Sailing Video(s)

How can you not love this sport?

Waoh Kevin, nice post. That volvo ocean racer was going so fast that it was planing almost like it was on trim tabs. Amazing footage though, the wind is a serious thing with these vessel, serious propulsion.

Not exactly a yacht but you better pray your yacht doesn't flex like this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE_ri8PkihE&feature=related

Yeah, the Volvo Open 70 is one fast machine. The current ISAF 24 hour distance record is held by Ericsson 4 which was the winning boat of the last Volvo Ocean Race. And before them the record was held by ABN AMRO 2 who set their record during the previous VOR.

Pirates sailing!

VOR

The IMOCA Open 60s are awesome too, especially when you consider that they're generally sailed solo around the world, non-stop.

IMOCA 60

He must love the taste of salt spray!

And then you have the real crazies.... guys who go out in 33' Beneteaus in 55 knots of wind!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_ExqQ80T5g

count me in the closet sailor category....

actually, since my tender is now a sailboat, it guess i came out of the closet! couple of weeks ago we bought a 12' catboat which despite the 6' beam fits neatly on the top deck of our 53!

for sport, we also have a Hobie 16, but i'm pretty impressed by the Catboat even compared to the hobie.

next year, i'm going to put the Hatt. for sale and getting an 50-60 sailboat!

video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=labWpAIv8us

certainly not extreme sailing, quite the opposite...

Here's some great new footage of the latest HUGO BOSS Open 60 IMOCA boat.

LINK

4200 nautical miles from La Rochelle, France to Salvador de Bahia, Brasil... with a brief stop in Funchal, Madeira.

In a 21' foot sailboat.

Alone.

A little bit of everything...

LINK

Double-handed shenanigans while racing in a Mini650: LINK

I love those boats!

Not a video, just a great image taken on the 3rd leg of La Solitaire du Figaro. The leg was 475 miles from Ireland to France, and of the nearly 50 boats competing, 22 finished within 1 hour of the leader.

Enjoy...

Alex Thomson attempts the Keel Walk - YouTube