The Toughest Test of a Team in Sport | Leg 3 03/03 | The Ocean Race Show 

Niall is exceptional in this role. He is just what this race and sport needs.

Great Team Malizia!!!! Great Skipper Boris!!!!

OMG, I think Team Malizia are the most amazing group of teammates!

I love the high production budget on the requisites :D

Thank you for an excellent report. The cardboard tube demo was simple but fully explained the damage to Team Malizia's mast. Deep respect to all the teams out there and also the shore crews. Stay Safe.

Niall & team, this is your best episode yet of ‘23! Amazing editing and analysis. We truly get to experience the most isolated sporting event! Thank you very much.

Thanks again for the explaintions. It' s a phantastic Addition to the raw footage of the boats. Looking forward to the next one.

Team Malizia takes the DIY prize here. Seems to me TOR should consider a points category (with meaningful race points awarded) for creative repairs underway 🤔

Finally some inside video from 11th Hour Racing! Once again, thank you thank you thank you for bringing us all this footage from 500nm from nowhere.

Fantastic ------- thanks for the coverage.

Awesome Reporting! Thank you so much.

Good (excellent analogy) model !! When it happened, and watched them perform the repair, I missed the part about the block breaking causing loss of the sail. I had a question why the design of the line path would come up through the mast, and over the composite without a pulley. I assume Malizia was able to repair the block at the top of the mast, too.

I love the Vendee Globe Race and reporting... but these shows are just amazing. Thanks for the quality of the reporting and amount of content covered by the media men on the boats, edited and produce by TOR team. it makes this race worthy of all the anticipation, please carry on ...

It seems like the IMOCAs tend to break down a whole lot more than the VO65s used to. It appears that the race is mostly going to be won by the teams that have the least heavy damages throughout the event, which makes me wonder if it wouldn't be possible and or worthwhile to build all these components a lot stronger, even if it would add some weight and cost a bit of speed.

The coverage of this race is amazing. It’s like watching best drama show on the planet and it is for real. Go Malizia go what a repair 👍🏴‍☠️💥⚔️

Such an awesome production. Congrats to the whole team

I am really enjoying these recaps. I am not a sailor but am intrigued by this world and am learning a lot! I appreciate your illustrations and explanations of what’s going on. Thank you!

Super glad to see Sam Davies back on The Ocean Race!

Love the overview and demos. Great production

Fantastic show, fantastic sports!!! Thank you 🙏

Thank You for these updates, much appreciated.

Big thank you for explaining and demonstrating what is going on. Sometimes it is difficult to understand what is spoken at the boats because of the loud noise around.

Always so well narrated, cut and produced. Transporting emotions, race spirit and not leaving out technical details, reliably selecting the best footage and piecing it together very coherently. Thank you!

Fantastic show, thank you very much. Thanks to the entire ocean race team, you can feel the feeling of each stage and the effort of all the teams. I'm a very fan.

Wow, you are the best. Respect to Rosi, staying for such a long time in the mast, respect to the Team for not ging up! I keep my fingers crossed for you 👍😊!

What a magnificent job OBR’s are doing telling the stories of the boats.

Great job on TOR show! That's some riveting shit! Will Harris showing incredible courage, again, to repair the Team Malizia mast. I hope everybody in the race stays safe. Godspeed!

Great job Team Malizia and what a great show. Thank you for sharing this moments !

Great model and explanation - Thank you! And great mix of boat clips, all explanations and gorgeous southern ocean video from the OBRs. Focus on the decision making dialog/video is hard to watch but I know part of the race and am grateful that all crews share that.

Great Job Niall, your commentary is spot on and very entertaining. 😍 Love it!

Love the show! Congratulations on an excellent production! The icing on the cake are your “models” for illustration. Looking forward every day for the next edition to come out. Keep up the amazing work.

Thank you for again a great coverage

Super Video, ganz tolles Zusammenfügen von dem Filmmaterial der Boote mit super Erklärungen. Großes Lob dafür an das gesamte Ocean Race Team. 🤗🤗👏👏👍

Best explanation ever .. thanks so much

I love Niall's 'show and tells'!

Thank you so much. The coverage of the race you are providing is fantastic 👏

It's a halyard, not a rope or a line & beyond this absurd structural failure it's incredible that the cordage withstood the load & abrasion tearing through the mast. The courage & skill to repair under those circumstances is above & beyond..

Brilliant!!! What a video!! Thanks a lot!

Awesome report and such emotion from the boats with Niall doing such a great job at making it all easy to understand. These teams are just amazing!! Thank you all 🙂

Salute to these sailors. They are unbelievable.

The learning curve never peaks, and it is as impersonal as it gets.

