Carnage!

[Dyflin]

Not for the faint hearted.

Sometimes the shortest route isn't always the best

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1s4qoYKCqM

 

[snowleopard]

Good grief. Monohulls are so DANGEROUS. They should be banned.

 

[Spyro]

Great man overboard recovery in the last one.
Hope the insurance companies have a good look at this and think twice before paying up.

 

[Appleyard]

Carnage!!

W.T.F was actually going on there?

 

[KristiferColumbus]

You certainly would'nt want to have one of those flimsy fin keel boats in circumstances like that

 

[30boat]

W.T.F was actually going on there?

An amazing display of stupidity if you ask me!

 

[Litotes]

W.T.F was actually going on there?

Good question!

Quite horrible to watch (but sometimes horrible is fascinating)

 

[Dyflin]

W.T.F was actually going on there?

It's a 200m short cut at Klädesholmen in Sweden's Tjörn Runt. The event is the annual long distance sailing competition that takes place in around the island of Tjörn.

 

[Cobra]

W.T.F was actually going on there?

Simple! The Lemming Factor!

 

[Dave_Snelson]

Blimey!

You've got a dangerous mix of swirling winds and swirling dangerous currents. I hadn't realised it was a race coz my reaction was "get the sails down and switch the blimmin engine on!"

I did like the MOB recovery though

 

[emsworthy]

This is Sweden's version of the RTIR that happened on Saturday, the Torn Runt (round Torn Island).

Makes cutting inside the wreck at the Needles look a doddle in comparison eh?

Some very expensive repairs there I fear.

 

[gardenshed]

I'd love to see the video when it is a beat through that gap!

 

[David_Jersey]

An amazing display of stupidity if you ask me!

I dunno, seems more like folk simply taking a calculated risk. No great danger to life or limb, just to boat and pride