Yacht 'Justice' - vid on YouTube

[Cantata]

OK, when the yacht was on the beach I took some video.
Now, I had never in my life tried to edit video before, nor had I ever used the editing software I bought a while ago - in fact I only installed it a few hours ago.
Nor had I ever before uploaded a vid to YouTube.
But now I have. As you'd expect it is totally amateurish.
I won't say 'enjoy', that's quite inappropriate, and although when I was there I was able to deal with the situation dispassionately, I actually find watching the film quite upsetting.
It's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6i0udkBGFE

 

[FullCircle]

Ermm, thanks Dick, I think. Nasty indeed.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Thanks Dick.

I know what you mean about upsetting.... it just seems so wrong to actually see her suffering like that. Its like watching someone die.

I'm glad you posted it though.

 

[elton]

Ah, brings back such memories of my last glimpse of my own boat from the helicopter as she was smashed to pieces on the rocks at the base of a 600 foot cliff in a force 7 with 15 foot waves.

 

[Seanick]

Got to grips with that editing lark anyway!!

 

[tillergirl]

Pretty professional Dick; if sad. A useful reminder of the power of the sea and the concrete nature of the bits of land under and around it. She may have been a light racer/cruiser but I doubt many would have survived that. Actually she must have done really well given the time necessary to scramble and fly from Belgium.

 

[LeonF]

Very sad Dick. Reminds me how lucky I was to escape so lightly when my boat went aground on the Barrow the year after I bought her. Single handing back to the Thames from Burnham I met up with 30 knot headwinds and spent almost 14 hours on the water including stemming an entire foul tide. Madness and inexperience with a new boat. I should have run back to Brightlingsea. I should have anchored. I should have stayed in Burnham and gone back for the boat the following week. A lot of should haves. The tide finally turned in my favour but I was knackered and a moment to double check is all it would have taken. Thanks to a long lead keel and the Sheerness lifeboat, I still have my lovely boat. I hope the owners of Justice find the will to carry on sailing.

 

[Gargleblaster]

Now, I had never in my life tried to edit video before, nor had I ever used the editing software I bought a while ago - in fact I only installed it a few hours ago.
Nor had I ever before uploaded a vid to YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6i0udkBGFE

If you hadn't told us that we wouldn't have known.

A very sad event. Someone said it was like watching a human die. It reminded me of a favourite dog I had once, who died on our back lawn.

I was surprised how robust the spade rudder appeared. It seemed to survive the pounding and even seemed to be intact when the boat was resting upright,