
the incident, and for anyone that’s spent any time on the
water–particularly at night–it will send chills down your spine.
““Extreme” is a word that organizers and sailors like to use to describe
the Volvo Ocean Race. “Brutal” might be more accurate. The nine-month,
thirty-nine-thousand-mile race, split into nine legs, crosses four oceans
and eleven countries in six continents. Sailors must endure the persistent
pounding of waves, unbearable temperatures, constant dampness, sleep
deprivation, cramped quarters, and isolation. It’s a grind, emotionally and
physically. The race is not without danger; the required body bag on board
each boat is a grim reminder of that. Five people have died since the race
began, in 1973, as the Whitbread Round the World Race. Up until this year,
nineteen boats have failed to make the finish. A recent crash has almost
certainly pushed that number to twenty.”
Clearly a navigational error, lost the race, but no lives, they’ll be back
to race another time…
Allan Steers
Well done VOR for not shying away from reporting all the events of the
race. Good and bad. Seeing how adversity is dealt with by a VOR crew is not
something you get to see very often (thankfully).
*Volvo Ocean Race live footage of Vesta Wind’s crash on reef*
It’s the middle of the night, then suddenly a loud crash. It’s scary as
hell. It’s life to the extreme. This is why I follow the Volvo Ocean Race.
It could have ended badly for the crew, but somehow everybody got away
unscratched. I didn’t realize the crash was this bad and it could have
ended much worse. The crew was unbelievable lucky and I’m happy about that.
#vor #volvooceanrace #vestawind
Marynistyka Group - Żeglarskie prezenty, Morskie antyki, Marynistyczne dekoracje
Charging through the Indian Ocean at high speed and in total darkness,
nothingness ahead, nothingness around. Speed is good, sailing is supreme.
And then …BANG. On Saturday night, during the second leg of the notoriously
grueling Volvo Ocean Race, Team Vestas Wind ran aground on a reef off
Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, and broke both of the vessel’s rudders.
After spending most of the night aboard the damaged $6 million 65-foot
yacht, the nine sailors climbed into two life rafts and were picked up by
the local coast guard early in the morning. None were injured.
Grant W. Graves
Patrick Wright
I am glad that no one was injured in the grounding and that they were all
rescued without too much delay. This was a huge failure of seamanship.
Watch standing 101 requires that you determine your position and examine
the intended track for the watch on the largest scale chart available and
identify potential hazards that may be in vicinity before you assume the
watch. You continue to monitor your position with regard to any and all
traffic and hazards while you are on watch. Finding the hazard on the
electronic chart after you are hard aground, as is shown on the video at
1:16 is too little, too late. I am not familiar with the ECDIS that they
are using but most have an alarm function that you can set to your
specifications, that will alert you when you are getting too close to a
potential hazard. That said if the alarm really alerts you, you haven’t
been paying attention anyway.
Clayton Handley
@ 1:17 We see exactly how they missed the reef on the chart. You can see as
the map zooming out until the reef vanishes off the map. Glad there okay.
Sad, there race is over.
Thomas Johnson
Glad everyone is safe!!!
crxtech1
why do they use red light? what is the purpose of that? thanks
Marco Frijlink
Vrij unieke video vanaf de Vestas toen ze midden in de nacht op het rif
zeilden #VOR #VolvoOceanRace
Being a sailor I can vouch for the elements and fatigue taking control, and
things being able to get out of hand easily… especially when you are in
narrows and/or pushing the limits. However, going back to my basic YM
training, you put down a Lat or Long warning line, and don’t let the yacht
cross it. Claiming the Nav didn’t zoom in enough would have made no
difference in the lat/long readout. Going on about the speed of these
yachts, etc, etc is a poor excuse – they live with these vessels for years,
and should be able to assess a safe tacking distance of travel to keep in
deep water. Same with the ‘middle of the night’ and ‘can’t hear the surf’
excuses… very poor. Again, if you are surrounded by elements which
challenge navigation on deck, then you make safety allowances for this.
Even if the Captain was pushing for a faster course, the Navigator should
have overridden if it was unsafe. Accidents like this are easily
avoidable… that is the saddest part. Just plain luck no one was injured.
I hate this. Those noises in the night are terrifying. …and these are
big ones. No depth sounder alarm?
Oops – Pass the #DuctTape Please?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gmnWEZCEiw
An incredible article detailing the grounding of Team Vestas Wind during
the Volvo Ocean Race. Below is a video showing the seconds leading up to
the incident, and for anyone that’s spent any time on the
water–particularly at night–it will send chills down your spine.
