În timpul cursei de navigație offshore Espoo-Suursaari din 2019, o furtună se formează literalmente din senin chiar deasupra noastră. Reușim să coborâm spinnakerul la timp, dar, din păcate, ajungem să împărțim vela de cap în jumătate. Ne-am întors pe drumul cel bun în câteva minute după aceasta și am reușit să obținem victoria după peste 40 de ore de navigație intensă – fiind singura barcă de lemn din flotă! PAM este un sloop de 40 de picioare proiectat S&S cu catarg din 1966, care navighează din Helsinki, Finlanda și comandat de Santtu Parikka.
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Aikaa huikea nähdä, että Suomen vesilläkin tuollaiset äkkilliset myräkkät voivat hyvinkin tapahtua, ja miten paljon ja nopeasti tuuli tuossa tilanteessa nousi — alussa keli oli sen verran kesy, että ihmettytti mitä "thunderstorm" video tässä nyt edes olis tulossa, ja sitten kävi äkkiä… Kiitos kun jaoit! Tuliko jälkikäteen mietitty olisi siinä pahimassa kallistuksessa auttaanut enemään tuulen päin ajoa, vai oliko perätti mahdotonta nostaa enemään kun vauhti ja veto oli jo poissa?
Idiots.
change your title Sailing into a line squall ! i sail single handed and the first thought i have to reef is when i get to it
although in some conditions i sail with one reef in the main already and have two gibs hanked on ( no roller reef, often trouble.)
i sailed through 3 thunder storms this summer approaching Rattray head Scotland within 2 hours the lighting and thunder right overhead , air cracking and popping with extremly heavy rain.
You experienced a typical squall and never under estimate the verosity of such. good racing in 2020
Molla il vang
Intrepid gentlemen, I understand your situation . Mistakes are required for learning . Luck , is as important as skill . Keep sailing!
As of the footage you had 3+ minutes to douse the headsail and reef the main. More than enough for offshore racing crew, even shorthanded
And I've seen you reply that you had only minutes. WELL, YOU ALWAYS HAVE ONLY MINUTES TO REACT and in most cases this is PLENTY OF TIME. If you are not prepared for that you'd better not race offshore
Yeesh. Been there with squalls.
I learned early that if something like that is coming at you, it's drop everything fast!
Seems like the crew had a hard time getting the spinnaker down and out of the way and an even harder time with the heads'l.
No life jackets or life lines!
Lucky, very lucky is all I can say.
Live and learn, if you live to learn.
Great post as to what can go very wrong when you're caught off guard.
I've been in thunderstorms where a long haired friends hair was literally standing on end like a giant dandelion from the electricity in the air and lightning bolts were a fist wide just a 1/4 mile away with the sound of several freight trains bearing down on you as the rain hit the water, at night.
The wind was so intense we were on our beam ends with bare poles for about 5 minutes straight and that was in sweet little old Biscayne Bay just South of downtown Miami, lol.
Yep, been there done that.
You shared your video with the whole world… With risks of hard critism… But many lessons to learn for all sailors in your video! Thanks for your generosity! And congratulations for your win! 🙂
I am not an expert but if I see a storm coming I think I would Retreat there sail.
thank you very much niklas,a great and rare lesson for EVERYONE
you are brave
Thank you for posting this!! We can all learn/observe and make comments but were all human and were not in the middle of this ..
WE WANT MORE LAKE THAT FANTASTIC MORE ADRINALINE
I WANT BE WITH YOU
Io in barca con questi SPROVVEDUTI nonè ci andrei MAI. Andate ad una scuola ad imparare come si naviga o cambiate sport.
Where do you start? I solo sail and I’d have my sails down faster than this entire crew. Lucky they didn’t snap their mast or shred the main.
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How NOT to sale. They were very lucky that wind did not whip them over. I mean they saw the storm and yet did nothing about those sails. They waited until the wind was whipping them near over before they finally reacted. Deary me with people sailing like that no wonder there are deaths at sea. Not a one was harnessed in. Not a one. Plus they had pillows lying around the deck that obviously got blown into the ocean (yet more pollution that the sea does NOT need)
you didn't have to sail, or just als guest, because your sailing level is too low & bad ( life jacket)
bad seamanship you could see that storm coming but it's a lesson to as all, thanks for posting
Example of how not to act. Learn at least a little meteorology before going to sea. Even children know that before any thunderstorm there is always a sharp gust of wind. And here are adult men. But they can be forgiven, it's Finns, lol…
Risky… my sails would be in when I see the storm comming.
How about just Reef the damn sails! Thes guys were slow, You have to be fast here!
Incompetent………………
Captain Idiot could have sailed thru that situation with a few safety precautions
Not like you didnt see it coming…
Buen video para enseñar casi todo lo que no se debe hacer nunca.
This is a good show, and an exemple of what has to be done before the storm hit you. You all did every thing wrong, no live jackets, no clips on, and too slow to reef the sails. I don't know what that guy on helm was yeling, but I think he was asking for a beer! Go figure!
Life jackets (lack of) and, yes, the poor guy in t shirt, are not great credentials. Next time please consider hoisting a smaller headsail (I would have donned a number 3) and bear away WITH something ahead of your mast. The squall caught you like a sitting duck with full main and no speed. Great shooting anyway.
This is poor sailing in every aspect. Get more experience and knowledge before you damage your boat or equipment – or your selves and crew.
And learn before you put others in danger trying to help you get out of dangereous situation.
Truely very poor in every respect.
It is not just your boat and crew in trouble others will be endangered to help you.
now that's a youtube video. superb. excellent. impeccable.
No Brain, no Fun.