Really amazing job and you show great character and spirit. I am sure that with this very unwelcome work you have gained even more respect from your fans. With me in any case.
I used to have a framed saying on my wall when I was young that read “and when the one great scorer comes to write against your name he will write not that you won or lost but how you played the game” you have embodied every bit of that virtue Bravo!
No accidental damages with OFNI reported. That means that level of efforts considered by the architect was too low and/ or Alex used may be 130% of capacity... As conséquence the " repair " will not Make stronger the damaged structure. Expecting that maximum efforts which damaged the Boat will be not met Alain. But no doubt Alex cld not used the boat anymore as he did when he has choosen to cross 60Knots wind.... Other foilers hv turned around... Bad luck
@@petersizen3897 hi Peter. Sorry I m french so my langage may be bad. I mean the original structure has no sufficient safety margin or Alex asked may be about 130/ 150% capacity when he went through the 60 knots wind instead of turning around the dangerous zone. This because no collision was reported so it is over limit using or Missing of carbon dimension. Other Skippers sailing a foiler have made safer choice and were able to Recuper the lost time as they maintained the boat in no damaged condition Any way the repaired structure will never be as strong as original . As conséquence the Boat gets Handicap when fighting rough sea which will certainly happen many times as the road is still very long. Expect this clear. Repaired is not stronger !! Except may be when managed at shipyard...
@@williamjolka4351 Thanks, and I understand now, and I think you are right. He has to be safe with the boat, although he did amazing job with the resources he had. I wish him luck and good conditions.
chevalier Alex looks so tired. What a tremendous trooper he is, my admiration for him has no limits. O pray the repairs are successful and he makes a heroic dash to victory in January. Allez Alex!!!
Alex - you are an inspiration. Your determination, your resilience, your mental strength. I sailed the southern ocean in the Clipper Round the World Race 17/18 edition so I know what you are heading towards - but single handed - hats off to you. Utmost respect. Enjoy the sleigh ride!
Alex & crew, Thanks so much for this view into the world of repairs. My first experience seeing carbon fiber cloth. I've only worked with fiberglass as documented in my RU-vid channel Yachtorial.
Well done to you, your great attitude and your support team. To me it’s incredible you had to endure such a major failure in a new boat and in the lighter conditions compared to the Southern Ocean. The designers and construction engineers responsible must be very embhassased right now! Good luck for the rest of the race.
Alex, thanks for showing us what you are up against, we are all interested, all you are doing might be stronger than original - great job. We all hope for a speedy completion of the repairs so you can push hard again with confidence. Hope you have ventilation or a respirator working down below. All the best - T Lewis
Alex, That is a fantastic job you did !!! Well done ! Frightening to hear that the resin is so accelerated that it heats up so much ! I had a resin mix fire once but that was with polyester not epoxy. Allez Alex, Allez Alex !
Your repair work now will be one of the highlights when you win the race later. Well done! Looking ahead, I hope you work out the best route for progress (I can't!) in what looks like days of very light and sometimes adverse winds.
Continues de nous faire rêver Alex, on sait tous que tu es un excellent marin. J'espère vraiment que tu pourras rattraper la tête de course et que ton bateau tiendra le coup. Bon vent.
I've rebuilt a forepeak, and can't imagine doing it underway and without a tyvek suit and respirator! All said, I hope you give it a good test before the roaring forties my man. Live to fight another day.
Stunning work and massive effort by you and your shore team. I hope it all stays together for the big waves in the Southern Ocean....go Alex and may the Gods smile down on you!👍👍👍😎🤙
I'm so damned proud of you man! What an inspiration. Every morning I open email to check on my family--then I open the Hub to check on you. You've become family, man!!! Take care.
Dude...we're with every step of the way...so proud of you and your 'can do' attitude. You are an inspiration. Really looking forward to seeing your baby back up to full racing potential and chasing down the leaders...
