Большое спасибо за съёмки. Такие ситуации обычно не снимают - не до этого. Мне показалось, что съёмки у знака. Гонка на финах. Не знаю, что означает синий шарик на парусе. Очень удивило отсутстывие воды в лодке. Это теперь такая плавучесть, что в лодке нет воды!? Стретьего раза поймал румпалку - это понятно, но почему сразу захотел в оверштаг? Притомился, наверное. Без хода в такой ветер лодку через линию ветра не перекинуть. Надо разогнаться. Финн интересная лодка для настоящих мужиков. Спасибо.
I have experienced an occasion like this on board my tiny Tocpat. I am still alive! I was even able to control the situation somehow. The list of risks is endless: hurting yourself, breaking the boat, hypothermia, exhaustion and so on. Being alone in that kind of situation is life threatening. I managed to bet back to terra firma without any major issues. Maybe I was familiar with rough conditions, but I had lots of pure luck, too! If I ever meet this kind of situation again, I think I would let my dinghy capsize and keep it on its side, if possible. Drifting would slow down and sudden gusts does not harm you as much as if your dinghy was upright. As you can see, it is possible to sail as long as you can diminish the power the sail is giving. That is not possible on reach. Getting your sail down is an option and sail downwind with only the top of the sail up. I just do not know, how high you can point lik that. Between 1:30 and 1:50 you can see a sailor struggling to climb back on his dinghy. These guys are strong. I would not have had a tiniest possibility to get back on board and sail again. If the water is cold, you should remember the combined effect of exhaustion and hypothermia. The colder you are the faster you get tired; as exhausted your body temperature falls fast. Stress doubles everything. As in any storm sailing: take care of yourself and your boat as much as it necessary for safety and your ability to stay perky.
I saw a sailing school "teachers" go out in winds like this - to show everybody at the harbour that THEY could DO IT" with big smiles on their brand new boat. They did get as far as a few hundred meters out and then it was like these guys, sails madly flogging and the boat going forwards only because it has a point at the front and needed a motor boat to throw a line to to get back in the harbour because it was impossible to go about or jibe in those conditions !!! They seemed very surprised the next day when their sails looked like old bags. LOL. (they were dacron and really did look like old bags !). BUT I bet these guys will be gragging for the rest of their lives about this 50 knot training in Valencia ... The things we wouldn't do if there weren't a rubber dinghy handy.
Take the outhaul off- Drop the boom to the deck- Wrap the sail x times around the mast- Shackle the main sheet to the clew of the daily and go to the cooking BAR
может они вышли потренироваться в свежий ветер и начался шторм. Я как-то на Днепре (!) вынужден был возвращаться в ураганный попутный ветер. А выходил в приятный ветерок.
im a 420 saililor but i can realate. i was on a downwind and a gust of 40 hit us and capsised my boat. I finally righted it and the jib flew off. it was a mess.
Depends on your idea of fun. As long as you know you can make it back to coast (these guys were inside the port of Valencia) and have a spare training sail or 2, it's probably a fun and unique experience
