Cea de-a doua ediție a Whitbread Round the World Race a cimentat locul cursei ca eveniment fix și pilon în sportul navigației. Olandezul Conny van Rietschoten ar revendica cursa la timpul corectat în Flyer, un design Sparksman și Stephens care poate fi văzut și astăzi navigând. Clare Francis a devenit prima femeie care a comandat o barcă în cursă, iar Sir Peter Blake, făcând a doua sa apariție la Whitbread ca unul dintre echipajul de la bordul lui Heath’s Condor, a fost forțat să facă un om spectaculos să salveze peste bord în Oceanul de Sud. 15 bărci aveau să înceapă cursa în Portsmouth și toate cele 15 au finalizat cursul de patru etape, de 27.000 de mile marine. Nu uitați să vă abonați pentru mai multe The Ocean Race: https://goo.gl/BzBCwU Consultați catalogul nostru video complet: https://goo.gl/nrB9ay Like The Ocean Race pe Facebook: https://www. facebook.com/theoceanrace/ Urmărește pe Twitter: https://twitter.com/theoceanrace/ Urmărește pe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theoceanrace/ Citește mai mult: http://www.theoceanrace.com MB01QUTVDGRRBL7
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1977-78 Film Oficial | Cursa în jurul lumii Whitbread
Cheers and keep up the good work 🙂
It’s difficult to imagine these boats in the southern ocean, navigating by sextant. At 4:45 they look like tourists, not racers. The accomplishment is all the more special.
Great vid. A different world.
flyer legends<3
I first saw this in Wayne Ettle's Costa Mesa, CA shop back about 1979. While I never saw myself as an ocean racer, this film sealed the deal! Cool to hear a young Petah Montgomery and see a young Sir Peter B though! Awesome movie!
Nice. As an aside, Flyer 2 seems to be for sale atm. 🤗
thank you so much for this footage . As a boatbuilder i worked on the construction of the CONDOR (otherwise known as the grand piano as she was a wooden boat) and also the Teilsa the steel 66 foot maxi racer from North Netherlands. wonderful memories and the best footage I have ever seen of this great race. Long live the Bowman Yachts name where the Condor was built in Emsworth and designed by John Sharp. As for the Teilsa I had so many good memories helping Dirk Nauta the skipper and the crew prepare for the great event, ..Life is an adventure.
I have sucha a crucer mentallity. By the end of the video I was asking myself. " Why is Flyer trying to dismast?". Haha. Im not a racer…
I’m so happy to have all of the old Whitbread docs online to watch, I’ve writing a story set in the early Whitbread days and these are so great to have for research!