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There are a lot of people bashing the helmsman saying he was distracted and lost control. But there isn't much the helm can do when the trimmer drops a meter of sheet causing the spinnaker to rotate around the front of the boat inducing so much heel that the rudder starts to poke out of the water. As soon the boat became uncontrollable, vang and sheet needed to come on and the pole needed to go forward. This was caused by the trimmers not the helm.
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great vid. guy on the transom called it, but the greybeard brain trust wasn't having it.Banana rockered lead ballasted hole diggers don't plane well...and when things go tits up ,they crash hard, hurt people and expensive things break .That pole is probably worth more then my best windsurf kit....old yachties never learn.
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How is that a Chinese gybe and not just a crash gybe cause by the helm loosing concentration and not reacting far or fast enough. Isn't a Chinese gybe caused by the rolling of the boat caused by the waves perhaps. That is an expensive sail being damages by the spreaders, you got lost of money? Finally, where is the preventer to stop the boom swinging across and killing someone.
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Everything was well until the driver fucked it up.
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Everyone does it. Great recovery. Sorry about your pole.
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This is why you have a guy on the vang
been there done that on a S80 back from Bunbury to cape Naturalise Western Australia at night made for an interesting time -
If I had a penny for everytime a helmsman got distracted just before losing it! 😲
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ah maybe don't distract the helmsmen, that bloke could steer my boat anyday
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Don't waste your time watching stupid sunday sailors: Jump to 3'30" directly to see how "stupidity killed the cat" !
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I wish youi would have not used a fish eye and showed more of the boat i cant figure out what kind of boat that is. but thanks anyway .
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noobs
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lots of funny comments... speak to empower your skipper not have them doubting/questioning
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So now the kites down, what's the next move? Jibe the main, sort out any damage, chuck the heady up and pole it out. Once confidence has returned in the crew and owner throw up the 1.5oz kite and hang on for a while longer. Concentration levels usually stay fairly high after a chinese and maybe sail a degree or two higher on course.
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des amateurs du dimanche ....
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where was the preventer? These guys are Sunday sailors
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Crew too relaxed, failure to anticipate (except for the one guy who says "we should probably get this kite down" 10 seconds before), especially when hitting 18 knots.
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Helmsman looses it when he looks back (3:31)
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for this kind of experiment the boom needs to be secured towards the bow. That got lucky, nobody got hit when the boom came over.
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burros .
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WOW..why is the chinese gybe happening? In what condition does it happen?? and what should be done in that condition?:))
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When the wind is fresh and the boat is loaded, keeping the kite over the keel can be lost in an instant. You can follow along this video as the crew enjoys the thrill of a good boat on a good day, or you can scroll forward to the moment of impact. At 3:25 minutes in the video, it’s suggested to get the kite down. Moments later, it proves to be a good suggestion. "I took this video," acknowledged Morgan Miller. "Yes, it was a crazy experience. This was during the 2015 windjammer which is a race from San Francisco to Santa Cruz. There was a puff and the sheet got eased, and then all hell broke loose."