dustywings
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Check this out, spectacular capsize and it isn't a dinghy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5ggH9UGkz6A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5ggH9UGkz6A
OK.. its a sailing boat.. but WOW!!!
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jrudge
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ok so i know bugger all about sail boats - but would you not let the sail go before it got to this point!
rubberduck
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Lucky it didn't sink 1st with that hole in the bottom 
nigelm
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Who dares wins , or in this case not ..
prv
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Yep, that's the theory. These guys tried to, but for some reason didn't manage to let it go far enough. So over they went.
(A normal boat like what most of us sail won't do that however badly you drive, but this was an extreme racing machine that takes no prisoners.)
Pete
Groot T
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don't they have traction control, or what ever it is that sailboats have?
Keen_Ed
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Problem, AIUI, is that loads are such that the traveller - the obvious thing to ease - doesn't work under full load - you have to ease the mainsheet too. And there's some talk about how the presence of the helicopter altered the behaviour of the gust.
davidej
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Until about 30 secs into the video (ie about 50 degrees of heel) I really thought it was coming back. Amazing how slowly and gracefully it went over.
As en ex-cat sailor, I can tell you that a pitchpole into rough seas is a much more likely cause of a capsize.
As en ex-cat sailor, I can tell you that a pitchpole into rough seas is a much more likely cause of a capsize.
dustywings
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This was the report:
The MOD70 Virbac-Paprec capsized on Thursday afternoon during a training session ahead of the Transat Jacques Vabre, off Belle Ile.
Her crew Jean-Pierre Dick and Roland Jourdain were sailing 15-20 knots of wind. They were surprised by a strong gust and could not stop their multihull overturning. Their mast broke into three pieces.
Roland Jourdain was able to protect himself under the hull, while Jean-Pierre Dick was violently ejected into the water.
Initially, both crew were declared safe and sound, with some back pain for Jean-Pierre. Eventually Dick was airlifted to hospital in Lorient. A compression of a vertebrae was diagnosed.
The boat was towed to Lorient with the The Cross, SNSM (lifeboat) in attendance long with the Virbac-Paprec technical team.
Jean-Pierre Dick later commented: 'I'm still in shock. Everything went very quickly. I saw a strong gust get behind us. I released the mainsail carriage but it was obviously not not enough.
'Everything changed quickly, I fell from a great height, and I hit something and before falling into the water. It was violent.
'Fortunately, I was able to reach the hull very quickly. I could soon feel that I had back pain. We waited for rescue in sadness.'
Roland Jourdain commented: 'We were sailing in 15 knots of wind but with irregular established gusting to 18-20 knots. The conditions were manageable. Suddenly, there was a stronger gust than the others. The boat is rose and rose. It hovered for a few endless seconds. I released the Solent jib. We thought it was going to come back upright ... but the boat capsized.
'I was very afraid for Jean-Pierre. This is the first capsize I have experienced, I am very shaken. '
The MOD70 Virbac-Paprec capsized on Thursday afternoon during a training session ahead of the Transat Jacques Vabre, off Belle Ile.
Her crew Jean-Pierre Dick and Roland Jourdain were sailing 15-20 knots of wind. They were surprised by a strong gust and could not stop their multihull overturning. Their mast broke into three pieces.
Roland Jourdain was able to protect himself under the hull, while Jean-Pierre Dick was violently ejected into the water.
Initially, both crew were declared safe and sound, with some back pain for Jean-Pierre. Eventually Dick was airlifted to hospital in Lorient. A compression of a vertebrae was diagnosed.
The boat was towed to Lorient with the The Cross, SNSM (lifeboat) in attendance long with the Virbac-Paprec technical team.
Jean-Pierre Dick later commented: 'I'm still in shock. Everything went very quickly. I saw a strong gust get behind us. I released the mainsail carriage but it was obviously not not enough.
'Everything changed quickly, I fell from a great height, and I hit something and before falling into the water. It was violent.
'Fortunately, I was able to reach the hull very quickly. I could soon feel that I had back pain. We waited for rescue in sadness.'
Roland Jourdain commented: 'We were sailing in 15 knots of wind but with irregular established gusting to 18-20 knots. The conditions were manageable. Suddenly, there was a stronger gust than the others. The boat is rose and rose. It hovered for a few endless seconds. I released the Solent jib. We thought it was going to come back upright ... but the boat capsized.
'I was very afraid for Jean-Pierre. This is the first capsize I have experienced, I am very shaken. '
Hurricane
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I once owned a Firebird - nothing as spectacular as that Tri but with all the risk
They made about 20 of them
Mine was called Firebird 2 - she was the first of the Mark 2s - had a bigger rig and carbon fibre mast etc
Here's a youtube clip of some Firebirds
Mine appears in the video in a number of places - 2min 22 secs is one of the clips
But the big thing to watch is the sequence after 3mins where Harvey in the yellow/orange one called Orion deliberately capsizes her to show his unique method of righting a capsized cat.
They made about 20 of them
Mine was called Firebird 2 - she was the first of the Mark 2s - had a bigger rig and carbon fibre mast etc
Here's a youtube clip of some Firebirds
Mine appears in the video in a number of places - 2min 22 secs is one of the clips
But the big thing to watch is the sequence after 3mins where Harvey in the yellow/orange one called Orion deliberately capsizes her to show his unique method of righting a capsized cat.
oceanfroggie
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That's impressive.
Bav34
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I helped deliver one of the first Firebirds from Gweek to Southampton years ago.
Overtook the Isle of Wight ferry in Southampton Water
. Think we were doing 18 knots.
Alan ashore
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there's also a clip here from inside that boat during the capsize.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=bMHsIEDnMK0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=bMHsIEDnMK0
