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Alex Thomson - The BOSS. It couldn’t be visualised better. Thanks for the algorithm bringing this up again right now when his boat is in trouble in Cape Town and has to return strong as back then!

The designers and builders of these machines never get enough credit

Seamanship beyond belief …..🇬🇧 🇫🇷 Incredible !

Alex at the end there... What a legend! That boat was moving!!

J'adore, des hommes et des femmes capable de naviguer à de telle vitesse au mépris de leurs vies, ce ne sont pas des fous mais pas loin, Grand respect et admiration!!!!

Just wow - had to play this one more than once. My god the speed and at that location! whew!

Beautiful Anglo French video. Great work by the French navy.

We saw the boss boat on the Hudson River yesterday from the one world observatory, way cool

Terrible la valentía y el corage de estos navegantes solitarios. Bravo!! 👏 👏

The guy who painted Axel Thomson's boat must have wondered why they asked him to write stuff on the underside. Now he knows.

Alex Thomson having fun in the roaring forties. Go Alex. Go! Continue to make us dream ⛵

I love that event. I may have once entertained idea of racing in the Tour de France, but I would never dream of racing the VG.

Amazing that guy running around on deck doing 20+ knots and not even a life chord on - either one with the sea or completely nuts . Great shots .

Being proud of his work, being proud of his country, doing his job with enthusiasm, love and honor is an appreciated approach. Congratulations, I support.

Amazing to see the speed of a high tech mono hull.

26 years seagoing experience and all I can say is WOW.

I was sure the BOSS would flip over! I would love so much to be on one of these sailboats. My dream!

We stay speechless... The navy guys are also impressive ;-)

Sensationelle Aufnahmen. Respekt, vor allem!!!!!!!!!

Alex Thompson is the business. Real sailing hero stuff! Skipping across the cabin roof to hold up the British Flag! Coming upright from 70 degree angle!

Boss on his broken foil looking awesome. Good luck this year Alex!

The Hugo Boss boat looks gorgeous

what an incredible footage. Well done.

That was such an incredible machine and I was lucky enough to see it docked. I could barely put my phone done during that race.

Amazing...Alex going up on deck on a sidewards boat. All sails up smashing along.

MAGNIFICENT!

I hope more "other than french" sailors will be involved in off shore races in the next years. Too much money for America's Cup, and so few for guys who would like to quit the bays and face the high seas.

Outrageous!! Thanks for posting

Hugo Boss with its 3 sails gives a beautiful rendition.

Hugo Boss looks like the first sailing submarine

Exelent video and nice British flag on peaceful eco-friendly beautiful hi-tech Sailboat machinery

The first week ashore after such a trip, you are officially considered insane ..👍

holy moly - thats unreal. Balls of steel

Люди с большой буквы ищут победу в спортивных сражениях в сложнейших погодных условиях,строя совершенные и современные средства передвижения ... Слава НАСТОЯЩИМ БОРЦАМ и ГЕРОЯМ - МИРУ - МИР !

This is amazing !

He had to act quickly and, some would say, carelessly. But what could he do? The Acheron was just over the horizon.

Freaking awesome!,👍

The moment when you start wondering if you should be wearing a diver suit instead of a hooded jacket

That was cool...in a terrifying way.

That's Living Life!

Thank you for the upload.

That is some BADASS sailing!

Stunning film.

Beautifull boat!

Amazing!!!

Great pictures 🤩

This is exactly what adventure looks like

First time in many years I have seen a world class high speed yacht. They look loaded with technology nobody had back in the 70's and 80's. How the heck is the black ship running so well while it looks at least partially submerged a lot of the time?

Absolut mad lad!

That is one mother of a keel to bring the boat back upright from a 70deg angle!

Superb vid well done

Different breed, impressive!

the Hugo Boss projecting British power! I love it... amazing vessel!

Incrível. .....

It's worth the respect

French Helicopter, this is Hugo Boss. Alex Thompson is at the store selling jackets

Those guys have balls!!

Les jolies colonies de vacances, ce qui me gene c'est que ce sont mes impots !

It’s the 21st Century Black Pearl

Such a cool boat.

just WOW!

Like a BOSS!

beautiful❤️❤️❤️

Amazing.

Perfect!

Amazing

Magniefique merci

Now that was classy by the British guy lol, very cool lol

Why is it people doing something so spectacular can bring nations together ??

That’s insane but I love it

Balls of Steel .

Jesus christ.... full sheets in a friggin gale. Haha, the balls. Absolutely beautiful

Incredible

Merveilleux marins...

Simple so glad I clicked

hugo boss heels at about 30 degrees awsome !

stupendo !

Super!

Природа потрясает, покоряет.

Great !

Cool sailing ...

Those military ships handle all seas with aplomb and seem to barely rock.

"Hugo Boss, this is French frigate Nivôse"...instant reaction, flying the Union Jack...

Troppo bello.

We are looking at the most modern ideas introduced in solo hull sailing. The hull is definitely a planing hull with two rudders to ensure that at least one is immersed in the water. The wings on the side and lateral movement of the dead weight under the hull adds to stability. The transom is wide and the sail profile is well cut . Ar 1:12 we see the side wing which adds stability and lift too. Well , it is not such a comfortable ride but, my my it is very fast. The manner in which the water leaves the transom, is an indication that at high speed both propellers and rudders need to be designed with a sharp end rather than the streamlined profile we normally use at slower speed. It is interesting that there is no creature in nature that operates at such condition as creatures evolve to be very meagre on the use of energy . Still nature teaches us a lot and a good designer must keep his eye on nature. Congratulations to all engineers who made all that appears in this video so possible to be viewed at our homes. Engineers are basically a young profession and starting accelerating its ingenuity only about 100 years ago. No other profession in the human fraternity has ever contributed so much comfort and assistance to the human race. One hopes that an engineer's intelligence is not used to destroy the world with pollution, as all that we see in this video , did pollute the earth in some ways or another. We must be careful about the equation with relates our comforts and the manner in which we use the materials and the pollution necessary to shape them into out home comforts. Still, it is a wonderful feeling knowing that engineers are moving at such a fast pace and other professions gain by the engineering products , but do not admit it that most of their successes is due to them applying engineering including the classical arts which were always hesitant to accept the fact that all their art is based on engineering foundations!

Shout up ! No word

Wow 😮

Суперово, і я так ходив, поважаю.

Esse velejador e o mais louco que já existiu

You know, I don’t speak french but i know balls of steel when i see them. And then my flag comes out. It may be my age or the jubilee but, God save the Queen and Vive La France.

Very good

In the southern Indian Ocean powering upwind on a close reach, totally overpowered because the optics make it look incredible (Brits vs the French)....and then the angles sing to uplift the viewers perception.

WOW! Not for me, but seriously awesome!

imagine that sailboat going perhaps as fast or faster than that navy vessel :-)

Now that is sailing at 11/10ths

Like a boss hahaha

nice video

At points it looks like they wanted to become the first sail-powered submarine. Those are rough seas.

Extreme.

the best