Marinarul explică dezastrul de navigație din Mobile Bay

41 thoughts on “Marinarul explică dezastrul de navigație din Mobile Bay”

1. this is one maritime disaster i have never heard of. i feel like i always say this, but it’s a miracle more people didn’t die. just goes to show the amazing efforts of the coast guard and the people in the race. shocked by the level of negligence and disregard for safety by the organizers.

   great job as always!

2. "sailing an identical catamaran". You said that Ron had a Hobie 16. Then, during this statement, you show a Nacra 17, Olympic class catamaran.

   They're not even in the same league, much less identical.

3. This came across as very well-researched, and the narration was very concisely written in how it presented information. I just you had researched and found out ahead of time that in Alabama, Dauphin Island is pronounced "DAW-fin," not "do-FEEN." That's not even how the French word dauphin is pronounced.

4. Hard to believe there were only 8 smart captains out 100+ boats… Always check the weather.

5. It happens to the best of them. https://youtu.be/wgsp_kHicu8?si=numYFhkssRxmy1Br

6. The rookies push on while the experienced turn back to join the veterans, who never left the clubhouse.

7. I live here and transit the entire length of Mobile Bay anytime I want to go out to the Gulf of Mexico. I have a Century 2600 CC with twin 200’s, and though it’s not a huge boat (27’), it’s a very capable offshore rig and handles moderate seas (3’-4’) very well. But even with a boat as capable as mine, there have been at least a half dozen times when I came close to capsizing or sinking in the bay. It can be an incredibly dangerous body of water.

8. Nicely narrated overview but I would say 90% of your footage and stills were just stock images of other events. If you want to serve the public with accurate information, use genuine footage and images. This video is representative of amateurs attempting to be journalists. This borders on misinformation.

9. The SPYC has since 2012 a list of crew on all race boats and proof of insurance. I thought that was the standard.

10. All those sailers and very few read the weather and said this is a bad idea. Regardless what the yacht club head said, you have your own instruments. And with that many boats (obstacles) on the water it was better to play it safe. It’s mind blowing that that many experienced sailers didn’t collectively decide not to race that day and advise the less experienced not to as well.

11. This is so informative!!! Fantastic reporting!🌻🌼🐝
    Nature is beautiful and powerful.

12. Very well told

13. As a sailor, I can neither comprehend the organizers continuing with the race nor those 100-odd sailors believing they can just outrun the storm. Forecasts can always be wrong by some hours and they obviously did not plan for the appropriate safety margin. I think this is especially tragic, as in the age of the internet and mobile phones, everybody had access to the necessary information (comparing this to the likes of the Fastnet where the storm came pretty much as a surprise)

14. Ultimately, every skipper is responsible for the safety of his boat and crew

15. Very irresponsible for the club not to cancel the race!

16. I was sailing there in March of 2015, a month before this, moving an Endeavor 40 to New York from Lake Pontchartrain Louisiana single handed. I got stuck in a storm and lost an anchor behind Coffee Island just off the Bayou Batrie Channel. It was one of the worst nights of my 20 years sailing. I ended up spending a week in Bayu Batrie waiting out the storm. It gets ugly really fast out there.

17. Mate how are you running an advert every minute on this video? Fuck sake

18. Too bad they never read about the Fastnet race disaster .

19. This reminds me so much of the fastest disaster in the UK

20. you would think that experienced sailors would have made better decisions ???

21. I would have just swam to shore

22. Hannah sounds like a badass

23. you read almost word for word, the article published in Smithsonian Magazine from July 2017. it's, at the very least, appropriate to give the author credit for that article.

24. All yahoos, playing with their own lives, cluelessly, and usually getting away with it. Except those times a few don't. Speaking as someone who's turned a boat around rather than push into something close hauled, that might have broken something before we made port, the yahoos really annoy me. If I got a boat today, I'd want a trimaran, simply to be fast enough to get out of trouble if I ever somehow got caught. But first, check the weather and only leave port when it's safe.

25. The thing with all these ocean races (including the Fastnet and Sidney-Hobart) is that they are scheduled for a fixed date, regardless of weather conditions. This totally contradicts the normal principle of yacht cruising, which is 'never sail to a schedule, sail to the weather forecast''. I have spent weeks in harbor sometimes, awaiting a favorable forecast.

26. Why would anyone say "scratch the race" over the radio for any reason? That's so dumb.

27. a diver and a sailor. why not put diver/sailor explains ….

28. When hearing the race is in a bay who's entire average depth is only 10ft… One might think, how bad can it get… This is a prime example of how even "inshore", the Sea can take lives without a thought …

29. Would love to answer any questions you might have about the regatta that day – we were first across the line and have some pics of the instruments

30. The locals around Mobile Bay pronounce Dauphin Island like dah-fin….dolfin without an “L”.

31. Was the club's commodore arrested?

32. I never leave the dock if there is a bad forecast in the wind. My boat is extremely capable (Alberg 30), which is a great comfort if caught out unawares. But even so, it is foolish to place yourself in harm's way when there is no necessity. Good seamanship is not the skill you display beating into a storm, but rather, exercising good judgment in keeping boat and crew safe.

33. The race organizer cancelled the race and announced it in their website. Then pressure forced him to wdrawthe cancelation and even had the nerve to say it was in error.
    *The idea that someone will allow a race to go thru KNOWING that a storm was heading their way is is just absolutely baffling

34. Today's weather forcasts are very good. Captains just need to listen and take heed. There are no race winners when anyone in the race get is killed.

35. Extraordinary decision making against the background of such a serious forecast and dreadful operational incompetence. Lucky that the loss of life was not much greater.

36. It's easy to look in 2020 hindsight and say they shouldn't have gone. Thing is, NOAA can be a bit of a drama queen, NOAA has a greater risk in under selling a thing than over selling it. NOAA is not known to be particularly accurate, esp. with particular timing and intensity. That is just the nature of predicting nature. Having been in similar situations as the one to make that call for the boat, you listen to NOAA, look at the radar, and make your best guess. Sure, that line of storms is coming, but you might think "We'll make it back, or be able to duck behind …" Or, you think "I've been in squalls before, this is no big deal" You make that call based on your boat, your crew, your experience etc. 36' ocean cruiser is made to survive a squall like that. Beach cat, maybe not so much, but they have speed on their side, and the ability to beach. 4ksb, yeah, probably better to not. Race committee sometimes should make the call, a lot of people will race as long as there is a race, and so their call is important. I've gone out when I shouldn't have, knowing that if I just finished, I'd beat the boats that stayed at the dock. To win any race it is often about taking more risk than your competitors, getting closer to that line between ruin and glory. On the other hand, a bigger distance race like that, the assumption is that the racers should be able to handle whatever comes up. The bigger the race, the less likely it is to be cancelled. I've heard race committees get flak for cancelling in what turns out to be good weather. Sometimes you call it wrong. If you want to stay safe, stay in bed. If you want adventure and glory you need to take risk. If this sort of thing didn't happen occasionally, the racing/sailing wouldn't be fun.

37. What happened to Ron and Hannah? No closure in the story?! Even if we asume what happened, the story should say what happened!!!

38. Beautiful

39. so, ron and hannah survived, i hope…

40. Dolphin island. Pronounced not spelled silent L

41. weather is the skippers responsibility…

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