Great coverage. I really appreciate team media!!!! Wooooottttt!!!!!!!!

Thank you!!

agree with: "It seems like the IMOCAs tend to break down a whole lot more than the VO65s used to. It appears that the race is mostly going to be won by the teams that have the least heavy damages throughout the event, which makes me wonder if it wouldn't be possible and or worthwhile to build all these components a lot stronger, even if it would add some weight and cost a bit of speed."

Good update thank you.

Thank you this show is good.

I am up at 3AM here in New Hampshire. It is March 4th. ~ A ripped mast??? ~ What is that? ~ A ripped sail ~ Ya know Kenny Reid and that "North" company. "Comanche" in Australia and all. Massive sheets of Carbon Fiber ~I can relate to that. But a MAST???... That mast needs bands~. Wide bands of stainless steel. ~ My Lord, ~ How could that happen? ~ Boris. I have already shared my prayers. Nothing less than the wing of and angel. Maybe many angels. Wings. Keeping fair wind in your sails. Angel wings. Yep. That is what this is about. Angel wings. Nothing less. God speed Boris. To you and your crew. ✨✨💦🙏💦✨✨. ♥

HOLCIM - PRB is the favourite of the gods.

Mail você é ótimo parabéns, parabéns, parabéns. A gente chega a aprender a velejar 😃😃😃😃

The "strange" thing is that the team picking 2 victories is the only team without big breakdowns to the boat. Coincidence? I do not believe that even for a moment. Holcim PRB is so much better than the other teams, and/or the boat is so much better. The competition is not too exiting. Guyout was the only capable competitor, and when that boat broke, the interest for this leg largely went away.

Never thought Biotherm could reach second during race after their initial 10 hours missed, and with 11 Hour Racing as third.

So great to see Sam Davies again!

I can't see how they'll all make it to Itajaí in one piece. This is touted as "The longest stage in the 50-year history of The Ocean Race" and it seems this batch of IMOCAs isn't up to it. What points/weighting contingency do TOR have in place if only a couple or even no teams make it?

Awe inspiring👏👏 What a team spirit - and I‘m sure such spirit is valid for all the 5 teams, one cannot really imagine how much physical and also psychological strain such situations must mean for the teams. The more I‘m expressing my admiration and respect for Team Malizia in particular, and also for Team Guyot whom I‘m cordially wishing a safe return to Cape Town, successful repairs of the vessel and to keep up their spirits. Thank you, Niall, for your great, clear explanations which made me finally understand what went wrong. 👏👏

So, how was the halyard sheave and locking mechanism repaired? I can't imagine the halyard would rest on the raw fiber repair for the rest of the race.

Amazing

That's one hell of a repair though by definition composite repairs cannot be back to 100% strength.

Seems like any penetration of the mast should be reinforced with an aluminum or titanium grommet, both to protect the edge of the hole from being cut by the cables and lines that run through, and to distribute the load that might come on to the edge of the hole.

Safety first , always

Thankyou for the clear explanation what happened to the mast; although I don't think you clearly explained what had happened to the block for us "but why;" unsatisfied individuals. Did it pull threw the mast itself or did a pin shear from over powering the jib? Sounds like this could/should have been prevented with proper maintenance. I figure with the $$$$$$$$$ spent on this great adventure, maintenance replacing blocks, sheets and other high stressed points would be a must at check points.. Maybe the blocks are under sized. Sounds like the shore team/maintenance protocols need to be revised. Maybe all the blocks should be replaced at the next port. Anyways, how about that teamwork and amazing spirits. Team to be on, team malizia

The prince strikes back, go boris

HEROES !!!!!

Were those boats ready? 2 out of 5 have major issues, 2 of 5 minor…it ask some questions!

I have noticed the watch stander's always holding a sheet line that goes to a large winch. That sheet is always in someones hand. What does that sheet control? I have noticed this on PRB and 11th Hour. The line looks to small for a main sheet.

So, do they have a new block?

I have a question about Team Malizia. Do they all have the same jumpers? First of all, thats very cool :). Second.. where can I get one? :)

After all These Models i aso my self what else can be found in the Office.

Now about that bucket that team Malizia used…was that “the” bucket or do they more than 1 on board ?😅

Why does Biotherms auto pilot groan? That would drive me crazy.

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bullcrap. cockpits and autopilots is not tough

title is a lie. but anyway...

OMG This is the worst volvo ever! All full of drama and badly built boats! all about the drama and not great racing, not seen this since the advent of the VO 65. Bring back the sailing not this crapp. These boats are a disaster, I hope everyone gets home safe!!!

P.s. Sheet; not a rope. Cringe. Teach people, don't treat them like they are stupid.....