Cracking good job Alex and thanks for sharing. Not the easiest stuff to cut and it doesn't mould like conventional mat but it's incredibly strong. Have repaired hatches which were indestructible after. Bon Voyage and I hope you can blast on into the Southern ocean. All the best
Perfect weather / conditions for these repairs. I'll be pulling for you! You have the entire race ahead of you to come back strong. Count your blessing and kick some ass!
I would find this hard enough in my nice comfortable garage. Can’t imagine how difficult it was in situ. Well done Alex. Now go and catch those lead boats 🏆👍
I'm confused, I thought you were already done yesterday. Hopefully things are good and you are underway by the time this video has reached us! Good luck from France!
Good job on the repair! hopefully your team on shore can figure out why that element failed and then have a look at the rest of the structure to see if anything else needs a layer of carbon or length of girder. The issue is why did it break. Maybe a load calculation error. Good luck Alex, now time to head south and dodge around the leaders.
What an unbelievable achievement! I hope your positiveness is contagious to many of us looking at the screen seeing your videos. Can you tell how you discovered the problem at all?
Man man! You were my favourite since the 2006 bad luck with the foil and your art to add some Batman flair to the otherwise slightly "campagne française" (no, I didn't mention Le Cam!) mood of the Vendée. But this is unprecedented art in turning pure shit into an instructive, positive and fascinating recovery. Go and chase the hell out of the guys in front, Alex!
*Alex, excellent update and the perfect time for it to happen (if it had to happen) once done go gettum head SOUTH a big fan of yours cheering you on all the way! : )*
Awesome I was kinda wondering how you were going to do the repair. I’ve been watching a lot of onshore yacht restorations and building. Worked as a volunteer building a fibreglass/composite racing yacht for Melbourne to Hobart. Also got some experience working on a tall ship restoration. Good luck and well done.
I looked closely at the work done by the incredible Alex, who did everything he could and more. So by eye, but I really hope I'm wrong, I'm afraid that at the first lump in the southern ocean, the repair of the bow will hardly hold up. I wonder what engineers are the ones who designed Hugo Boss, similar structural damage with winds and ocean that were certainly not those of 55 ° South. I don't know what to think, fair winds Alex.
And what experience do you have in this field exactly? I mean, maybe you are right, but do you just have a feeling, or you see some flaws and you have a strong argument?
@@petersizen3897 I am a designer of racing, motorcycle and car components. I admit my ignorance in marine engineering, but I have some experience with that type of composite materials. I don't even think about criticizing what Alex did, whom I consider to be the best sailor in the world. What I mean is that he did everything he could in less than optimal conditions, but it is still a temporary accommodation, it will certainly hold with not extreme sea, but a structural failure remains and with the southern ocean is another story. I'll be honest, I hate these people who try to cover their asses on Alex's skin.
@@emanueleartusi5572 I see your point. There are some serious design or manufacturing flaws, and Alex is heavily dependent on that boat. Those parts should have took at least 3x the stress they have seen. It is hard to defend the builders. Sure they don't have 1000s of prototype boats to build, and cannot stresstest them on the whole VG every time, but this huge material failure opens some questions. Maybe it was a computer model issue, or a manufacturing error. Working with CF in a boathull must have unique challanges even on land. I would rule out incompetent designers since VPLP and Carrington boats have amazing references. There was still a huge difference in the math and the reality, and I am curious what caused this gap.
@@petersizen3897 Sorry if I didn't answer you right away, but in Italy it was two in the morning. It is very difficult to express the technical concept of a very complex project in a few words. I wanted to point out an excellent video that explains very well what happened (without expressing judgments) that I am in complete agreement with. Here the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hKDv7vSemrI.html
@@emanueleartusi5572 Thanks, I have just seen this video as well. I am happy that this kind of knowledge is available on the net. The importance of "easing out" the strength of the stiff parts and creating stress points with the overstrengthening of the broken parts were things i did not think about.
