Zagato
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Worth a look... go onto their YouTube channel for sailing videos of the recent expedition. This is the first and not bikini based rubbish!
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Sailing to South Georgia!
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CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
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Amazing wild life, very nice video,
NotBirdseye
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Well about 3 minutes of that was... well it wasn't really sailing but at least the boat was moving.
Zagato
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Go onto their YouTube channel, to see their spectacular sailing exploits. I believe they are ex clipper race sailors.
NotBirdseye
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Don't doubt it.
For me it's just a sad reflection that many sailing videos contain little actual sailing...
For me it's just a sad reflection that many sailing videos contain little actual sailing...
Zagato
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You don,t doubt their spectacular sailing exploits are shown on their YouTube channel. Apologies, I just assumed members would have the skills or gumption to look on the channel from the initial video. Not everyone can do this sorry... here is another video, this will cheer you up, plenty of sailing in this, running repairs and even reading a sextant! Enjoy...
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bikedaft
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They are good vids - cheers. Frankly, i would love to sail to S Georgia
NotBirdseye
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Any reason you seem to have taken offense? The thread title was 'Sailing to south Georgia', I noted there was very little actually sailing...
Blue Sunray
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They are, but the videos are nevertheless worth a watch.
Zagato
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No not at all. I hope you can now simply enjoy the videos, there are only three as far as i can see from a month ago. Seeing a sailing expedition in this area is quite special. Brave but experienced souls in those seaS. It's not for me, I would want my mummy
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NotBirdseye
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Welp, subbed. Them and NBJS. There was another guy based outta watchet but I'm not sure if his Mirage ever saw the water again!
Stemar
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I suspect that when there's spectacular footage to be had, the cameraman or woman is a bit busy making sure things don't get broken - including themselves. Let's face it, a passage that goes according to plan just doesn't make for great video unless you have a special talent behind the camera and an equally special talent at the editing computer.
Blue Sunray
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It would seem that they have an article in Jan's YW.
DownWest
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S. Georgia might not be the place soon, there is stonking great iceberg approaching from the SW that is likely to ground near the islanf and cause all sorts of problems. Only about 100km to go. As to how big, as large as many US states.
Bilgediver
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No not at all. I hope you can now simply enjoy the videos, there are only three as far as i can see from a month ago. Seeing a sailing expedition in this area is quite special. Brave but experienced souls in those seaS. It's not for me, I would want my mummy
Yes best watched from the arm chair but hey certainly have the right boat for the passage. I was happy to be down there with 20,000 tons of ship with 9800 HP... They are certainly great videos.
Ravi
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I thought this was an 'in joke' that I didn't get until I googled it.
Blimey! It's true!
Zagato
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Now is the time to sell beach front properties and speculate in half tide moorings!
Stemar
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In Tesco's car park
Slightly more seriously, I've long lusted after some of the properties on the shore of Chichester Harbour, but over the last few years, I've decided that I'm quite happy with my current home where a 40m rise in sea would levels mean I can scrub off on my drive and take the boat to go shopping. I know I'm unlikely to live to see a 40cm rise, but Brendan posted a link to a sea level rise map a while back and I had a play
Zagato
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Well the iceberg which is reportedly the size of Jamaica will ground on the seabed of Georgia any time now with disastrous consequences for marine life. Scientists will be in place to study the situation... if anyone has a useful link it would be interesting.
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AntarcticPilot
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The "disatrous consequences" bit is pure journalism! Icebergs like this happen every now and again - they are part of the regular life-cycle of the Antarctic Ice-shelves. The continental shelf of South Georgia is a pretty common place for them to wind up; there are all sorts of iceberg scour marks on the sea-bed.. Further, it won't get close inshore. The bottom line is that penguins and seals might have a somewhat longer journey to their feeding grounds, so the effect is minimal. Even if the mortality rate of the young increases massively, it's only for a couple of years at the most. But the vast majority of the SG continental shelf will be unaffected. The bottom line is that if things like this really caused "disastrous consequences", there would be no wildlife on South Georgia, and there certainly is!
Whiel I've never been to South Georgia, a) many of my colleagues did and b) I managed the project to create https://www.sggis.gov.gs/