Idiots on Sail Boats | Compilation 

just check from which country he is coming from.....then everything is clear....

Agreed

I know, it’s like positing an “idiots in cars” video and then it’s all wrecks from F1, Indy, and NASCAR. Those are the best drivers on the planet pushing their cars to the limit. They’re not idiots.

i sail lasers and 100% agree

Truely terrible music.

И притом автор явно пехота. Большинство ситуаций это обычные рабочие моменты парусных соревнований.

Exactly, many of these are sportsmen pushing the limits and not idiots at all.

And some of these were just mistakes that happen sometimes like missing the hiking strap

Fair comment. I chuckled though when the dude in the laser missed the footstraps and went in.

Sme here, exactly, and I stopped watching at about the same point. And yeah, the guy who missed his hiking straps was funny, but I have done that!

gotta take what you can get to be fair. not as many sailboats as cars for vids like these

My thoughts. Sailing is up there on skilled driving. Past automobiles

Alot of these guys although found the way up shit creek

@@mattrichards3870 At the level of professional rally driving or track racing it's hard to say ... both sports have variable environmental conditions that affect them. In the case of racing driving you've got the condition of the surface of the track and other drivers around you. Both sports take a lot of skill and quick reflexes if you want to be at the top of the game. Of course, one thing race car drivers don't have to deal with is relying on the environment (wind) to move them forward - or as most sailors will experience at some point: sometimes sideways or over on your side! :)

How much preparation and skill do you believe is required to navigate racing boats effectively?

@@FactZone-sl5lt It depends on the type of race boat, and at what level you are racing (at your local sailing club, or at the America's Cup to take two opposite ends of the scale). To helm (drive/steer) a relatively tame race boat like in the first clip - maybe five solid years of experience to be basically competent, 10-15 years to be properly good at it. To operate a boat like the foiling catamaran in the second clip, 15 years of hard training on small fast boats racing against skilled sailors MINIMUM (and only if you're very talented). The boat in the second clip is the sailing equivalent of a Formula 1 car - super fast and completely unforgiving. Those boats are also at the extreme forefront of research and development, meaning there are only a small number of sailors in the world who have ever sailed boats like it and they're all still learning how to make them go fast and not flip over.

Could you share some insights into the technical aspects of sailing that are crucial for racing boat crews?

@@FactZone-sl5lt ChatGPT I've been sailing for 50 years, including years on the Atlantic. What they're doing in the video is a completely different league. It's like comparing yourself to a Formula 1 driver. For those who have never sailed: Imagine you have an umbrella and you open it in a storm. I think everyone can easily imagine the forces at play. In regattas (sail racing), sails are used that are a thousand times larger than an umbrella. The forces are so great that they can tear a person apart even in moderate wind. Nevertheless, regatta sails have to be controlled by hand and mechanical means. Doing the wrong thing can cost you your life! In regattas, sailing is always done at the limit. To control this, you need a team with years of experience! You can't just make a left turn! Every course change means the sails have to be adjusted. One mistake and the boat capsizes, sails lash uncontrollably across the deck, or the entire rig (mast and everything that holds it up) comes down. In regattas, not an inch is given away, it’s extremely tight. A mistake by yourself or another boat can lead to what we see in the video. To call them idiots would be like calling every Formula 1 driver who ever had a crash (I don't think there's one who hasn't) an idiot.

Most of these are motorboats

You realize that these fails cost money, lots and lots of money, up to the thousands... and none of these are idiots. If you call these professional racers idiots, then you are much of a bigger idiot than anybody.