““Extreme” is a word that organizers and sailors like to use to describe
the Volvo Ocean Race. “Brutal” might be more accurate. The nine-month,
thirty-nine-thousand-mile race, split into nine legs, crosses four oceans
and eleven countries in six continents. Sailors must endure the persistent
pounding of waves, unbearable temperatures, constant dampness, sleep
deprivation, cramped quarters, and isolation. It’s a grind, emotionally and
physically. The race is not without danger; the required body bag on board
each boat is a grim reminder of that. Five people have died since the race
began, in 1973, as the Whitbread Round the World Race. Up until this year,
nineteen boats have failed to make the finish. A recent crash has almost
certainly pushed that number to twenty.”
See more of the article about here: http://bit.ly/1up7gkE
Clearly a navigational error, lost the race, but no lives, they’ll be back
to race another time…
Well done VOR for not shying away from reporting all the events of the
race. Good and bad. Seeing how adversity is dealt with by a VOR crew is not
something you get to see very often (thankfully).
Omfg….
Race Yacht Crash Caught on Camera – | Volvo Ocean…:
http://youtu.be/1gmnWEZCEiw
“fight for survival”
This is the stuff that makes following the Volvo Ocean Race so exciting.
Jak to vypadalo na palubě, když narazili na útes. A problikne tam i to
“zoomování”. Docela z toho mrazí…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gmnWEZCEiw&list=TLb1dNMbiwIJ8
*Volvo Ocean Race live footage of Vesta Wind’s crash on reef*
It’s the middle of the night, then suddenly a loud crash. It’s scary as
hell. It’s life to the extreme. This is why I follow the Volvo Ocean Race.
It could have ended badly for the crew, but somehow everybody got away
unscratched. I didn’t realize the crash was this bad and it could have
ended much worse. The crew was unbelievable lucky and I’m happy about that.
#vor #volvooceanrace #vestawind
Charging through the Indian Ocean at high speed and in total darkness,
nothingness ahead, nothingness around. Speed is good, sailing is supreme.
And then …BANG. On Saturday night, during the second leg of the notoriously
grueling Volvo Ocean Race, Team Vestas Wind ran aground on a reef off
Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, and broke both of the vessel’s rudders.
After spending most of the night aboard the damaged $6 million 65-foot
yacht, the nine sailors climbed into two life rafts and were picked up by
the local coast guard early in the morning. None were injured.
I am glad that no one was injured in the grounding and that they were all
rescued without too much delay. This was a huge failure of seamanship.
Watch standing 101 requires that you determine your position and examine
the intended track for the watch on the largest scale chart available and
identify potential hazards that may be in vicinity before you assume the
watch. You continue to monitor your position with regard to any and all
traffic and hazards while you are on watch. Finding the hazard on the
electronic chart after you are hard aground, as is shown on the video at
1:16 is too little, too late. I am not familiar with the ECDIS that they
are using but most have an alarm function that you can set to your
specifications, that will alert you when you are getting too close to a
potential hazard. That said if the alarm really alerts you, you haven’t
been paying attention anyway.
@ 1:17 We see exactly how they missed the reef on the chart. You can see as
the map zooming out until the reef vanishes off the map. Glad there okay.
Sad, there race is over.
Glad everyone is safe!!!
why do they use red light? what is the purpose of that? thanks
Vrij unieke video vanaf de Vestas toen ze midden in de nacht op het rif
zeilden #VOR #VolvoOceanRace
some skipper
VOR: Video der Vestas Strandung – das tut weh…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gmnWEZCEiw
Naufragio del Team vestas
#scary
Being a sailor I can vouch for the elements and fatigue taking control, and
things being able to get out of hand easily… especially when you are in
narrows and/or pushing the limits. However, going back to my basic YM
training, you put down a Lat or Long warning line, and don’t let the yacht
cross it. Claiming the Nav didn’t zoom in enough would have made no
difference in the lat/long readout. Going on about the speed of these
yachts, etc, etc is a poor excuse – they live with these vessels for years,
and should be able to assess a safe tacking distance of travel to keep in
deep water. Same with the ‘middle of the night’ and ‘can’t hear the surf’
excuses… very poor. Again, if you are surrounded by elements which
challenge navigation on deck, then you make safety allowances for this.
Even if the Captain was pushing for a faster course, the Navigator should
have overridden if it was unsafe. Accidents like this are easily
avoidable… that is the saddest part. Just plain luck no one was injured.
Race Yacht Crash Caught on Camera – | Volvo Ocean…:
http://youtu.be/1gmnWEZCEiw
Pozrite si v službe YouTube toto video:p